By Design - Winter 2019

DIGEST 7 “Recently I’ve turned to other design disciplines to get a better feel for the bigger picture” DAV I D DRUZ I SKY, ASGCA In the latest podcast from Golf Course Industry’s Tartan Talks series, David Druzisky, ASGCA, talks about his most memorable projects. “Laughlin Ranch was one of the most dramatic places I have worked,” he said. “It was just an unbelievable piece of property overlooking the Colorado River. The play of light on the rocks and the mountains over the property was spectacular.” When asked about presenting ideas to clubs, Druzisky said: “It’s a challenge working with a diverse range of personalities and customers and working within the framework of committees. Convincing people in a committee is what you have to do sometimes. It is challenging but can also be fun.” Druzisky says he studied architects like Dr. Alister MacKenzie when he was younger. “Nowadays, I’ve looked at designers in general, not necessarily golf. Like many of us, we just evolve and sometimes we take inspiration from other golf architects and sometimes we take from other designers.” Listen to the full Tartan Talk at golfcourseindustry.com . HERE ARE LINKS TO OTHER RECENT “TARTAN TALKS,” NOW FEATURING OVER 20 EPISODES: • Doug Myslinski, ASGCA, talks about his work in construction and how he became a golf course architect . • John Colligan, ASGCA, shares a few Texas-sized laughs and golf course architecture tales . Renovation Sherman oversees work on Pete Dye’s Ocean course at Kiawah Island S cot Sherman, ASGCA, has completed work on the Ocean course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina, in preparation for it hosting the 2021 PGA Championship. “In advance of the tournament, the resort recognized the need to perform some necessary maintenance work to the Ocean course while taking great care not to stray from Pete Dye’s original design,” said Sherman. “Because I had worked on another project with the resort’s owner, and have a history with the Dye family, they reached out for some assistance. My role has been to review every aspect of the course and recommend necessary maintenance, while ensuring Pete’s masterpiece was not tampered with.” The project included laser-levelling, resizing and regrassing tees. Sherman also made a few greenside tweaks. “On the fifteenth, sand from the waste area to the left of the green had blown up onto the left edge of the green. Eventually, that made the green slope away from the waste area. We removed that sand to make the green slope back towards the waste area, as Pete originally designed it,” said Sherman. Photo: Scot Sherman, ASGCA