Course Development
Reclamation of this 15-meter wide swath
directly impacts six existing holes at Seletar
CC. Moving and/or rerouting those six will,
according to Ramsey, affect another five
holes.
“It’s a domino effect,” the architect explains.
“With safety setbacks, the six holes along the
reservoir have been completely redesigned,
which necessitated the rerouting and
redesign of five additional holes. Making
everything fit together — in an aesthetic
sense, in the golfing sense, in the safety
sense — required a great deal of ingenuity
on our part. We still have fully 160 acres [64
hectares] at our disposal, but this will will be
a brand new 18 and a vastly improved one
when we’re finished.
“The original course is nearly 30 years old
and has never undergone serious renovation.
With 11 holes being totally reimagined
and reconstructed, the club wisely saw the
opportunity to sand-cap the entire course
footprint, lay new irrigation, rebuild all