Great Golf Is Found, Not Forced

For more than three decades, we've designed and restored courses by walking the land, understanding what it wants to be, and shaping golf that belongs there.

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Golf design doesn't need more spectacle

It needs more restraint.

Too many courses are imposed on land instead of drawn from it. They chase length, manufactured drama, or the latest trend—and lose sight of why golfers return to a course again and again.

We believe great golf emerges from patience, presence, and deep knowledge of what makes strategic play compelling. That belief guides every project we undertake—from untouched sites to the restoration of historic designs.

Strategy Over Spectacle. Always.

We don't design from a distance. 
We build in the dirt.

Renaissance Golf Design is known for a hands-on approach that devotes more time, talent, and field presence to each project than any other firm.

Built On Trust.

Renaissance Golf Design is known for a hands-on approach that devotes more time, talent, and field presence to each project than any other firm.

Stoatin Brae offers a unique golf experience, blending natural terrain, sweeping views, and thoughtful design. It’s a course we’re proud to have designed and one that continues to leave a lasting impression on golfers.

Jake Heerlyn

Gull Lake View Golf Resort

Renaissance Golf Design became far more than our golf course architects, providing expert guidance at every stage and creating a course that exceeded every expectation.

Nicholas Schreiber

Founder at Old Barnwell

Renaissance Golf Design brought our vision for CommonGround Golf Course to life with creativity, expertise, and hands-on leadership, delivering a course that continues to exceed our expectations.

Ed Mate

Chief Executive Officer Colorado Golf Association

The Story Behind the Work

Led by the Land.

At the end of 2020, Tom started a new company, Doakgolf, focused solely on designing his new courses, and handed the reins for RGD to the four architects he mentored there.

Today, the firm is led by Brian Schneider, Eric Iverson, Don Placek and Brian Slawnik, the core group that has worked together since 2002. While our business structures have changed, our friendship with Tom and the way we work together has not. We all carry forward the principles that Renaissance Golf Design was built upon on with rigor, curiosity and dedication to the craft.

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