Dick Nugent, a Past President and Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), died Jan. 1, 2018, at age 86 in Chandler, Arizona. ASGCA members will remember Nugent’s famous design works, as well as his service to ASGCA and the game of golf....
How does a Michigan native who grew up bleeding Maize and Blue wind up at Michigan State and a life in golf course architecture? Ray Hearn, ASGCA (Ray Hearn Golf Course Designs, Inc.), explains in the latest “Tartan Talks” podcast with Golf Course...
Sea Island, a Forbes Five-Star resort on the coast of Georgia, announced plans to redesign the facility’s Plantation Course and build new putting and practice areas. Love Golf Design will begin the first phase of work in early 2018. Construction work related to the...
Golf Digest magazine has selected The Preserve at Oak Meadows (Addison, Illinois) as the recipient of its 2017 Environmental Award Green Star Award. The course is a major redesign effort from ASGCA Past President Greg Martin (Martin Design) and DuPage County. The...
As part of “Design Week” on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive,” ASGCA President John Sanford (Sanford Golf Design) sat down with Matt Ginella to discuss the Life Cycle of golf course elements…and the Cost of Doing Nothing.President...
Just one year after its opening, Bukit Pandawa Golf & Country Club in Bali, an 18-hole par 54 course designed by Robert Moore, ASGCA (JMP Golf Design Group), was named “World’s Best Par-3 Course 2017” at the recent World Golf Awards. Golf Business News...
Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio, Texas, is preparing for a soft opening following a renovation/restoration project which has been in the works for the past two years, headed by Tripp Davis, ASGCA (Tripp Davis and Associates). The official re-opening will take...
The golf course at Blythefield Country Club, which has hosted the Meijer LPGA Classic since 2014, will celebrate its 90th birthday in 2018. In preparation for its second century, the club has hired Chris Wilczynski, ASGCA (C.W. Golf Architecture), to develop a master...
In an interview with “Golfing World” that aired on “Golf Channel,” ASGCA Past President Rees Jones, ASGCA Fellow, reflects on a lifelong love affair with golf course architecture. The “Open Doctor” discusses his design philosophy of...
Golf course architects get asked all the time just how long a Master Plan should last. While no two facilities are the same, TIm Liddy, ASGCA (Tim Liddy/Associates, Inc.), is 15 years into execution of the plan he developed for Cincinnati’s Hyde Park Golf and...
