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Who We Are

For those newer to the RGD family, some history is worth knowing. Tom Doak, the founder of Renaissance Golf Design, passed the reins to the team some time ago and is no longer part of daily operations — though he remains our founder and a friend to every RGD associate.

The firm today is led by Brian Schneider, Eric Iverson, Don Placek, and Brian Slawnik, four designers who each spent 15 to 20 years learning the craft in the field before stepping into leadership.
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Trusted with the Land

We work with clients who care deeply about their courses, their history, and the future of the game. Every project is a collaboration built on trust, patience, and respect for the land.

The best work emerges when clients give us the freedom to find what the property wants to be, even if that differs from their initial vision.

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Our Clients

We shape greens and bunkers in the field, solving sculptural problems as they arise
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Our Clients

We shape greens and bunkers in the field, solving sculptural problems as they arise
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Tara Iti Golf Club
Client Ric Kayne had lofty goals when he first contacted us about building a new golf course along the coast of New Zealand, but we had to send him back to the drawing board once before he found the right property to build it, on a sandy spit of land just south of Mangawhai, ninety […]
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Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes)
Since its opening in 2001, the sister course to Bandon Dunes has been a sensation in the press and for resort golfers from around the globe. It may well have been the best site for a golf course that any designer has been given since the 1920’s, but it was still a challenge to decide […]
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Renaissance Golf

Strategic golf course architecture rooted in natural beauty, timeless design, and respect for the land.

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Grand Traverse Commons

Traverse City, MI 49684
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