Tag: Golf Course Design

Ben Crenshaw (right) and Bill Coore(left), ASGCA, will be the 2021 recipients of the ASGCA Donald Ross Award. (Photo courtesy of ASGCA)

Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore named recipients of 2021 ASGCA Donald Ross Award

May 13, 2021 By Joey Ciccolini

Two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, ASGCA, have been chosen as the 2021 recipients of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) Donald Ross Award. Winners are chosen based on those making a significant contribution to the ...

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Build it and virtual golfers will come

August 22, 2014 By Molly Gase

The idea of taking something and messing up a virtual version on a simulator video game is usually a lot of fun. Half of the time you make something impossible. Other times though, you get a chance to test out ...

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Meier talks Valhalla renovation, bunkers

August 5, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Roger Meier, superintendent at Valhalla GC in Louisville, Ky., spoke with Golfdom TV on Tuesday morning about his career path, the recent renovation of Valhalla, and how the crew will be maintaining bunkers for the 2014 PGA Championship. ...

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The niche of the Horticulturist

January 22, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Here’s how a horticulturist — part ecologist, soil scientist, florist, pest manager and artist — can help at your course. No one expects the neighborhood teenage boy hired to cut the lawn to provide immaculate PGA Tour quality results. In ...

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Flower Power: How one course changed its fate

November 14, 2013 By Christina Thomas

There’s something special about a municipal golf course — that beat-up old track where people often learn to love the game. Golf on a muni is usually a love-hate relationship: you love it because you’ve memorized every blade of grass ...

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Architects by design

January 6, 2013 By Joelle Harms

Three turf pros switched from course maintenance to course design — and found success. – By Anthony Pioppi It was as head greenkeeper of the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland that Old Tom Morris was called on to modify the design. ...

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