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| After 30 years working in the golf course design and development Jeremy Pern is a one of Europe's most experienced golf course architects, with over 25 eighteen holes golf course designs to his name in over eight different countries. Many of his designs are considered to be amongst Europe's finest and fourteen are listed in the Peugeot Golf Guide of Europe’s Best Courses. Having finished his studies in Agronomy at Harper Adams University College, he spent two years working as a volunteer agricultural extension officer in Colombia. In 1975 Jeremy became project manager for the construction of golf courses in the UK, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Morocco and Iran. Working with renowned Golf Course Architects Robert Trent Jones, John Harris, Cabell Robinson and Don Harradine he mastered the difficulties involved in construction projects in diverse conditions and climates. Many of these courses have hosted prestigious events on the PGA European Tour. Jeremy moved to France in 1986 to join a Paris based golf course development company as creative director and golf architect. In 1990 Jeremy established his own design practice in Toulouse (SW France) and continues to design quality golf courses worldwide. In 1999 he obtained an MSc in Protected Landscape Management from the University of Wales (Aberystwyth). His thesis "The Nature of Golf" considered the role which golf courses can play in the protection of the environment in Europe. Jeremy became a member the British Institute of Golf Course Architects in 1988 and was elected Vice President in 1998. He played a key role in bringing together the British, French and European professional bodies within the European Institute of Golf Course Architects, created in 2000. He served on Council of the EIGCA in 2003. Jeremy is a regular speaker on golf course design and environmental aspects of golf course development. He frequently writes for the European specialist press as well as contributing to conferences, exhibitions and design workshops. He has been a guest lecturer at Edinburgh University’s MSc course in Golf Course Architecture. His design philosophy embraces the notion that a golf course should be integrated into the surrounding landscape and should look as if it has always been there. As a qualified agronomist with a Masters degree in environmental management he is uniquely placed to understand the difficulties that confront golf course developers; particularly the complexities of environmental issues and permit acquisition, and the restrictions that construction budgets impose. Whilst keen to find solutions to these problems he is keenly aware that the priority for any golf course development has to be the integrity of the golf course design. Working within the parameters of current land-planning conditions he recognises that golfer satisfaction is the primary responsibility of any golf course architect. |