Beau Welling Wraps Up Work at Jonathan’s Landing (The First Call)
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Beau Welling and his Beau Welling Design (BWD) team have completed work on a renovation of the Village course at Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. Originally designed by George and Tom Fazio in 1978, with assistance from associates Andy Banfield and Jan Bel Jan, the Village had most recently been tweaked in 2000. Team members that collaborated with Welling included BWD VP Scott Benson and senior design associates Amanda Barbee and Hunter Rigsby.
“The project started with an analysis of the course’s infrastructure,” Welling told GolfCourseArchitecture.net. “Once the decision was made to really reinvest in that infrastructure, we looked at how we might achieve certain goals relating to how the Village course played. There was a real intention to make it more strategic and playable for all skill levels.”
State-of-the-art infrastructure upgrades on the golf course include irrigation, drainage and bunkering, along with visual enhancements via regrassing and landscaping. Among the alterations that BWD applied to the Village course at Jonathan’s Landing were:
New greens and bunkers throughout the golf course; reshaping and recontouring across all 18 holes; rerouting of holes 3 through 7; strategic tree clearing and relocation for expanded sightlines; drainage and irrigation improvements to enhance sustainability and optimize water storage resources; planting Bimini Bermudagrass on tees and fairways; new concrete cart paths; and a renovated practice range and short game area.
“This is more than a renovation — it’s a reinvention,” said Jonathan’s Landing director of agronomy Brad Nelson. “We’ve elevated the Village course to a level that reflects the excellence of Jonathan’s Landing while honoring its legacy.”
(Full story at The First Call)