The Montgomerie at Papillon Golf Club – Storyboard

  • Navigating through the pine plantation that covered a proportion of the site
  • The very sandy site was ideal for golf
  • Although careful to retain trees some tree removal was inevitable
  • Excavation of the one of the many lakes
  • Greens construction
  • There was a great deal of wildlife on the site which needed to be protected from the disruption of the construction process
  • Colin was keen to make sure that his vision for the golf course was reproduced
  • View from the clubhouse back down the 18th during the construction process
  • A shaped fairway ready to be prepared for grassing
  • Finish shaping one of the green surfaces
  • The construction team getting ready to grass the practice area
  • A lot of the golf course was sprigged by hand
  • The golf course emerges from the sand
  • Site dogs are common on construction projects but this one had a particularly good life, adopted by the golf club and nicknamed Monty!
  • Colin on one of the final site visits checking and fine tweaking the golf course
  • A good irrigation system was critical in the hot climate of southern Turkey
  • Inspecting the golf course during grassing and grow-in
  • The approach to the 15th
  • Second shot into the 3rd green
  • The 4th hole at sunset
in Gary Johnston