Steve Burns

Representative Projects

Burns Golf Design

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Club de Golf Malinalco - San Sebastián de Amola, México - A weekend home community for residents of México City. The course, considered by many to be the best in México, was selected to host the 1993 Mexican PGA tournament. Responsibilities included all design, most of the drawing preparation, and field design.

Hawks Nest Golf Club - Wooster, Ohio - An upscale daily-fee course, which opened nine holes in July of 1993, and the second nine in May of 1994, the golf course is drawing capacity play from throughout Ohio. The January '96 Golf Digest ranked Hawks Nest among the top 5 public-access courses in Ohio. The 2000-2001 edition of Golf Digest's Places to Play awarded Hawks Nest a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, placing it among North America's 201 best public-access courses. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

The Country Clubs of Fox Meadow, Meadow Course - Medina, Ohio - A private development course, built around a fifty-five acre lake, completed July 1995. Governor Voinovich called this the nicest project in Ohio. Would have been among Golf Digest's "Top 10 Best New Private Courses of 1996" had they allowed walking, and received the associated two bonus points, like all of the top ten did. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Laura Walker Golf Course - Laura S. Walker State Park, Waycross, Georgia - A state park golf course, completed May 1995. The Georgia Golf Association course ratings person said the course is one of the nicest in the state, and he wants to hold the Georgia Amateur there. In fact, the course has hosted several state championships and professional tournaments. Over 100 members left the local private club to play this course instead. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Legion Memorial Golf Course - Everett, Washington - 18 hole major remodeling project. Construction completed June 1998. Re-opened September 1, 1998. Because of the substantial improvement, Legion's rating improved from 2 stars to 4 stars, on a scale of 5, in the 2000-2001 edition of Golf Digest's Places to Play. The May 2000 Golf Digest listed the course among the four most improved in their rating. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Cobblestone Golf Course - Kendallville, Indiana - 18 hole development course. Construction completed October 1997. Opened May 1998. Ranked the 8th "Best New Affordable Public Course of 1999" by Golf Digest. One year after opening, it hosted an NGA Hooters Professional Golf Tour event. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Sebastian Hills Golf Club - Xenia, Ohio - 18 hole course and residential development. Opened May 2000. Responsibilities include design, drawing preparation and field design.

Charles Pointe - Bridgeport, West Virginia - 18 hole championship course and 9 hole executive course within a 2000 acre development. Construction scheduled for late 2004. Responsibilities include design, drawing preparation and field design.

Arrowhead Golf Club - Cedar Grove, Florida - A 27 hole municipal course, within a 2000 acre development, located in the Florida panhandle. Burns Golf Design handled the master planning of the development as well as the golf course design. Project was abandoned. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Butte-Silverbow Golf Course - Butte, Montana - 18 hole course and potential residential development at the site of an old phosphate plant. Preliminary planning completed to date. Responsibilities include design and drawing preparation.

StoneGate Preserve - Hopkinton, Rhode Island - A private golf community that will include either 18 or 27 holes of golf. Burns Golf Design is responsible for the master planning of the development, in addition to the golf course design. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation. Project was abandoned due to site problems.

Highland Ridge Golf Course - Augusta County, Virginia - 18 hole course and mixed-use development. Preliminary planning completed to date. Project was abandoned. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Race Track Road Parcel - Tampa, Florida - 18 hole course and residential development. Preliminary planning completed to date. Project was abandoned. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

The Estuary Golf Club - Bradenton, Florida - Master planning of an 18 hole daily fee course located on Tampa Bay. Residential development will adjoin the golf. Responsibilities included design.

Brookside Golf Course - Ashland, Ohio - A 9-hole addition plus remodeling of several existing holes. The project is currently awaiting construction funding. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Mountain Road Golf Course - Baltimore, Maryland - 18 hole course and conference center. Preliminary planning completed to date. Project was abandoned. Responsibilities include design.

Indian Hills C.C. - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Major remodeling of an 18 hole course to allow development of real estate around course. Preliminary planning completed to date. On hold pending purchase of additional real estate. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Water's Edge Development - Granbury, Texas - Master planning for an 18 hole development golf course. Project was sold to a different developer. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Genesis Point - Richmond Hill, Georgia - Master planning of an 18 hole development and course for ITT Rayland. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Crandall - Nassau County, Florida - Master planning of an 18 hole development and course for ITT Rayland. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Lofton Landing - Nassau County, Florida - Master planning of an 18 hole development and course for ITT Rayland. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Lofton Greens - Nassau County, Florida - Master planning of a 36 hole development and course for ITT Rayland. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Willow Lakes C.C. - Jacksonville, Florida - Redesign of an existing 36 hole course (18 abandoned) into 27 holes with real estate. Project became 18 hole in-house minor remodeling. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Blue Cypress Golf Course - Jacksonville, Florida - Redesign of an abandoned 18 hole course into a 9 hole course and park. Burns Golf Design is assisting the golf course developer with the design of the greens complexes based upon the developer's routing. Responsibilities include design and drawing preparation.

 

Fazio Golf Course Designers

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Hammock Dunes Golf Links - Palm Coast, Florida - Selected by Golf Digest as the "5th Best New Private Course of 1989", and the 12th best course in Florida. Selected in a 1993 Golf Course News poll, of golf course architects and builders, as the best private seaside course to open in the last five years. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

John's Island West - Wabasso, Florida - Rated by Golf Digest as the 15th best course in Florida. Golfweek ranked it #24 among "America's Best Modern Courses" (those built in 1960 or later). Written about in many publications as one of the best examples of environmentally sensitive golf course development. Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Long Point at Amelia Island Plantation - Fernandina Beach, Florida - Rated by Florida's Best Golf Courses as the 5th best course in Florida, and "The prettiest course in Florida, no ands, ifs, or buts about it." Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Wachesaw Plantation - Murrells Inlet, South Carolina - Rated the 15th best course in South Carolina, and called the #1 course in Myrtle Beach by Golf Digest . Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Hunter's Green - Tampa, Florida - Golf Digest said about Hunter's Green, "Fazio is as good as anyone working today and Hunter's Green is more proof of it." Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Dataw Island Club, Cotton Dike Course - Beaufort County, South Carolina - Rated by Golfweek as one of the "Fifty Most Distinctive Development Courses in the Southeastern United States." Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Callawassie - Beaufort County, South Carolina - Rated by Golfweek as one of the "Fifty Most Distinctive Development Courses in the Southeastern United States." Directed drainage crew, ran project temporarily while full-time designer's representative was away.

Old Trail - Jupiter, Florida - Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation. Also directed clearing operations.

Golden Eagle Golf Club - Tallahassee, Florida - Directed clearing operations.

Lake Nona - Orlando, Florida - Rated 11th in Florida by Golf Digest . Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field design.

Kiawah Island Resort--Osprey Course - Kiawah Island, South Carolina - Rated 37th in South Carolina by Golfweek . Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

Philadelphia C.C. - Gladwyne, Pennsylvania - 9 hole addition. Responsibilities included design and drawing preparation.

NOTE: Course ratings may not reflect the latest rating period.

EXPLANATION OF COMMON TERMS:

Design includes either full or partial input into the actual layout and construction of the golf course.

Drawing preparation is the drafting of the plans, and does not necessarily include design.

Field design is directing either all or part of the construction, including significant design decisions and changes made in the field.

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