Derek Dirksen
Golf Course Shaping and Construction Specialist
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Derek Dirksen

Golf course shaper and construction specialist

 

Objective

 

To continue to provide excellence in golf course construction with a company or client dedicated to quality golf.

 

Shaping Experience

 

Able to read a set of plans, address and manage problems, interpret the design intent and execute it in such a way that an aesthetically pleasing working form is created.

 

Oct 11 - Nov 11                                                                                               Erin Hills GC
Erin Hills GC (Erin, Wisc) - adding bunkers/driving range remodel - shaping/finishing
Architect - Hurzden/Fry (Dana Fry)
hosting the 2017 US Open

Aug 11 - Oct 11 -                                                                                Landscapes Unlimited
Ross Rogers GC (Amarillo, TX) - 18 hole remodel - sandpro/tractor work

Dec 10 -  June 11                                                                                    Songho Golf Design
Shiny Hills CC(Chungju, South Korea) - 18 hole new construction, lead/finish shaper
Architect - Songho Golf Design (Tiger Song)

March 10 - Oct 10                                                                                  Songho Golf Design
Maple Beach CC (Gangneung, South Korea) - 18 hole new construction, lead/finish shaper
Architect - Songho Golf Design (Tiger Song)

April 08 – October 09                                                                         Landscapes Unlimited

The Patriot GC (Owasso, OK)- 18 hole new construction, lead(with Ed Taano of RTJ)/finish shaper

Architect – RTJ II (Jason Blasi)
Golfweek best new courses 2010 - #4
Golfweek best new courses 2011 - #2
Golfweek best residential golf courses - #5 

 

February 08 – March 08                                                                      Landscapes Unlimited      

Torrey Pines GC (La Jolla, CA) – driving range tee for 08 US Open, lead/finish shaper

Architect – Rees Jones Golf Course Design

 

November 07- January 08                                                                     Landscapes Unlimited

Fort Ord – Bayonet/Blackhorse GC (Seaside,CA) - remodel, misc shaping/finishing, grading of cart paths, finishing greens

Architect – Gene Bates Golf Design

 

August 07 – October 07                                                                       Landscapes Unlimited 

Aliso Viejo Country Club (Aliso Viejo, CA), remodel with 3 new holes, lead/finish shaper,

Architect – Nicklaus Design

 

January 07 – July 07                                                                             Landscapes Unlimited

TPC Scottsdale - Champions Course (Scottsdale, AZ), 18 hole total remodel of existing TPC Desert Course, lead/finish shaper

Architect - Randy Heckenkemper  

Golfweeks “The Best Top 30 Municipal Courses” #16

Golf weeks Best new courses for 2007-2008

Hosted 1st round of 2007 PGA Q-school

 

March 06 – December 06                                                                     Mid-America Golf Inc

The Golf Club of Kansas, (Lenexa, KS) 18 hole new course, lead/finish shaper.

Architects- Tom Jackson

Golf weeks Best new courses for 2007-2008 #6 Private

 

 

September 2005 – March 2006                                                                Orange Engineering

Golden Beach Golf Resort  - (Yangyang, South Korea). lead/rough shaping, of 27 hole project. Architect – Emerald Golf Designs

Golf Magazine Korea - Top 10 new courses Korea 2008
Golf Magazine Korea - Top 10 courses Korea 2009 - #10  

2001 – August 2005                                                                             Landscapes Unlimited

 On all of these projects I was involved as one of the following: Operator, Shaper, Shaping/ Finishing Operator

 

Ø      Wigwam Resort and Golf Course (Litchfield Park, AZ), Shaping of driving range, greens complexes, tees, and lakes

Golf Inc 2005 Renovation of the year

Ø      El Capitan Golf Course (Lakeside, CA), Lead shaping

Ø      Laughlin Ranch (Bullhead City, AZ), Shaping/finishing including 2 layer sand/profile topsoil process 

2005 Golf Digest best new Public Upscale #9

Ø      Oaktree Golf Club (Edmond, OK), Front 9 green renovation,  driving range, lead/finish shaper

Golf Week: “Americas Best Modern Courses” #100

      Hosted 2006 Sr. PGA Championship

 

 

 

Expert operator of any and all equipment used in Golf Course Construction. All makes, models and sizes of Dozers, Excavators, Trucks, Loaders, Tractors.

Ø      Willing to relocate.

Ø      Computer literate

Ø      US Citizen

Ø      Valid Passport

References available upon Request