Architects Say The Funniest Things, Vol. 291
Friday, March 25, 2005 at 10:01 PM You don’t want to miss this audio presentation by Rees Jones for a project in Iowa. The article with this audio link says: "Golf course designer Reece Jones has agreed to design a golf course for a gambling casino complex planned for Riverside, which is just south of Iowa City in Washington County."
In the presentation, Jones talks about the Open Doctor mantel being passed on to him in the "family business" and how he learns from these Open Doctoring jobs. The wisdom picked up is passed along to new projects like this one. And here I thought he did it for the love of REEstoring!
The article states that “Jones says casino golf resorts give him a chance to help take golf to a new plane as there's a 'new age of golf' in which more high-quality, public courses are being built.”
"Public golfers are now part of our national heritage," Jones says.
Meanwhile, you’ll be glad to know Vijay’s getting into the design
business (well, IMG is) and he’s not going to build ‘em easy! The Cleveland Plain Dealer has the gory details.
"I think golf course designing needs a new hand in it,” the new press-friendly Singh said. “You've got [the Jack] Nicklauses and [Greg] Normans and Pete Dyes. I think a new name would change the character of golf courses. I'm lucky I have the opportunity to do some of that.
"A lot of guys build golf courses now for member play, member friendly. I keep telling guys that you go to the top 100 best golf courses in the world and they're all very tough golf courses. You don't see a member-friendly course in the top 10 in the world."
Thankfully, the course will be in Fiji, so none of us will have to endure it.