Erik Larsen sees completion of custom rebuild of St. Johns Golf Club - Jacksonville Business Journal

, the St. Johns Golf Club welcomed players once again on Tuesday, and course designer Erik Larsen was beaming.

Although the course has been closed for construction since January, Larsen, whose Larsen Golf company is based in Ponte Vedra Beach,"It's kind of like you have a bunch of pieces to a puzzle without a picture on the box," Larsen said of the process."My job's to put a picture on the box and then build it.Larsen had to design a course that would be fun for golfers of all skill levels and that could withstand a large number of rounds played.

Larsen also had to reconfigure the course in a way that solved drainage and irrigation issues. The lack of proper drainage has reduced the number of days the course has been playable in recent years, which cut into revenue.

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