By Anthony Pioppi The universal thought among those even slightly knowledgeable in the work of golf architects Charles Blair Macdonald,… Read more »
Making the Case for Macdonald, Raynor and Banks Having a Fifth Ideal Par-3 Design
Posts Tagged: Charles Blair Macdonald
The Brief, Bright Career of Charles Banks, and the Burning Questions He Left Behind
By Anthony Pioppi In the annals of golf course architecture, few careers were as brief and memorable as Charles Banks’s, while… Read more »
Book Review: “The Evolution of Golf Course Design” Falls Well Short of the Mark
The audacious intended guiding principal of Keith Cutten’s first book, The Evolution of Golf Course Design, is found on page… Read more »
The Correct Explanation, according to Charles Blair Macdonald, of the Cape Hole
Of all the template holes and design concepts in the palette of Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor and Charles Banks,… Read more »
Morris County Golf Club, Long Thought to be a Raynor Design, Likely a Macdonald Layout
Charles Blair Macdonald is universally considered one of the finest golf architects ever. His portfolio, however, is one of if… Read more »
Developer Wants to Lease Yale Course, Make it Centerpiece of “World-Class Golf Resort”
A Connecticut-based developer is proposing to lease the Course at Yale, purchase the nearby Country Club of Woodbridge from the… Read more »
Rare Photographs of a Young Seth Raynor Shed More Light on the Enigmatic Architect
Mary Cummings is one of the last descendants of the golf course architect Seth Raynor and is in possession of small… Read more »
Revealing a Little More of Seth Raynor
While many of his contemporaries were writing books, newspaper stories, magazine articles or being quoted about their work, Seth J…. Read more »
Who Was First Called a Golf Course Architect?
Common wisdom in the golf design world is that Charles Blair Macdonald was the first golf course architect; he said… Read more »
