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

The October 2022 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now!
Richard Humphreys
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The October 2022 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now!

The October 2022 issue of Golf Course Architecture magazine is out now.

The fourteenth hole at Royal St George’s, which features on the cover of the new October 2022 issue of Golf Course Architecture, is known for its ever-present threat of out of bounds. Our main feature article considers whether OB has any merit in golf.

For most golfers, white stakes are perhaps the least welcome sight on any golf course. But once upon a time out of bounds was considered a legitimate strategic hazard. We ask whether OB is ‘the worst thing in golf?’, and golf course architects including Bill Coore, Mike Cocking and Neil Crafter share their own perspectives.

La Finca Golf Los Lagos will open in Madrid next year, almost 25 years after an initial routing was created for the site. The Stirling & Martin design will be the centrepiece of a luxury development in the heart of the Spanish capital. Toby Ingleton visits as the project finally approaches completion.

“If you can’t live with ups and downs, this is a very tough business to be in,” says Tom Doak, in an exclusive interview with GCA. He describes how, after thirty years building courses essentially the same way, he is now trying to find a new way of working. Read more about Tom Doak’s new approach in our interview piece.

There is plenty more in this issue too: Robin Hiseman of European Golf Design considers when, how and why a course might need tweaking just after opening; John Holmes explains how an Abu Dhabi club employed interseeding to help address its water supply issue; and Rob Gavarkovs says that synthetic turf could provide a solution to some of golf ’s pressures.

We start, as always, with our Tee Box section, which includes news of Brian Curley’s 36-hole project in Cambodia; an interview with Jim Wagner of Hanse Golf Design about the firm’s renovation of Narin & Portnoo Links in Ireland; a view of the new King-Collins-designed Landmand Golf Club that has opened for play in Nebraska; and news from AK Bars Golf Resort in Kazan, Russia, which has held a soft opening for its new Harradine golf course.

We hope you enjoy the read!

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