Bernardsville, NJ | Excerpt from Golf Course Architecture Digital, October 2025 A major project to ensure the sustainability of the storied Seminole layout will also recapture Donald Ross’s original design intent. Brad Klein reports. Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach,Florida, home to Donald Ross’s legendary design from 1929, is halfway through a massive reconstruction intended …
October 1, 2024, Bernardsville, NJ. LaBar Golf , the New Jersey-based golf course construction company today announced Eric Kelley has been promoted to Operations Manager for the company’s renovation business, LaBar Golf Renovations (LGR). “After joining us in 2021, Eric quickly became an integral part of our team by demonstrating strong leadership and commitment to the broader …
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Excerpt from ScarletKnights.com, August 7, 2024. By John Beisser. EXCELLENCE ON COURSE: RUTGERS GRADUATE TURNS PASSION INTO SUCCESSFUL GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION FIRM Rich LaBar is living his dream of heading up a firm regarded as one of the industry leaders in golf course redesign and construction. And he credits much of the success he’s enjoyed …
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From Golf Course Architecture, July 1, 2024. By Richard Humphreys. Hudson National Golf Club in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, has reopened following a Fazio Design renovation. The project was led by architects Tom Marzolf, Rick Phelps and Jeff Lawrence. Part of their brief was to complete changes with an eye on modern hitting distances. LaBar Golf …
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From Golfweek, June 20, 2024. By Jason Lusk. Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth, Michigan, will open its new Cardinal Golf Course on June 22, with several other top-tier golf amenities having been constructed to complement the 18-hole course. Golf architect Raymond Hearn was tasked with reimagining the old 27-hole layout at what was then the …
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From Golfing Magazine, June 26, 2024. By Sean Fitzsimmons. As a business owner and an entrepreneur in the vigorous environment of sports, particularly golf, Rich LaBar has found his passion and established his golf family. As the CEO and founder of LaBar Golf, a highly esteemed golf course construction, renovation, and irrigation company based in …
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From Palm Springs Desert Sun, May 29, 2024. By Larry Bohannon. Tim Liddy says the renovation of all 18 green complexes at the Pete Dye Stadium Course at PGA West is like an archaeological dig. In this case, Liddy and the agronomy team at PGA West are looking for the original greens on the golf …
Excerpt from PGATour.com, May 20, 2024. By Paul Hodowanic. Photo: Matt Hahn/PGA TOUR. FORT WORTH, Texas – It was a late-June morning and the sun was well below the horizon when Rich McIntosh, Oscar Lazaro and Josh McFadden piled into a small, dimly lit trailer at the center of Colonial Country Club. The men sat …
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Excerpt from Golf Digest, April 4, 2024. By Derek Duncan. I got to play Pinehurst #10 – it’s unlike anything I’ve seen Pinehurst never stands still for long. The history of the North Carolina resort is one of continual expansion and evolution, and the last 15 years have been especially consequential, culminating with the opening …
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Excerpt from NJSGA Golf Magazine, Spring 2024. By Rebecca Corzo. FROM THE GROUND UP For three decades, Rich LaBar has built a successful golf construction business right here in the Garden State. And he’s only getting started. Back in the 1990s, Rich LaBar spent his summers working as a general laborer at a new resort …
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