Our Work

Undulating links and wildflowers near mountains

Longbow Golf Club, Mesa, Arizona 

Rolling fairway with bunkers and distant mountains

MURPHY CREEK GOLF COURSE, Aurora, Colorado

Desert fairway, cacti and towering cliffs

THE RESORT AT GOLD CANYON, Gold Canyon, Arizona

Golf green with sand bunkers and two antelope

Rochelle Ranch Golf Course, Rawlins, Wyoming

Sunlit golf course with sculpted sand bunkers

Orchard Valley Golf Course, Aurora, IL

Autumn trees framing an island green

THE LODGE of FOUR SEASONS - THE RIDGE, Lake Ozark, Missouri

Desert course winding through cactus-covered hills

THE HIGHLANDS at DOVE MOUNTAIN, Marana, Arizona

Stone-walled green with palm trees

RANDOLPH DELL URICH GOLF COURSE, Tucson, Arizona

Master Planning

Renovations

Practice Areas

Testimonials

Dana Fry - ASGCA, Architect

"Ken has a real passion for what he does. For some people, It's a business and a way to make a living- but Ken truly loves the sport. this is his lifelong ambition, which is why he is directly involved with every course he designs, from beginning to end. When you hire Ken Kavanaugh, You get a Ken Kavanaugh Course - Not something done by someone who works for him."

Glen Dixon, City of Tucson Park & Recreation Department Dell Urich Golf Course, Tucson, AZ

Ken is concerned about all the stakeholders in a golf project not just the people who play it, but the people who maintain it and the people who own it. He's also very cost conscious he doesn't come up with big ideas that can't happen on the ground."

James Hardy - President Golf Services Group

"Ken has a thorough Understanding of Landscape Architecture, and as a low handicap golfer, he understands golf strategy that is so necessary for both challenge and playability."

Michael Bronska- Project Manager Longbow Golf Club

"Creative, thoughtful, innovative, a unique and balanced problem solver are just a few of the adjectives that begin to describe Ken and his approach to golf course design and development. Ken¹s deep appreciation of the game of golf, his knowledge of design, his vision to integrate the physical constraints of the land with the surrounding real estate, his hands on approach, along with his understanding of the business of golf made working with Ken truly enjoyable."

Ron Whitten- Architecture Editor, Golf Digest Magazine

"I've written before about the curious state of southern Arizona golf, where they seem to keep redesigning every course, old and new, in search of the perfect attraction. For the most part, the transformations have been for the best. None has been better than what's been done with Longbow. It was a good course before. It's now a very good course."