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THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS, Director of Content and Creation. Follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy or on LinkedIn or Facebook. (L) Putting at the Schaumburg Golf Club. (R)  Holland Michigan’s golf architect Ray Hearn in the ASGCA member jacket.

ARCHITECT RAY HEARN an Evans Scholar who attended Michigan Sate University, has been awarded an American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) Design Excellence Award for the fifth time in seven years. The award for his work at the Maple Lane Golf Course in Sterling Heights Michigan.

The Maple Lane Golf Club in Sterling Heights Michigan.

“It’s a great honor to receive recognition for our golf course master planning work at Maple Lane,” said Hearn, a Detroit native. “We’re proud of the Maple Lane Golf Course project, and proud to have been recognized by the ASGCA. We feel fortunate to have won this award once again. All awards are wonderful, but to have it come from golf industry professionals makes the award extra special.”

Hearns work at Maple Lane takes the 1926 golf course, and gives it an upscale resort-style 18 holes and a 9-hole par 3 course, where both courses will feature design concepts from the “Golden Age” of golf course architecture. The construction timeline is still being determined.

Hearn is very proud to work on a golf course he grew up playing as a kid, and admits to having fond memories of playing Maple Lane, while he was growing up and learning the game of golf.

Hearn is most known for his work in the Chicago area, for his renovation of the Flossmoor Country Club, and his award winning original design and following renovation at the Mistwood Golf Club in Romeoville. Hearn will be working on the upcoming project at the Oak Brook Hills Hotel renovation. Many Chicago area golfers have driven to play Hearns design at Island Hills Golf Club located in Southern Michigan. Hearn has now worked on over 150 projects in the United States and abroad in the last 23 years.

Hearn will be announcing more Midwest area projects for 2020 and beyond in the short future.

More information on Ray Hearn golf design can be found at rhgd.com.