In this installment of our Golf Architecture 101 series, Garrett introduces his Fried Egg Golf colleague PJ Clark to C.B. Macdonald’s “ideal holes.” They discuss how Macdonald came up with the notion of “templates” based on famous British golf holes,…
Subscribe for more videos and tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_3WB1wfJaItIiN2RJsRMOw?sub_confirmation=1 Kyle Phillips is a distinguished American golf course designer renowned for his ability to create courses that appear as though they’ve been part of the landscape for centuries. After earning a degree in…
Can Golf Courses Help Us Be More Human? A Conversation with Beau Welling | Designing Golf Beau Welling is the founder and CEO of Beau Welling Design, and in addition to collaborating with Tiger Woods and designing courses like Bluejack…
It’s nothing new for golf courses to prioritize infrastructural needs over architectural wants. The desire for refined conditioning dates back to the beginnings of the game. Still, there is no doubt that something has shifted in the golf course restoration…
If you want to learn more about golf course design, which books should you read? Garrett Morrison fields this question pretty frequently, so for today’s episode, he brings on writer and historian Stephen Proctor to discuss the 10 most essential…
For the first episode of our Golf Architecture 101 series, Garrett Morrison talks Fried Egg Golf producer PJ Clark through the so-called “schools”—that is, philosophies—of golf course design: penal, strategic, and heroic. If you want to learn more about golf…
Geoff Ogilvy is the 2006 U.S. Open champion, one of the sharpest minds in golf, and an architect whose firm, OCM, is making waves in the industry. In this episode, Garrett Morrison asks him about the four golf courses that…
Streamsong Black 5th hole Aerial footage of the par three 5th at Streamsong Black – one of the most extreme par threes at the entire resort. The land being used for the new David McLay Kidd course is partially situated…
Hole 13 at Royal New Kent is a par 4 that forces you to think. Mike and Adam discuss their strategy and take on the tight landing areas and elevation changes that make this hole such a test. Can they…
Hole No. 1 on Pinehurst No. 10, the new and 10th course at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina(Courtesy of Pinehurst Resort)What is minimalism in golf course architecture, anyway?Several modern designers are frequently lumped into the same category of design under…