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

USPGA returns to Bellerive
Sean Dudley
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USPGA returns to Bellerive

Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis has been selected by the PGA of America to host the centennial PGA Championship in 2018. The course, which last hosted a PGA Championship in 1992, will also host the Senior PGA Championship in 2013, making it only the third club to host all four of the nation’s rotating major championships: the US Open, PGA Championship and their Senior counterparts.

Founded in 1897 as the former St. Louis Field Club in north St. Louis, the club became Bellerive Country Club in 1910 when Scotsman Robert Foulis designed its course in Normandy. 50 years later Robert Trent Jones was enlisted to create a new course, and chose a prime farm location where the ‘Green Monster of Ladue Road’ opened in 1960.

The parkland course was remodelled by Jones’ son Rees in 2005. “We completely rebuilt my dad’s famous design while maintaining much of his style,” said Rees Jones on reopening in 2007. “Most importantly, we made small targets within the large greens while retaining the dramatic contours. We also rebuilt and repositioned all the fairway and greenside bunkers.”

The course has since successfully hosted the 2008 BMW Championship and now has two major championships to look forward to. “I’m so pleased the PGA Championship is returning to Bellerive,” said Jones. “The golf course was designed and built by my dad to be a championship test of golf. It presents a complete test of golf on ample ground with great green contours and a wonderful flow to the routing.”

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