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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

Dave Axland: From the ground up

The shaper-turned-architect has worked alongside some of the most talented designers in the business, but what is his story? Richard Humphreys finds out

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

Tiger Woods’ first US design at Bluejack National begins to take shape
Sean Dudley
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Tiger Woods’ first US design at Bluejack National begins to take shape

Grassing will get underway later this month at the Bluejack National course, the first Tiger Woods-designed course scheduled to open in the US.

The majority of the 18-hole course near Houston, Texas, will be grassed with two varieties of zoysiagrass – Zeon Zoysia and L1F Zoysia – which has been developed by Texan firm Bladerunner Farms. The only exception is the green surfaces, which will be grassed with TifEagle bermudagrass.

Additionally, the Bluejack National course will not feature any rough in a bid to increase pace of play and make the course a more enjoyable experience for golfers.

“We’re blanketing the entire fairway playing area with Zeon Zoysia,” explained Eric Bauer, director of agronomy at Bluejack National. “Tee tops and green surrounds are L1F Zoysia, a new variety that can tolerate lower mowing heights. It will allow us to take the height down shorter. This is based on the desires of the Tiger Woods design team to create a lot of different shot options.”

Beacon Land Development, the development company behind the Bluejack National project, decided to turf the zoysiagrass rather than sprig it as, due to the site’s residential element, it was important to open as scheduled.

Not only does zoysiagrass require less water and fertiliser than bermudagrass, but it also offers improved shade tolerance, something crucial to the Bluejack course, which Bauer describes as being ‘significantly wooded’.

The course’s construction is being carried out by Medalist Golf and the turf used to grass the course has been grown by Texas-based All Seasons Turf Grass.

Bauer confirmed that a total of 97 acres are being turfed, with the intention of having the course grown-in and ready for play by autumn 2015.

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