Magazine - Thomson Perrett Designed Courses Host Successive Tournaments

By Helen Perrett in Golf on 11th Feb 2010 22:00

When Players line up for the 2010 Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship at Sandhurst Club’s North Course on Thursday 11 February, Thomson Perrett designed golf courses will be on show for a second successive week.

This follows Thomson Perrett’s Moonah Open course hosting the 2010 Moonah Classic last week. The selection of these courses reflects Thomson Perrett’s ability to design championship courses that can test the best of local and overseas talent.

This year was the 3rd consecutive year Moonah Links Open Course hosted the Moonah Classic. The Open course was designed specifically to host major tournaments. A natural stadium layout with wide undulating fairways of pure couch grass, punctuated with pot bunkers leading onto large multi-tiered greens, it is one of Australia’s finest links courses.

This year it was enjoyed by an international line-up of golfers including American winner Jim Herman, defending champion Alistair Presnell, Peter Lonard, Craig Parry, Jarrod Lyle, Paul Sheehan and a host of other great players. The players, the course and the weather all combined to create a very exciting and memorable event resulting in a play-off between Herman and fellow countryman Chris Kirk.

We now look forward to The Sandhurst Club hosting the 2010 Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship, which begins on Thursday February 11. Sandhurst is the new home of the PGA of Australia headquarters having moved from its original base in Sydney to Sandhurst three years ago. The North Course was established in 2004 and the second course, the Champions layout, was opened in 2008. Thomson Perrett designed both courses.

This weeks field includes defending champion Andre Stolz, 2009 Moonah Classic Champion and local talent Alistair Presnell, 2010 Subaru Victorian Open winner Jason Norris, 2002 Australian Open Champion Steve Allan, multiple Japan Tour winners New Zealand’s David Smail and New South Welshman Paul Sheehan, big hitters Kurt Barnes and Steve Bowditch and up and coming talent Victorian Matthew Griffin.

About Thomson Perrett

Thomson Perrett is a celebrated and dynamic Golf Course Architecture firm, which has evolved over the last 50 years, and proudly offers their Clients vast experience, having created 250 internationally recognised golf facilities in 30 countries worldwide. The Company now has offices in London, Beijing and Singapore, giving the business a truly global reach.

Legendary Peter Thomson, 5 times British Open Champion and Architect, Ross Perrett have joined forces and lead a golf design company which is continually raising the benchmarks within the industry. Peters undisputed golfing ability and his vast experience as a Golf Course Architect combined with Ross’s innate design talents; together with the expertise of their multi-skilled team make Thomson Perrett a leader within the golf industry.

Ross has successfully merged his love for sport and nature with his eye for design and is a highly respected Golf Course Architect and Master Planner. Ross is a qualified Architect, Landscape Architect - a multi-skilled designer with an eye for detail and is passionate about the environment. Peter and Ross are backed by a dedicated team of professionals with qualifications in golf course architecture, architecture, landscape architecture, agronomy, irrigation design and computer visualisation, providing their clients with a truly comprehensive service, which is unmatched in the world of golf.
www.thomsonperrett.com.au

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