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See how the many decisions, conversations and collaborations of the build come together to create the finished vision for Olde Eight.
With the course taking greater shape, the relationship between design, construction and maintenance becomes increasingly important.
Great golf design is about more than creating beautiful features; it's about creating choices and strategies for the golfer.
The work of an architect doesn't stop when construction begins—in many ways, it becomes even more hands-on.
As construction progresses, the character of a course begins to emerge from the land.
Every golf course begins with a vision, but bringing that vision to the ground requires countless decisions along the way.
Every golf course begins with a vision, but bringing that vision to the ground requires countless decisions along the way.
Scenes From a Build takes you behind the scenes of building a golf course, following J. Drew Rogers and the team as Olde Eight takes shape in Greenwood, South Carolina.
ASGCA's By Design publication recenty profiled JDR's course transformation project in South Carolina, Olde Eight. But unlike so many other similar placements, this article touches on how ownership and the team members working alongside JDR to deliver a golf product that has to be uniquely "Olde Eight" and not like anything else.
Rogers' renovation work at Kenosha Country Club in Wisconsin enters a tenth year as he continues to lead a vision to reengage the original 1922 details employed by architect Donald Ross and his foreman, Walter Hatch.
I joined the host Chuck Garbedian, Rex Hoggard and Ryan Brown.