Awards & Honors
We are proud to share in the following recognitions with our clients and the people who built, manage and care for the golf courses we have helped to create:
Best in Phoenix 2022 — GolfNow
The Short Course at Mountain Shadows
No. 1 Best Course In Utah 2022 — Golfweek Magazine
The Hideout Golf Club
One of the Best Public Courses You Can Play 2019, 2020, 2021 — GolfWeek Magazine
Baylands Golf Links
Environmental Excellence Award 2021 — ASGCA
Anchorage Golf Club
Top 20 Public Access Courses in California — USA Today
Baylands Golf Links
Design Excellence Award 2020 — ASGCA
PING® Tour Proving Grounds
Environmental Design Excellence Award 2019 — ASGCA
Roosevelt Golf Course — City of Los Angeles
Best Short Courses — Links Magazine
The Short Course at Mountain Shadows
Most Innovative People In Golf 2019 — Golf Inc. Magazine
Forrest Richardson
Best Par-3 Courses in the U.S. 2018 — Golf.com
The Short Course at Mountain Shadows
Design Excellence Award 2018 — ASGCA
Baylands Golf Links
Renovation of the Year 2018 Finalist — Golf Inc. Magazine
Baylands Golf Links
Design Excellence Award 2017 — ASGCA
The Short Course at Mountain Shadows
Renovation of the Year 2017 First Place — Golf Inc. Magazine
The Short Course at Mountain Shadows
Design Excellence Award 2016 — ASGCA
The Short Course at Mountain Shadows
Top 10 Public Courses In Utah 2015 — Golfweek Magazine
The Hideout Golf Club
Top 25 Public Courses In Arizona 2015 — Golfweek Magazine
Wigwam Resort Gold Course
Design Excellence Award 2015 — ASGCA
Griffith Park Golf Courses (Modifications for the Special Olympics)
Design Excellence Award 2012 — ASGCA
Berkeley Country Club
Renovation of the Year 2012 Finalist — Golf Inc. Magazine
Berkeley Country Club
Golf Hole Hall of Fame 2010
Wigwam Resort Gold No. 18
★★★★½ Best Places to Play — Golf Digest Magazine
Legend Trail Golf Club
★★★★ Best Places to Play — Golf Digest Magazine
Coyote Lakes Golf Club
★★★★ Best Places to Play — Golf Digest Magazine
Buenaventura Golf Course
Best New Nomination — Golf Digest Magazine
Berkeley Country Club
NBC Skills Challenge Site 1994 through 1996
Lookout Mountain Golf Club
Top 10 Municipal Golf Courses in the U.S. — Golfweek Magazine
Olivas Links
Top 25 Municipal Golf Courses in the U.S. — Golfweek Magazine
The Hideout Golf Club
Valley Forward Environmental Leadership Award
Arizona Grand Resort
Site of the 1989 PGA Senior Classic
Lookout Mountain Golf Club
Best New Course In Mexico — Golf In Mexico Magazine (2007)
The Links at Las Palomas
Golf Development of the Year 2007 Finalist — Golf Inc. Magazine
Olivas Links
Featured Golf Hole 2006 — Golf Course Management
The Wigwam Resort Gold No. 18
Best Golf Resorts of the Year 2006 — Travel & Leisure Golf
The Wigwam Golf Resort
Renovation of the Year 2005 — Golf Inc. Magazine
The Wigwam Golf Resort (Gold & Blue Courses)
Golf Development of the Year 2003 — Golf Inc. Magazine
The Hideout Golf Club
International Golf Development of the Year 2006 — Golf Development World
The Links at Las Palomas
Top Ten Golf Architects — Senior Golfer Magazine
5th Ranked Public Course in Utah — Golf Magazine
The Hideout Golf Club
Best Affordable Course Phoenix & Scottsdale — Arizona Republic Newspaper
Coldwater Golf Club
Best Holes in Arizona — Arizona Republic Newspaper (Best of Phoenix Edition)
Arizona Grand Resort Hole 13
Top 100 for Women — Lady Fairway Magazine
Arizona Grand Resort
Top 10 You Can Play In Phoenix-Scottsdale 1998 — Golf Digest Magazine
Legend Trail Golf Club
Best Courses In Arizona — Zagat Survey
Lookout Mountain Golf Club