Renee Powell recently accepted the 2020 ASGCA Donald Ross Award from Jan Bel Jan, ASGCA, at Clearview Golf Club in Canton, Ohio. The video of her acceptance can be seen here. Powell was the second African-American woman to compete on the Ladies Professional Golf...
Forrest Richardson, ASGCA, of Phoenix, is the new president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA). He is ASGCA’s 75th-year president and will serve in the role until the ASGCA Annual Meeting in October 2021. Richardson has had a lifelong ambition...
The 2020 American Society of Golf Course Architects Environmental Excellence Awards honorees have been named. Projects from six golf facilities have been cited for their work with ASGCA members in addressing unique environmental challenges. The program is presented by...
Rocky Mountain golfers will soon return to City Park Golf Course in Denver, following a full remodel from Todd Schoeder, ASGCA (Grassroots Golf Design). Besides golfers, area property owners will benefit from the stormwater mitigation work that will reduce flood risks...
The Black Butte Ranch in Deschutes County, Oregon, is seeing great success at its new 12-hole putting course, designed by John Fought, ASGCA (John Fought Design). Golf Course Architecture reports: The Little Meadow putting course has been built as a continuous loop...
Raymond Hearn, ASGCA, (Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs) is developing a new long-range Master Plan for Washtenaw Golf Club (formerly the Washtenaw Country Club) founded in 1899 and located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Hearn will be working closely with the club’s...
Several West-coast based ASGCA members provided their thoughts on TPC/Harding Park – and the importance of public-access golf courses – in the run-up to the 2020 PGA Championship at the famed San Francisco course. ASGCA members Gary Baird, Cary Bickler,...
Every architect has a story. David Whelchel, ASGCA (Whelchel Golf Course Design and Building), has more than most. He shares experiences that include coaching the University of Arkansas Golf Team, his years working with Dr. Michael Hurdzan, ASGCA Fellow, and the...
Shovels are in the ground and construction underway for a new 18-hole course at Southern Oaks Golf Club, Lake City, Florida. The course – a unique design featuring an equal number of par 3’s, 4’s and 5’s – is a project from ASGCA members...
It’s not often a golf course design includes a swimming hole – let alone FOUR of them – but that is part of “The Baths of Black Wolf Run” coming to Kohler, Wisconsin, in 2021 from Chris Lutzke, ASGCA (Albanese & Lutzke Golf Course...
