Harry Colt: Golf’s Greatest Architect?
Whether the greatest of all-time or not, Harry Colt and his works are perhaps the most influential to study. Let’s dig into the reasons why…
Interviews
It’s normally helpful to gain insight about someone before ever meeting them in person. In such cases, interviews can capture personal details and candid expressions that might not otherwise be exposed or evident in a live, structured business encounter. See below, links to magazine and blog interviews that add a little more color to JDR and how he thinks.
New Vision for Olde Eight
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.
JDR Shines up Ross’ Kenosha Country Club
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.
Behind the Architectural Curtain
Ever wonder what golf course architects think about in producing a worthy test for the world’s best golfers?
Tartan Talks No. 111: JDR and Jordan Join Forces to Build Olde Eight
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.
Drew’s List of Inspirational Courses
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.
One Bearded Golfer Podcast
“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.”
Drew Rogers Begins JDR Primed to Guide Wisconsin’s “Sleeper” – Pine Hills
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.
Feed. The. Ball. Podcast
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.
Q&A with JDR – The Walking Golfer
Drew has a colorful conversation with Ben Cowan at TheWalkingGolfer.com
Fried Egg: Architectural Roundtable II
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.