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Cal Olson Golf Architecture11-15-19 | Feature

Cal Olson Golf Architecture

Aliso Viejo, Calif.

Agalarov Golf and Country Club
Istra, Russia
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This course is 20 miles outside of Moscow and took five years to construct due to weather, material importing and construction personnel but mostly the short construction period of four to five months a year. The overall cost of the project was about $140 million USD of which the clubhouse, maintenance building and academy building costs were about $90 million. The cart paths are herringbone pavers and the client imported mature trees from far away in Russia and other countries making the landscape a very costly part, but the client wanted and likes trees and privacy. The project has water on all the golf holes from ponds and lakes, all man made and part of the design strategy.
Agalarov Golf and Country Club
Istra, Russia
This course is 20 miles outside of Moscow and took five years to construct due to weather, material importing and construction personnel but mostly the short construction period of four to five months a year. The overall cost of the project was about $140 million USD of which the clubhouse, maintenance building and academy building costs were about $90 million. The cart paths are herringbone pavers and the client imported mature trees from far away in Russia and other countries making the landscape a very costly part, but the client wanted and likes trees and privacy. The project has water on all the golf holes from ponds and lakes, all man made and part of the design strategy.

Formed in July of 1979, we were focused at that time on landscape architecture, engineering and planning as well as irrigation. Licensed in civil engineering as well as landscape architecture and a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, the company became interested in golf as we were supporting golf architects in landscape architecture, civil engineering and irrigation. In 1981 we had an opportunity to oversee a golf course project. Since then, we have worked on and designed courses in China, Singapore, Malaysia, France, Russia, Canada, Japan, Korea and many states of the U.S. including Hawaii.

As seen in LASN magazine, November 2019.

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