Zinkand Golf Design received Honorable Mention at the 2026 Golf Inc. 2026 Development of the Year Awards. The recognition was given to Zinkand’s work at Medina Country Club in Medina, Ohio.
The Reversible features two nine-hole loops that can be played in opposite directions – one clockwise (Purple) and the other counterclockwise (Green) – and occupies the footprint of the club’s former nine-hole course.
The Reversible challenges skilled players with strategic bunkering and multiple routes to hole locations, demanding careful decisions both off the tee and approaching the green. At the same time, its ample width provides plenty of room for less experienced golfers to steer clear of trouble. Other course features include generous green surrounds and rugged bunkering with attractive fescue brows. Pure Eclipse bentgrass greens and fairways, combined with an emphasis on maximizing course set-up flexibility throughout the design / build process, will set the baseline for exceptional conditioning and thought-provoking play. Zinkand’s work also emphasized the golf course looking and feeling like its bucolic setting. This principle of “genius loci,” or sense of place, is a key pillar of his design philosophy.
