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The Thing About Golf Podcast #84 – Christine Fraser

The Thing About Golf Podcast #84 – Christine Fraser

Christine Fraser is one of only a few women in the golf course design business but the Canadian native is one of the most eloquent speakers and broad thinkers about what golf course design can and should be. 15 Feb 2023
Morri: Like it or not, course design matters

Morri: Like it or not, course design matters

Watching the best women in the world being tested by one of the game’s great links at Muirfield got me thinking about course architecture and its broader role in the game. 8 Aug 2022
A different Ogilvy returns to the PGA Tour

A different Ogilvy returns to the PGA Tour

Eight-time PGA Tour winner Geoff Ogilvy admits his return has snuck “under the radar” but insists his days as a full-time touring professional are well and truly behind him. 14 Jul 2022
Clayton: The brilliance of the Old Course

Clayton: The brilliance of the Old Course

Peter Thomson long argued The Old Course at St. Andrews was the game’s most important course and all others are mere copies. 12 Jul 2022
Morri: Damned if they do, damned if they don’t

Morri: Damned if they do, damned if they don’t

“If there weren’t a bunch of pros who didn’t like it we’d have done a poor job.” 24 Jan 2022
Clayton: Bunkers 101

Clayton: Bunkers 101

Believe it or not, bunkers are not scattered across a golf course simply to make your life a misery. The great designers used them to improve the strategy of their creations, but, as Mike Clayton points out here, not all bunkering is good and often it can be misplaced to make a hole more difficult. 26 Jul 2018

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