First Impressions of Huntsman Springs
Coming into the lush green valley for the first time, world renown golf architect David McLay Kidd saw Huntsman Springs as a blank canvas framed by some of the most spectacular views anywhere. What he and his team developed is a championship course 7,666 yards long, that shapes and defines the entire community, and gives rich, windswept texture to the landscape. “In terms of golf experience, we have never built a course with so much risk-reward, ‘do or die’ and go-for-broke hole after hole, yet it is fair and playable,” says Kidd who was GOLF Magazine’s 2008 “Architect of the Year.” He is known for exceptional courses including the original 18 holes at Bandon Dunes and Castle at St. Andrews. With total creative liberty and a construction team that focused on every detail, Kidd describes the completed course as “something beyond our wildest dreams.”
Courses Designed by David McLay Kidd
- The Castle Course - St. Andrews, Scotland
- TPC San Francisco Bay - California, USA
- Tetherow - Oregon, USA
- Bandon Dunes - Oregon, USA
- Powerscourt - County Wicklow, Ireland
- Nanea - Hawaii, USA
- Queenwood - Surrey, England
- Fancourt - South Africa
- Machrihanish Dunes - Scotland
Achievements and Awards
- #2 International Development of the Year – Golf Inc. 2011
- #1 Best New Private Courses – Golf Magazine 2010
- Best New U.S. Courses – Golfweek 2010
- Best of the Best – Robb Report, June 2008
- #1 –America’s Top Golf Courses – Zagat Survey 2004
- #1 – Best New Private Course – Golf World U.K. 2002
- #1 – Best New Upscale Public Course – Golf Digest 1999
