The ninth annual American Society of Golf Course Architects Design Excellence Recognition Program honorees have been named. Blythefield Country Club, host site of the Meijer LPGA Classic, was one of the golf facilities cited for their work with ASGCA members in addressing unique design challenges.
Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan/Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA
Blythefield was designed more than 90 years ago by William B. Langford and Theodore J. Moreau. A renovation has restored the course and Club to its original splendor. Improvements included:
- New state-of-the-art two acre short-game practice facility
- 12,000 SF putting green and putting course
- Repositioning and rebuilding of all bunkers with the Better Billy Bunker System
- Fairway realignment and widening
- All greens expanded to their original shapes and sizes
Tree removal has also opened the site panoramas, restored a cleaner look and created the width for each hole that Langford and Moreau intended.
