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This year’s 2021 Memorial Tournament will return to a newly renovated Muirfield Village Golf Club. The reimagined layout was led by course creator and designer, Jack Nicklaus, who wanted to create a playing field that accommodated more skill levels. From 18 rebuilt greens to tee box changes that adjusted the total course yardage, the impressive project …

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LaBar Golf Renovations completed a major renovation under a tight schedule at Muirfield Village Golf Club. MVGC, also known as “Jack’s Place,” is best known for its association with Jack Nicklaus and for annually hosting the Memorial Tournament. The changes included reconstruction of the greens, the rebuilding of the fairway and greenside bunkers (the course can …

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Join Matt Ward as he and Owner & President of LaBar Golf, Rich LaBar, discuss industry evolution, changes and challenges of golf.  LaBar Golf has renovated many of America’s Top 100 Golf Courses, and Rich has played many –  find out what course he would choose if he had only one round of golf to play and more. …

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“Muirfield Village Golf Club is hosting both the Workday Charity Open (July 9-12) and The Memorial (July 16-19). On July 20, the crew will welcome LaBar Golf Renovations and celebrate with some major changes to the course – mostly greens, but some tees and fairways. Leibold Irrigation will mobilize and start irrigation work and TRW will run …

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LaBar Golf has been running full-steam with their most recent restoration project at Oak Hill Country Club. Oak Hill is the site of the upcoming 2023 PGA Championship, so this was the perfect time for the whole course to be evaluated for improvements. In addition to a complete reno of holes five, six and fifteen – significant …

LaBar Golf Completed A Renovation of the East Course at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York Read More »

Muirfield Village Golf Club officially announced today that a two-phase course renovation project will be overseen by the Club’s founder and course designer, Jack Nicklaus. The renovations will take place over the next two years and will include three new teeing grounds, rebuilt greens and bunkers, and a redesigned fifth hole.

It’s been just over 12 months since LaBar Golf finished the complete renovation of Pinehurst Resort Course #4.  The debut of Gil Hanse’s redesign of Pinehurst No. 4 was recognized by GOLF Magazine naming No. 4 the “Best New Course You Can Play.” That came just weeks after the first players were able to experience Hanse’s handiwork. For all the …

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LaBar Golf is excited to take on a major renovation of Bloomfield Hills Country Club’s Harry Colt-designed golf course.  The project is set to begin in the fall of 2020 and will be finished by the following spring of 2021. LaBar Golf will work to preserve the club’s old-country heritage. The irrigation system will be replaced, as well as …

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LaBar Golf Renovations renovated the Shinnecock Hills golf course in Long Island, NY over the course of three years. The historic course now has a cohesive look to match William Flynn’s 1931 design. LaBar was able to bring back the nostalgic windswept seaside landscape, recapturing the lost area. Fairway grass was taken out and replaced …

LaBar Golf Renovates Shinnecock Hills Course For 2018 US Open Read More »

In 2019, the USDA mandated that the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Long Island, NY needed to narrow their recently widened fairways after the course was renovated by LaBar Golf Renovations. With the cooperation of the club, the grass was removed and replanted about 200 miles away in Woodstown, New Jersey. LaBar Golf Renovations spent …

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