Dundee Golf Design

Bel-Air

05 · With Tom Doak and Renaissance · 2018

No. 3 from above
01/13No. 3 from above · Evan Schiller
Location
Los Angeles, California
Type
Restoration
Holes
18
Year
2018
Status
Complete
Role
Shaper
Collaborators
Tom Doak, Renaissance Golf
Original design
George C. Thomas Jr.
Rankings and accolades
No. 70, GOLF Top 100 Courses in the U.S., 2024–25
No. 125, Golf Digest America’s Second 100 Greatest, 2025–26
No. 18 in California, Golf Digest Best in State

Restoring Thomas.

Robert Trent Jones, Dick Wilson and Tom Fazio had all changed George Thomas's course over the years. Working on Tom Doak's team alongside Eric Iverson and Kye Goalby, we used historic aerials to bring all 18 green complexes and their bunkers back as close to Thomas's originals as we could.

Water features added over the years came out, most notably the pond at the 3rd. The famous Mae West green at the 12th got its curves back.

“The restoration brought back the glory days of Thomas' original architecture.”Derek Duncan, Golf Digest
No. 1
02/13No. 1 · Andy Johnson
No. 1
03/13No. 1 · Andy Johnson
No. 2
04/13No. 2 · Andy Johnson
No. 3
05/13No. 3 · Andy Johnson
No. 5 from No. 4
06/13No. 5 from No. 4 · Andy Johnson
No. 6 approach
07/13No. 6 approach · Andy Johnson
No. 7 approach
08/13No. 7 approach · Andy Johnson
No. 9
09/13No. 9 · Andy Johnson
No. 12, the Mae West green
10/13No. 12, the Mae West green · Andy Johnson
No. 14
11/13No. 14 · Andy Johnson
No. 17
12/13No. 17 · Andy Johnson
No. 18
13/13No. 18 · Andy Johnson
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