Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 26, ft. Greg Letsche

Episode 87: Scott Hoffman: If might seem like golf course architect Scott Hoffman came out of nowhere with his design at Lost Rail, opened in 2022 outside of Omaha. However, he’d previously worked for over a decade with Tom Fazio, designing courses in the western U.S. by Feed The Ball

89 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 27, ft. Ben Crenshaw: Two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw joins golf course builder Jim Urbina and Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan to discuss his long time partnership with architect Bill Coore and the beliefs and impulses that define the many courses they’v... by Feed The Ball

103 min listen

Episode 86: Blake Conant: In less than 10 years in the profession, Blake Conant has risen from crew member to shaper to the co-designer of Old Barnwell, a stunning new course near Aiken, S.C. Conant has primarily shaped greens and bunkers for Tom Doak at projects like Houston’s... by Feed The Ball

103 min listen

Episode 85: Remembering Tom Weiskopf with Phil Smith: Shortly after Tom Weiskopf broke with design partner Jay Morrish in the late 1990s he turned to architect Phil Smith. Smith had been working with Nicklaus Design in Arizona, but the opportunity to partner one-on-one with Weiskopf was too good an opport... by Feed The Ball

85 min listen

Episode 84: Don Placek: Don Placek began working for Tom Doak’s Renaissance Golf Design in 1997 after being in Perry Dye’s Denver office for several years. It was a significant jump, going from the types of technical builds Dye was coordinating in the western U.S. by Feed The Ball

102 min listen

Episode 83: Stephen Kay: Architect Stephen Kay has been involved in the building, remodeling or renovation of over 300 courses during his design career spanning back to the mid-1980s. He was one of the pioneering voices in the late 80s for looking at the historical record of a... by Feed The Ball

94 min listen

Episode 82: Allan MacCurrach: Golf course builder Allan MacCurrach began working on crews for Pete Dye in the late 1970s and opened his own golf course contracting company in 1987. He’s been involved in building or remodeling over 20 courses for Dye, who passed away in early 2020, by Feed The Ball

81 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 25, ft. Josh Pettit: Designer and historian Josh Pettit began collecting the writings of Alister MacKenzie for his new compendium of essays, “The MacKenzie Reader,” years ago, and was ready to publish in 2020 when the pandemic postponed printing until the summer of 2022. by Feed The Ball

122 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 24, ft. Rob Collins: Landmand Golf Club in northeast Nebraska, just across the Missouri River from Sioux City, is one of the largest and most expansive golf courses ever built, with the largest total square footage of greens of any course in the U.S. by Feed The Ball

129 min listen

Episode 81: Jim Nagle: Jim Nagle began working with golf course renovation and historical restoration legend Ron Forse in 1998, in what might be considered the field’s pioneering days. Golf course restoration is an attempt to reestablish a course’s first principles–placing i... by Feed The Ball

91 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 23, ft. Jason Straka: Jason Straka has been a principle in Fry/Straka Global Golf Design since joining with partner Dana Fry in 2012. Previously he was the senior architect for Hurdzan-Fry Golf Design, helping that company build landmark courses like Calusa Pines, by Feed The Ball

115 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 22, ft. Andy Staples: Andy Staples positioned himself as one of the profession’s most creative architects with his throwback renovation of Meadowbrook Country Club near Detroit with its Willie Park, Jr. inspired early-1900s shaping. by Feed The Ball

120 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Volume 21, ft. Chris Cochran: Chris Cochran began his career building golf courses for Jack Nicklaus in the mid-1980s. With over 100 international projects completed, he is Nicklaus Design’s longest tenured senior design associate, and since the early 90s has arguably been the most... by Feed The Ball

103 min listen

Episode 80: Joe Jemsek on Dick Wilson: Joe Jemsek grew up with Dick Wilson. At least figuratively. In the early 1960s, Wilson, one of golf architecture’s most interesting and possibly misunderstood figures, designed the former America’s 100 Greatest Course Cog Hill No. 4 in Chicago, by Feed The Ball

93 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 20, ft. Dave Axland and Tim Liddy: Tim Liddy and Dave Axland have worked together on a number of projects including, most recently, Harrison Lake in Indiana, a remodel that included the addition of several new holes and a re-routing of the course. Liddy, the primary designer, by Feed The Ball

105 min listen

Episode 79: Andrew Green: In just the last several years, designer Andrew Green has played a prominent role in guiding back to their founding architectural spirit a number of prominent major championship courses, including America’s 100 Greatest Courses fixtures Inverness Club,... by Feed The Ball

82 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 19: Bunkers ft. Ron Whitten: The topic is bunkers: should they be placed scientifically or randomly? Should there be more or less, or any at all? Has the naturalistic look become ubiquitous and overused? What about proper bunker depth? Are liners a waste of money? by Feed The Ball

92 min listen

Episode 78: Steve Smyers and Rethinking Strategy: Like most architects, Steve Smyers has a deep reverence for the classical era and the strategic brilliance of Harry Colt, Alister MacKenzie, George Thomas and others. However, as an elite player as well as a veteran designer, by Feed The Ball

74 min listen

Episode 77: Craig Haltom: In this Feed the Ball podcast, we get deep into some Wisconsin golf talk with golf course architect Craig Haltom. Haltom joins Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan to discuss recreating C.B. Macdonald’s The Lido at Sand Valley, by Feed The Ball

123 min listen

Episode 76: Making Whistling Straits: Is it possible we take Whistling Straits for granted? Of all the spectacular builds in the history of golf, from The Lido to Calusa Pines, very little is spoken about how Pete Dye and Herb Kohler transformed flat farmland and an abandoned Army airfield... by Feed The Ball

79 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 18, ft. Davis Love III: Davis Love III needs no introduction. But just in case, he’s a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, has logged over 20 PGA Tour victories, won the 1997 PGA Championship, was twice victorious at The Players Championship and is a two-time Ryder Cup cap... by Feed The Ball

103 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 17, ft. James Duncan: James Duncan came to the U.S. from his native Denmark in the early 1990s to learn the craft of building golf courses. He learned from the best, working first with Tom Doak and Renaissance Golf Design, then joining with Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw to he... by Feed The Ball

109 min listen

Episode 75: Troy Miller: Designer Troy Miller worked for Landmark Land Co. for a decade, building golf courses around North America, before leaving the company to settle down in his hometown of Charleston, SC. The move put him in a unique position to do something he’d first en... by Feed The Ball

97 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 16, ft. Tom Lehman: PGA Tour and current PGA Champions tour player Tom Lehman, winner of the 1996 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s, has seamlessly managed to maintain an elite game while developing a golf course design outlook that almost entirely eschews co... by Feed The Ball

89 min listen

Episode 74: David Kahn by Feed The Ball

118 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 15, ft. Ian Andrew: Canadian designer Ian Andrew, Feed the Ball guest from Episode 14, is back to visit with Derek Duncan and Jim Urbina. The conversation turns to topics of: –Choose Your Own Adventure golf architecture; –The satisfactions of playing “unknown” courses; –G... by Feed The Ball

128 min listen

Episode 73: Larry Lambrecht: Larry Lambrecht has been one of golf’s most prolific and talented photographers for over 30 years. He’s shot golf courses and tournaments, as well as Super Bowls, World Series and other major sporting events, for virtually ever major publication. by Feed The Ball

96 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 14, ft. Forrest Richardson: Golf course architect Forrest Richardson was elected in 2020 to be the 75th president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, a chair that’s been held by such notable designers as Stanley Thompson, Robert Trent Jones, by Feed The Ball

127 min listen

Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 13, ft. Kyle Phillips: Architect Kyle Phillips began his illustrious career as an associate working for Robert Trent Jones II in California. He gained unique design and planning expertise working on a slate of international courses for Jones, by Feed The Ball

140 min listen

Episode 72: Donald Steel: Few people in golf have had as rich or wide-ranging life in golf as Donald Steel. He began his career as the golf reporter for London’s Sunday Telegraph in 1961, memorably covering, as a rookie writer, Arnold Palmer’s back-to-back Open Championship win... by Feed The Ball

102 min listen

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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 26, ft. Greg Letsche

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