By Design - Spring 2015

FOREWORD

hile the blank canvas aspects of new build projects may appeal to

our creative instincts, working on existing courses can bring out the

historian in a golf architect.

It’s fascinating to step back in time and catalogue the development of a golf course,

particularly when we are privileged enough to be entrusted with work on courses

that were designed by the great ‘Golden Age’ architects of America’s early courses.

Archived materials, such as course reports, plans and photographs, can help to

unfold the story of a course’s evolution, from finding out what inspired the original

architect to understanding why a course might have changed over time. For our cover

story that begins on

page 8

of this edition of

By Design,

we hear some examples of

how historic materials have been used to inform decision-making for today’s projects.

Talking of the passage of time, my year as ASGCA President seems to have

flashed by in an instant. It’s been a good year for the golf industry – in the

previous issue of

By Design

we filled 10 pages on new build projects in America,

and there are more covered in this issue too.

I’m delighted that we will be welcoming Steve Smyers as the new ASGCA President

at our meeting in La Jolla, California at the end of March. Steve, a highly accomplished

amateur player, has designed some wonderful golf courses around the world and has

also been a key contributor to the administration of the game as a past member of the

USGA executive committee. You can read more in our interview on

page 14.

The ASGCA has always been in step with the changing times, and with this in mind

I’d like to encourage you to follow us on Instagram

(ASGCA1947)

. Or if Twitter is more

your thing, follow us

@ASGCA

to keep up-to-date.

Enjoy the issue!

Lee Schmidt

President

American Society of Golf Course Architects

CONTENTS

COVER

Digest 5

A round up of the latest news from the

golf design industry.

Historic material

s 8

Modern architects are using a range

of historic materials to help inform

their work, as Sean Dudley discovers.

Steve Smyers, ASGC

A 16

‘The game of golf is extremely healthy,’

says the incoming ASGCA President.

Sewailo Golf Clu

b 18

Notah Begay III and Ty Butler,

ASGCA collaborated on the design

of a new golf course for the Pascua

Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.

Wate

r 20

By Design

considers two recent golf

projects where management of water

was a key factor.

Admired by al

l 24

Friends in golf remember ASGCA

Past President Jay Morrish.

Turf reductio

n 26

Reducing the amount of maintained turf

helps to save water, and more.

Also: SewailoGolfClub •Watermanagement • JayMorrish,ASGCA Fellow • Turf reduction Excellence inGolfDesign from theAmerican Society ofGolfCourseArchitects Issue 22 | Spring 2015 BY DESIGN of the glimpse A past

Original construction work at Pine

Needles, North Carolina. The course

was renovated in 2009 by John Fought,

ASGCA. Image courtesy of Tufts Archives

Stepping back in time

Publisher:

Toby Ingleton

Editorial contributors:

Sean Dudley; Lee Schmidt, ASGCA President; Marc Whitney

Design:

Libby Sidebotham

ASGCA Staff:

Chad Ritterbusch; Therese Suslick; Mike Shefky; Aileen Smith; Marc Whitney

Photography:

Tom Breazeale, Mike Houska, Forrest Richardson & Assoc., Tufts Archives

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