Haverhill, MA

Renaissance

Project Notes

The Renaissance was developed on a site in Haverhill, Mass., north of Boston, that included former gravel pits and a functioning training oval for harness racing. With the stated goal of creating a Club ”to recreate the golf experience, traditions and spirit of the ancient game,” the Renaissance project proved a great opportunity for the firm to practice what Golf Digest has referred to as Brian Silva’s ”fully contemporary Old School golf design.” RGC is also perhaps the first example of Silva’s collaboration with then associate, now partner, Brian Johnson. Read more about that relationship here.

What They’re Saying

“Would it be an exaggeration to suggest Brian Silva’s career has been a renaissance for golf course architecture? Perhaps, but there’s little denying that Silva has made his mark both restoring and creating new courses around the United States… Silva has made a name for himself at least in part by adapting the features of the template layers, such as C.B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor. This course is not solely a tribute to those classic holes, but Silva sprinkles a few examples around the property, including a Narrows, Cape, and Sahara hole. There are other existing concepts that he utterly reinvents.”
— Top100courses.com

“Every hole at Renaissance … offers up a series of strategic challenges that will test the best and is extremely playable for all level of golfers. How you score will depend on your skill, your strategy, your creativity – and your tolerance for risk. The Renaissance course is renowned for its classic design features, straight from golf’s ‘Golden Age of Architecture’. It’s also well known for being a ton of fun to play.”
— Golfing Magazine

“Each stroke comprehends not only an immediate problem but a future problem as well. It follows that every hazard of a hole, even the bunkers that abut upon the green of a three-shot hole, must be felt by the player at the tee. Thus the golfer is forced to assume immediate risks if he wishes to rid himself of future liabilities” 
Max Behr

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