Monthly Archives: February 2013
How important is a Golf Course Routing?
A Golf Architect is a bit of a jack of all trades – you need to know a lot about golf, master planning, drainage and civil’s, landscape architecture, Irrigation, agronomy, construction, project management and have good people skills. Whilst a jack of … Continue reading
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Grass Selection
When working on a new design the question of which grass to use is always a pertinent one and discussed early in the process. On any redesign / renovation / restoration project it is discussed to a lesser extent albeit not uncommon … Continue reading
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Kikuyu Grass @ Riviera CC
To follow on from my previous post….I like the Riviera CC a lot, I really do, but I wonder how effective these run off areas around a few of the greens are? Most times the idea of having tightly mown areas (cut … Continue reading
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Riviera Country Club and the man who designed it
My last few blogs / tweets have been focused primarily on the European tour stops – those in the Middle East and South Africa. Yes I know you can hardly call it the European tour these days given how little golf is … Continue reading
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Colonel S.V. Hotchkin – Golf Architect
It is fitting given that the European Tour is heading down to East London, a sleepy coastal city with an impressive golf course – East London GC, that I should write about one of my favourite golf architects and one … Continue reading
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A Sense of Place
When I play golf in the desert I want to feel like I am in the desert…….. It seems the best and most loved golf courses have a ‘real sense of place’. They sit harmoniously in their surroundings as if … Continue reading
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