GREENKEEPING
Perranporth partners with Lobb
Design firm hired to look at ways to enhance playing experience of famously raw Cornish links
erranporth Golf Club in
P Cornwall in the south-west of England has appointed Lobb
+ Partners as its consulting architect . Founded in 1927 and designed by the legendary James Braid , the Perranporth course is extremely unusual in that it has largely been left untouched since the club was founded .
“ The course is a glorious blast from the past , I love it and love its settting ,” says Lobb . “ There are a lot of blinds shots , which adds to the thrill of the golfing journey , and which make the course stand out from the norm , given that most old links have been extensively reworked to remove a lot of the blindness and other quirk . It ’ s such a raw experience – and we don ’ t want to lose that , rather to enhance it . Today ’ s golf is becoming sterile – we want to retain the course ’ s unique feel .”
Lobb says he hopes to enhance the course , and also the landscape of the property in general . “ We have done a lot of work on landscape improvements in our heathland work , and the same priorities apply on a links ,” he says .
Photo : Tim Lobb
36 GroundskeepingJournal . co . uk | July 2022