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Feed The Ball

In the Feed the Ball podcast, Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan discusses golf course design, architecture, aesthetics and other topics with golf course architects and other luminaries of the game.

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Episode 34: Thad Layton

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2018/10/18

Thad Layton began working for Arnold Palmer Course Design in the late 1990’s and now, as Senior Architect and Vice President, leads the company along with fellow designer Brandon Johnson. Since 1972, the firm has been known for producing a massive number of courses worldwide, mostly associated with real estate. Over the last five years, however, Layton… Read More Read More The post Episode 34: Thad Layton appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 33: Tom Mackenzie

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2018/10/09

Tom Mackenzie joined with Martin Ebert to form the golf architectural firm of Mackenzie & Ebert in 2005. They each began their careers designing golf courses for Donald Steel, and their business is very much a continuation of the elder architect’s practice. Like Steel, Mackenzie prefers to design naturally, altering landscapes as little as possible… Read More Read More The post Episode 33: Tom Mackenzie appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 32: Richard Mandell

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2018/09/30

Richard Mandell’s golf design practice has taken off over the last 10 years. He entered the business in the early 1990’s and paid his dues for over a decade working singular jobs while learning how to build and renovate courses with a minimal amount of of unnecessary inputs or accessorization. As a result he gained a… Read More Read More The post Episode 32: Richard Mandell appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 31: Ron Forse

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2018/09/05

Ron Forse was an engineer who made a jump into golf course architecture in 1989, working on a project in West Virginia in conjunction with Dr. Michael Hurdzan. Though not necessarily his intent, he began taking jobs consulting with a number of historic club, guiding them through the process of renovating their old courses. Since… Read More Read More The post Episode 31: Ron Forse appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 30: Beau Welling

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2018/08/21

South Carolina native Beau Welling played college golf at Brown University and earned a landscape architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. After exploring career opportunities in several diverse fields, he committed to golf course architecture joining Tom Fazio’s staff in the late 1990’s. In 2007 he opened his own firm in Greenville, and became… Read More Read More The post Episode 30: Beau Welling appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 29: Tom Coyne

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2018/08/01

Tom Coyne’s fourth book is “A Course Called Scotland,” a funny and poignant tale of his journey playing over 100 links courses in Scotland, England and Wales in less than 60 days. His goal was twofold: to find out the meaning of golf, which must exist somewhere in those sacred links soils; and to hone… Read More Read More The post Episode 29: Tom Coyne appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 28: Dan Hixson

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2018/07/23

Oregon native Dan Hixson began his golf career as a tour pro and later became a club professional, but his real desire was to be a golf course architect. Despite no formal training, he slowly learned the profession and soon was hired to build Bandon Crossings, a public course just south of Bandon Dunes. That… Read More Read More The post Episode 28: Dan Hixson appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 27: Ron Whitten

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2018/07/02

Ron Whitten has been one of the most prominent and influential voices in golf course architecture since the mid-1980’s when he became Golf Digest’s architecture editor. He created the current criteria for the magazine’s popular (or, depending, notorious) Top 100 U.S & World Courses lists, has written various books including the essential compendium, “The Architects of… Read More Read More The post Episode 27: Ron Whitten appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 26: Kyle Franz Part 2

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2018/06/18

The first project Kyle Franz ever worked on was Tom Doak’s masterpiece, Pacific Dunes, a course now recognized as one of the best in the world. That fortuitous turn launched his design/build career where he amassed one of the business’s strongest pedigrees shaping courses for Bill Coore, Tim Liddy, Gil Hanse and others. His big solo break came… Read More Read More The post Episode 26: Kyle Franz Part 2 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 25: Kyle Franz Part 1

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2018/06/13

The first project Kyle Franz ever worked on was Tom Doak’s masterpiece, Pacific Dunes, a course now recognized as one of the best in the world. That fortuitous turn launched his design/build career where he amassed one of the business’s strongest pedigrees shaping courses for Bill Coore, Tim Liddy, Gil Hanse and others. His big solo break came… Read More Read More The post Episode 25: Kyle Franz Part 1 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 24: Mike Nuzzo Part 2

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2018/06/07

Mike Nuzzo seemed to have struck gold when he was hired by a wealthy Texas businessman and rancher to build an ultra-exclusive golf course intended only for the client’s personal use. For almost three years, Nuzzo, a first-time architect, and Don Mahaffey, a turf and irrigation specialist, coaxed out a wide, bouncy and fascinating 18-hole… Read More Read More The post Episode 24: Mike Nuzzo Part 2 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 23: Mike Nuzzo Part 1

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2018/06/06

Mike Nuzzo seemed to have struck gold when he was hired by a wealthy Texas businessman and rancher to build an ultra-exclusive golf course intended only for the client’s personal use. For almost three years, Nuzzo, a first-time architect, and Don Mahaffey, a turf and irrigation specialist, coaxed out a wide, bouncy and fascinating 18-hole… Read More Read More The post Episode 23: Mike Nuzzo Part 1 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 22: Jeff Mingay

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2018/05/28

Architect Jeff Mingay broke into golf course architecture working projects for his mentor and fellow Canadian Rod Whitman. In 2009, after completing a trio of Canada’s most exceptional modern golf courses — Blackhawk, Sagebrush and Cabot Links — he opened his own design business and found immediate success renovating and restoring courses in British Columbia… Read More Read More The post Episode 22: Jeff Mingay appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 21: Rob Collins

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2018/05/17

Sweetens Cove has captured the hearts and minds of the architecture world. Rob Collins and design partner Tad King began building the 9-hole course, 30 minutes west of Chattanooga, in 2012 and have watched it become an impassioned touchstone for a vocal, hardcore group of golf course fanatics as it marches steadily up the golf… Read More Read More The post Episode 21: Rob Collins appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 20: Mike Young

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2018/05/04

Mike Young has seen the golf course design business from all sides, starting as a rep for maintenance and turf companies before establishing himself as one of the state of Georgia’s most prominent and prolific architects. Young builds his courses the old fashioned way — himself — and his years as designer, builder and… Read More Read More The post Episode 20: Mike Young appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 19: Tim Liddy

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2018/04/16

Tim Liddy began his career working closely with Pete Dye in 1993, transitioning into golf course design following a career in landscape architecture. The two men have enjoyed a close collaboration for a quarter century, with Liddy becoming fluent in the Dye vernacular while also establishing his own independent firm responsible for highly acclaimed original… Read More Read More The post Episode 19: Tim Liddy appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 18: Peter Kessler, Part 2

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2018/04/09

Peter Kessler was the face and voice of the Golf Channel when the station first went live in 1995. Over the next seven years he commanded the show, mastering ceremonies and interviewing virtually every important figure in golf and instruction. In the course of that time period, and for years following hosting his show on Sirius XM’s PGA… Read More Read More The post Episode 18: Peter Kessler, Part 2 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 17: Peter Kessler, Part 1

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2018/04/04

Peter Kessler was the face and voice of the Golf Channel when the station first went live in 1995. Over the next seven years he commanded the show, mastering ceremonies and interviewing virtually every important figure in golf and instruction. In the course of that time period, and for years following hosting his show on… Read More Read More The post Episode 17: Peter Kessler, Part 1 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 16: Bradley Klein

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2018/03/26

Brad Klein has been one of the media’s foremost authorities on golf course architecture since he began writing for Golfweek Magazine in 1988. He created that publication’s highly influential ranking of America’s 100 greatest modern and classic courses, and he recently, after 30 years, moved on to a new position with Golf Advisor and the… Read More Read More The post Episode 16: Bradley Klein appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 15: Keith Cutten

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2018/03/19

Keith Cutten is an integral player in golf design’s next generation who has worked alongside a variety of architects including Bill Coore, Jeff Mingay, Doug Carrick and, most importantly, his mentor Rod Whitman shaping features, drafting plans, developing budgets and running job sites. He’s also one of the leading young historians on golf course design and… Read More Read More The post Episode 15: Keith Cutten appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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