Final Chance To Vote On The Rio Course Design Competition
/AP confirms what I speculated on yesterday:
Read MoreIn golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS
It’s back!
Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).
The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.
Rio Olympic Course Architect Announcement This Week?
/AroundTheRings.com, which has been spot-on in covering the goings-on of the IOC and Olympic golf movement,
Read MoreFirst Look At Hanse's Doral Plan
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Pete Finch in Golf World Monday talks to The Donald about his plans for Doral and more interesting, we get to see what the first Gil Hanse plan looks like.
Changes to the final redesign will surely take place based on all of the cooks in the kitchen offering their herbs and spices, but the real eye-opener comes at 15 and 16 where new water is being added. The 16th, which became a more interesting driveable par-4 thanks to the regulatory malfeasance of the governing bodies, appears to be solidified as a driveable par-4 with distinct options.
Feherty At The Golf Industry Show
/I have another post coming with an overall take on this year's Golf Industry Show (I know, you'll be hitting refresh all weekend in eager anticipation), but in the meantime enjoy GCSAA TV's Fuzz Martin reporting on David Feherty's address. It was the talk of the floor for all of the usual Feherty reasons--ED jokes, a rich assortment of anal humor and a war on Islam remark--and because he was the hit of the show.
Read MoreThis Week And The Golf Industry Show 2012
/Posting will be a bit all over the place the next few days as I visit Las Vegas for the 2012 Golf Industry Show where superintendents,
Read MoreState Of The Game Podcast, Episode 4: Greg Turner
/After a week off, episode four of State of the Game covers our favorite topic, golf architecture, with hosts Rod Morri and Mike Clayton quizzing the always fascinating former touring professional-turned-golf course architect Greg Turner, who joined in via Skype from his New Zealand home.
Read MoreTrump About To Close On Doral; Tabs Hanse For Blue Monster Redo
/Bradley Klein says Donald Trump is about to close on his purchase of Doral resort and has hired architect Gil Hanse "to undertake a dramatic renovation of the Blue Monster, the most famous of the resort’s five courses and home to the PGA Tour's annual World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship next month."
Read MoreR.I.P. Geoffrey Cornish
/Ron Whitten with the sad news of the architect, author and gentleman's passing. Anyone who received them cherishes his type-written letters. Truly one of the game's great people.
Read MoreKlein: Golf Channel Recorded Olympic Architect Presentations
/Bradley Klein considers the Rio Olympic architect competition after learning a bit more about the process and concludes a few things. Namely, that the latest delay makes it increasingly difficult to finish in time for a 2015 test run (though I'm in the minority that likes this, preferring that the course be fresh to all when the Games roll around).
Read MoreKneejerk Olympic Non-Announcement Reaction
/As always, the emphasis on jerk...
Read MoreOlympic Architect Choice Postponed Until March
/As I tweeted earlier today, it appears the panel of four is deadlocked with a longshot in the mix. The committee decision must be unanimous.
AP is reporting the committee was "extremely pleased with the high quality of the eight proposals" by the finalists, but will wait until an IOC visit in March.
Instant Poll: Who Gets The Olympic Design Gig?
/So based on the schedule revealed by the Rio folks, the eight finalists have made their presentations over the last two days and now the jury deliberates before making a final decision sometime Thursday, followed by Friday's announcement in press release form.
Read MoreOlympic Design Derby Preview
/Thanks to reader Chris for John Paul Newport's reminder that next Tuesday and Wednesday the Olympic golf architecture finalists will be making their pitches to the jury panel, with a decision to come on the winning bid later in the week. Just a month ago, I handicapped the finalists here.
Read MorePGA State Of The Game: "Certainly it feels like there is recovery in the industry."
/The PGA of America's State of the Industry Roundtable at the PGA Show is an annual gathering of bluecoats talking up the great state of the game and their latest initiatives. Thursday appears to have been no different as they unveiled the 2012 intiative, Golf 2.0, complete with a Boy and Girls Scouts component.
Read More“They’re not going to make decisions based on rankings. They trust what goes on inside the ropes.”
/Tod Leonard looks at the possible impact of the Golf World player course ranking on venues like Torrey Pines, printing some of the player issues with the designs and with last year's high-rough and narrow fairways.
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