A blissful summer's day today at 7 Mile Beach. Many thanks to GM Will Kay for his kind hospitality and the chance to walk the course behind the field.

An update on phase 2 of our renovation project at WA's Royal Perth in partnership with KruseGolf. m.youtube.com/watch?v=GTsr...

In 1932, Colt wrote "I feel sure that we ought to have one of the best 18 hole courses on the Continent". His prediction was spot on. Utrechtse De Pan is one of his best works. A course walk followed by dinner in the beautiful thatched clubhouse. Lekker. @ivgd1.bsky.social

Frank on site at 7 Mile Beach in conversation with course manager Anthony Toogood. @ivgd1.bsky.social 📷: @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social

Designed by Frank Pont, the new 14th green at Hallamshire GC in Sheffield continues to take shape. @ivgd1.bsky.social @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social

"... Congrats to @ivgd1.bsky.social who has been working here since 2002 ... Everything is dialled in, the fairways are suitably wide, the pines are back from play, and the heather has regenerated ... a supremely idyllic place to enjoy a game." Ran Morrissett, GolfClubAtlas, on Eindhovensche

Both Mikes were on site at 7 Mile Beach last week to accompany a group of SAGCA and industry professionals on a preview tour. 📷: @lukasmichel.bsky.social

I have to admit to being slightly obsessed by the views of London that have appeared at The Addington post woodland management. It was a bleakish morning for golf but a shaft of light lit up Canary Wharf as we approached the 1st green.

It's been a while since we posted the classic architect with plans shot so here is @ivgd1.bsky.social on site today at Whittington Heath.

It's a bright and breezy morning in Yorkshire as construction of Hallamshire's new 14th green continues. 📷: @ivgd1.bsky.social

The new Golf World top100 list for Continental Europe. We are honoured to have 3 clients in the top 4, 8 in the top 34, and 12 overall.

A busy week with projects on site in Australia (mainland and Tasmania), The Netherlands, and England. This is Whittington Heath's 5th where @ivgd1.bsky.social is overseeing a rebunkering to amend the look and locations to be more in keeping with Colt's designs elsewhere.

Frank on site yesterday at Hallamshire GC in Sheffield with CM Ben Burrill and the team from Profusion as work continues to build the new 14th green. @ivgd1.bsky.social 📷: James Glover & CDP

De Pan, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Heather regeneration project on the 5th hole - part transplant, part scrape. 📷: @ivgd1.bsky.social

A serious storm blew through Northern France last night causing some damage including my hotel window which bit the dust. This morning's walk at Golf de Fontainebleau took place whilst the course team was in the middle of cleaning up. Proper 3 club wind.

Course walk at The Addington today. The hill to the left of the 8th was scraped and brashed last year. Heather is already emerging. @ivgd1.bsky.social is happy.

Love on the rocks. 12th hole, Golf de Fontainebleau, near Paris, France. Designed by Tom Simpson. 📷: Will Watt @ivgd1.bsky.social @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social

Our partner Frank Pont has been appointed to advise Sutton Coldfield GC in Birmingham, England. Originally laid out in the late 19th century, Alister MacKenzie was retained after WW1 to revitalise the course, the revised version finally opening in 1934. 📷: SCGC @ivgd1.bsky.social

Three years later, this clip still makes me smile... Setting the tiger tees at Seven Mile Beach the @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social & DeVries way.

x.com/firmandfastg... Latest Firm and Fast podcast with guest Roderick Ritchie the Course Chairman at Utrechtse Golf Club'De Pan' @ivgd1.bsky.social @claytondevriespont.bsky.social

Frank at Calcot Park yesterday for a course walk with the committee. @ivgd1.bsky.social

Grassing is underway on Stage 2 of our Masterplan for Royal Perth in WA in partnership with KruseGolf. This phase includes 7 new greens and adjoining tees plus a large Himalayas putting green. All shaping by @lukasmichel.bsky.social with oversight from @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social and Harley Kruse.

5th Hole, Les Pins Course Golf d'Hardelot, France Designed by Tom Simpson Restored by @ivgd1.bsky.social & Patrice Boissonnas

Following its renovation by @ivgd1.bsky.social 18 months ago, New Zealand's 18th green is looking much more like a 1930s version of itself. Current conditions = very firm and fast.

Hola (Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan)

Including one of Mike DeVries's creations... linksmagazine.com/7-golf-holes...

Still one of my favorite places in the world for a quiet evening round

"Perdu" The Addington, Surrey, England. A green abandoned almost a century ago. Now rebuilt by Mike DeVries. 📷: William Watt

"Of all the lists, this is the best" - @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social golfclubatlas.com/147-custodia...

14th hole with the City of London behind. The Addington, Surrey, England. Designed by JF Abercromby & HS Colt. Restored by Messrs Clayton, DeVries & Pont. @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social @ivgd1.bsky.social 📷: Will Watt

We are delighted to announce that we have been retained as consulting course architect by Berkhamsted Golf Club in Hertfordshire, England. @ivgd1.bsky.social will act as project manager. golfbusinessnews.com/news/courses...

9th hole with Woking on the horizon New Zealand GC, Surrey, England Designed by Tom Simpson Restored by @ivgd1.bsky.social 📷: William Watt

Mike DeVries's Greywalls Course at Marquette GC, Michigan. Voted this month in the US's top 50 public golf courses by Golf week magazine.

7th Hole a.k.a. "Volcano" Les Pins Course Golf d'Hardelot Cote d'Opale France Designed by Tom Simpson Restored by @ivgd1.bsky.social & Patrice Boissonnas

A spectacular morning at Spey Bay. Kudos to CM David Rumbles and his team - the playing surfaces have come on no end in the past year.

Frank and Hendrik presented our Draft Course Plan and proposed renovations to the practice facilities to Royal Dublin's members at a town hall event last night. @ivgd1.bsky.social @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social

The 1984 Maekyung Open champion revisiting the tournament at Namseoul GC 41 years later. 📷: @ivgd1.bsky.social

The renovated par-3 2nd at Golf de Fontainebleau is bedding in well. Granite rocks are now exposed (again) in the carry and a Simpson-style "finger" bunker is in the run-off to the left of the green. 📷: Alex Villet, Chairman of Green

Frank Pont in Seoul with the great So Yeon Ryu. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social

Hendrik & Gonzalo on site at Real Pineda in Seville where our renovations continue. This week, we are reshaping the 16th and 18th green complexes.

Our partner Mike Clayton on the future of vegetation management on Melbourne's Sandbelt and the lessons that can be learnt by courses in other parts of the world... www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/content/the-...

www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/content/the-... The Melbourne Sandbelt. On the path forward post the restoration/renovation era beginning with Kingston Heath in the early 80s and Victoria in the mid 1990s.