As originally reported on www.golfcoursearchitecture.com
Richard Humphreys
November 4, 2020
The second phase of renovation work is complete at Montclair Golf Club in New Jersey.
The work is part of a project covering the club’s 36 holes, which is being overseen by Brian Schneider of
Renaissance Golf Design alongside Michael Campbell, the club’s director of golf course operations.
Tom Bendelow originally designed an 18-hole course for Montclair, which opened in 1899. In 1928, Donald Ross redesigned the course (today’s First and Second Nines) and added the Third Nine. Charles Banks added the Fourth Nine six years later.
The first phase of renovation work at Montclair was completed earlier this year and included the creation of a new fifth hole to improve the overall design and to also allow for the construction of a new short game area. The second phase focused on bunkers, greens and tees on the club’s Third Nine.
The team made use of historic aerial photographs, the oldest from 1930, to guide the project. “We’re not going back exactly to 1930 but very, very close,” said Campbell. “We are redoing the bunkers and rebuilt four greens [the third, fifth, sixth and ninth] on the Third Nine. Those greens that we’re not redoing are being recontoured along the perimeters to regain lost pin positions. And we’re rebuilding tees. It’s all being done with a 1930s flavour, but to modern specifications.”
Bunkers have been rebuilt with Better Billy Bunker lining. Some have been removed as they did not reflect the Ross style, while others were added to increase playability, aesthetics, and challenge...
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