By Fred Altvater Michigan-native Ray Hearn is becoming one of the most popular golf designers in the country. His philosophy includes assuring courses are enjoyable for every handicap and skill-level. Watching the Masters as a nine-year old, Ray told his father that he wanted to design golf courses. In high school, he had not changed […]
Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs, Inc. has excelled in golf course architecture, including creating new course designs and the restoration, renovation, and remodeling of existing courses throughout the United States and abroad for 25 years. “It has been a great ride thus far with a couple bumps – recessions – mixed in here and there,” Hearn, […]
By Greg Johnson Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs of Holland, Mich., has completed a long-range Master Plan and is moving ahead on renovation and restoration at Washtenaw Golf Club, one of the oldest courses in Michigan with roots to 1899. It’s the second time the duo of Hearn and Dave Kendall, operating partner of the now-public Washtenaw property, and Michigan Golf […]
Raymond Hearn Golf Course Design’s master planning of the historic Maple Lane Golf Course (1926) in Sterling Heights, has been recognized by The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) with a 2019 Design Excellence Recognition Award. It is the fifth ASGCA Design Excellence Award won by Hearn’s Holland-based firm in the last seven years. […]
Raymond Hearn Golf Course Design’s renovation work at Water’s Edge Golf Club in Fremont, has been recognized by the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) with a 2018 Design Excellence Recognition Award. It is the fourth ASGCA Design Excellence Award won by Hearn’s Holland, Mich.-based firm in the last six years. Hearn created a new par […]