Brian Costello, JMP Golf / 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference and Exhibition

Brian Costello, Principal and Owner, JMP Golf Design Group, to join the 'Trends in Golf Course & Resort Design' panel at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference

Brian Costello, ASGCA

"One of the most important qualities that a Golf Course Architect should possess is the ability to listen... to clearly understand and identify the needs of the client, and then creatively translate those requirements into spectacular and memorable golf courses."
Brian Costello

June 6, 2003 -- Brian Costello, ASGCA, Principal and Owner, JMP Golf Design Group, Inc., will sit on the 'Trends in Golf Course & Resort Design' panel at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference in Athens on November 29, 2003. He will also speak about 'Key Ingredients to Creating a Successful Golf Course'.

Career summary

Brian is a native Californian, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the age of 10, Brian was introduced to the game of golf by his father. He soon became a caddy and a competitive golfer, and as such, was exposed to the renowned public and private golf courses throughout the Bay Area. In retrospect, Brian now understands that this early exposure to the game and the historic courses of his home have strongly influenced his fondness for classic and traditional layouts.

Brian received a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from the University of California at Davis in 1983. Upon graduation, he joined Hargreaves Associates, a renowned planning and landscape architecture firm based in San Francisco. During his five years there, Brian developed an appreciation for the powerful experiences which can be created through sculptural landforms and contextual landscapes. His designs reflect a deep commitment to the experience of the game as defined by its setting.

In 1989 Brian joined JMP, and became a Principal of the firm in 1994. Brian has designed many outstanding golf courses around the world. Among his most noteworthy designs are: Whiskey Creek Golf Club near Washington, DC, Costa do Sauipe Golf Links north of Salvador, Brazil, and Golden Palm Country Club in Kagoshima, Japan.

He is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, the Urban Land Institute, the USGA, and a registered Landscape Architect in California. Brian, along with fellow Principal Mark Hollinger, manage JMP's West Coast Office. Brian is married and the father of two boys.

About JMP Golf Design Group

Founded in 1985, JMP Golf Design Group is a professional golf course design company providing services exclusively in the field of Golf Course Architecture. JMP is well positioned to serve Clients throughout the United States, as well as Internationally, with offices on the US West Coast in Belmont, California, and on the East Coast, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Their list of projects include outstanding, world-class designs in the US, as well as award-winning private, public and resort golf courses on five continents around the world.

The firm is led by three Partners, Brian Costello, Mark Hollinger, and Bob Moore; all of who are members of the prestigious American Society of Golf Course Architects. The Partners, with nearly 50 years of collective experience in golf course architecture, are committed to a shared vision of quality golf design. This vision focuses on a commitment to environmental responsibility and golf designs which are responsive to site conditions and existing landforms, while meeting the requirements of the client's market and budget. JMP is committed to creating quality golf courses of extraordinary beauty, founded on traditional values.

JMP Services are carefully tailored to each client and project. In addition to the standard services of design, construction documentation, and on-site construction design review, JMP also provides project feasibility and site assessment, land planning, construction administration and project management. For all international projects, JMP offers the services of construction supervision and golf shaping specialists. JMP has long been recognised as one of the world’s top golf course design firms with years of project experience that literally spans the globe.