[NOTE: In honor of Pete Dye’s recent 92 birthday, we re-run this interview from several years ago.] You could excuse… Read more »
Architect Interview-Pete Dye
Posts Tagged: rees jones
The Raven at Sandestin — Nevermore, Though Never Less
When The Raven course at this mega-resort opened in the late 1990’s it was meant to signal that northwest Florida finally… Read more »
Bringing the Sticks–Golf in Birmingham
Birmingham and Atlanta have a lot in common. They’re both largish, ethnically diverse cities landlocked in the Deep South, with… Read more »
Echelon–A Cautionary Tale
“A good idea is a good idea, forever.”–David Brent The above quote, proclaimed by Ricky Gervais’s character in the original British… Read more »
Bringing the Sticks–Golf in Orlando
It’s one of the most frequently asked questions in golf. Whether for a conference, convention or family vacation, you’re going… Read more »
A Solid Double for Fazio at Reynolds Lake Oconee
With its lovely, forested site (though not necessarily great for golf), views of Lake Oconee and the surrounding development’s once… Read more »
Hills is the High Point at LPGA International
LPGA International provides a good lesson why resorts and clubs should hire different architects when building more than one… Read more »
The “Rees-ification” of LPGA International
The Champions Course at LPGA International is Rees Jones at his stereotypical worst with all the repeated perimeter bubble humps… Read more »
In Spite of Myself, I Like Burnt Pine
For reasons that I cannot explain, all the vertical features and child-like doodle bunker shaping doesn’t bother me as much at… Read more »
The Oconee-Struck by Gods
Some golf courses are finessed into the earth, simply revealed or discovered, as it were. Such is the mantra of… Read more »
