Built in the late 1920’s St Andrews has seen tremendous change in nearly a century of operations. Built in open farmland, vast maintenance reductions during depression, tree planting programs, and bunker renovations have the two courses without a discernable identity. After consulting with JGD, it was decided that bunker styling could help further differentiate the courses in the marketplace. #1 course with a cape and bay, flashed bunker style, while the #2 course would focus more on traditional grass faces.     

​As play boomed during the pandemic, players at the Dubsdread course at Cog Hill remarked about the difficulty to access and escape from the numerous bunkers. Ownership made the decision that change was needed and a renovation play including enhanced Better Billy Bunker liners was initiated. Inspired by a library of vintage Dick Wilson’s golf course photography the design team of Rees Jones Inc and JGD.     

When James Foulis laid out the Itasca Country Club in 1925 he surrounded the elevated putting surface of the 17th green with bunkers. Over the past 100 years many bunkers on the 17th have been lost. In 2024 the club hired JGD to renovate the 17th and look for other improvements in advance of their centennial. JGD utilized a grass and sand face bunker style reminiscent of other roaring 20’s style courses.