John Fought, an architect based in Scottsdale, Arizona, has won the commission to oversee a renovation of a golf course owned by the city of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Fought will receive $105,000 (plus up to $16,000 in travel expenses) to prepare a master plan for greens-related improvements at Wilmington Municipal Golf Course, an 18-hole, Donald Ross-designed track that dates from the late 1920s. The city expects to rebuild the layout’s greens, greens approaches an greenside bunkers, and other upgrades may be done as well.
“There is little doubt that these improvements will elevate your reputation and enhance the playability of the course,” Fought said in a comment published by the Port City Daily.
The work will likely cost about $700,000. It’ll begin next year, but the city hasn’t yet decided to complete it in one phase or two.