BROOKFIELD, Wis. – John Lawrence, director of strategic golf for The Toro Company and friend to scores of golf course architects, has been chosen as the 2022 recipient of the ASGCA Donald Ross Award. The award, given annually since 1976, is presented to a person who...
Wall Street Journal took a deep dive below the surface to better understand how golf courses work. Brad Klein includes insight from ASGCA President Jason Straka and reports, “If the soil, root structure, drainage, fertility and chemistry weren’t perfectly tuned...
Midlothian Country Club – Southwest Chicago’s historic country club and host venue of the 1914 U.S. Open Championship – is now showcasing the stunning results of its dramatic course renovation led by famed architect Raymond Hearn, ASGCA (Raymond Hearn Golf Course...
The upcoming U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, coincides with the Olmsted 200 campaign, a year-long celebration organized by the National Association for Olmsted Parks and 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American...
With a tip-of-the-hat to century-old documents from ASGCA founding member Donald Ross, Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design is completing a restoration at Belleair Country Club’s West course in Florida. Ross’ original design dates to 1915 and his redesign...
Mike Benkusky, ASGCA, (Michael J. Benkusky, Inc., Golf Course Architecture) is marking the one-year anniversary of his completed renovation of a Dick Wilson design at Palm Aire Country Club, Sarasota, Florida. Early reactions are positive. General Manager Joe Rassett...
