Beau Welling aims to ‘bring back lustre’ to Chanticleer course at Greenville (Golf Course Architecture)
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Beau Welling Design is underway with a renovation of the Chanticleer course at Greenville Country Club in South Carolina.
The course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, opened in the late 1960s and was once a regular fixture on Golf Digest’s Top 100 lists. It is located a short drive from the club’s main campus, where the Riverside course is located.
“We’re not looking to change the Chanticleer course just for the sake of change, but we are wanting to adapt it for modern play and bring back some of its lustre,” said Welling. “The club originally formed a committee to consider a greens renovation project. Having grown up at the club and knowing many of the committee members, they reached out to me informally for some general advice about how they should go about that.
“Ultimately, the club hired us to do an in-depth analysis of the course, which helped them realize that other capital improvements were needed at Chanticleer. After we went through a complete master planning and member engagement process, the club decided to make a significant investment in not just the greens but all the infrastructure.”
(Click to read the full story by Richard Humphreys at Golf Course Architecture)