What inspires a person to become a golf course architect? ASGCA members discuss the people, courses and experiences that planted the seed for a career in golf design. “The visual aesthetics of blending the game into nature is a fascinating design challenge.”
From By Design magazine:
When children are asked what they want to be when they’re older, you might expect them to say a nurse, teacher, astronaut or, maybe now, an influencer. But you’d rarely hear “a golf course architect.”
‘The Great Junior Golf Design Challenge’, organized by ASGCA during the pandemic, may have done its bit to change that, with young people across the world getting a taste of design by sketching out their ideas for golf holes.
But what sparked the interest of today’s golf course architects? And when did they begin to see golf course design as a career path?
By Design spoke with several ASGCA members to find out.
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