Todd Quitno, ASGCA (Quitno Golf Designs), and Nathan Crace, ASGCA (Watermark Golf), are teaming up to develop renovation options at Merit Club north of Chicago. The club, which hosted the 2000 U.S. Women’s Open where Karrie Webb won the first of her two consecutive...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (Nov. 15, 2023) – The first-ever Design Boot Camp presents an opportunity for aspiring golf course designers to express their inner architect in the grand setting of Erin Hills Golf Course, the renowned 2017 U.S. Open Championship venue. From Sept....
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – The 2023 American Society of Golf Course Architects Environmental Excellence Awards honorees have been named. Projects from nine golf facilities have been cited for their work with ASGCA members in addressing unique environmental challenges. The...
In conversation with “Golf Course Industry” magazine, Kyle Phillips, ASGCA (Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design), recounts a career in golf course architecture that has taken him to more than 30 countries on five continents over 30+ years — among them Yas...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) has announced Executive Director Chad Ritterbusch plans to retire from the position he has held since 2004. ASGCA has begun the search for a new executive director and Ritterbusch will stay in...
Bobby Weed, ASGCA, (Bobby Weed Golf Design) has completed a nine-month modernization of the Lagoon Course at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, his second project at the course, following a 2007 renovation. “Led by Herbert Peyton, chairman of Gate Petroleum, the Ponte...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Michael Benkusky, ASGCA, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois, was elected president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) at the organization’s recent 77th Annual Meeting in Milwaukee. A native of Marion, Iowa, Benkusky graduated in...
The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) is a non-profit membership association. Founded in 1946, it is comprised of experienced golf course architects located throughout North America. ASGCA seeks an accomplished leader to fill the role of Executive...
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...
Christopher Wilczynski, ASGCA, of C.W. Golf Architecture has returned to Forest Lake Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for the club’s first significant golf course renovation in recent years. Wilczynski has been consulting for the club since 2012. The front...
