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Designing for slower swing speeds: Inclusive, playable and sustainable golf course design

EIGCA members Kari Haug and Giulia Ferroni recently joined Leighton Walker on The GreenPrint Podcast to explore a subject that is gaining increasing importance in golf course architecture: how design can better serve players with slower swing speeds.

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Inclusive golf: creating courses for everyone

Learning Live 2025 brought two days of lively discussion, practical insight, and plenty of optimism about where golf course design is heading. Across the four sessions, one idea kept returning: if golf is to grow, it must be designed for everyone who plays it—not just the longest hitters.

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Innovative, inclusive design planned for new nine holes at Pirkkala club

Golf Pirkkala, one of the most successful and dynamic golf clubs in Finland, is to extend its facilities from eighteen to 27 holes, and has hired a team led by Tim Lobb of Lobb + Partners to design the new course. Lobb has assembled a team for the project comprising Minnesota-based golf course architect Kari Haug, plus already appointed Kai Hulkkonen and Jim Ferguson of development and project management consultancy Turnkey Golf.

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