Brian Bird Golf Course Architect

Anembo landscape architect Brian Bird is also a Golf Course Architect. Through his company, BIRD GOLF DESIGN, Anembo Consultants can also offer golf course design professional services.

BIRD GOLF DESIGN was founded in February 1993 to provide golf course design architectural professional services focusing primarily upon design, planning, and development for new or existing golf course related projects. 

Our BIRD GOLF DESIGN’s golf course architectural professional services include;

• Site Analysis and Consultation
• Conceptual, Preliminary and Final Master Planning
• Concept Renderings, Sketches, and Drawings
• CAD based Construction Documentation including routing, layout and staking, clearing, erosion control, cut and fill, grading, drainage, turfing, landscape plans, green details, sand trap details, tee details, and construction details
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• Technical Specifications for contractor construction cost estimating, tendering, and construction purposes
• Construction Field Design Coordination, Administration and Management
• Urban Design and Land Planning
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Itemized Cost Analyses for client review and comparison with contractor estimates

BIRD GOLF DESIGN founder Brian Bird graduated from the California State University in Pomona with a Bachelor of Science Degree, in Landscape Architecture.  From there he has apprenticed with such renowned golf course architects as Golfplan – Ron Fream, Desmond Muirhead, Robert Muir Graves, and John Harbottle prior to forming BIRD GOLF DESIGN. 

To augment technical skills acquired during employment with the aforementioned, Brian worked as an Assistant Construction Superintendent for Wadsworth Golf Construction.  The involvement with Wadsworth facilitated the learning of many physical components of golf course construction from a builder's perspective that provides him with greater insight and understanding of golf course form and function. 

Brian has also worked as a greenkeeper maintaining a Golf Digest 4 Star course in Northern California that he assisted with its course remodeling. Brian is a member of the Australian Golf Union and United States Golf Association and former member of the Australian and Northern California Golf Course Superintendents Associations.

Multiple sabbaticals to Scotland, Ireland, Mexico, and Australia have given Brian the opportunity to study and play historic championship links from where the game has evolved and spread.  This has enabled him to gain further perceptions on golf course design and combine them with the other experiences that influence his design philosophy:  

‘To create timeless, environmentally sound, and economically viable golf courses that are challenging and enjoyable for golfers of all abilities, and fulfill the client's vision and project goals’.

Visit www.birdgolfdesign.com for more information. 

Courses by Brian Bird, BIRD GOLF DESIGN:

Harpulia Glen Golf Course, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Planning Phase 18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Lake Oroville Resort, Oroville, California, USA

Planning Phase 18 Hole Championship Golf Course & Master Planned Community

Desarrollo Neptuno Golf Club, Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Planning Phase 9 Golf Course & Community

The Links Course, North Island, New Zealand

Planning Phase 18 Hole Championship Golf Course & Master Planned Community

Coyote Creek Golf Courses, San Jose California, USA,

36 Hole Golf Course Improvements Plan

Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club, Santa Rosa, California, USA,

18 Hole Championship Golf Course Renovation

Courses Brian Bird assisted with designing and / or documentation on behalf of

John Harbottle

UNITED STATES of AMERICA

Juniper Golf Club, Redmond, Oregon
18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Golf Digest #6 Best New Public Golf Course 2006

Stevinson Ranch Golf Club, Stevinson, California

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Golf Digest #8 Best New Public Golf Course 1996

Hosted U.S. Open Qualifying 1996 & 1997

First Certified Audubon Signature Cooperative Sanctuary Status Golf Club in California

The Olympic Course at Gold Mountain, Bremerton, Washington

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Golf Digest #2 Best New Public Golf Course 1997

Ridgecrest Golf Club, Nampa, Idaho

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Golf Digest #7 Best New Public Golf Course 1997

Dairy Creek Golf Club, San Luis Obispo, California

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses

Los Angeles Country Club (North), Los Angeles, California

18 Hole Championship Golf Course Restoration Master Plan

Golf Digest Ranked #47 USA 2009

Courses Brian Bird assisted with designing and / or documentation on behalf of

Desmond Muirhead

INDONESIA

Imperial Klub Golf, Karawaci, Jakarta

18 Hole Championship Golf Course & Master Planned City of over 40,000 residents

JAPAN

Abiding Club Golf Society, Chosei-gun, Chiba 

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Fuji Classic Golf Club, Fuji-Kawaguchiko-machi, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi 

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Oak Village Golf Club, Ichihara-shi, Chiba

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

THAILAND

Century Country Club with Nick Faldo, Rayong

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

 

Courses Brian Bird assisted with designing and / or documentation on behalf of Ron Fream

FRANCE

Euro Disneyland Golf Club, Paris

27 Hole Championship Resort Golf Course

Golf De L’isle Adam, L’isle Adam

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

St. Nom la Bretèche, Blue Course, St. Nom la Bretèche

18 Hole Championship Golf Course Renovation Plan

European PGA Tour’s Lancôme Trophée site 

SOUTH KOREA

Asiana Country Club, Yonginku, Kyun-do 

36 Hole Championship Golf Courses

THAILAND

Panya Indra Golf Club, Bangkok

27 Hole Championship Golf Course

Panya Hills Golf Club, Chonburi

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Panya Park Golf Club, Nongchok

27 Hole Championship Golf Course

TAIWAN – Republic of CHINA

Orient Golf Club, Linkou

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

New Courses Built with Wadsworth Golf Construction Company, all in California, USA

Stevinson Ranch Golf Course (Golf Digest’s 8th Best New Public Course 1996)

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Granite Bay Golf Club (Golf Digest’s 10th Best New Private Course 1995)

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses

Twelve Bridges Golf Club (Golf Digest’s 10th Best New Public Course 1996)

18 Hole Championship Golf Course

Serrano Country Club (hosted Senior PGA Tour Events)

18 Hole Championship Golf Course