The Board of Directors at Travis Pointe Country Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has retained Christopher Wilczynski, ASGCA (C.W. Golf Architecture), to develop a golf course master plan to improve and help reposition the private, member-owned club. Established in 1977,...
The renovation work at the newly reimagined Killearn Club, a private golf club in Tallahassee, Florida, is now in its second year with the construction of the nine-hole Clover Course (formerly the North/Narrows course), well underway from Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA (C.W....
American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) leaders fully support H.R. 7228, the Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement Act (BIRDIE Act). The bill would update the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990, which...
A visit to the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show illustrated to “Forbes” writer Candace Oehler the industry-wide commitment to caring for natural resources Also highlighted was efforts “to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives,”...
Gary Panks, ASGCA Fellow, died March 19, 2024, in Paradise Valley, Arizona. He was age 82. Born and raised in Michigan, Panks was interested in golf from an early age. He was captain of the golf team at Michigan State University, where he graduated in 1964 with a...
ASGCA Past President Doug Carrick (Carrick Design) has completed design on a new par-66 layout at the former Lake Bellwood club in Ontario, Canada. Golf Course Architecture reports: “The club – which was formed in 2010 as a merger of Lake Belwood and the...
Todd Quitno, ASGCA (Quitno Golf Designs), and Nathan Crace, ASGCA (Watermark Golf), are teaming up to develop renovation options at Merit Club north of Chicago. The club, which hosted the 2000 U.S. Women’s Open where Karrie Webb won the first of her two consecutive...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (Nov. 15, 2023) – The first-ever Design Boot Camp presents an opportunity for aspiring golf course designers to express their inner architect in the grand setting of Erin Hills Golf Course, the renowned 2017 U.S. Open Championship venue. From Sept....
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – The 2023 American Society of Golf Course Architects Environmental Excellence Awards honorees have been named. Projects from nine golf facilities have been cited for their work with ASGCA members in addressing unique environmental challenges. The...
In conversation with “Golf Course Industry” magazine, Kyle Phillips, ASGCA (Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design), recounts a career in golf course architecture that has taken him to more than 30 countries on five continents over 30+ years — among them Yas...
