Randy Heckenkemper co-founded Planning Design Group in 1985 with Jim Crosby; shortly after he started the golf division of PDG, he founded another company–Heckenkemper Golf Course Design.

Randy’s passion for golf has allowed him to work throughout the country with some of the industry's most-respected professionals.

Randy has worked on golf projects and master-planned communities throughout the country, but has developed a particular expertise for desert southwest projects in Arizona and Nevada.

Randy earned a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Oklahoma State University and is a long-standing member of the United States Golf Association (USGA).