The Georgia chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America has produced a video that not only shows off many of the state’s finest golf courses, it also reminds viewers that “Golf is Greenspace.” “The state’s nearly 400...
American Society of Golf Course Architects Past President Alice O’Neal Dye, ASGCA Fellow, has been chosen as the 2017 recipient of the Donald Ross Award. This award, given annually since 1976, is presented to a person who has made a significant contribution to the...
Lester George, ASGCA, has been engaged by Audubon Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky, to create a long-range master plan of renovations for the club. The golf course, originally designed by Thomas Bendelow in 1908, has hosted the Kentucky Open, Kentucky State...
Nathan Crace, ASGCA Associate, (Watermark Golf) is the featured guest on the latest “Tartan Talks” podcast from Golf Course Industry. Crace talks about growing up in Indiana and, lacking a golf course in his hometown, designing and building his own...
A new 18-hole, par 3 course from Forrest Richardson, ASGCA, (Forrest Richardson & Assoc.) is coming in February 2017 to Mountain Shadows in Paradise Valley, Arizona, near Scottsdale. Phoenix Business Journal reports: “Richardson revamped the former Mountain...
As part of “Design Week” on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive,” ASGCA Past President Rees Jones (Rees Jones Inc.) discussed the positive economic indicators being seen by ASGCA members across the United States and elsewhere. Jones also spoke...
What is the best approach to designing championship golf layouts on land earmarked for cultivating endangered plant and wildlife habitats, and creating sustainable irrigation and storm water run-off systems to support recreation and habitat? Mark Mungeam, ASGCA,...
For the second year in a row, several Hilton Head Island golf facilities – including two designed by ASGCA Past President Clyde Johnston (Clyde Johnston Designs) – have received recognition from the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO)....
Gil Hanse, ASGCA (Hanse Golf Design) is leading a project to redesign Pinehurst No. 4 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina. Hanse will also design a short course at the facility, with an eye toward restoring the look and feel of the original design...
Jack Nicklaus, ASGCA Fellow (Nicklaus Design), and John Sanford, ASGCA (Sanford Golf Design), have combined on a number of golf design projects. Added to that list is the redesign of the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club, reopening after a 7-month project. Golf Course...
