JMP GOLF DESIGN GROUP - Key Persons
Bob Moore will be forever grateful to his father and grandfather for introducing him to the game of golf at an early age. He began caddying at eight, and was playing within the year. Bob became enamored with the challenges of the game and with the settings in which the game is played. As a young man, his love for the game led to employment in both the maintenance and construction of golf courses.
Upon graduating from Wake Forest University in 1979, Bob made the decision to pursue golf course design as a career. He returned to school and tailored his curriculum with a focus on golf course architecture, receiving a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University in 1983. His professional career began with the firm of Jerry Turner & Associates, where Bob developed his skills as a landscape architect and land planner. His early golf course designs include Nags Head Golf Links, North Shore Country Club and Wildwood Green Golf Club, all in the State of North Carolina.
Bob joined JMP in 1990 and became a Principal in 1994. Leading JMP into the Southeast Asia market, he has continued to produce some of the region's best courses, including Mount Malarayat Golf Club & the renovation of Manila Golf Club (Philippines), Rajpruek Club (Thailand), Bukit Pelangi Country Club, Royale Jakarta Golf Club and the renovation of Senayan National Golf Club . He has also designed award-winning projects in the US that include The Golf Club at Roddy Ranch in Antioch, California; Heritage Golf Club, Chapel Ridge Golf Club and the renovation of Masonboro Country Club in North Carolina. Bob is a regular Member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. In 1999 he relocated to North Carolina to open JMP's East Coast Office. Living in Chapel Hill, he is married and the father of two children.
Brian Costello 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 new designs and renovations are: Callippe Preserve Golf Club, Los Lagos Golf Club, and Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club in California, Skamania Lodge, Washington, Whiskey Creek Golf Club near Washington, DC, Costa do Sauipe Golf Links and Fazenda da Grama Golf Club in Brazil, Belnatio Golf Club, Nasu Chifuriko and Golden Palm Country Clubs in Japan, and Blackstone Golf & Resort Jeju, Blackstone Golf Club Seoul, and 360° Country Club in Korea.
He is a regular member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, the USGA, and a registered Landscape Architect in California. He recently served a three-year term as Board of Governor, and currently serves on the Executive Committee. Published works include the Lead Essay in "Golf Architecture - A Worldwide Perspective Volume Six", and contributions to ASGCA publications, "Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects" and "An Environmental Approach to Golf Course Development" and "Profitable Golf: Case Studies in Financial Success." Brian is the proud father of two sons.