Geoff Shackelford is an author of eleven books, a journalist, a TV personality (NBC Golf Channel) and the Co-designer of five Golf Courses in the Los Angeles area. Thanks to his incisive and curious mind, Geoff is widely researched, and holds one of the most respected opinions on golf course design in the game. With that in mind he joins us to discuss golf course design and how understanding its concepts can help you to improve your course management. He talks about the "Golden Age" of design and architects like George Thomas, Alister MacKenzie and CB MacDonald. He describes the design elements they employed and what he appreciates about them. He also talks about modern-day architects like Pete Dye and talks about some of the holes, and their design at TPC Sawgrass. Geoff also elaborates on some of his favorite holes on The PGA TOUR and highlights how understanding undulation, angles, yardages, camouflage can improve your decision-making, course management and scoring.