Categories: Current Projects
      Date: Jan 23, 2008
     Title: Fort Lauderdale Country Club - Plantation, FL

The Fort Lauderdale Country Club, built in 1926, ranks as the oldest golf course facility in the City of Fort Lauderdale and one of the original golf clubs to be built in the entire State of Florida.  This club, rich with golf traditions, is in the process of transitioning itself from a low-key private club to a dominant player in the South Florida golf market.  The Club retained the services of Kipp Schulties during the winter of 2006 to draw up a master plan for the redesign of the North golf course and modifications of the South Course. 

The serenity, privacy and playability of the North golf course at Fort Lauderdale Country Club has been negatively impacted by several factors over the past several years.  Hurricanes have taken a major toll on the playability and character of each hole with the loss of trees.  The installation of new City water lines and wells that use the water table under the two golf courses have created a huge patchwork of construction areas resulting in modifications to the golf course with marginal results.  The on-going expansion of the Florida Turnpike continues to eat away at the privacy of the Club by expanding ever so close to the 13th, 14th and 15th holes.  Combining these factors with USGA putting greens on the North golf course that were not constructed properly in the previous renovation created the need for a comprehensive plan to improve the course.

Kipp Schulties worked with the Club during the summer of 2006 to develop a plan that was ultimately approved.  Schulties has since developed all the detailed plans and design documents for a planned future redesign project.