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Golf Digest - January 2004

National Award - 'One
of the Nation's Best
New Openings - 2003'
Hemlock G.C. |
In our competitive
industry, we know that
our reputation is critical to success. We pride ourselves on the fact
that our client list is the same as our reference list. We highly
recommend that you contact our current and past clients, so they may
reiterate the value of our design service.
We truly have a passion for this profession,
and it shows in our work. We
are not in the golf architectural business to get rich -- we simply want to
enrich -- our clients, ourselves and the golfing world.
Throughout this
page
you will find statements made by our clients that reflect this passion,
along with a few 'Media Accolades' for Raymond Hearn's designs.
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"With all the reasons we
wanted to team with Ray Hearn for this design it comes down to one thing. We
trusted him to make a great course on this site without altering the unique
natural beauty that existed…and he did just that."
-Bill Pulte,
owner of Yarrow Golf & Conference Center
and Chairman of Pulte Homes
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Great Lakes GOLF Magazine
- September 2003

The Pride of Augusta
(Michigan)
The Golf Club at Yarrow
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New
Jersey Golf Magazine, November 2001

Sea Oaks Golf Club, New Jersey.
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"In business, as a job
completes, typically your outside contractors move on to other jobs. We
know this must happen, but for Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs, it's different.
They take a personal interest in all of their work just as if each course is
like one of their children. Their constant involvement is a breath of fresh
air."
-
Barbara Stryker, President, Sea Oaks Golf Club
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Crain's Detroit Business - April
2003

Raymond Hearn named
'One of the
10 names that drive the game' |
GOLF Magazine
- March 2003

Honorable Mention - Hemlock
Golf Course
'Top 10 you can play' |
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The
Wall Street Journal - October 2002

"Ray
won kudos from writers for his
Hemlock Golf Club....where his
'low-profile' design challenges golfers"
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Paulette Thomas, The Wall Street Journal
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Delta
SKY Magazine - March 2002

"Ray
Hearn is all golf architect. Hearn designs
courses the old-fashioned way: He lets the land tell
him how the course should look
- Michael Konik, Sky
Magazine
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Golf Digest - January 2002

National Award 'One of the
Nation's
Best New Courses 2002'
Grande Golf Club
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“The center piece of Macatawa Legends Development is a Ray Hearn designed
championship golf course. We believe Mr. Hearn’s design will be one of the
best in West Michigan. The response of those who have played has been
extremely positive.”
Cal Prins,
Operating Partner Macatawa Legends
"Raymond Hearn Golf
Course Designs has the qualities and characteristics which could make them the one
of the top golf course architectural firms in the country."
Thomas J
Templin, Owner, Island Hills Golf Club
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Michigan
GOLF Magazine - April 2002

"You're
going to love what Raymond has done
for golf in Southeast Michigan"
- Don VanderVeen,
Michigan GOLF
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Course Critic - September 2002
"If
you haven't yet heard of Ray Hearn, you soon will. Hearn is a talented young
golf course architect based in Michigan who, in the last 10 years, has added
a wide variety of course designs to his portfolio. His newest is Hemlock
Golf Club in the charming west Michigan town of Ludington, a pretty port on
the eastern shore of Lake Michigan....Kudos
for a great job at creating an unconventional golf course yet keeping it
affordable. Keep an eye on Ray Hearn."
Ron Whitten, Golf Digest
“Hearn
created some interesting and well thought out design
features. Members will have room to play at what promises to
be a popular addition to the West Michigan private set.”
Greg
Johnson, Grand Rapids Press |
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Links Magazine features
Ray and Tiger
(May/June 2001)

"Raymond Hearn believes much of the finest golf
architecture -strategically and visually - is found in the British Isles"
- Links Magazine
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Golf Chicago features Island Hills
(May 2000)...

...as does Chicagoland Golf (June
2001)...

...and the Michigan Golfer!
(April/May 1999) |
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"Island Hills is one of the sweetest 18's I've seen. The course is so
spectacular you will clearly remember every hole."
- Phil Kosin,
Chicagoland Golf
"Ray
Hearn's Island Hills Golf Club features five of the best
finishing holes east of the Mississippi"
- Golf Chicago
"Island Hills is a must play"
-Craig
Brass, Michigan Publinxer Golf Magazine
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Golf
Digest Honors Ray

"Ray Hearn's hole #5 at the Mistwood Golf Club
is
good enough to rank
in Dan Jenkin's Best
New 18 in America".
- Ron Whitten, Golf Digest
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"Under the direction and supervision of Raymond Hearn Golf
Course Designs,
the golf course is now spectacular, and will be enjoyed over the years ahead
of us"
Kenneth
G. Brandt, President, Tam-O-Shanter Country Club
"The attention to detail,
and ability to keep the original design intent while remodeling are key
reasons why we have selected this company for ongoing projects."
James
Moore, Superintendent, Flint Golf Club
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National Award from Golf Magazine February
1997
'Top
Ten You Can Play'

"Suitable for beginners and experts alike, Twin Lakes is the grandest
Great Lakes course built to date....Possibly
the largest greens in the
sport, averaging over 12,000 SF"
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Brian McCallen,
Golf
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"Mistwood is destined to
soon join the of topnotch courses in Chicagoland."
- Phil Cosin of the Chicagoland Golfer
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The Detroit News features Ray
(next to bulldozer)
in their 'Renaissance in Architecture' Golf Guide feature |
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