Course Review: The Creek Club - Reynolds Plantation

Golf course architect Jim Engh has spent the majority of his career designing courses out west and dabbled a little in Michigan. Reynolds Plantation had 81 holes of golf from the likes of Cupp, Fazio, Nicklaus and Rees Jones. The first 81 holes are good golf, as you’d expect from those four architects. But Reynolds [...]

Sagebrush taking form

Sagebrush is the dream child of PGA Tour player Richard Zokol. Located in remote British Columbia, Canada, the Zokol and Canadian architect Rod Whitman are designing a course that Zokol hopes to be on par with some pretty lofty courses - among them Augusta National, Sand Hills and Pacific Dunes.
“There’s nothing like it in Canada, [...]

Trump International, Fresno faces hurdles

If Running Horse, to be renamed Trump International, Fresno, is to come to pass, it’s going to take a major effort on golf course architect Donald Trump’s part to make it happen.
It’s going to take a herculean effort to complete the sale of Running Horse to Donald Trump. Owner Mick Evans and his lawyers met [...]

Let’s beat the dead horse with more Running Horse

Golf course architect Donald Trump is getting a lot of press out of his purchase of Running Horse. The LA Times managed to snag the money quote from the Donald.
“They ran out of a thing called money,” Trump said in a telephone interview, “so I bought it.”
I know this [...]

Idaho nabs its first ASGCA member

Neat story about architect David Druzisky, who moved his family from Phoenix to Idaho.
“I always enjoyed being on the golf course, especially with my dad,” said Druzisky, who grew up in Arizona and California as the son of a golf course superintendent. “Like a lot of us when we were kids and had a passion [...]

Who says pro golfers don’t contribute?

Fred Couples is collaborating with architect Gene Bates in BC, Canada on a golf course named The Rise.
Freddie was as impressed with the architectural artistry of his longtime associate as everyone else viewing the layout situated a breathtaking 1,000 feet above the south and north arms of Okanagan Lake for the first time on Friday.
“It’s [...]

Running Horse owner looked gift horse in the mouth

Golf course architect Donald Trump pulled a fast one - a day after reporting that the Donald’s bid for the troubled Running Horse project had been pulled, the property’s developer accepted the Donald’s $40 million bid.
Owner Mick Evans signed a letter of intent with Trump for the sale of the troubled course, Evan’s attorney Harry [...]

Pete Dye explains how he designs a course

Pete Dye is building a course in the Tennessee mountains - 60 miles north of Knoxville - and he took time out to explain his design process.
“I’ll be doggone if I can see it (a course) on a piece of paper,” said the 81-year-old Dye. “And nobody else can either. But you have to come [...]

Running out of time, Trump pulls offer for Running Horse

Golf course architect Donald Trump has had enough. He’s pulled his $40 million offer for the project and decided to wait it out to bankruptcy.
“I think I’m better off withdrawing my bid and waiting for the bankruptcy,” Trump said on the show. “Eventually, I think it’s going to go to auction.”
Trump also expressed contempt for [...]

Back in the saddle

No - not a Running Horse update. I, along with my entire family, have been sick the past couple of weeks and that’s knocked me out of having time to update the site. Finally, we’re on the road to recovery and I’ll be updating the site once again.
How bad has it been? Even our dog [...]

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