By Design - Summer 2019

Members gathered on the putting green of the Short Course at Mountain Shadows Resort in Paradise Valley, Arizona, for their customary meeting photograph Golf writers (from left) Brad Klein, Ron Whitten and Joe Passov, all Donald Ross Award recipients, provided candid views on course ratings in a panel discussion moderated by Thad Layton, ASGCA (right) Members and guests at the Donald Ross Award Dinner The meeting closed with the election of Jan Bel Jan, ASGCA as ASGCA President. She will serve in the role until the next annual meeting in fall 2020 The visual theme of the meeting was developed by Forrest Richardson, ASGCA, taking elements from a circa 1940s Work Project Administration poster for Arizona’s Saguaro National Monument and re-arranging pieces. The mountain in the scene is Camelback, the iconic form at the edge of Mountain Shadows Resort and the golf hole is the Dell 14th of the resort’s Short Course Photo: Harley Bonham Photo: ASGCA Photo: Toby Ingleton Photo: Harley Bonham Photo: Toby Ingleton Image: Forrest Richardson