Taylor Anderson is a registered professional engineer in the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. He owns a civil engineering consulting firm in the Atlanta suburbs, Blue Landworks LLC. Blue Landworks provides consulting services to individuals and companies working on land development in the southeast. In this context The Never Ending Debate (TNED) refers to whether or not the Players Championship should be elevated to “major” status. Does it belong along side the Masters, US Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship?
Tough question because the Players Championship is a great golf tournament – the best the PGA Tour puts on. I [...]
I have to temper my desire to use the Geoff Shackelford crossout on the name of the upcoming PGA Tour tournament – The Players. Being contested on the renovated Sawgrass course (which I’ve seen referred to as TPC at Sawgrass, TPC course, The Players Stadium Course, Sawgrass), this year’s edition takes place in its new [...]
Well, there had to be one person out there who approved of the Masters setup. I just never would have thought it would be Alice Dye – one of the kindest souls you’ll ever meet. Who knew she had such a deviant side?
Perhaps it’s just coincidence that Dye’s wife, Alice, last week sent a [...]
One of the more fascinating aspects of golf course construction is the moving/relocating of very large trees. The Daniel Island Club was recently honored for its tree preservation efforts on its newest course – a Rees Jones design called Ralston Creek.
The developer and golf course architect Rees Jones began working two years before construction started [...]
In my pre-Masters blog, I had lauded golf course architect Kelly Blake Moran’s suggest changes to Augusta National in a Links Magazine piece. He has, fortunately, expanded on his comments and had them published at Golf Club Atlas.
Several different articles of note on the Dye family have come out recently.
Pound Ridge Opening Delayed
When I first saw this article, I didn’t think much of it. Pete Dye’s courses aren’t exactly known for their strict adherence to schedule. (Nine times out of 10, there is good reason – the golf course is usually [...]
Sometimes the media gets a little too overboard in praise of a golf course yet to see it’s first tee shot hit. The Seattle Time’s Blaine Newman will have to be excused for his over-exuberance because he is actually a very good golf journalist. His preview of the forthcoming Robert Trent Jones, Jr. course on [...]
Running Horse Golf Club was to host the Running Horse Golf Championship in October – a PGA Tour event that occurs after the Tour Championship.
But the course has run into financial difficulties and the developers have declared chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In court documents, the developers of Running Horse say they can no longer pay or meet [...]
Perhaps lost in translation, this interview with Jack Nicklaus during the course opening of Pine Valley (China) on April 25th is rather interesting. (Comments in bold were found to be either interesting or, at least, amusing.)
Q: What is the difference between the first course and the new Nicklaus course? What is your relationship with Pine [...]
As hard as I find it to believe, an entire golf course was built in California without a single permit. I am unclear how it’s at all possible to disturb at least 100 acres of property without, at a minimum, needing a land disturbance permit and impacting waters of the United States. But, Trinitas Golf [...]
