Many thanks to Duncan Ellis and editor Tim Dickson for the article on The Addington in this month's edition of Golf Quarterly - Henry Longhurst, Willie Whitelaw, Ronnie Corbett et al.

14th tee, The Addington, Surrey, England. Before and after expert woodland management by John Nicholson & Ross Macneil. Photos: David Cannon #afterisalwaysbetter @ivgd1.bsky.social @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social

Always good, always worth it.

bit.ly/4mNvIOd. On Rory, and in contrast to last week, greens with fire and an appreciative crowd.

It was a little murky at The Addington yesterday but the City of London was particularly visible. Recent vegetation management has restored many wonderful vistas both long and short.

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

Indigenous heathland and coastal manna gums - and a non-indigenous eucalyptus after this week’s high winds in Melbourne. The flora that belongs is always best Victoria GC on the Melbourne sandbelt.

Bill Longmuir and GM Dan Blesovsky dodged this morning's squalls and enjoyed a few holes at Berkhamsted GC. Park's landforms are beautiful. It's very early days but, in time, we hope to uncover many of those that have been lost over the years due to the ingress of vegetation.

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

We are delighted to announce that CDP & KruseGolf have been appointed course architectural advisors to Catalina Club, NSW, Australia. We shall start by creating a masterplan that will take into account the building of a driving range on what is now the 1st & 9th fairways. 📷: KruseGolf

@mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social: "There are 2 sorts of par3 - those where the pin position completely changes the shot you hit and those (usually with a small green) where no matter the pin position, you hit the same shot. Perdu at The Addington is an example of the former, the great 13th the latter."

Some interesting distractions en route to Spey Bay. The swanky Glenfiddich distillery and Speyside Cooperage's field of barrels (the camera doesn't do it justice).

Rather apt to be having tea next to these photos at The Addington. #walkercup

#holesthatarentholes St Andrews Beach, Victoria, Australia 2nd tee to 7th green 📷: @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social

While many are holidaying in San Francisco's Bay Area in preparing for this weekend's Walker Cup, Mike and Josh are hard at work just north of the Golden Gate renovating Meadow Club's 2nd and 3rd holes. 📷: Will Bailey

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

Hendrik on one of his favourite holes in Germany's Rhine-Main region... www.mittefairway.de/artikel/rhei...

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.

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.

Delighted to have 4 client courses in this list including the top 2. Hard not to argue that Tasmania is now one of the world's major golfing destinations, which will only be strengthened when 7 Mile Beach opens. And don't forget The Netherlands too. www.top100golfcourses.com/world-top-10...

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

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

Hola (Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan)

The Sandbelt isn’t always sand. Yarra Yarra GC - the new practice pitching/bunker green. @claytondevriespont.bsky.social

Mike D in the midst of today's course walk at Siwanoy Country Club, NY.

IYKYK @lukasmichel.bsky.social

Is Elanora the Fontainebleau of Sydney or Fontainebleau the Elanora of Paris? The rocky escarpment in the middle of the course has great similarities with our Parisian client 10,000 miles away. Harley Kruse explains how more native vegetation will in time make the Sydney sandstone more visible.

The Photographer's Gallery is a 5min walk from our London office and one of the city's lesser known gems. The current exhibition is of Dennis Morris's work. A beautiful collection of shots of music icons from the '70s onwards. If you are near Oxford Circus with time on your hands, go.

@mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social with contractor Ben Burke at Yarra Yarra GC. We are executing our partner Harley Kruse's plan to revegetate some key areas with indigenous species such as stipa, rice flower and trigger plant.

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

CDP and KruseGolf have been jointly appointed consulting course architect to Elanora Country Club, NSW, Australia. @mikeclaytongolf.bsky.social: "We are delighted to be working at Elanora which I believe to be New South Wales's best golfing property north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge."

We would like to send our best wishes to Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, who retires next week from his post as Secretary of New Zealand GC. 📷: William Watt

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

A new interview with our partner Mike DeVries podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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.

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...