PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY GOLF COURSE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
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INTRODUCTION & PHILOSOPHY
PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY
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innacle Design Company (PDC) is a landscape architectural firm that specializes in creating landscapes and water
features for golf course communities.
Since 1990, we have
worked with 45 different golf course architects, and designed over 170 golf course landscapes around the world, 35 of which have been ranked in state, country, or world rankings, including 11 out of the top 30 in the state of California.
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ur portfolio spans from the western United States to Baja Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico,
Dubai, Egypt, and China. We are a foremost expert in designing low water-use landscapes, as most of our projects are based in desert environments or arid climates. We focus on building landscapes that follow nature and blend seamlessly into the surrounding environment, and many of our projects have received environmental stewardship awards.
Our ability to
fashion a cohesive design that weaves from the golf landscape into the resort or private development amenities has led to many of our projects receiving outstanding community design awards.
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he design mantra we follow with every project is that the landscape
must
be
Believable,
Elegant,
and
Sustainable.
Believability if achieved by creating an overall concept that can be felt and seen throughout the site. Local native vegetation and existing topographical features are the initial inspiration for early conceptual ideas. Elegance
in
a
natural
setting
is
achieved
by
using
multiple
textures and varying densities to mimic the randomness of nature. Sustainability is achieved by respecting the natural systems of the environment and allowing those systems to lead your design decisions.
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chieving sustainability must occur at every phase of the design process. In golf course design, usually the clearest
path to a great golf course starts with listening to what nature is telling you.
In our career, working in golf and working in mostly
arid desert environments, we have developed an innate ability to consider the natural systems of the site primarily before anything else.
Creative design solutions combined with the respect for
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LADERA GOLF CLUB
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Thermal, California, USA
he site that Ladera Golf Club occupies is a 300 acre rectanglar parcel that used to be a working lemon citrus farm on
the outskirts of rural Thermal, California. Music mogul Irving Azoff and Apple Executive Eddie Cue bought the property in 2019 and hired Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner to design a family legacy golf course that would be like none other in the desert. Pinnacle Design was hired to help Gil and his team transform this flat citrus farm into a wide open ‘links style’ golf course with grasslands, deser t plantings, and (because they were there), citrus groves. In the end, the golf course turf area (18 regulation golf holes and a 9 hole short course) occupies about 125 acres. Pinnacle was responsible for designing and field-locating plant material for 65 acres of warm-season and cool-season grasslands, 13 acres of desert scape, and about 45 acres of citrus groves (3500 lemon trees). Most everything about Ladera is different than every other desert golf course. The grasslands zones were grown-in intentionally imperfect and rugged with open areas of sand and varying heights of bunch grasses. This created a playable condition and a natural prairie-like feel. The desert areas were first shaped with series of rocky channels and banks to mimic the native terrain up slope, then planted with native trees and shrubs. The citrus groves enclose the property on two sides, and serve as the entrance experience to the golf course. The drive up through the citrus to the clubhouse perch creates an exciting reveal to a wide open golf course with virtually unobstructed views of the neighboring Santa Rosa Mountains. The golf course opened in 2022 and was immediately the ‘talk’ of the industry, achieving Best New Private Golf Course by Golf Digest. A true ‘antithesis’ of a typical desert golf development, Ladera has no car t paths, does not overseed its tur f in the winter, and is slated to build only 7 villas and a clubhouse.
Golf Course Architect
Hanse Golf Course Design
AWARDS:
2022, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED , BEST NEW PRIVATE GOLF COURSE 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST , #1 BEST NEW PRIVATE GOLF COURSE (U.S.)
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SCOTTSDALE NATIONAL THE OTHER COURSE Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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t The Other Course (TOC), PDC was hired to work alongside golf architects David Kahn and Tim Jackson to re-vegetate
50+ acres of desert scape for a new 18 hole addition on a major mass graded site. Thousands of native trees, shrubs, cacti, as well as tens of thousands of boulders, were salvaged by the construction team and then field-located by Pinnacle. One of the great byproducts of a major mass grading operation was the generation of tens of thousands of tons of boulders. Pinnacle proposed using a majority of the rock (21,000 tons) to recreate boulder out-croppings throughout the course mimicking the natural hillsides. The goal was to reshape and re-vegetate the land to match the natural topography and flora of the surrounding foothills of Scottsdale. The result was a landscape that appeared to never have been disturbed and a golf course that was routed through a native desert. Golf Course Architect
Jackson/Kahn Golf Design
AWARDS: 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE (AZ), #5
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THE QUARRY La Quinta, California, USA
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he Quarry at La Quinta is an exemplary reclamation golf course development that was transformed from a 70-year
old gravel mining property into a U.S. top 100 golf course. The course is broken into 3 zones - The valley floor, a lush oasis of palms and water features, the mid elevations that play across a natural alluvial fan where the landscape palette utilized a mix of ornamental desert & native plants, and the upper third of the course where the property had very minimal disturbance and became more of a pure desert re-vegetation project. The Quarry was one of our earliest examples of how a very drought tolerant landscape (80,000 shrubs over 70 acres, all drip-irrigated) could help save significant amounts of water. Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS:
2023-24 GOLF DIGEST AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST GOLF COURSES - #91 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE - #12 2023-24 GOLF WEEK TOP 200 RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSE COMMUNITIES - #15 1994 - BEST NEW COURSE - GOLF DIGEST - #3
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WHISTLING ROCK COUNTRY CLUB
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Chuncheon, South Korea
histling Rock is a 27-hole private club built in the mountains about an hour from Seoul. Pinnacle Design Company was
hired for our extensive experience and reputation for recreating natural environments on mass-graded sites.
The aggressive grading plan
called for about 5.5 million cubic meters of rock and dirt to be moved within a 175 hectare site.
We played a key role in master planning
the entire property which included 27 holes of golf, clubhouse, entry drive, and villas. We directed the salvaging of all the native plant material that would be re-used in our landscape designs. Our final designs included using 11,000+ native trees and an additional 8,000+ trees and 60,000+ shrubs. The golf course scope included designing more than 6.5 km of streams, 15 lakes, and about 45 hectares of revegetated landscape on the golf course.
In addition, PDC also
designed landscapes and hardscapes for the clubhouse (including interior gardens), entry, gate house, starter house and tea houses. Golf Course Architect Design (2017)
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Ted Robinson, Jr. (2012), Renaissance Golf
AWARDS:
2023 GOLF MAGAZINE TOP 100 ASIA-PACIFIC - #37 2017 GOLF MAGAZINE KOREA TOP 10 IN KOREA, #1 2012 GOLF MAGAZINE KOREA, BEST NEW GOLF COURSES, #1
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TWIN DOLPHIN Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico
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t Twin Dolphin, Pinnacle Design led the recreation of 62
acres of native coastal vegetation to complement an awardwinning Todd Eckenrode golf course. PDC’s scope included the golf course landscape, entry road, gate houses, halfway houses, and clubhouse landscape. The Twin Dolphin development team stressed the importance of presenting a most beautiful and stunning golf course possible for their members and guests, and they understood the landscape was a vital part of that presentation. PDC walked each hole with the landscape contractor and physically tagged 20 different species of cacti, shrubs, and trees to be removed and held in a nursery for re-planting after grading. The salvaging process was a 3-step process, moving from the centerline of the hole outward in phases and meeting with the golf architect during the final 2 stages to ensure he achieved what he wanted for his playable space. During the revegation process, Pinnacle focused on following the randomness of the existing vegetation on the site, using only native materials. Each planting area had it’s own micro-environment - different sun angles, wind factors, all affecting minimum and maximum temperatures - so a plant that worked on one golf hole might not have worked on another. The project was a great example of a true team effort - between contractor, golf architect, and landscape architect - to create and environment for golf where the tuf areas seem to have just dropped right into a pristine native site.
Golf Course Architect
Origins Golf Design
AWARDS:
2019 DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR, GOLF, INC. - #2 2022 BEST COURSES MEXICO/CARIBBEAN, GOLFWEEK, #20
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THE BRIDGES AT RANCHO SANTA FE Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA
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he Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe is a golf course community in San
Diego County that began construction of the golf course in 1998 and continues to develop homes into the 2020’s. Pinnacle Design’s scope of work on this project to date includes full design packages and implementation of designs for an 18-hole golf course, entry and clubhouse, streetscape, swim/fitness center, tennis center, and over 140 custom residences. On the golf course, we revegetated 90 acres of enhanced native landscape, and designed a water feature system that included 6 lakes and about 3/4 mile of stream. The Bridges occupies a landscape that brings to mind the Italian hill country of Tuscany with its citrus orchards, olive groves and stands of cypress and eucalyptus trees, but it also blends nicely in with the southern California native hillside landscape because its large expanses of landscape areas used mostly native plantings. The Bridges is a perfect example of Pinnacle’s expertise of blending nonnative ornamental landscaping with native vegetation in a seamless fashion. The Bridges custom home designs received multiple Golden Nugget awards shortly after their opening and the entire development receives golf development accolades year after year. Golf Course Architect
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Golf Course Architects
AWARDS:
2023 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE (CA) - #24 2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSE, USA - #49
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SHADY CANYON GOLF CLUB Irvine, California, USA
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hady Canyon Golf Club is an 18-hole private golf course that was built through the canyons and rolling hills at the northern edge of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park in Irvine. The holes run through big stands of sycamore trees, native coastal sage scrub community, and alongside large rock outcroppings. Pinnacle Design worked with Tom Fazio on the original design to re-vegetate all of the disturbed areas with native plant material. As part of envirnomental approval for the project, we were required to create 45 acres of CSS (coastal sage scrub) community within the golf course property. PDC also designed the water features that had to fit naturally into the site as well as handle required drainage flows.
Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS: 2023 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE (CA), #30
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VINTAGE CLUB MOUNTAIN & DESERT COURSES Indian Wells, California, USA
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he Vintage is a presitigous and ultra-private golf community tucked into a natural cove at the base of
the Eisenhower mountain in Indian Wells, California. Pinnacle Design has been the Vintage’s exclusive golf course landscape architect since the mid 1990’s on multiple remodel projects on both the Desert and Mountain courses (36 holes). PDC helped the Vintage develop specifically different landscape concepts and palettes for both courses, the desert course being more native to the regional palette and the mountain course having a more lush palette with mass planting beds. Overall, Pinnacle has designed and oversaw construction on 120 acres of landscape at the Vintage, including 13 lakes and 200 lf of streams.
Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS:
2023 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE (CA), #22 (MOUNTAIN) 2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES, #50 (MOUNTAIN)
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SHADOW CREEK Las Vegas, Nevada
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n 2008, Pinnacle Design Company partnered with Tom Fazio’s team on a $20 million renovation of Shadow Creek Golf Course. Our scope included redesigning and enhancing the streams on holes 1, 9, and 15; remodeling the lakes on holes 17 and 18; and leading the reconstruction of the rock walls surrounding the 18th green. We also overhauled all planting beds and grasslands zones on the entirety of the golf course, and --once Fazio’s crew completed the shaping on holes 2 and 8 and the driving range - re-landscaped the non-turf areas to create a seamless, polished look. That same year, PDC transformed an existing residential parcel into a short-course/practice facility, turning former home sites into an inviting warm-up amenity for guests. In 2009, we designed a major landscape renovation for one of the remaining residential lots and developed a comprehensive master plan, complete with construction documents, for the entry drive leading into the golf course. Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS:
2023 TOP 100 GOLF COURSES IN THE U.S., GOLF MAGAZINE - #76 2023-24 BEST IN STATE, GOLF DIGEST, #1
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BOOT RANCH GOLF CLUB Fredricksberg, Texas, USA
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oot Ranch, a golf course community located in Texas hill country, hired Pinnacle Design to help them design a
village as their central community center. Along side clubhouse architect Marsh & Associates, PDC developed landscape plans for a new clubhouse, restaurants, event spaces, villas, swimming pools, sports courts, and a trail system that ran througout their property. (More detail of our work on this community center is in our ‘Golf Clubhouses and Amenities’ brochure). On the golf course, PDC worked with Hal Sutton to define grasslands and wildflowers zones outside of golf turf areas. PDC also designed and provided construction observation services for several water features throughout the course, including waterfalls made with natural and artificial rock and seasonal stream channels. Golf Course Architect
Hal Sutton Golf Design
AWARDS:
2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES, USA, #29 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE (TX), #18
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TRADITION GOLF CLUB La Quinta, California, USA
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he Tradition golf course was designed to meander through two distinct zones of the property. Lush wildflowers
and large waterfeatures enhance the lower elevations of the course while the upper portion of the course runs parallel to the Santa Rosa Cove Mountains where we introduced a rocky slope, enhanced desert-scape emulating the natural surroundings. The contrasting designs gives a wonderful and distinctive feel between the front 9 and back 8 holes with the final hole transitioning from the desert-scape back to the lush beautiful lakes and wildflowers of the front 9 golf holes.
Golf Course Architect
Arnold Palmer Golf Design
AWARDS:
2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES, USA, #28 2023-24 BEST IN STATE, GOLF DIGEST - #21
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PELICAN HILL GOLF CLUB Newport Coast, California, USA
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elican Hill Golf Club and Resort, which has two 18-hole Tom Fazio courses, is one of the finest resort courses in
the United States & overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Pinnacle Design has been their golf course landscape architect since 2003 and have helped renovate or design over 28 acres of landscape ($23 million in total renovation projects) on their golf course and surrounding amenities. During the major golf course renovation project in 2004, we recreated 15+ acres of native CSS (coastal sage scrub) plant communities while removing irrigated turf & non native landscape beds on the existing golf course. These new native areas that were required partially to expand the nesting grounds for the endangered Gnatcatcher bird species received environmental credits and allowed our client to expand their resort hotel footprint. Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS:
2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE, NORTH COURSE - #48 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE, SOUTH COURSE - #57 2019 GOLF DIGEST TOP 100 PUBLIC COURSES, SOUTH COURSE - #61 2019 GOLF DIGEST TOP 100 PUBLIC COURSES, NORTH COURSE - #89
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MONTEREY PENINSULA CC - DUNES COURSE Pebble Beach, California, USA
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onterey Peninsula Countr y Club is a 36-hole golf
development along the Monterey coastline in northern California. The Dunes course was a historic Seth Raynor design that over decades of remodel work by various other architects was transformed into a very average parkland-style golf course. From 2013 to 2017, PDC worked with Jackson/Kahn Design and Tom Fazio Golf Course Designers to change this historic course back to linksstyle seaside gem, that would soon garner US top 100 accolades. PDC helped remove 22 acres of turf area – drastically reducing the total water usage – and recreated seaside dunes by vegetating the sandy areas with native dune shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers. PDC also addressed eroded historic drainage channels that had been neglected and not part of the golf aesthetic, and upgraded them into elegant streams that now accent the golf hole aesthetically and strategically. Golf Course Architect
Jackson/Kahn Golf Design w/Tom Fazio
AWARDS:
2023-24 GOLF DIGEST AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST GOLF COURSES - #79 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE - #11
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ESTANCIA
Scottsdale Arizona, USA
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t Estancia, Fazio Golf Course Designers routed an 18-hole championahip golf course gently through and amongst
the foothills of Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. The desert re-vegetation was a primary component of the golf design and an especially arduous task considering the level of grading detail that was performed at the edges of disturbance, against the rocky mountainsides. Pinnacle Design laid out 42 acres of re-vegetation areas adjacent to the golf holes and working closely with the Fazio design group, field-located desert trees, shrubs, and cacti and worked closely with the golf course architect on a weekly basis to ensure that a seamless edge was achieved between the new and old nature. Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS:
2023-24 GOLF DIGEST AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST GOLF COURSES - #70 2023-24 GOLF WEEK BEST RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES - #3 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE - #1
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RAMS HILL
Borrego Springs, California, USA
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ams Hill is an award-winning 18-hole golf community located in the desert community of Borrego Springs, California. Pinnacle Design
helped to resurrect this course, along with the Tom Fazio and Jackson/ Kahn design team, and it has risen from the ashes to become a popular destination for day trips or stay-and-play trips for golfers throughout southern California. PDC was responsible for the golf course landscape design, clubhouse and entry road landscape design. The plant palette is a mixture of grasslands and drip-irrigated desert landscape.
Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS:
2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESORT GOLF COURSE, USA, #53 2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE (CA), #46
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HILLCREST GOLF CLUB Los Angeles, California, USA
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ne of the most prominent clubs in the Los Angeles area, Hillcrest Country Club hired Pinnacle Design in 2001 to assist the late John Harbottle on a restoration project. From 2001 until 2019, Pinnacle consulted on various landscape projects on the golf course. In 2019, the club hired Kyle Phillips to embark on a major remodel. The objectives of the project were to modernize the course with a new irrigation system, new grasses, and a more open layout. Pinnacle assisted Phillips with the tree removal and transplant project. Trees were removed from the interior of the course, opening up views of the City skyline from several golf holes, and some of these trees - along with new trees - were re-planted on the outer boundaries of the golf course to screen undesirable views and enclose and frame golf holes. New landscape zones and open areas of mulch were added to reduce turf and overall water costs. Pinnacle also designed a new outdoor event space for the club as well provided landscape designs for their tennis facilities, cart staging areas, and new teaching facility. Golf Course Architect
Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design
AWARDS:
2023-24 BEST IN STATE, GOLF DIGEST - #35
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ANNADALE GOLF CLUB
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Pasadena, California, USA
innacle Design began work for Annandale GC in 2015 during
a major drought period in California. Working with the course superintendent, PDC proposed to transform about 20 acres of turf into low, medium, and high density landscape planting zones, as well as a low-water use meadow grasslands zone. At this time, the water districts in southern California were offering rebates to golf courses using domestic water. PDC was the liason between the water district and Annandale to ensure they would qualify for the rebate, making the affordability of the turf reduction palatable for the club. All landscape zones were drip-irrigated, and all zones were field-located to ensure playability of the golf course was not negatively impacted. The turf reduction project was a great success and Pinnacle Design remains as Annandale’s landscape architect to this day, helping them with thier future course renovations.
Golf Course Architect
Origins Golf Design
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ELDORADO COUNTRY CLUB Indian Wells, California, USA
Eldorado is one of the oldest clubs in the Coachella valley, opening in 1957. In 2002, Pinnacle worked with Tom Fazio and his team to ressurect this classic course, which had seen a decrease in membership in the 1990’s. The golf course in 2002 was mostly flat with a few lakes and virtually no landscape component. The goal of the major re-imagination project was to modernize the features of the golf course and bring undulation, more interest and beauty to the golf corridors. Pinnacle designed three major stream systems as well as 12 acres of new ornamental landscape. Occupying only 120 acres, the golf course had narrow corridors to begin with, so the new landscape areas needed to be strategically and carefully placed so as not to hinder the playability of the golf course. The course re-opened in 2003 and today they are regarded as one of the top 100 residential golf course memberships in the country. ECC went from 145 members before the project to an ‘invitation only’ membership with a waiting list in 2022. From 2003 to present day, PDC has continued to design and consult with the club on their golf course and various amenities around their property. Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
AWARDS:
2023 GOLFWEEK TOP 200 RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES, #68 2023 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE, #37
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QUAIL LODGE & GOLF CLUB
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Carmel, California, USA
uail Lodge and Golf Club hired PDC in 2013 to review their
existing lakes and provide recommendations for functional and aesthetic improvement. Following that work, Pinnacle was hired to review the entire property for opportunities to reduce turf envelope and add low-water use landscape areas to reduce their overall water costs and improve their landscape aesthetics. At the same time, Todd Eckenrode with Origins Design was hired to do a renovation of the golf course. PDC worked with Todd to develop a master plan for the turf reduction/landscape improvement project that fit with his goals on the golf renovation project. In the end, Pinnacle designed 22 acres of new landscape areas, screening the undesirable perimeters with high density plantings and opening up the interior of the course with rustic low density plantings in a mulch groundcover.
Golf Course Architect
Origins Golf Design
AWARDS:
2023 BEST RESORT COURSES, GOLFWEEK - #128 (TIED)
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NEWPORT BEACH COUNTRY CLUB Newport Beach, California, USA The Newpor t Beach Countr y Club is a classic layout built in 1953 by world renowned architec t William ‘Billy ’ Bell. NBCC has also been a popular stop for the Senior PGA Tour since 1997. Pinnacle Design was hired in 2018, along with Casey O’Callaghan, to assist in developing a landscape master plan/turf reduction plan for the golf course. The main landscape design objectives were to open up the golf course interior, enhance non-turf areas, and screen the perimeters. During the multi-phased construction process, we directed the removal of +/-450 mature palms and trees, provided designs that enhanced interior golf course lakes and tee surrounds, as well as screened and softened the interior driving range and hotels, condos, and roads on the perimeter. We also provided designs for an event lawn adjacent to a busy tennis court facility. In addition to addressing the every day needs of the members, our plans as well needed to provide for the needs of the annual Senior Tour event. Golf Course Architect
Casey O’Callaghan Golf Course Design
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CHILENO BAY
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Los Cabos, Baja Sur, Mexico
n 2004, Pinnacle Design was hired alongside Fazio Golf Designers to create a most unique golf product in Cabo San Lucas. The goal of the project was
to create a golf course that would appear as if it had been laid ontop of the natural terrain and within the natural vegetation. Bunkers would be rugged, the landscape would be 100% native, and there would be no rough (very different than typical Fazio projects at that time). However, to achieve an 18 hole golf course on the site given to them, Fazio was required to move a large amount of earthwork. As a result, Pinnacle Design was tasked with a major native revegetation project. Prior to grading and clearing operations, PDC walked the hole centerlines with Fazio’s design team and local contractors during to field locate specimen plants, cacti, and trees to salvage and store in an on-site nursery. After grading was complete and turflines were established, we first laid out the large specimen trees with the golf architect and then continued to fieldlocate all smaller cacti, trees, and native plants in the native re-vegetation zones. The project stalled due to the economic downturn in 2006, but was ressurected and opened for play in 2009 under new ownership. Today, Chileno Bay is regarded as one of the best value’s for golf in the Cabo San Lucas region. Golf Course Architect
Fazio Golf Course Designers
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DIAMANTE CABO SAN LUCAS Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico
D
iamante is a beach resort club and golf community that includes 2 golf courses, hotels, clubhouses, recreational lakes, villas, estate
homes, condominiums, fitness centers, beach clubs, trails, and short game areas. PInnacle Design started master plans and design with ownership in 2006. Master plan program elements included the main entry, a 3-mile entry drive, the clubhouse site, residential villas, private residential communities, future hotel sites, 2 golf courses, and a swim fitness center. As master plans were approved, PDC provided full landscape design packages and on-site construction observation for the entry drive, clubhouse/hotel, swim/fitness center, driving range, and villas. Diamante has grown into one of the world top 100 best golf courses and has cornered the exclusive golf course community market in Cabo San Lucas with attractive time share and resort living options.
Golf Course Architect
Davis Love III, TGR Design by Tiger Woods
AWARDS:
2020-21 GOLF MAGAZINE TOP GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD, #70 2019 GOLF WEEK TOP GOLF COURSES IN MEXICO/CARIBBEAN, #2
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CASCATA
Boulder City, Nevada, USA
T
he Cascata golf course property in the foothills outside Las Vegas
is simalar to the proposed mountain course at Triple Bay. The 400 acre site had no trees & minimal scrub vegitation. PDC worked closely with Rees Jones to create this desert oasis gem for the ultra high rollers visiting the Las Vegas area. Since all the golf holes were mass graded & dynamited to smithereens, PDC had to revegitate 92 acres of disturbance with a mix of native & enhanced desert flora & thousands of desert trees. To create additional drama to many of the golf holes, PDC designed streams, lakes and waterfalls. Cascata is the only clubhouse i know of where we designed a strean running through the building, so when you pick up your golf cart inside the atrium you are instantly ingaged in the natural beauty of Cascata.
Golf Course Architect
Rees Jones Golf Design
AWARDS
2023-24 GOLF DIGEST BEST IN STATE - #6 2019-2020 TOP 100 PUBLIC GOLF COURSES, GOLF DIGEST - #60 2019 BEST RESORT COURSES, GOLFWEEK - #51
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PINE ROCK BEACH GOLF CLUB Beidaihe, China
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innacle Design was brought on board to design the
landscape of the golf course, entry, and clubhouse and to oversee the installation of this unique parkland style golf course. The golf course is situated on the outskirts of Bei Dai He City and the design of the course took advantage of many views toward the city skylne and distant ocean views. The Pine Rock Golf Course site presents a mix of unique rock outcrops, gently rolling hills with stands of mature pine trees. The golf course landscape has been designed to fit beautifully into the natural feel of the golf topography and complement the views and natural rock formations. Pinnacle Design extended the natural landscape feel found throughout the property from the entry gate to the iconic clubhouse. Golf Course Architect
IMG Golf Course Design
AWARDS:
2014 GOLF MAGAZINE CHINA - TOP 10 NEW GOLF CLUB IN CHINA
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BROOK HOLLOW GOLF CLUB
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Dallas, Texas, USA
rook Hollow is a high profile private club built in the golden
age of golf architecture by one of the most prolific architects of that time period, AW Tillinghast. In 2019, Keith Foster Golf Architect was hired to restore the golf course back to its golden age design. As is common with all golden age resoration projects, trees had been allowed to crowd the golf holes, so many trees needed to be cleared out of the interior of the property in order for Keith to re-create the Tillinghast design concepts and turf playing conditions. Pinnacle was hired to assist Keith with the landscape design associated with the restoration. PDC designed about 9 acres of new landscape beds, both on the perimeter for screening undesirable views, and on the interior in the form of open sandy grasslands. Many trees from the interior were transplanted to the perimeters. PDC also helped the club to upgrade their clubhouse exterior landscape and hardscape areas, including cart staging areas, outdoor dining areas, new circulation pathways, and a firepit feature. Golf Course Architect
Keith Foster Golf Architect
AWARDS:
2023 BEST IN STATE, GOLF DIGEST - #6
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EL NIGEUL COUNTRY CLUB
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Laguna Niguel, California, USA ounded in 1963, El Nigeul CC is an invitation only, top-tier
country club in the coastal region of Orange County, California. In 2015, the club was in a position to modernize their golf course at the same time local water district agencies were giving subsidies to clubs that were willing to reduce turf on their golf courses. The club hired Pinnacle Design to come up with a turf reduction master plan (totaling about 40 acres) that the club could implement in multiple phases. The club implemented phase I of the turf reduction plan and soon after they hired Todd Eckenrode with Origins Golf Design to modernize the golf course in both length, playability and aesthetics. PDC and Eckenrode worked together to implement the 2nd phase of the turf reduction plan in a 2018 major remodel project on the golf course. In the end, El Nigeul reduced their turf footprint by roughly 30%, created a much more visually stunning golf course and maintained good playability for all levels of golfer, while creating a much more visually stunning golf experience. Golf Course Architect
Origins Golf Design
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SCOTTSDALE NATIONAL T.O.C. (SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA) P|70 PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY BROCHURE 2025
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TEAM INFORMATION
PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY KEN ALPERSTEIN
DOUGLAS ENROTH
President (Founder/Partner)
Vice President (Partner)
University of Arizona, UCLA, B.A.
B.S. Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University
ASLA (CA)
ASLA (CA, OR), CLARB
Years experience: 35 years
Years experience: 26 years
Notable projects as lead or co-lead:
Notable projects as lead or co-lead:
The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe, The Quarry, The Tradition, The Vintage, The
Scottsdale National TOC (AZ), Marrasi (Egypt), The Valley Club (Idaho), Imperial Springs (China), Pine Rock Beach (China), and Diamante (Cabo
Classic Club, Monterey Peninsula CC Dunes Course, and Ladera Golf Club
San Lucas, MX).
DAVID FISHER
RYAN MUNSEY
Senior Landscape Architect (Partner)
Senior Project Manager
M.L.A. Landscape Architecture, University of Florida,
B.L.A. Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
ASLA (CA) Years experience: 28 (18 with PDC)
Years experience: 29 years (20 with PDC) Notable projects as lead or co-lead: Twin Dolphin GC (Cabo San Lucas, MX), Montecito Club, SilverRock GC,
Notable projects as lead or co-lead;
Andalusia CC (CA), Anaheim Hills (CA) “The Other Course” & “The Bad
Whistling Rock CC (Korea), Chileno Bay (Cabo San Lucas, MX), Indian
Little 9” at Scottsdale National (AZ), and Imperial Springs International
Canyons (CA), Escena Golf Club (CA), Pelican Hill Golf Resort (CA), Ladera
Summit (China).
Golf Club (CA), Simapo Golf Club (China).
BRIAN MOORE Landscape Designer B.L.A. Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University Years experience: 23 (2 with PDC)
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PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY GOLF DIGEST’S “BEST NEW PRIVATE U.S. 2023“ #1
Ladera Golf Club, Thermal, CA
GOLF DIGEST’S AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST GOLF COURSES 2023 #27 #70 #79 #91
Shadow Creek, North Las Vegas, NV The Estancia Club, Scottsdale, AZ Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Dunes, Pebble Beach, CA The Quarry at La Quinta, La Quinta, CA
GOLF MAGAZINE TOP 100 GOLF COURSES IN THE U.S. 2023 #76 #78
Shadow Creek, North Las Vegas, NV Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Dunes, Pebble Beach, CA
GOLF WEEK “TOP 200 RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES 2023“ #3 The Estancia Club, Scottsdale, AZ #13 The Country Club Castle Pines, Castle Pines, CO #16 The Quarry at La Quinta, La Quinta, CA #28 Tradition Golf Club, La Quinta, CA #29 Boot Ranch Golf Club, Fredericksburg, TX #49 The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, CA #50 The Vintage Club (Mountain Course, Indian Wells, CA #58T Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, CA #68 Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, CA #77 The Silverleaf Club, Scottsdale, AZ #103T Hideaway Golf Club (Clive Clark Course), La Quinta, CA #106T The Farms Golf Club, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
#20 Sherwood Country Club (master plan/remodels), Thousand Oaks, CA #21 Tradition Golf Club, La Quinta, CA #22 The Vintage Club (Mountain Course), Indian Wells, CA #24 The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, CA #30 Shady Canyon Golf Club, Irvine, CA #34 Lakeside Country Club (minor remodels), Burbank, CA #35 Hillcrest Country Club, Los Angeles, CA #36 Hideaway Golf Club, La Quinta, CA #37 Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, CA #38 Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, CA #46 Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs, CA #48 Pelican Hill Golf Club (North), Newport Coast, CA GOLF DIGEST’S “BEST IN STATE 2023-2024” #57 Pelican Hill Golf Club (South), Newport Coast, CA ARIZONA #58 Rolling Hills Country Club, Rolling Hills Estates, CA #1 The Estancia Club, Scottsdale, AZ COLORADO #5 Scottsdale National Golf Club (The Other Course), Scottsdale, AZ #2 Castle Pines Golf Club (major renovation), Castle Rock, CO #11 The Silverleaf Club (minor remodel), Scottsdale, AZ NEVADA CALIFORNIA #1 Shadow Creek (major renovation), North Las Vegas, NV #4 Riviera Country Club (master plan), Pacific Palisades, CA #6 Cascata Golf Club, Boulder City, NV #10 The Valley Club of Montecito, Montecito, CA #8 Wynn Golf Club (major renovation), Las Vegas, NV #11 Monterey Peninsula Country Club - Dunes, Pebble Beach, CA #10 Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course (major renovation), Stateside, NV #12 The Quarry at La Quinta, La Quinta, CA TEXAS #15 The Madison Club (minor remodel), La Quinta, CA #6 Brook Hollow Golf Club Dallas, TX #18 Bel Air Country Club (remodel 1990), Bel Air, CA #18 Boot Ranch Golf Club Fredericksburg, TX
GOLF WEEK’S 2023 “BEST RESORT GOLF COURSES 2023” #8 #42 #53 #103T #113 #117T #128T
Shadow Creek Golf Club, North Las Vegas, NV Cascata Golf Club, Boulder City, NV Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs, CA Pelican Hill (Ocean South), Newport Coast, CA Pelican Hill (Ocean North), Newport Coast, CA Wynn Golf Club, Las Vegas, NV Quail Lodge and Golf Resort, Carmel, CA
GOLF DIGEST 2023 “TOP 100 PUBLIC GOLF COURSES” #5 #61 #66 #89 #91
Shadow Creek Golf Club, North Las Vegas, NV Cascata Golf Club, Boulder City, NV Wynn Golf Club, Las Vegas, NV Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course Stateline, NV Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs, CA
2023 GOLF MAGAZINE TOP 100 ASIA-PACIFIC #37 Korea
Whistling Rock CC, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South
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