Robin Nelson, an American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) Member and senior partner of the design firm Nelson & Haworth, died Nov. 19, 2012. He was 61. Nelson worked with fellow ASGCA member Neil Haworth, and Brett Mogg at Nelson & Haworth. The...
Golf rounds played in 2012 have increased significantly and are trending towards record high levels for the year, reaching levels not approached since 2006. The report comes from Golf Datatech, LLC, the golf industry’s leading independent research firm for...
“Golf Course Architecture” magazine reports three Thai families are showing that an important place in golf remains for private family investment and management in the game. In each case, the Phornprapha family’s Siam Country Club, the Samakoses...
GOLF 20/20– the collaboration of leading organizations representing all segments of the United States golf industry, including the American Society of Golf Course Architects – has announced golf’s charitable impact of $3.9 billion in 2011. According to a study...
Battenkill Country Club in Greenwich, N.Y., is promoting the recent visit to the course by Lester George, ASGCA, as part of the “First Links” program, sponsored by ASGCA Foundation and the PGA of America. A recent article at www.thegolfwire.com reports,...
Visitors to www.avidgolfer.com are treated this month to an article from Jeff Blume, ASGCA. Blume discussed the recent “Classic Golf in America” tour, featuring architects from ASGCA, Europe and Austrailia, who visited several of the top courses in the...
