President, Principal Architect

Project Responsibilities

Lead designer of golf course projects, responsible for course layout, and design of golf course features; leads site supervision team and shapes golf course features.

Qualifications and Experience

Mr. Hanse is the founder and president of Hanse Golf Course Design Inc. Since the firm's inception in 1993, he has been involved in a hands on capacity with each project that the firm has undertaken. Mr. Hanse founded the firm based on the principles of creating a small firm that takes a personal interest in the design and construction of each of the firm's projects. This commitment to a limited number of design projects with a maximum amount of personal attention has served the firm well in its several years of operation. Prior to beginning Hanse Golf Course Design, Mr. Hanse was an Associate and subsequently a Design Partner in Renaissance Golf Design, based out of Traverse City, Michigan. During his studies at Cornell, Mr. Hanse was a recipient of the prestigious William Frederick Dreer Award, which allowed him to spend a year in Great Britain studying the earliest examples of golf course architecture. While in Britain, Mr. Hanse interned with the firm of Hawtree and Son, the oldest continuously practicing golf course architectural firm in the world. Through these experiences Mr. Hanse formed his philosophies on golf course architecture, basing them strongly on the traditions and history of golf course design.