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We incorporate peer reviews before our final plans are released for construction. Giving each project a “fresh set of eyes” to potentially catch oversights or omissions.
Edward Carton
Owner/Designer
Mark Hardy
Designer
Timothy Boyette
Consultant/Shaper
Ivy Hill Putting Course and Short Game Area
Forest, Virginia
Liberty University Golf Team Practice Facility
Lynchburg, Virginia
Poplar Grove Golf Course
Amherst, Virginia
Spring Creek Golf Course
Zion Crossroads, Virginia
“Visiting Poplar Grove made me wish that Snead and Carton could have had a longer partnership. The course meets one of the toughest challenges an architect faces—it’s never boring. And it’s not easy, either. From the tips, at 7,059 yards, it’s got a slope of 141. But from the white tees, the average golfer can score, giving him the chance to walk away feeling that he played well.”
“Spring Creek Golf Club is sure to become known as one of the BEST VA golf courses. This fabulous test of golf was designed by Ed Carton, acclaimed golf course architect whose Poplar Grove design, in collaboration with Sam Snead, has garnered plaudits from the national golfing press.”
“This is the best course we have played this year, and it will be the best course we play this year,” said Tommy Gainey, a veteran of the mini-tour. “It’s the best course we’ve played in probably the last two years. It’s that good of a golf course.”
Tim Pemberton, a Charlottesville native who now resides in Raleigh, N.C., and is in his second year on the circuit, gave the course his stamp of approval as did many of the golfers in the in the 120-player field.
Americas 100 Greatest Public Courses
“the course looks like a Tom Fazio design, for good reason. Designer Ed Carton learned the business working for Fazio, but he achieved Spring Creek at a fraction of a Fazio budget.” RW Golf Digest