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

Happy holidays from us all at Golf Course Architecture!
Richard Humphreys
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Happy holidays from us all at Golf Course Architecture!

As we sign off on another year, the team at Golf Course Architecture would like to wish all our readers a happy and safe holiday period, and all the best for 2022.

If you have a bit of free time over the festive period, why not take a look at some of our highlights from 2021?

Our quarterly magazine cover stars this year were: the East course at PGA Frisco in Texas, designed by Gil Hanse; the 14-hole short course by Bill Coore at Barnbougle Golf Links in Australia; the newly restored South course at Oakland Hills in Michigan; and the new St Patrick’s Links course at Rosapenna, Ireland, designed by Tom Doak.

We took a deep dive into some important topics in golf design, including: the lack of women in golf course design; whether a revival of municipal golf is on the cards; the pandemic-fuelled golf boom; and the golf industry’s response to the sand crisis.

And while we’ve not managed to travel quite as much as usual, we were still able to bring you some fascinating On Site reports, including from Congressional CC in Maryland, Chart Hills in England, Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey, and Marco Simone Golf and Country Club near Rome, Italy.

There’s plenty more on our website too, including the first two instalments from our new ‘My Top Ten’ series, featuring Danish golf course architect Philip Spogárd, and Jeff Mingay from Canada.

We look forward to teeing off the new year with our January 2022 issue, which will include GCA Green Pages, our annual directory of businesses working in golf design. Subscribe to receive your copy.

Thank you for reading and supporting Golf Course Architecture in 2021. Here’s to a great 2022!

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