Global Golf Design
Gary Roger Baird has been a golf course architect for 38 years. He has designed and built golf courses throughout the United States, the Far East, Latin America, and Europe. The focus of Baird's company, Global Golf Design, is the creation of courses for resort facilities, private, and semi-private country clubs, daily fee courses, and residential communities. Of particular emphasis, is the creation of upscale golf courses for various Native American projects. Currently, Baird's Barona Creek Golf Club, which opened in 2000, is one of the top-ranked courses on Native American Land, in the nation. As a resort course, it has recently been placed as #15 on Golfweek's revered "America's Best Top 40 Resorts" list, and has been designated as the #5 public access course in California. Additionally, Golfweek also placed Barona Creek in their "Top 100" of all courses built in the Modern Era (since 1960).
Since his early tenure as a protege' for the Robert Trent Jones organization during the 1960's and early 70's, Baird has endeavored to create a new era of excellence in golf course design, by designing courses that are especially sensitive to, and compatible with current and future environmental standards. The Baird/Global Golf Design team offers a diversified area of assistance to its clientele. Land planning, architecture, environmental engineering, agronomy, and construction specialists help Baird clients to successfully achieve their financial goals and objectives. The Baird teams are also involved in renovation/remodeling and restoration projects, which often include the provision of a Master Plan, further serving as a complement to a club's long term planning and stability.
Major amateur and professional tournaments have been held on Baird's courses, not only domestically, but in several countries overseas. He has provided major restoration on courses originally designed by Donald Ross and Alister Mackenzie which, after hosting championship play for which they were 'upgraded', still remain favorites, whether enjoyed by public players or private memberships.
Gary Roger Baird/Global Golf Design is the recipient of numerous design awards, and is structured to provide services to clients of varying needs and budgets. Baird's philosophy is "to listen to what they (our clients) wish to accomplish...their specific goals and needs. And, through our experience and expertise, develop a strategy...a means by which we can assist them toward the preparation and realization of a business program, while at the same time, working in concert with them and their project team. We wish to create a golf course that is timeless in its style and character...a course that appeals to men, women, juniors and seniors...typically enthusiasts representing the entire golfing spectrum. Of utmost importance, our golf courses must be affordable to develop, fun to play, and efficient and economical to maintain."
With every project, our client's goals and objective become the guidelines of the design services we provide. We, at the Baird organization, are extremely sensitive to the horizontal and vertical relationships between our golf and contiguous amenities. Our courses must be routed in a very functional and efficient pattern to reflect and complement the development themes of our clients. Our design approach strives to translate this vision into a memorable and challenging golf experience that enables our clients to realize a valuable investment return, even before their course reaches maturity.
"Minimalist design" best describes the philosophy of Global Golf's approach in the initial planning and design phase. Minimalist design is more about what is left out, rather than what is put into a design... allowing nature to become the golf course architect. Global Golf Design's primary task is to locate various hole possibilities...the best place for green and tee complexes, as well as other feature components.
"We must listen to the land...let 'it' do the talking...the designing...rather than contorting its shape and forcing golf holes here and there."
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4117 Hillsboro Rd #260
Nashville, TN
United States
phone: 615-298-9641
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