With an eye toward it’s 50th anniversary coming in 2029, leaders at Crown Colony Country Club, Lufkin, Texas, partnered with Trey Kemp, ASGCA, and John Colligan, ASGCA (Colligan Golf Design), on a recently completed renovation. Golf Course Architecture reports:...
The unique “Brooklyn Open” golf tournament was featured in America’s newspaper of record. The event is held at Marine Park Golf Course, an original design from ASGCA founding member Robert Trent Jones, Sr., and renovated by Stephen Kay, ASGCA. From...
ASGCA founding members Donald Ross designed Kenosha (Wis.) County Club in 1922. More than a century later, Drew Rogers, ASGCA (J. Drew Rogers, Golf Course Architect) continues his renovation effort on the property. Golf Course Architecture reports: βIt is rare to see...
John Fought, ASGCA (John Fought Design), an All-American collegiate player at Brigham Young University, is returning to Utah to design a state-of-the-art practice facility and renovate some of the existing holes at Alpine Country Club. Alpine Country Club was an...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. β 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...
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...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. β 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, 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....
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...
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...