The golf design firm of Smyers, Craig & Coyne has completed a six-hole golf course at Graves Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. The course is part of an extensive teaching academy constructed on 80 acres of the former Coffee Creek Golf Course that closed in 2017.
Architect Colton Craig recently joined forces with long-time designer Steve Smyers and writer/editor Tom Coyne to form the design firm. Craig now lives adjacent to the practice facility at Graves Golf Club, where the course can be played three times to complete an 18-hole loop that measures 6,578 yards with a par of 70. In a media release announcing the opening, Craig said the course is “characterized by striking geometric features and distinctive rectangular bunkering.”
Graves Golf Club is owned and operated by brothers Tim and Todd Graves, who teach a one-plane swing made famous by Canadian pro Moe Norman. The club features a giant range that is 135 yards wide, several practice and chipping greens, and a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse.
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