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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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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 6, ft. Gil Hanse

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2020/05/21

In this volume of the Salon, architect Gil Hanse sits with Derek Duncan and Jim Urbina to discuss how he and design partner Jim Wagner build golf courses. They talk about the sanctity of being on machinery, if routing is more vital to a good course than shaping, the importance of “cooling off,” the importance… Read More Read More The post Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 6, ft. Gil Hanse appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 5, ft. Mike DeVries

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2020/05/14

Architect Mike DeVries steps into the Salon with Jim Urbina and Derek Duncan to discuss arguably the granddaddy of all design topics, routing. The long and winding conversation touches on the exposures of Cape Wickham, sacrificing extraordinary holes for the sake of rhythm and continuity, routing around natural greensites, if routing is a skill that… Read More Read More The post Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 5, ft. Mike DeVries appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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1:51:21

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 4, ft. Thad Layton

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2020/05/06

Thad Layton, principal at Arnold Palmer Design Company, enters the Salon to talk to Derek Duncan and Jim Urbina about Palmer and the rules of architecture. Specifically the discussion revolves around fundamental rules, when it’s advisable to break them, whether it’s ever permissible to design crossing holes, working within the constraints of conservative developers, straight… Read More Read More The post Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 4, ft. Thad Layton appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 3, ft. Jeff Mingay

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2020/04/29

Golf course designer and renovation specialist Jeff Mingay enters the Salon to talk about St. Andrews with Jim Urbina and Derek Duncan. The central theme is, if The Old Course is so great, why aren’t there more courses that are like it? Topics include the importance of boundaries to traditional golf expectations, blind tee shots,… Read More Read More The post Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 3, ft. Jeff Mingay appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 2, ft. Bill Coore

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2020/04/20

Designer Bill Coore comes into the salon to discuss greens and putting surfaces with Jim Urbina and Derek Duncan. Topics include the importance of shaping greens and surrounds in relation to single holes or the entire golf course, the 14th and 2nd greens at Sand Hills, building “floating” greens and finding natural landforms, looking vs.… Read More Read More The post Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 2, ft. Bill Coore appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 1, ft. Don Mahaffey

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2020/04/13

Jim Urbina and Derek Duncan discuss George Thomas, Pete Dye’s par-5 holes, Riviera, the Ghost Tree at Old Macdonald, whether bunkers have become too sanitized, “reasonable” green speeds, Stimpmeter readings from the 1970s. Powered bycowin app download Then Don Mahaffey enters the salon to talk about the beautiful simplicity of Mike Nuzzo’s Wolf Point, the… Read More Read More The post Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 1, ft. Don Mahaffey appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 68: Jeff Bradley

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2020/04/08

For almost 25 years, Jeff Bradley has been known as the preeminent builder of golf course bunkers in the U.S. Working primarily for Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, his artistic bunkering has helped define the strategies and style of places like Cuscowilla, Bandon Trails and Friars Head. In doing so, Bradley has influenced a generation… Read More Read More The post Episode 68: Jeff Bradley appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 67: George Waters

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2020/03/23

George Waters began his design career after spending a summer living and doing course maintenance in Dornoch, then getting an internship with Tom Doak’s Renaissance Golf Design. He worked construction projects for a variety of designers, including Doak, then wrote the seminal book on sand based courses, Sand and Golf: How Terrain Shapes the Game.… Read More Read More The post Episode 67: George Waters appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 66: Tyler Rae

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2020/03/06

Tyler Rae is gaining a reputation as one of the most talented up and coming golf course renovation and restoration specialists in the business. He’s worked with noted designer Ron Prichard for most of the last decade and now has embarked on his own, with an impressive client list that includes clubs like Northmoor and… Read More Read More The post Episode 66: Tyler Rae appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 65: Scot Sherman

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2020/02/13

Designer Scot Sherman began his career working for the Dye family before joining Bobby Weed as an associate. He’s now the lead designer for Love Golf Design, the firm of brothers Mark Love and Davis Love III. In addition to overseeing new projects for them, he’s currently helping prep the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island… Read More Read More The post Episode 65: Scot Sherman appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 64: Kyle Hegland

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2020/01/24

As superintendent of Sand Hills Golf Club for the last 13 years, Kyle Hegland has one of the most unique jobs in golf. The world-renowned course is located in one of the most extreme environments for golf — an arid climate ripped by savage winds and brutal winters. Yet Hegland’s expertise in creating and maintaining… Read More Read More The post Episode 64: Kyle Hegland appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 63: Brian Schneider

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2019/12/31

Brian Schneider joined Tom Doak’s Renaissance Golf Design in 2002. For the last 17 years he’s played a vital role creating some of this generation’s greatest golf courses around the world: Ballyneal, Old Macdonald, Cape Kidnappers, Rock Creek Cattle Company and others. He was the lead design associate on Barnbougle Dunes, Dismal River Red, Grand… Read More Read More The post Episode 63: Brian Schneider appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 62: Drew Rogers

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2019/12/20

Drew Rogers hung out his own design shingle in 2010 after working 18 years with the firm of (Arthur ) Hills & (Steve) Forrest. While working for Hills he gained extensive expertise building new golf courses, albeit it to the specifications of Hills and his clients. Today, Rogers’ own architectural point of view is evident… Read More Read More The post Episode 62: Drew Rogers appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 61: Jim Urbina

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2019/11/27

When the story is at last written about the current era of neoclassical architecture, Jim Urbina is certain to be featured as a star character. He represents a distinct branch of the Dye architectural tree having begun his career working on projects for Pete and Perry Dye. Later, Tom Doak hired Urbina at Renaissance Design,… Read More Read More The post Episode 61: Jim Urbina appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 60: Andy Staples

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2019/11/12

Over the last 15 years, Andy Staples has created his own space in the field of golf design by pioneering sustainability and efficiency in course construction and operation. He’s also helped create and popularize the concept of “Community Links,” a way to better integrate public golf into the lifestyle of the surrounding communities. His practice… Read More Read More The post Episode 60: Andy Staples appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 59: Jeff Brauer

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2019/11/01

Jeff Brauer began his career in 1977 working for Dick Nugent and Ken Killian in Chicago and represents a vital link to a previous generation of architecture. Since opening his own design firm in Dallas in 1984, he’s specialized in building public and resort courses in all parts of the country. In the last 20… Read More Read More The post Episode 59: Jeff Brauer appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 58: Dave Wilber

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2019/10/18

Dave Wilber, aka the Turfgrass Zealot, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on golf grasses and soils. Agronomist to the stars, Wilber has consulted with and been instrumental in developing grassing plans for some of the world’s greatest courses, including places like Kingsbarns in Scotland and Friars Head. He’s also been a pioneer in… Read More Read More The post Episode 58: Dave Wilber appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 57: Tripp Davis

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2019/09/30

Tripp Davis is arguably the most skilled amateur player among active architects. He helped the University of Oklahoma win a National Championship in the 1980s and has been a ranked amateur for most of his adult life, even reaching the quarter finals of the 2009 U.S Mid-Amateur. Fluent in both original design, remodels and historic… Read More Read More The post Episode 57: Tripp Davis appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 56: Paul Cowley

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2019/09/03

Paul Cowley has worn many hats in his golf career: land and landscape planner, structural architect, superintendent and construction engineer. The majority of his golf architecture career, however, was spent running projects and designing courses for Mark and Davis Love III. Known inside the industry as one of the most creative and original thinkers, Cowley… Read More Read More The post Episode 56: Paul Cowley appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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Episode 55: Tom Dunne

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2019/08/19

Tom Dunne founded the independent golf journal McKellar in 2017. Featuring alluring artwork with a playful point of view and stories from the best writers in the business, McKellar has become one of the brightest stars of a much welcomed revival of boutique publishing. In the course of traveling extensively to explore different courses and… Read More Read More The post Episode 55: Tom Dunne appeared first on Feed The Ball.

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