Cirencester Golf Club

Leeds Golf Design

Project Details

LocationGloucestershire, England
Date2026

Leeds Golf Design have been working with Cirencester Golf Club since 2020, when a long-term masterplan was produced for the historic James Braid designed golf course.

The renovation programme focuses on strategic golf course improvements, sustainability and landscape enhancement while respecting the traditional character of the course and its natural setting. The works have included bunker renovations, ecological enhancement, woodland and roughland management, improved course presentation and strategic playing improvements aimed at strengthening the golfing experience whilst enhancing the environmental value of the site.

The renovation programme is being carried out in phases over a ten-year period, with the club currently approximately halfway through the implementation works and Phase 5 successfully completed during winter 2025/26. The project was recently featured by Golf Course Architecture Magazine following the completion of the latest works.

Sustainability and environmental stewardship have formed a central part of the project philosophy and contributed to Leeds Golf Design being recognised through the EIGCA Sustainable Design Leader programme.

Works phase 5 winter 2025/2026 bunker works on hole 6
14th green surround and green bunker
New 13th per 3 tee
New raised 7th tee
New 9th all weather winter tee, a similar installed on hole 11 as well
New 7th green surround and green bunker
New 9th green surround and green bunkers
New 11th green surround and green bunkers
New 8th grassy hollow
New 7th grassy hollow
New 10th green surround and green bunker
Calcareous grassland restored between holes 5 and 14
Calcareous grassland restored between holes 4 and 18

Golf Course Architecture Magazine feature (https://www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/content/giulia-ferroni-reaches-halfway-point-of-10-year-renovation-at-cirencester)