ASGCA Past President Robert Trent Jones, Jr. to receive ASGCA Donald Ross Award
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – ASGCA Past President Robert Trent Jones, Jr., founder of Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects based in Palo Alto, California, has been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the ASGCA Donald Ross Award. The award, given annually since 1976, is...
Prose from ASGCA Past President Bill Amick
ASGCA Past President Bill Amick is noted for not only his impressive career as a golf course architect, but also as a writer with a talent for sharing his thoughts in verse. Here are some of his views on rolling back the golf ball and the advantages of shorter...
Hunki Yun named Executive Director of American Society of Golf Course Architects
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Hunki Yun has been named executive director of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) and ASGCA Foundation. An award-winning journalist and a long-time staff member and administrator with the United States Golf Association (USGA),...
Neil Haworth, ASGCA, dies at age 63
Neil Haworth, ASGCA, died June 17, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was age 63. A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Haworth earned a bachelor of Landscape Architecture from University of Guelph in Ontario. In 1985 he joined the firm of Graham Cooke and Associates....
Danner, ASGCA, begins work at Scotland’s South Ayrshire Golf Courses
Plans to enhance the playing experience at Darley and Belleisle golf courses (South Ayrshire, Scotland) have begun with the appointment of Jeff Danner, ASGCA, (Pangaea Golf Architecture). Danner and Stuart Rennie and Jeff Danner are leading the project in...
2024 Wadsworth Scholar application available
Applications are being accepted for the 2024 Wadsworth Scholar Program. This program will select two college students of junior rank or higher, as well as two non-students showing an interest and aptitude for golf course development to receive a cash award and attend...
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One year from earning his college degree, a chance meeting in a bar with an associate of Tom Fazio, ASGCA, led to a career change for Dana Fry, ASGCA (Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design). Soon after, he dropped out of college to "spend days flagging cacti for...
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