Professional Services

Michael Coate Golf Design delivers tailored golf course solutions with expertise and client focus.

  • Effective Concept Planning

  • Definitive Design Documentation

  • The Construction Phase

  • Excellence in Course Shaping

  • Redesign of Existing Courses

  • Ancillary Services

Our services.

Effective Concept Planning

Our intimate understanding of the planning process allows us to liaise with urban/resort planners to facilitate the most effective land use and to provide the following services:

  •  Site Investigation and Feasibility Assessment.

  • Preliminary Cost Analysis.

  • Development of Golf Course Concept Plans and Site Master Plans.

Definitive Design Documentation

At Michael Coate Golf Design we pride ourselves on our capacity to produce an extremely accurate and definitive set of Design Plans which read in conjunction with our detailed specifications will provide the basis for a highly cost effective construction process. We utilise the latest Computer Aided Design (CAD) techniques in preparation  of our Design Plans.

Our documentation includes:

  • Full Colour Presentation Masterplans and Layout Plans.

  • Fully coordinated Clearing Plans

  • Final Grading and Drainage Plans

  • Cut and Fill Volumes Plans

  • Putting Green Detail Plans.

  • Construction Specifications.

  • Turfing Plans and  Specifications

  • Maintenance Facility Planning.

  • Maintenance Equipment Schedule

The Construction Phase

The creation of classic golf courses requires a hands-on approach and Michael Coate maintains personal attention to detail with each project to ensure that it is completed to the highest standards.

Our skilled consultant team provide the following services:

  • Construction Programming & Supervision

  • Architectural Design Supervision

  • Monitoring and Supervision of Turfgrass Installation and Establishment.

Redesign of Existing Courses

The redesign of golf holes on an existing course is often significantly more exacting than the design of holes on a new course. It requires an understanding of the style and character of the existing course and the capacity to either adhere to that style or to create a new character to form the blueprint for the development of the course into the future. Such a definition of character is always carried out with the express approval of the club or facility administration.

 Our design portfolio includes a section devoted to our redesign work.

Excellence in Course Shaping

It is vitally important in the construction of a first class golf course to have a highly skilled and dedicated team of shapers who have the capacity to interpret the designer’s plans and produce from them a result on the site which is essentially artistry in earth.  At Michael Coate Golf Design we are able to bring a team of shapers who have honed their skills on bulldozers, loaders and bobcats to a high standard of excellence.

Ancillary Services

We  are able to provide the following range of ancillary services:

  • Environmental Assessment of Prospective sites

  • Landscaping Detail Design and Supervision.

  • Design of Irrigation and Pumping Systems and Supervision of Installation.

  • Consultant advice on all aspects of Turfgrass Selection and Management.

  • Location of Construction Supervisors and Golf Course Superintendents.