course design

The Thing About Golf Podcast #115 – Ben Crenshaw

The Thing About Golf Podcast #115 – Ben Crenshaw

Two time Masters winner Ben Crenshaw is as much a part of Augusta folklore as any past champion and has forged his path as one of the game’s leading course designers. 9 Apr 2024
Aberg looks to continue hot form in Mexico

Aberg looks to continue hot form in Mexico

The field includes five of the top-50 players in the world rankings plus Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg, but the course will be the star of the show when the World Wide Technology Championship begins on Friday (AEDT) in Los Cabos, Mexico. 2 Nov 2023
Morri: Focus on interesting, not hard or easy

Morri: Focus on interesting, not hard or easy

Most of the focus today will be on the result of the 123rd U.S Open and Wyndham Clark’s win, and that’s as it should be. 19 Jun 2023
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
Ogilvy scratching 'itch' on PGA Tour

Ogilvy scratching 'itch' on PGA Tour

Geoff Ogilvy walked into the locker room two weeks ago at the PGA Tour's Barracuda Championship and didn't recognise many faces. He's pretty sure they didn't recognise him, either. 27 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
Clayton, DeVries & Pont and Kruse Golf to advise Royal Perth

Clayton, DeVries & Pont and Kruse Golf to advise Royal Perth

Clayton, DeVries & Pont (CDP) and Kruse Golf (KG) are delighted to announce that they have been jointly retained by the Royal Perth Golf Club of South Perth, Western Australia to author a long-term plan for its course and advise on prospective renovations thereafter. 1 Dec 2021
Clayton: Hard golf doesn't always equal good golf

Clayton: Hard golf doesn't always equal good golf

One of the game’s great misconceptions is to equate an arduous golf course or a particularly difficult hole with good golf. 8 Sep 2021
Morri: Golf’s contrived efforts

Morri: Golf’s contrived efforts

Shameless self-promotion time. Last week, we had a fascinating discussion on the Good-Good Golf Podcast about the notions of ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ golf. 1 Mar 2021
Course Design: Short Fours

Course Design: Short Fours

Golf Australia Architecture Editor Mike Clayton dissects the qualities of what makes a great short par-4 and reveals some of the best in the game can be found here in Australia. 4 Jul 2019
Unpredictable design = better golf

Unpredictable design = better golf

Target golf is boring golf. The more unpredictable courses are for players, the more interesting the game is to play, argues Mike Clayton. 3 Aug 2016

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