Jeff Blume, ASGCA, was elected president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) at the organization’s recent 72nd Annual Meeting in his hometown of Houston. Blume is a Landscape Architecture graduate of Texas A&M University. He first joined the...
The 90+-year-old Lakeside Golf Club in Los Angeles, has completed a renovation from Todd Eckenrode, ASGCA (Origins Golf Design). Use of historical aerial and ground photographs helped achieve the near-original restoration. Golf Course Architecture reports: Located on...
ASGCA Immediate Past President John Sanford (Sanford Golf Design) views the ongoing golf ball distance discussion as, “A marathon, not a sprint.” This was one of the views he shared in a Q&A with Mike Stachura of Golf Digest. Sanford went on to say:...
Lester George, ASGCA (George Golf Design) may not have seen it all…but he has seen (and experienced) a lot. The Virginia-based golf course architect has designed 11 First Tee facilities and countless practice facilities, not to mention his positive impact on...
GolfAdvisor.com’s Brad Klein attended the recent ASGCA Annual Meeting in Houston. His review of the impressive proceedings led with this simple declaration: “America’s most exclusive golf club is also its most welcoming.” Klein also wrote: Every...
ASGCA Founding Member Donald Ross designed the Lake Course at Chautauqua Golf Club in 1924. Ninety-four years later, how would he improve the course? That is the challenge welcomed by Saline, Michigan golf course architect Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA (C.W. Golf...
