This is the first routing plan completed by the Schmidt-Curley Design Office during the early stages of negotiations with the owner. This general routing was later staked for review during Ryan's first site visit with Lee Schmidt

Upon walking our routing for the first time, it was obvious that we were not getting the most out of such a unique property. The client's wish for 27 holes (with three returning 9's) forced us into laying out holes that required substantial amounts of earthwork to create golf holes with good line of sight. The hotel and driving range were also built prior to our involvement and a centrally located residential plot was already approved by the government (with a directive to preserve as much of this development land as possible). After walking the site, we proposed the idea of an 18 hole routing with non-returning 9's complemented by a short course on the southern end of the property. *The image shows Ryan's initial routing proposal which was agreed upon by the client.

After the 18 hole routing concept was accepted by the client, further refinements were made to the layout based on a walk-through and subsequent meetings. During this time, we focused our efforts on the final locations of greens and tees in order to make the course routing more walkable and to take advantage of interesting features that were not shown of the topographic map.

Below is the final as-built design of the 18 hole golf course at Dalu Dunes (this plan also shows the conceptual routing for the par 3 course on the southern end of the property). Future development is planned, but not yet approved on the perimeter of the golf course.