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Taylor Anderson is a registered professional engineer in the state of Georgia. He provides consulting services with a firm in the Atlanta suburbs to individuals and companies working on land development in the state of Georgia.

The Wall Street Journal’s John Paul Newport writes an article discussing the second cut’s influence at the Masters after 10 years. John, obviously somebody who knows his stuff, goes to the guy with the most “street cred” to discuss the issue - Ben Crenshaw.

“My sense is that they’ve widened the fairways a little bit this [...]

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The PGA Tour approved the redesign of the TPC Four Seasons at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas to host the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
Below are some details on the changes.
Every hole was redesigned with new tees, fairways and greens. Square tee boxes created a more traditional look. Much of the mounding was softened, creating [...]

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Welcome to the redesigned EarthGolf.com. This new version adds a few features and gives it a more modern, look. The colors are also more golf like - taken directly from the photo of St. Andrews Beach (thanks to Philip Gawith for the photo) that appears in the header.
I’ve got a couple more tweaks to make [...]

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India seems to be becoming a hotbed of golf course activity - and PGA Tour pros are getting in on the designs.
Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh are two big stars to cash in on the trend, adding their names to a who’s who of golfers with course interests in the booming country.
“There’s certain meetings this [...]

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The National Golf Foundation reported that more golf courses closed in 2007 than opened, a copy of what happened in 2006. Below is their press release.
CLOSURES OUTPACE OPENINGS IN 2007
NGF has identified 113 golf courses, in 18-hole equivalents, that opened for business in the U.S. in 2007. During the same period, there were 121.5 golf [...]

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As discussed last year, the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship (formerly the Greater Greensboro Open) is about to make a move from longtime host course Forest Oaks Country Club and the likely relocation will take place at Sedgefield Country Club.
Sources familiar with the negotiations said an agreement between the Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation, the nonprofit group [...]

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I’ve done an extensive update of the Architects page to list a good number of the architects currently designing golf courses. This includes all of the ASGCA folks, and many, many more who are not members of the ASGCA. This list differs from that on the ASGCA site in that it includes an architect’s website, [...]

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I’ve completed the first edition of the library (link is also at the top of the page) that includes 40 books relating to golf course design and maintenance. While this isn’t the seminal list of books on these topics, it does provide what many consider to be the best books in the field. I’ll update [...]

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Orchard Hills Golf Course in Waukegan, Illinois will soon trade its flying golf balls for flying soccer balls after the Park District’s board voted 4-1 to close the course and redevelop it as a sports complex.
District officials spent nearly $1 million studying whether the soccer, baseball and softball fields could be built on a lakefront [...]

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The 2012 PGA Championship is still a few days away yet, but after the success of the 2007 Senior PGA Championship, it’s too early to discuss some changes planned for the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island. The big change will be the sand.
“I’m concerned about some of the ways the ball has plugged in bunkers,” [...]

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