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

Full list of speakers and topics confirmed for Scottish Design Masters
Sean Dudley
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Full list of speakers and topics confirmed for Scottish Design Masters

The full list of speakers for next month’s Scottish Design Masters event has been finalised.

Taking place from 28 February to 3 March 2017 in Inverness, Scotland, the event will be hosted by GCA editor Adam Lawrence, and includes a number of guest speakers who will cover a range of interesting topics from across the golf architecture industry.

The speaker list includes Martin Ebert, who will provide a practitioner’s view of Scottish golf architecture and his thoughts on how it has shaped golf course design throughout the world. His partner Tom Mackenzie will discuss Scottish golf course architecture heritage and how it has influenced the work of his Mackenzie & Ebert firm.

Thad Layton of Arnold Palmer Golf Design, who will provide a case study of the new Arnold Palmer Course at Castle Stuart (pictured). 

Other speakers include Bob Harrison, the Australian architect behind the new golf course built on the Scottish island of Jura, who will share his story of the project, while Gordon Irvine will lead a presentation on the restoration of Askernish Golf Club in South Uist, Scotland.

Attendees will also be able to visit a number of prestigious courses in Northern Scotland, including Brora, Golspie, Dornoch, Tain, Boat of Garten, Nairn, Castle Stuart and Fortrose & Rosemarkie.

More information on the event and tickets can be found here

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