A new direction for La Moye Golf Club

La Moye takes first step to balance nines, add variety and make the most of its duneland site.

Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, is home to La Moye Golf Club, a links course that has seen designers George Boomer, James Braid and Henry Cotton leave their mark.

Now it’s the turn of Tom Mackenzie and Mike Howard of Mackenzie & Ebert (M&E), who are working with contractor MJ Abbott on a series of changes as part of a long-term masterplan. The first phase has included rerouting the second half of the thirteenth hole into dunes to the right and building a new short par-four fourteenth to replace the original par three.

Working with M&E, MJ Abbott was on site between September 2024 and March 2025, by which time all playing surfaces were seeded. The holes are growing in before reopening in June 2026.

Mike Howard from M&E believes the two redesigned holes offer something a little different for the club. “There’s an amazing view at the top of the plateau on thirteen,” he says. “Looking down this valley, you see the fourteenth green sitting behind the thirteenth green and in the distance, there is the fifteenth green sitting out on the promontory and then the seventeenth green is beyond that. I can’t think of anywhere that has that type of view. The aim for fourteen was to create a hole that plays over a huge valley to an angled fairway, so it is a real risk reward par four. The back tee is set up so high that better players are going to be tempted into going for the green, but it’s just a bit out of reach.”

This first phase also included rebuilding the tenth fairway, which previously didn’t drain well. “MJ Abbott stripped the top 600 millimetres of heavy clay material, stockpiled it, excavated loads of sand and then swapped the material around,” says Howard. “It was a massive undertaking and a really important project.”

For the full story, visit the GCA editorial featured in their July issue: Golf Course Architecture – Issue 81, July 2025