Golf participation is multi-faceted. It is a profession, a sport, a game, a pastime, and a hobby all wrapped into one. Everyone plays the game for different reasons. For some, it is match against your own personal best, or your opponent. For others, it can simply be an entertaining struggle against the natural features of the golf landscape, or a pursuit to obtain the ever allusive notion of par.

The timeless allure of golf is executing a difficult or imaginative shot in the time of need. The role of the golf course architect is to provide a stage for such shot-making to occur.

Therefore, we believe that the key to great golf course architecture is to marry natural interest with shot-making variety. A golf journey should test and entice a player to choose their own adventure and make deliberate decisions all along the way. With all the ups and downs, and twists and turns, this journey should be a rollercoaster ride of emotions, full of surprises, challenges, triumphs, and defeats.

A good design will ask a golfer to think, make decisions, and take calculated risks throughout a round. It is the thrill of accomplishment and the satisfaction of a great shot that gets so many hooked on the game in the first place. It's what makes the game fun, and entertaining!

We believe it is the golf course architect's duty to instill not just the personality and strategy into the design, but to foster the potential for fun and enjoyment.

If successful, a golf course shall never become dull, boring, or repetitive. Instead, a truly great design will lure in players time and time again.

At Integrative Golf Design, we are committed to creating golf for the modern Linksman.