Interviews

Oakmont: An interview with Gil Hanse

With the 2025 US Open arriving at Oakmont, Richard Humphreys spoke with the architect, who renovated the course in 2023, about what to expect

Martin Ebert: Design journey

With a portfolio that includes eight of the ten Open venues, Mackenzie & Ebert occupies an enviable position in the golf design industry. Adam Lawrence spoke with principal Martin Ebert to learn how they got there

Designs for the big screen

Chad Goetz and Agustin Piza discuss their design decisions for the virtual holes that featured in the first season of TGL

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz

The Australian designer has had a long career and, like many of his countrymen, has spent much of it away from home. Adam Lawrence listened to his tales from the road

Ben Cowan-Dewar: Shock and awe

Golf development firm Cabot now has properties in six countries. Richard Humphreys speaks with co-founder and CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar about what makes a great site, selection of golf course architects, and more

Team building

Turfgrass has launched its US arm with the appointment of John Lawrence, Adam Moeller and Brad Owen. Richard Humphreys speaks with them, Turfgrass founder John Clarkin and director of agronomy Julian Mooney to find out more

Brian Curley: Life of Brian

The designer has surely clocked up more air miles than anyone else in the business. Adam Lawrence caught up with him in between flights to discuss his career and his new venture with Jim Wagner

Oakmont: An interview with Gil Hanse

With the 2025 US Open arriving at Oakmont, Richard Humphreys spoke with the architect, who renovated the course in 2023, about what to expect

Martin Ebert: Design journey

With a portfolio that includes eight of the ten Open venues, Mackenzie & Ebert occupies an enviable position in the golf design industry. Adam Lawrence spoke with principal Martin Ebert to learn how they got there

Designs for the big screen

Chad Goetz and Agustin Piza discuss their design decisions for the virtual holes that featured in the first season of TGL

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz

The Australian designer has had a long career and, like many of his countrymen, has spent much of it away from home. Adam Lawrence listened to his tales from the road

Ben Cowan-Dewar: Shock and awe

Golf development firm Cabot now has properties in six countries. Richard Humphreys speaks with co-founder and CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar about what makes a great site, selection of golf course architects, and more

Team building

Turfgrass has launched its US arm with the appointment of John Lawrence, Adam Moeller and Brad Owen. Richard Humphreys speaks with them, Turfgrass founder John Clarkin and director of agronomy Julian Mooney to find out more

Brian Curley: Life of Brian

The designer has surely clocked up more air miles than anyone else in the business. Adam Lawrence caught up with him in between flights to discuss his career and his new venture with Jim Wagner

ASGCA Fellow David J. Gordon dies at the age of 95
Elizabeth Robinson
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ASGCA Fellow David J. Gordon dies at the age of 95

David J. Gordon, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), has passed away at the age of 95.

The son of William F. Gordon, one of the ASGCA’s original members, David was a life-long resident of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

After serving in the Army Air Force in World War II, Gordon studied agronomy at Penn State University before joining his father’s golf course design business.

The Gordons designed dozens of golf courses across the northwestern US and Canada, including Browns Run in Middletown, Ohio; Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Connecticut; Sunny Brook Country Club in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; and two courses at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

David Gordon was the longest-tenured ASGCA member, having been welcomed in 1951. He became a Fellow in 1993 and served as ASGCA President in 1959-60.

Gordon also brought to light some lost writings of Donald Ross, after discovering a 1914 manuscript from the architect in his attic. This was adapted and turned into a book - Golf Has Never Failed Me: The Lost Commentaries of Legendary Golf Architect Donald J. Ross – by Ron Whitten, and was published in 1996.

Gordon is survived by two sons, David J. Gordon and William F. Gordon, and a step-daughter, Lynn Bullock.

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