Shark’s Tooth, All Pearly White
On paper, Shark’s Tooth Golf Club has the ingredients that can combine to make a great course. Located just off… Read more »
Courses and Travel
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 »
Cuscowilla Takes the High Ground
How much do lakes and other large bodies of water influence our perception of golf holes? Do we tend… Read more »
Colorado Golf Club–A Story in Three Acts
Every architect’s ideal scenario is to be able string together unlimited variations of holes on a vast, moving, unencumbered property…. Read more »
Retro MetroWest
MetroWest Country Club opened in 1987 and for a dozen or so years it was considered one of Orlando’s better… Read more »
Rankings, Fazio and Camp Creek
Given the varieties of budget, location, sites, clients, temperament and eras, it’s fair to debate which golf courses are among… Read more »
Fleming Island is a Jacksonville No-Brainer
At first glance–from the road, the clubhouse, the scorecard–The Golf Club at Fleming Island looks like most 1990’s-early 2000’s Florida… Read more »
The Synchronicity of the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island
One of my favorite stories of Pete Dye involves the construction of the Ocean Course in 1989. Hurricane Hugo had just come aground… Read more »
Swimming in Circles with Tiburon
Sod-wall bunkers with crisp upper lips. Wall to wall fairways. Waste areas bleeding into the underbrush. Greens that bubble like… Read more »
The Shape of Things at Shingle Creek
Shingle Creek in south-central Orlando sits at the north end of the same basin of wetlands as Greg Norman’s Grande Lakes less than… Read more »
