Representative Golf Course Projects * Across The Globe
J. Michael Poellot Golf Designs has been recognized, internationally, as one of the most creative golf course designers in the world today. Mike Poellot is especially qualified to transform environmentally challenging sites into masterpieces of subtle land form, beauty and financially successful projects.

Vista Mar Resort
Pacific Coast of PanamaThe Vista Mar Resort and private 18-hole championship golf course has recently opened on the Pacific Coast of Panama to rave reviews. It is being described as the best golf course in Panama and is rated among the best golf courses in all of Central America. The course was created on a magnificent stretch of ocean-front property with ocean views from virtually every hole.

Lucero Golf & Country Club
Boquete, PanamaIn the highlands of Chiriqui Province, Panama, in the sleepy little town of Boquete, has emerged a golf course of uncommon beauty and serenity. With a vast tract of land to work with, golf architect, Mike Poellot, has utilized more than twice the area typically set aside for an 18-hole championship golf course in order to preserve ample space between holes so that members could enjoy the serene, rolling terrain with unbelievable 360 degree panoramic vistas. According to Poellot, “I sincerely believe that we are creating one of the most visually stunning courses in all of Central/South America.”
While it is common practice among many course designers to identify a particular hole, or series of holes, as “signature” holes, Poellot could not do so in the case of the Lucero golf course. “This exquisite property, says Poellot, is so vast in extent and is blessed with such natural beauty and wildlife, that the sequence of all 18 holes which encompass woodlands, meadowlands, ridgelines and riparian valleys coupled with dramatic elevation changes makes for a “signature experience.”

Caledonian Golf Club
Chiba Prefecture, JapanThis exclusive and private, 18-hole championship golf course has emerged as not only a coveted membership but a permanent venue for many of Japan’s PGA tour events. Golf Digest Contributing Editor, Tom Callahan, has called the Caledonian Golf Club “one of the absolute best golf courses in the world”. We worked closely with our client, Tokyo Green Co. Ltd., to create a contemporary and member friendly golf course evoking the personality, strategy and shot making options characteristic of the great classic courses of the world.
Hole #5
Caledonian’s menacing bunkers

Gainey Ranch Golf Club
Scottsdale, ArizonaThe 27-hole Gainey Ranch Golf Club is the centerpiece of this extremely successful master planned community in Scottsdale, Arizona. Our client, Markland Properties (Hudson Bay Company of Toronto, Canada) retained J. Michael Poellot to design it’s award-winning 27-hole course which includes a 5-star Hyatt Regency Resort, office park and residential neighborhoods housing over 5000 people. Golf Digest has included the Gainey Ranch among the “Top 75 Golf Resorts in the United States” and Golf Magazine has ranked the golf course among the “Top 100 Resorts in the World”
Hole #4 – Dunes Course
Hole #9 – Lakes Course

The Preserve Golf Club
Santa Lucia Preserve, Carmel, CaliforniaWe were invited to participate in the master planning process for the 20,000-acre Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel Valley, California… one of the most extensive and environmentally challenging efforts ever undertaken by a private developer. We provided plans for this exclusive 18-hole private golf course set among the rolling, oak-studded hills and wildflower meadows all within the Santa Lucia Nature Preserve. The golf course and clubhouse are now completed, open for play, and a very limited number of prestigous homes are presently under construction.
Hole #3
Hole #12

""Among the Top 10 golf resorts in China.""
Long Island Golf & C.C.
Chang-an, Guangdong ProvincePeople’s Republic of China
Working on one of the most spectacular sites in China, we have created this 36-hole championship golf course. Virtually every hole is framed by nature with a backdrop of distant mountains. Our firm was retained, not only for our extensive experience in mainland China, but for our keen sensitivity to preserving the natural environment.
Typical bunker
Mountain vistas dominate the views

Whiskey Creek Golf Club
Frederick, MarylandWe were retained by Kemper Sports Management to design their high-profile, Whiskey Creek Golf Club on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Working with PGA Tour professional and two-time U.S. Open Champion, Ernie Els as a consultant, we created a highly successful, new daily-fee course that winds its way through streams, wetlands, meadows and pine forests of northern Maryland. The Whiskey Creek Golf Club provides traditional championship quality golf to the public golfer.
Hole #11
Roddy Ranch Golf Club
18-hole daily-fee golf course
Opened November 2000
Contra Costa County, CaliforniaWhiskey Creek Golf Club
18-hole daily-fee golf course
Opened June 2000
Frederick, Maryland
Design collaboration with PGA
Touring Professional, Ernie ElsWildhawk Golf Club
18-hole daily-fee golf course
Opened 1997
Sacramento, CaliforniaLos Lagos Golf Club
18-hole executive golf course
Opened 2002
San Jose, CaliforniaThe Heritage Club
18-hole semi-private golf course
Preliminary Design
Wake Forest, North CarolinaPalos Colorados Golf Club
18-hole daily-fee golf course
Project Master Plan
Moraga, CaliforniaPreserve Golf Club
18-hole private club
Opened 2000
Carmel, California
Design collaboration with
Tom Fazio and Sandy TatumCorral de Tierra Country Club
18-hole private club
Major renovation
Salinas, CaliforniaEstuary Golf Course
18-hole private golf course
Preliminary Design
Bradenton, FloridaSterling Forge Golf Club
18-hole daily-fee golf course
Preliminary design
Tuxedo, New YorkCalifornia Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Renovation design
S.San Francisco, CaliforniaSanta Clara Golf And Tennis Club
18-hole municipal golf course
Renovation completed 1996
Santa Clara, CaliforniaCallippe Preserve
18-hole daily-fee golf course
Opened 2005
Pleasanton, CaliforniaGainey Ranch Golf Club
27-hole Hyatt Regency Resort and
private golf club
Opened 1985
Scottsdale, ArizonaLos Altos Golf & Country Club
18-hole private club
Major renovation
Los Altos, CaliforniaMonterey Peninsula Country Club
36-hole private club
Re-design of all practice facilities
Pebble Beach, California
Glenoaks Country Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1989
Chiba Prefecture, JapanKyu-karuizawa Golf Club
12-hole private golf course
Renovation completed 1994
Nagano Prefecture, JapanPrestige Golf Club
36-hole private golf course
opened 1988
Tochigi Prefecture, JapanGolden Palm Country Club
18-hole resort golf course
Opened 1994
Kagoshima Prefecture, JapanGreen Hill Seki Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1990
Gifu Prefecture, JapanIwate Numakunai Golf Club
36-hole resort golf course
Opened 1996
Iwate Prefecture, JapanMiyazaki Kobayashi Golf Course
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1993
Miyazaki Prefecture, JapanTomisato Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1993
Chiba Prefecture, JapanEventail Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1996
Tochigi Prefecture, JapanSapporo Hiroshima Golf Club
18-hole resort golf course
Opened 1992
Hokkaido Prefecture, JapanNasu Chifuriko Country Club
18-hole resort and private golf course
Opened 1997
Tochigi Prefecture, JapanCaledonian Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1990
Chiba Prefecture, JapanGreen Hill Mizunami Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1997
Gifu Prefecture, JapanAtema Kougen Resort
18-hole resort golf course
Opened 1996
Niigata Prefecture, Japan
World Muslim City Golf Courses
Two 18-hole championship golf courses
Under construction - 2014
Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China(Name TBD)
18-hole championship golf course
Completed in 2013
Presently undisclosed location
SW People’s Republic of ChinaLotus Mountain Golf Course
18-hole championship golf course
In design and construction - 2014
Changchun, People’s Republic of China(Name TBD)
27-hole Resort Golf Course
In design and construction - 2014
Presently undisclosed location
Central People’s Republic of ChinaSanya Bayview Golf Park
27-hole resort golf course
Preliminary Design
Yalong Bay Resort, Anya City, Hainan Island
Beijing, People's Republic of ChinaLong Island Golf & Country Club
27-hole championship golf course
Opened 1996
Chang-an, People's Republic of ChinaAgile Golf & Country Club
36-hole championship golf course
Opened 2000
Zhongshan, People's Republic of ChinaNanhai Nanguo Taouan Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Preliminary design
Nanhai City, People's Republic of ChinaBeijing Golf Club
36-hole golf course and 3-hole learning facility
18-holes Opened 1987
Beijing, People's Republic of ChinaBei Guo Jiang Golf Club
27-hole resort golf course
Project Master Plan
Baodi District, Tianjin City
People's Republic of China
Lucero Golf & Country Club
18-hole resort golf course
Opened 2013
Boquete, PanamaVista Mar Golf Club
18-hole resort and private country club
Opened for play 2013
Pacific coast of PanamaLas Olas Resort
27-hole resort golf course
Conceptual Design & permitting
Playa La Barqueta, Panama
Rainbow Hills Resort
27-hole resort golf course
Opened 1995
Bogor, IndonesiaRoyal Sumatra Golf & Country Club
18-hole private golf course
opened 1998
Medan, IndonesiaPadang Golf Bukit Araya
18-hole private golf course
Opened 2002
Malang, East Java, IndonesiaPadalarang Golf Club
18-hole championship golf course
Preliminary Design
Bandung, Indonesia
Las Lomas Golf & Country Club
18-hole private residential golf community
Opened 2004
Guadalajara, MexicoCumbres de La Paz
18-hole golf course and residential community
Project Master Plan
La Paz, Mexico
Mt. Malarayat Resort
27-hole resort golf course
Opened 1997
Lipa City, PhilippinesAplaya Laiya Resort
18-hole resort golf course
Preliminary Design
Laiya, Batangas, Philippines
Royal Antigua Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Conceptual design
Antigua, West Indies-
The Golf Club at Seahorse Ranch
18-hole Resort Course
Dominican Republic
Costa Do Sauipe Resort & Golf Club
18-hole resort golf course
Opened October 2000
Savador, BrazilPitangui Resort
18-hole resort golf course
Preliminary design
Natal, Brazil
Golf Club De Feucherolles
18-hole semi-private golf course
Opened 1992
Paris, France
Royal Kuan-hsi Golf Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1995
Kuan Hsi City, TaiwanThe Lakes At Long Tan
18-hole private golf course
Opened 2000
Mintai, Taiwan
Lake Wood Country Club
27-hole private golf course
Opened 1993
Bangkok, ThailandThe Rajpruek Club
18-hole private golf course
Opened 1994
Bangkok, Thailand
Bukit Tinggi Golf & Country Club
18-hole championship golf course
Opened 1995
Pahang, MalaysiaKulim Golf & Country Resort
27-hole private golf course
Opened 1999
Kulim, kedah, Malaysia
Jumeirah Marrakech Golf
& Polo Resort
18-hole resort course
Preliminary Design Studies
Marrakech, Morocco