Mr Michiel van der Vaart
Member Since 2009
Member (MEIGCA)
Specialisms
- Masterplans
- New build
- Par-3 course
- Practice facility
- Renovation
- Restoration
Skills
- 3d-Visualisations
- CAD
- Civil engineering
- Construction
- Cost estimating
- Digital presentation skills, e.g. Illustrator, Photoshop
- Hand drawing and illustrations
- Landscape architecture and land planning
Spogárd & VanderVaart Golf Course Architects
Spogárd & VanderVaart Golf Course Architects Driehoekslaan 23
Maarssen 3601 HN
Netherlands
Admitted as an Associate Member (AEIGCA) in 2009; upgraded to Member (MEIGCA) in 2016.
Principal Golf Course Architect, BSc
After graduating with a degree in Landscape Architecture, Michiel worked at a landscape architects office for four years before following his lifelong dream of becoming a golf course architect. He joined the golf design company of Gerard Jol in 2002 and has since completed the EIGCA’s Diploma programme and has been involved in the design and renovation of numerous golf courses around Europe.
Michiel has considerable experience in the design and planning of golf courses and his naturalistic approach and design style has helped him create courses which are successfully integrated in their surrounding cultural, historical and naturual environments.
Michiel is a member of the EIGCA and loves a competitive round of golf. In 2008, Michiel and Philip Spogárd, whom he met at the EIGCA 5th Anniversary Conference and AGM at St. Andrews in 2005, founded Spogárd&VanderVaart Golf Course Architects.