The “second cut’s” 10th anniversary
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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TPC Four Seaons at Las Colinas gets PGA Tour approval
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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India becoming golf hot bed?
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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More courses closed in 2007 than opened
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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Architects page updated
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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Charleston’s Wild Dunes loses 18th hole to Atlantic Ocean
Following up on an entry posted back in April regarding the challenges facing seaside golf courses, Wild Dunes, located in Charleston, South Carolina, lost most of the eighteenth hole when it collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean in October.
Beach erosion, which had been nibbling at the exposed hole, has taken the green and the final 300 [...]
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Fazio: “I’d say no hazards perpendicular to the line of play.”
Excuse me while I blow the dust off around here from the extended hiatus. Diving right back in - Golf Digest held a “panelist summit” last week in which several panelists talked about golf course ratings, design, etc. Bob Carney at Golf Digest’s Editor’s Blog has an entry that discusses Tom Fazio’s dislike of perpendicular [...]
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Cybergolf profiles the design and construction of Michigan course
Cybergolf is running a new series on the construction of Sweetgrass Golf Course in Michigan’s U.P. Linked is the first part in the series.
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“Please don’t do that. I just souped up that back nine.”
As is the case when a tournament course ends on a par 3, it draws a number of detractors. Add Tiger Woods to the list of those who don’t like a course ending on a par 3. Personally, I couldn’t care less on what par a course ends on. I don’t know why a par [...]
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Cog Hill’s Dubsdred will go under the knife after BMW
It will be an interesting contrast in changes. The changes made at TPC Boston were done to a course that was considered “vanilla” from a golf course architecture standpoint. That allowed for a lot of opportunity for improvement. Cog Hill, which is highly regarded by most (although I think it’s probably a little too highly [...]
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