Tony Dear wrote a fantastic article about Mike in the LINKS 2020 Summer issue.
“Unless you’re in his home state or halfway around the world, you’ve probably never seen a DeVries design. The 56-year-old Michigander’s best work (so far) is at private clubs that don’t seek publicity. But his last major project—Cape Wickham, which opened five years ago on the shores of King Island, Australia—is the 21st best course on the planet (and rising) according to Golf Digest. Were it in the U.S. or UK, his name would be cropping up in the same conversations as Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, Tom Doak, and Gil Hanse.
It should be. DeVries is that good.”
Thanks, Tony!
Clayton, DeVries & Pont
In 2019, Mike joined forces with golf architects Mike Clayton and Frank Pont to form the truly global partnership Clayton, DeVries & Pont (CDP). Mike Clayton is a former golfer on the European and Australasian PGA tours and is based in Melbourne, Australia. Frank Pont has backgrounds in civil engineering and mergers & acquisitions and is based in The Netherlands.
All three CDP principals have been in the golf business over two decades and, combined, they have 80+ years of diverse experiences in golf: playing, maintaining, building, restoring, and renovating golf courses of various pedigrees. Their original designs are ranked in the top 100 courses in the world and regionally, while their efforts on Golden Age courses have garnered awards and risen in the rankings.
CDP has a collective knowledge base that assesses projects on many levels and its principals collaborate to make each course they work on the best that it can possibly be for its owner, members, and players. See www.cdpgolf.com for more information.
Listen to the State of the Game podcast Mike, Mike and Frank did with Rod Morri about their new partnership.
CDP discusses their plans for The Addington Golf Club with Golf Course Architecture.
Footage of Cape Wickham Links by Jacob Sjoman
