New cohort of EIGCA golf course design students

The EIGCA’s Vocational Qualification in Golf Course Design (EVQGCD) develops the high standard of knowledge and skills required by golf course architects and today welcomes a new cohort of students.

This two-year course is the only accredited course in golf course design, and students follow a blend of formal training and practical application. Covering the basics including golf hole strategy, drawing skills and golf course layout, to the more specialised agronomy, ecology and construction technology, over four terms, students must complete assignments and submit plans and illustrations of projects they have worked on.

“The EVQGCD is for those committed to being the best they can be as studying whilst working is demanding and not for the faint-hearted. Through presentations on specific design projects, each successful applicant for the course demonstrated their understanding of golf course design and now has a minimum of 80 days supervision by a mentor as well as design projects and essays ahead of them before they are able to graduate and apply for EIGCA Associate Membership,” says Alan Walker, Chair of the EIGCA Education Board.

This cohort of students is spread across Europe and Africa with varying golf and design-related backgrounds and skill sets, reflecting the diversity of golf course architecture in the 21st Century. Three of the new cohort will study under the EIGCA Student Attachment Programme which provides placements at an EIGCA member’s practice.

For further information on the EVQGCD and advice on becoming a golf course architect, visit the Education Hub of the EIGCA website.