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As they prepare to debut Olde Eight Golf Club in South Carolina, architect Drew Rogers and superintendent Chris Jordan describe the collaborative process required to meet high expectations and an accelerated schedule.
One of the great things about golf courses is that there are so many different expressions to experience - they’re literally ALL different and hopefully unique in some way, not a one-size-fits-all. As a result, we as golfers are inspired by certain golf courses in one way or another.
"Drew has been in the industry long enough to have lived through a time that big design firms rose to their zenith and then fell somewhat out of favor, as the Design-Build business model began disrupting traditional notions of how courses were conceived and brought to life."
So few probably know of Pine Hills, but hopefully soon more will. JDR selected to direct fine-tuning of one of Wisconsin's absolute golfing gems.
Drew joins Derek to talk about the need to adapt to a social media world, the potential pitfalls of working in the Macdonald-Raynor mold, imagining doing historical restoration work in the pre-information age, and lots more.
Each year, the American Society of Golf Course Architects conducts our annual meetings – always at a different venue. In April, we held our event at The Woodlands in Houston. Each day is a mixture of business meetings, continuing education, formal dinners and….golf. Golf is always a welcomed activity by our members – imagine that! Some are very [...]
Drew has a colorful conversation with Ben Cowan at TheWalkingGolfer.com
Long has been the debate over the perceived push for longer courses or the accommodation thereof in the game. Frankly, this turns into a much broader topic than should be attempted in one post, but let’s take a shot and see where this goes. Where are we now on the whole issue of [...]
I was fortunate enough to have two, sizeable renovation/construction projects going on simultaneously in Naples, Florida that commenced work in April, 2017. As we began the work, water levels in the lakes were at all-time lows. Banks were exposed down to unseen depths – lakes were half their normal size and volume. Concerns quickly mounted [...]
Donald Ross’s Seminole Golf Course in Juno Beach, Florida, is universally recognized as one of the great architect’s true masterpieces, and is a fixture in every list of the world’s top courses. I first visited Seminole about two years ago and spent upwards of five hours walking and studying what is widely considered to be [...]
A roundtable discussion published in Golf Course Architecture, with Mike Cocking of OCCM, Thad Layton of Arnold Palmer Design and Drew Rogers of Drew Rogers Design.