NUGENT GOLF INC.

Dick Nugent, a Senior Design Consultant of Nugent Golf Inc., is a nationally known golf course architect offering course design and construction management services.

Education

Mr. Nugent graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in 1958, with a degree in Landscape Architecture. 

Professional History

Upon graduation from the University of Illinois, he was employed by Robert Bruce Harris, Landscape Architect, in Chicago. He was Principal Architect of Killian and Nugent Inc., from 1964 to 1983, when he formed his own company. He is a board certified, licensed Landscape Architect with CLARB and has is also a licensed Landscape Architect in Illinois, Minnesota, West Virginia, and Arizona.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Nugent is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects; he served as its president from 1981 to 1982. He is also a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and currently serves on the Green Section of the United States Golf Association.

Course Design Highlights

Outstanding Nugent-designed courses include the Kemper Lakes Golf Course in Long Grove, Illinois. This course was the site of the l989 PGA Championship and the 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship and is the annual host for the Ameritech Senior Open.

Mr. Nugent also designed the Arrowhead Golf Course in Nekoosa, Wisconsin and George Dunne National in Oak Forest, Illinois.  Bothe of these courses are listed in Golf Digest's Top 50 Best Public Courses.  In 1994, Heritage Bluffs in Channahon, Illinois as listed in the top ten new public courses by Golf Digest magazine and received recognition as one of the best golf experiences available in Illinois.

Other prominent Nugent-designed courses include the Dunes Club in Michigan and Koolau Golf Course in Kaneohe, Hawaii.  Sports Illustrated picked the Dunes Club as the "best nine-hole course in the country" and Koolau Golf Course has received accolades from PGA Tour officials as one of the most exciting new courses in the world.

Most recently, Mr. Nugent designed the widely acclaimed Harborside International Golf Center, which was constructed on a former landfill and has received numerous international environmental awards, including the American Public Works Association 1996 National Outstanding Environmental Project, the American Academy of Environmental Engineers Superior Achievement in Environmental Engineering Award 1996, and Golf Digest’s 1997 Environmental Project of the Year Award.

In addition, Mr. Nugent was a speaker at the Public Golf Forum on "Landfills, Mines and Quarries:  Reclaiming Unwanted Land for Golf Development" and submitted a paper and spoke at SWANA's 34th Annual International Solid Waste Exposition on "Plan for the Phoenix" featuring Willowhill Golf Course and Harborside International Golf Center.

Tim Nugent

After spending most of his early years by his father's side on golf course construction sites and discussing golf course design issues with him, Tim Nugent continued his education at Arizona State University where he received a Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management and an MBA in Real Estate Development.

In 1989, Tim Nugent rejoined Nugent Golf as Vice President - Construction Operations. Under Mr. Nugent's direction, the first two of three courses designed by Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, and Gary Player for the Geneva National Resort/residential development in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin were completed simultaneously on time within the budget. Subsequently, Tim Nugent supervised the completion of the Koolau Golf Course in Oahu, Hawaii.

Since then Mr. Nugent has become a principal architect and has been responsible for the design of Harborside International Golf Center in Chicago, Illinois, Heritage Bluffs in Channahon, Illinois, and Prairie Green Golf Course in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Recent designs include White Deer Run in Vernon Hills, Illinois and White Hawk Country Club in Crown Point, Indiana. The hignly acclaimed Green Bay Country Club designed by Mr. Nugent has been ranked #6 "Best New Private Courses in 1995" and #3 "Best Course in Wisconsin" by Golf Digest.

Currently, he is designing courses on closed landfills both in Columbus, Ohio and Bensenville, Illinois. He will soon begin supervising construction of the Verde Valley Ranch Golf Club in Camp Verde, Arizona, which was designed for the Phelps Dodge Corporation on an extremely environmentally sensitive site. He is also co-designing a course in Houston, Texas with PGA Pro David Ogrin.

Tim Nugent is a principal architect and chief operating officer for Nugent Golf Inc.  He is also a member of the National Society of Golf Course Architects.

Andrea Nugent

Ms. Nugent is an Arizona State University summa cum laude graduate with a degree in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering. After working as an Industrial Engineer for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., she joined Nugent Golf in 1989 as a project controls manager, responsible for scheduling, cost analysis and developing the firm’s computer aided design systems.

In 1995, Ms. Nugent’s responsibilities were expanded to include complete operations management services for the newly opened Willowhill Golf Course in Northbrook, Illinois. Her duties include personnel hiring and training, budgeting, marketing, and daily management services. Under her direction, the net income from merchandise sales and operations for this 9 hole course has consistantly exceeded the Owner's expectations.

She is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the American Association of Cost Engineers.

Colleen McArthur

As Office Manager, Ms. McArthur supervises the word processing, clerical and accounting work. She has extensive experience in the production of the many documents required for golf course architectural project development. Ms. McArthur was a qualifier in the 1982 Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. She served on the Illinois Women’s Amateur Public Links Committee for several years. She has been associated with Nugent Golf   since 1981.

Dave Arden

Nugent Golf chose Mr. Arden to be the Golf Course Superintendent for Willowhill Golf Course in 1995 after being associated with him for the past ten years on two previously golf course projects – the Ivanhoe Club and Golf Club of Illinois. Both of these courses were also designed by Nugent Golf. He supervised the drainage, irrigation, feature construction and grassing operations of the golf course and coordinated the construction of the maintenance compound and purchasing of maintenance equipment.