Playing 12 holes of golf once a week, every week, would save as many lives per year as those killed by smoking, a team of researchers in the United Kingdom has found. They were working on a study, published in The Lancet, which estimates that, globally, about a third...
“Golf Inc.” magazine named Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club, Tampa, Fla., its 2012 Renovation of the Year in the private club category. The project was headed up by Bobby Weed, ASGCA and Bobby Weed Golf Design. The award is the firm’s thiird in eight...
ASGCA members Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley of Schmidt-Curley Design will create a full-scale, “mini-golf” experience at family-friendly Mission Hills Hainan in China. Construction will begin this summer with opening expected in 2014. Course plans include:...
A New York Times/Associated Press article notes, “…design concepts are changing to make courses easier to play to accommodate the recreational golfer who does not like paying hundreds of dollars for scores in the 100s.” ASCGA President Bob Cupp is...
A “New York Times” featuire article notes “…design concepts are changing to make courses easier to play to accommodate the recreational golfer who does not like paying hundreds of dollars for scores in the 100s.” The story features...
ASGCA Past President Bob Lohmann authors an article for “Golf Course Industry” questioning if simplifying golf adds value and suggests bunkers may hold the real key. Frequent “GCI” contributor Lohmann raises several issues worthy of discussion...
