“I can bring ideas that men wouldn’t because they don’t play the same game,” ASGCA President Jan Bel Jan said. In a podcast with Syngenta, “Growing Golf,” Bel Jan details the development of her Scoring Tees™ system and the positive impact they...
Arthur Little, senior trustee of the Royal Little Family Foundation has released “Proper Tee Placements Lead to More Play,” a data-based report on the value of tees and increased player participation.Little writes: There has been a good deal of discussion...
Siam Country Club in Pattaya, Thailand, will conduct a soft open this Fall of a new course designed by Brian Curley, ASGCA (Schmidt-Curley Golf Design). The course features a, “generous amount of land dedicated to the design, resulting in a very comfortable and...
A 27-hole renovation of White Eagle Golf Club, Naperville, Illinois, has been completed by Todd Qutino, ASGCA, of Lohmann Quitno Golf Course Architects. New tees, greens expansion and bunker updates were part of the project. Golf Course Architecture reports: “I am...
The first nine holes of a Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design (Dana Fry, ASGCA) are under construction in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Yas Acres golf course is at the heart of the project. “This first phase is a 156-acre site and is all core golf and serves as...
Dave Bennett, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), died Oct. 1, 2019, in Texas. He was age 84. Bennett was a Park Administration and Horticulture graduate of Texas Tech University. His professional career included more than 100 golf...
