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These student dissertations were submitted to the European Institute of Golf Course Architects as a partial requirement to obtain the Professional Diploma in Golf Course Design. This in no way endorses their contents or guarantees the accuracy of the information contained therein. The views expressed are those of the student and not the Institute, and their listing here does not indicate that the dissertation was deemed exemplary.
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Student Dissertations
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| <unknown> | William Herbert Fowler | ||
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| Shelf Mark | BIOG/FOW | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| <unknown> | Willie Park (Junior) | ||
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | BIOG/PAR | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| 2007 | Althus, Christian | Trends in bunker design | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(ALT) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | A look at the latest development of bunker design with emphasis on its aesthetic appeal. | ||
| 2007 | Andersson, Christian | Signature designs vs. non-signature designs | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(AND) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | Utilising research in the field of golf business this study looks into the value of a signature designer or a high profile brand architect in comparison to the more classic professional golf course architect. | ||
| 2001 | Baumann, Steffen | The benefit of golf courses for wildlife - habitat creation | |
| Publisher | 2001 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(BAU) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | As golf becomes more popular in Germany, nature is forced back more strongly. This work wants to show what benefit golf courses can have for nature. | ||
| 1998 | Beggs, Alistair J | An examination and discussion of the architectural development of three Open Championship courses on the Lancashire and Cheshire coasts over the last one hundred years | |
| Publisher | 1998 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(BEG) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An examination of the courses of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, the Royal Birkdale Golf Club and the Royal Lytham St Anne's with respect to their hosting of the Open Championship. Includes their early history and development. | ||
| 2001 | Black, James R A | Can the experience of golf be enhanced through environmental psychology and landscape design? | |
| Publisher | 2001 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(BLA) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | This study investigates combining environmental psychology with the aesthetics of golf course architecture to enhance the experience of golf. Eighty golf course architects from Australia, Europe and North America were surveyed. | ||
| 2012 | Bowden, John | A Survey of professionals to explore procurement in the European golf course development industry | |
| Publisher | 2012 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(BOW) | ||
| Format | Book | ||
| Description | The sports industry has been notorious for delivering its construction projects with both cost and time overruns. There have been some success stories but the golf sector has remained isolated from the cutting edge thinking used on such projects. | ||
| URL | Digital format also available. | ||
| 2009 | Bowden, John | The effect of golf ball design on green speeds. | |
| Publisher | 2009 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(BOW) | ||
| Format | CD-Rom | ||
| Description | This study investigated the affect of golf ball technology on putting green speeds. | ||
| 2007 | Brown, Kirsten L | How thirsty are your greens? | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(BRO) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | Although a variety of design, construction and maintenance related elements can impact water efficiencies, this investigation will concentrate on evaluating and quantifying the water conservation potential of various green soil profiles. | ||
| 2009 | Costa, Virginia | Bunker Hazards: their evolution in design, construction and maintenance | |
| Publisher | 2009 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(COS) | ||
| Format | CD-Rom | ||
| Description | Analyzes one of the most important features available to golf architects, defining the strategic, the technical and the artistic value of their courses: the bunker hazard. |
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| 2009 | Coughlan, James | The golf course - conception to realisation. Does this system need to change? | |
| Publisher | 2009 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(COU) | ||
| Format | CD-Rom | ||
| Description | The aim of this dissertation is to identify some of the main problems or loopholes in the planning and construction process by looking at the different ways in which a project can be realised and by showing real examples of projects that went wrong. | ||
| 2007 | Crago, Ryan | The social sustainability of golf | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(CRA) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | The aim of this paper is to clarify the meaning of sustainability with regard to golf courses. | ||
| 2009 | Danner, Jeffrey | The connection between bunkering and specific human emotions | |
| Publisher | 2009 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(REN) | ||
| Format | CD-Rom | ||
| Description | This dissertation combines principles of landscape architecture, golf course design, sports psychology, environmental psychology and golf history to investigate what specific human emotions are evoked by the presence of bunkers during a round of golf. | ||
| 2009 | Danner, Jeffrey A | The connection between bunkering and specific human emotions | |
| Publisher | 2009 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(DAN) | ||
| Format | CD-Rom | ||
| Description | This dissertation combines principles of landscape architecture, golf course design, sports psychology, environmental psychology, golf history & experimentation to investigate what specific human emotions are evoked by bunkers during a round of golf |
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| 2002 | Fjallman, Peter | Golf boom: a growth in the demand for golf: the expansion of golf in Sweden | |
| Publisher | 2002 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(FJA) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | The expansion of golf in Sweden was not an isolated phenomenon in Europe or the rest of the world, but it's rise in popularity in Sweden was quite sudden considering it's short history there. | ||
| 2009 | Fontanes, Agustin | Sustaintable Course at Argentina & South America | |
| Publisher | 2009 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(FON) | ||
| Format | CD-Rom | ||
| Description | A growth in the golf industry in Agentina and South America in the last ten years has resulted in an increased demand for courses. | ||
| 2001 | Freeman, Peter J | The golf courses of J F Abercromby | |
| Publisher | 2001 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(FRE) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | A study of Abercrombey's golf courses, particularly Worplesdon, Coombe Hill, Addington West Kent, Knole Park and the Manor House Hotel, with reference to the influence of Willie Park Junior on his design. | ||
| 1995 | Griffith, David E | Discuss how useful do you find terms such as "penal", "strategic" and "heroic" to your understanding of the development of hole design in this century | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(GRI) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| 2000 | Groat, Jason | The practice facility - the golf range | |
| Publisher | 2000 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(GRO) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | Golf practice ranges began to appear in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and have developed in a short time into a warm and comfortable place for people to spend time. | ||
| 2001 | Hansen, Rolf-Stephan | Recommendations for the management of dunes protection on Links golf courses | |
| Publisher | 2001 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HAN) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | Dune landscapes are exposed to permanent changes; so a golf course built some decades ago can suddenly lie next to the water line after some flood disasters, or move away gradually from the direct scene of the sea by measures in land reclamation. | ||
| 2007 | Hargreaves, David | Seral succession: the dynamics of a specific ecosystem | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HAR) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | A seral community is an intermediate stage found in ecological succession in an ecosystem advancing towards its climax community. This study looks at chalk environments with particular regard to the Dorset Downlands. | ||
| 2001 | Hauwaert, Dimitri van | Tom Simpson in Belgium | |
| Publisher | 2001 | ||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HAU) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | A study of the life and works of Tom Simpson with particular reference to the Royal Antwerp Golf Club. | ||
| 2007 | Hebikar, Nandan | Safety management of golf courses and its relevance in South India | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HEB) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | The object of this paper is to collate information on safety measures adopted in potentially dangerous areas on a golf courses. | ||
| 1991 | Himmel, Thomas | Life, ideas and work of Harry S Colt. Consideration of the Hamburg-Falkenstein Course as a case study of his work. | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | BIOG/COL(HIM) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| 1992 | Himmel, Thomas | Ecological practices for the construction and maintenance of golf courses in Europe | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HIM) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| 1992 | Hiseman, J R N | James Braid: golf course architect | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | BIOG/BRA(HIS) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| 1995 | Hiseman, J R N | Working drawings, specification and schedule of quantities for the construction of four new tees at Chirk Golf Club | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HIS) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| 1994 | Hiseman, J R N | Evolution of the golf course: the development of ideas on golf course layout since 1900 in Europe and the USA | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HIS) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
| 1994 | Hiseman, J R N | Fungal diseases of turfgrass | |
| Publisher | |||
| Shelf Mark | DISS(HIS) | ||
| Format | Dissertation | ||
| Description | An essay submitted to the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in part fulfilment of the requirements for the completion of the student education programme. | ||
