Archive for August 2007
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TPC Boston’s 4th hole feeling the love
The transformed par 4 fourth hole at TPC Boston is generating a lot of talk this week, including perhaps the longest article on a discussion of a single hole that I’ve ever seen at the Boston Globe. Geoff Shackelford also weighs in on the hole, including photos from different angles. Unfortunately, since it’s the fourth [...]
Tiger Woods and architect Gil Hanse weigh in on TPC Boston changes
Just a few more quotes to add to the changes that will get tested starting tomorrow at TPC Boston and the Deutsche Bank Championship.
“It’s the mental aspect — we’re trying to make them think,” he said. “That’s the whole idea. You want to be able to test the players and make them come up with [...]
Lanier Golf Club gets first reprieve
Forsyth County, Georgia’s planning commission voted 3-2 to deny the rezoning on Tuesday night.
A developer lost the first round late Tuesday in a battle with Lake Lanier residents who fought a plan to turn Forsyth County’s oldest golf course into a massive, 772-unit retirement community.
Wellstone Communities LLC of Cumming has an option to buy the [...]
Patriot Golf Day this Saturday
If you’re playing golf this Saturday, please take a moment to check this website to see if the course is participating in Patriot Golf Day. It’s a $1 donation to a very worthy cause.
Play Golf America – Patriot Golf Day
Lanier Golf Club facing the bulldozers blade?
A club with some local interest is facing the demand of a great location. Unfortunately, the neighboring homeowners are finding out the hard way that property they don’t own doesn’t give them the control they need to prevent it from changing. The course itself, which I played for the first time last year, is nice, [...]
University of Texas lengthens course
The University of Texas has revamped their golf course in an effort to draw “major championships”. The course used to measure a pedestrian 7,150 yards, but it’s been lengthened to a more Texas-sized 7,400 yards.
“This was a very good course from the start (in 2003), but early on we realized there was an issue with [...]
“I’m nervous, but also excited.”
Gil Hanse’s redo of the TPC Boston course will be all the talk this week. Set your TiVo to pick up the golf, if you don’t have time to watch it live (or will be taking in college football’s opening weekend…)
Thanks to a mild December, the job was done in about six months, and [...]
TPC Boston before and after photographs
Geoff Shackelford has been highlighting the excellent changes that architect Gil Hanse and Brad Faxon have made at TPC Boston. In a word, from the photos, the changes appear excellent. It will be interesting to see how the course plays in next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship.
Holes highlighted as of August 27 (Updated as Geoff posts [...]
Official announcement made on Tiger Woods’ the Cliffs design
Although we’ve known for almost a week, it was officially announced that Tiger Woods’ first American design will be at North Carolina’s Cliffs community. Below is the press release:
ASHEVILLE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It’s official: the world’s number one golfer, Tiger Woods, will design his first American golf [...]
More on female golf course architects
The previous article on female golf course architects was a hit, if statistics don’t lie. (Don’t be afraid to comment!) In any event, Kari Haug has done what several golf course architects have done in life – started in one field totally unrelated to golf course architecture, and switched later in life.
After high school, Haug [...]
