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The architectural duo of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner seems to be everywhere at the same time these days, leaving their traces in old and new appearances. But here is something they have not done: they have never designed a course in Michigan.
This will change.
Thursday, Forest dunesA destination of staying and playing in Roscommon, Michigan, approximately an hour east of Traverse City, announced plans for his fourth course, Skyfall, a HANSE and Wagner design that will be the first pair project in the state . When it is opened, on a date that is not yet set, the new course will expand the portfolio in a resort that is already home to two courses Golf list for the 100 best courses you can play -Forest weds, from the late Tom Weisiscopf and Loop, a reversible design by Tom Doak-Si and a short course with 10 holes called bootlegger. Unlike her sisters and sisters, Skyfall will function as a private club, with limited time set aside for tourist guests.
In a written statement that accompanied the announcement, the owner of Forest Dunes Rich Mack said he was excited to place Loose Hanse and Wagner in what he described as “the most convincing property in Forest Dunes”. Routing that the architects dreamed of will end through 300 hectares of wooded terrain, adjacent to existing resort courses and display up to 70 meters of changes in height.
In recent years, Hanse and Wagner have been one of the most fruitful architects in the world, performing high -profile renewal and courses ranging from Los Angeles Country Club and the Olympic Club in California to Oak Hill in New York while producing Such original models assessed as Ohoopee match club In Georgia, Caprock Ranch in Nebraska, and Les Bordes in France. As part of the Dunes Forest announcement, Hanse said Skyfall will create elements from some of those projects, including sandy waste and ohoopee rural spaces, and rolling bases, with Les Bordes trees.
Construction on Skyfall is set to begin at the end of this year or early 2026.