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Designing Golf is a show about golf courses: how they’re built, who builds them, and which ones are worth playing. Hosted by Fried Egg Golf’s Garrett Morrison, Designing Golf will explore all facets of golf architecture, from its basic principles to its history to its practitioners to its best examples in the United States and abroad. Each episode will investigate a different topic in a fun, concise way. Whether you’re a longtime aficionado or a beginner in the subject, Designing Golf will deepen your knowledge about and fascination with golf courses and golf course design.
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- The Story of Sand Hills · 1 h 18 minFor a long time, we’ve wanted to do an in-depth exploration of the Sand Hills Golf Club, Coore & Crenshaw’s masterpiece in Mullen, Nebraska. The day has finally arrived: this…
- All About Short Course Architecture · 1 h 17 minShort courses are having a moment right now. They’re being built at a breakneck pace and enjoying a kind of cultural relevancy that would have been hard to predict 30 years ago…
- The Winter Park Renovation, 10 Years Later · 1 h 19 minTen years ago today, Winter Park — a nine-hole municipal golf course in a suburban town outside of Orlando, Florida — underwent one of the most important renovations of the 21st…
- Golf Architecture 101: The Uses of Out-of-Bounds · 1 h 20 minMany golfers don’t like seeing out-of-bounds stakes anywhere near a playing corridor; they object on principle. Yet some of the most famous, revered holes in golf use…
- The Story of East Potomac Golf Links · 1 h 25 minOn September 1, East Potomac Golf Links, a popular municipal golf facility in Washington, D.C., was supposed to shut down for a massive renovation led by the Trump administration…
- Michael Keiser’s Second Act · 1 h 8 minWhen Mike Keiser opened Bandon Dunes in 1999, his son Michael was 18 years old. Michael Jr. went on to play a key role in the expansion of the Keiser family’s Dream Golf empire…
- Great Courses: Merion · 1 h 16 minAmong America’s greatest golf courses, the East Course at Merion Golf Club is one of the oldest. It’s no surprise, then, that it’s relatively small, occupying only about 115…
- Golf Architecture 101: Greens · 1 h 22 minOn any golf course, the greens are the center of gravity. Around 40% of the shots we hit in a given round on a regulation course are putts. Over half will be either putts or…
- A Royal Birkdale Deep Dive · 1 h 26 minNext week, Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, will host the Open Championship for the 11th time. The pros will probably love it (because they almost always do), but…
- What’s New in Public Destination Golf? · 1 h 24 minOne of the biggest stories in the golf course industry over the past 30 years has been the rise of the public destination golf. The 2020s in particular have seen a remarkable…
- Great Architects: William Flynn · 1 h 18 minWilliam Flynn, the designer of Shinnecock Hills, was one of the greatest golf architects of the Golden Age. In this episode of Designing Golf, we explore his distinctively…
- Great Courses: Shinnecock Hills · 1 h 52 minIn two weeks, the U.S. Open returns to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, for the sixth time. This episode of Designing Golf dives deep into the course’s…
- Golf Architecture 101: The Championship Setup Wars · 1 h 4 minAfter a surprisingly controversial PGA Championship at Aronimink, Garrett brings on his Fried Egg Golf colleague PJ Clark to chat about championship golf course design and setup…
- Great Architects: Donald Ross (feat Bradley Klein) · 1 h 31 minDonald Ross had one of the most prolific, impressive careers in the history of golf architecture. Yet his design methods and ideas are not as widely and precisely understood as…
- The Economics of Golf Course Construction (feat. Bruce Hepner) · 1 h 25 minWhat do the different components of a golf course construction project cost? Or really — what should they cost? In today’s episode, we tackle the economics of building golf…
- The Original Augusta National (feat. Brian Schneider and Josh Pettit) · 1 h 12 minThe golf course at Augusta National has changed a great deal over time. So what was the original version like? This episode dives into what Garrett calls one of the strangest and…
- Golf Architecture 101: Routing · 1 h 8 minMost golf architects will tell you that the most important step in designing a golf course is routing — that is, locating greens, fairways, and tees, and linking them together…
- Pete Dye’s Design Legacy (feat. Scot Sherman) · 1 h 17 minWith the Players Championship approaching, we take a close look at the philosophy and influence of Pete Dye, the architect behind the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, Harbour Town…
- Great Courses: Riviera (feat. Zac Blair) · 59 minWith the Genesis Invitational returning to Riviera Country Club this week, Garrett digs into the masterful 1927 design by George Thomas and Billy Bell. First, he outlines what…
- How to Appreciate Golf Courses (feat. Geoff Shackelford) · 1 h 10 minHow can you properly appreciate a golf course while you’re playing it? In this episode, Garrett talks about a couple of techniques he uses to understand golf architecture in the…
