Tiger signs to design first US course
The news is out - Tiger Woods is going to design his first US course. It’s going to be in North Carolina at the Cliffs, a high end retirement community located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Now, in this previous article, I highlighted Tiger’s design philosophy. It will be interesting how he uses the extreme [...]
Crenshaw’s comments on golf course design
Always interesting to read, Ben Crenshaw continues to comment on both golf course design and course setup - particularly Augusta. John Huggan captures Crenshaw comments in his most recent piece.
Not surprisingly, Crenshaw - with his long-time partner, Bill Coore - has been the architect of some of the most interesting courses designed in the past [...]
Female golf course architects a rare breed
It’s an interesting, but obvious, problem - there are very few female golf course architects. In fact, so few that most can’t even name one. The most famous female golf course architects are Marion Hollins, who had a great influence on Cypress Point, and Alice Dye, who continues to have a great influence in her [...]
Architect Mike Nuzzo’s Blog
Golf course architect (not the Donald Trump kind) Mike Nuzzo has been writing a blog since June - and it’s a really neat read if you want to see what goes into the construction of a golf course. I highly recommend visiting his blog.
“I believe that if you define a hole, then you as the golfer can get your mind in gear.”
Rees Jones’ newest course will open August 1st in Riverside, Iowa. Called Blue Top Ridge, the course is part of a casino resort. Beyond the obligatory marketing golf course quotes he gave, he did say one thing that really got my attention.
Jones tried to create 18 unique holes with definition off the tee. He pulled [...]
The Cardinal reopens
One of Pete Dye’s early designs got a new lease on life from the architect. Designed 35 years ago, the course had lost a lot of its luster.
After shutting down 13 months for extensive renovations, the Cardinal is back open for business and bogeys. Raleigh businessman John McConnell bought the club last year and immediately [...]
Why most pros shouldn’t be in golf design
Geoff Shackelford links to an article in the Times discussing Ian Poulter’s side businesses - of course, clothing being the mainstay. But this quote from Poulter is more than a little disturbing and not the least bit infuriating.
“Who knows what the next 20 years will hold? The aim is to grow the other side of [...]
Bandon Crossings set to open
Bandon, Oregon is becoming a hotbed of golf course construction. Its newest course, which is not affiliated with the famous Bandon Dunes resort, is set to open this week. Wednesday, Bandon Crossings will open for “preview” rounds. The course is 5 miles inland from the coast and 10 miles from the resort, according to the [...]
Follow up to Tiger Woods Dubai
Wednesday’s story on the Tiger Woods Dubai included Tiger’s description of three holes at the golf course Tiger Woods Design is designing in Dubai called the Tiger Woods Dubai. (Repetition seems to be a theme here…)
Here are the three holes, and a link to Tiger’s website discussing the design.
Congrats to Bo Links, winner of the 2007 Lido contest
As usual, I’m the last to find out about anything - my July 6 edition of Golf World just showed up today. It had the winner of the Lido golf hole design contest (link is to a Google cache of the original story done in February on the contest) that is put on by the [...]
