Metairie, LA

Metairie

Project Notes

Seth Raynor-designed Metairie (La.) Country Club celebrated its centenary in 2022 by hiring Brian Silva the year before to transform the course — back to its Raynor roots. The intervening years had been tough on the old girl. In 1938, Jack Daray “modernized” the layout. Mid-century, portions of it were sold off. An early 2000s renovation raised many holes to address flooding issues. s a result, evidence of Raynor’s hand has steadily diminished.

“During the planning process, the committee reviewed and studied a collection of template holes and various examples of each as they worked towards a finished product that more closely resembled some of the character of a Raynor design,” says Silva, who, along with NMP Construction, rebuilt and refashioned most every fairway, green and bunker on the property. “Template holes, greater widths and more choices, allowed by ore short-cut turf, seems to have captured golfers’ fancy as rounds of play and new memberships are at an all-time high.”

What They’re Saying

“We have refashioned holes into more recognizable and strategic examples of Raynor’s time-tested templates. “nspired by the opening double green at Yale, the first at Metairie is a Punchbowl and Redan combination. And before the turn, players will have experienced Louisiana versions of Biarritz, Leven, Bottle, Redan, Double Plateau and Road holes, among others. The back nine continues the ode to vintage design with versions of the Lion’s Mouth, Eden, Knoll, Cape, Maiden and Short holes.”
— Darryl Bartlett, senior project manager, NMP Golf Construction

“The club never retained Raynor’s blueprints for the course and wasn’t sure precisely what the architect had left behind. So, in 2021, they hired Brian Silva to reimagine a pure Raynor course on the property. Drawing on as much experience studying and reviving Raynor’s designs throughout the country as anyone over the last 30 years, Silva reproduced vivid versions of the Bottle, Biarritz, Redan, Leven, Road, Eden and others. Though not a historical restoration, Metairie has been completely and imaginatively transformed.”
— Golf Digest

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