This section of the archive is dedicated to commentary on golf courses and golf course architecture. It contains link compilations to Golf Channel’s special weeks, as well as videos from individual commentators that are typically not course specific. This is also the section where I have placed miscellanea that did not fit in any other category.
DECEMBER 2013 – GOLF CHANNEL ARCHITECTS WEEK
- Jim Urbina – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/new-vs-old-urbina-different-types-architecture/
- Jim Urbina – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/urbinas-insight-discussing-architects-doak-crenshaw-hanse/
- Bill Coore – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/coore-restoring-pinehurst-no-2-%E2%80%98daunting%E2%80%99-task/
- Bill Coore – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/sense-direction-coore-course-routing/
- Bill Coore – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/dynamic-duo-coore-and-crenshaw-partnership/
- Bob Cupp – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/among-friends-cupp-american-society-golf-course-architects/
- Bob Cupp – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/detail-oriented-cupp-working-kite-and-couples/
- Tom Fazio – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/then-and-now-fazio-change-design-over-time/
- Tom Fazio – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/unique-design-fazio-expansion-pine-valley/
- Tom Fazio – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/thing-beauty-fazio-discusses-course-design/
- Rees Jones – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/rees-jones-pinehurst-design/
- Rees Jones – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/open-doctor-rees-jones-explains-nickname/
- Greg Norman – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/norman-challenges-course-design/
- Greg Norman – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/norman-player-course-designer/
- Greg Norman – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/growing-game-sustainable-courses-%E2%80%98crucial%E2%80%99-china/
- Gil Hanse – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/beginning-hanses-road-course-design/
- Gil Hanse – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/olympian-feat-challenges-building-rio-course/
- Gil Hanse – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/show-designer-hanse-maps-rio-olympic-course/
- Gil Hanse – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/designer-hanse-showcases-trump-national-miami-remodel/
- Tom Doak – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/love-first-sight-doaks-passion-course-design/
- Tom Doak – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/doaks-thoughts-course-designer-answers-viewer-questions/
- Jack Nicklaus – How it Began: Nicklaus’ Start in Golf Course Design
FEBRUARY 2015 – GOLF CHANNEL ARCHITECTS WEEK II
- Matt Ginella (Preview) – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/matt-ginella-previews-architects-week/
- Geoff Shackleford – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/geoff-shackelford-previews-architects-week/
- Panel – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/how-course-architecture-plays-game-strategy/
- Robert Trent Jones, Jr. – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/father-son-robert-trent-jones-jr/
- Robert Trent Jones, Jr. – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/robert-trent-jones-jr-talks-chambers-bay-course-changes/
- David McLay Kidd – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/course-architect-david-mclay-kidd-designing-after-bandon-dunes/
- David McLay Kidd – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/plans-sand-valley-wisconsin/
- Mike DeVries – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/most-underrated-architect-%E2%80%93-mike-devries/
- Gil Hanse – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-hanse-talks-olympic-course-progression/
- Gil Hanse – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-hanse-talks-wagner-trump-and-olympics/
- Pete & Alice Dye – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/pete-and-alice-dyes-love-each-other-and-golf/
- Pete & Alice Dye – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/pete-and-alice-dyes-professional-partnership/
- Pete & Alice Dye – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/pete-and-alice-dyes-design-legacy/
- Panel – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/pete-and-alice-dyes-relationship-portrayed-their-course-design/
- Panel – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/pete-and-alice-dyes-design-philosophy/
- Tom Doak – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/tom-doak-designs-two-direction-course-forest-dunes/
- Tom Doak – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/tom-doak-talks-streamsong-and-pinehurst-no-2/
- Geoff Shackelford – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/two-different-directions-shackelfords-take-doaks-new-course/
- Geoff Shackelford – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/shackelfords-best-books-golf-course-architecture/
DECEMBER 2015 – GOLF CHANNEL ARCHITECTURE WEEK III
- Architecture 101 – Strategic course design principles – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/architecture-101-strategic-course-design-principles/
- Architecture 101 – Keys for a great golf course – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/architecture-101-keys-great-golf-course/
- Mike Keiser story – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/keisers-golf-course-saves-nova-scotia-town/
- Geoff Shackelford Tillinghast tribute – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/aw-tillinghast-influential-growth-american-golf/
- Tillinghast a man of many talents – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/aw-tillinghast-man-many-talents/
- Impact of Tour Pros on GCA – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/modern-golf-spurring-course-architecture-evolution/
- Architcture 101 – What is a cape hole? – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/architecture-101-what-cape-hole/
- The 18th at Pebble Beach – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/cook-how-play-no-18-pebble-beach/
- Importance of understanding GCA – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/architectural-knowledge-how-it-can-impact-your-game/
- Progress at Streamsong Black – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/building-new-streamsong-black-course/
- George Savaricas on the Fazio family – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/tom-fazio%E2%80%99s-golf-course-architecture/
- Architecture 101 – Defining links golf – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/architecture-101-defining-true-links-golf/
- Template holes – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/explaining-template-holes-course-architecture/
- The 18th at The Old Course – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/playing-18th-hole-old-course/
- Progress at Sand Valley – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/mike-keiser-courses-rome-wisconsin/
- Keiser Oregon projects update – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/boy-scouts-america-offer-land-mike-keiser/
- Architecture 101 – Penal design – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/architecture-101-penal-design/
- Reopening of Copperhead course at Innisbrook – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/copperhead-course-re-opens-after-renovations/
- The Dye family tree with Bobby Weed – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/pete-dye-course-architecture-family-tree/
- Pete Dye’s design legacy – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/legacy-pete-dye-design/
- Tom Doak at The Loop – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/reversible-course-forest-dunes/
- Roundtable discussion with OCCM – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/geoff-ogilvys-course-architecture-team/
- GCA and tournament setup – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/golf-course-architecture-and-tournament-setup/
- Architecture 101 – The Biarritz – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/architecture-101-biarritz/
- 2016 Architecture Awards – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-architecture-week-awards-season/
- Jack Nicklaus the architect – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-jack-nicklaus-architect/
- How to play Nicklaus courses – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-how-play-jack-nicklaus-designed-courses/
- Who was Donald Ross? – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/discovering-legend-who-was-donald-ross/
- Donald Ross discussion – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-architecture-week-donald-ross/
- The Chambers Bay Story – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-chambers-bay-story/
NOVEMBER 2015 – GOLF CHANNEL WATER WEEK
- Importance of water to golf – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-importance-water-golf/
- Geoff Shackelford on water and GCA – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/geoff-shackelford-water-usage-and-course-design/
- Discussion with Jay Karen, NGCOA – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/golf-course-owners-feeling-pinch-water-shortages/
- Roundtable discussion on the water issue – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-facing-one-biggest-issues-golf/
- Discussion with Rhett Evans, GCSAA – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-water-conservation-challenges-superintendents/
- Discussion with Steve Smyers, ASGCA – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-effects-water-issues-course-architecture/
- Changing courses to conserve water – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-changing-golf-courses-conserve-water/
- Conservation at Pasatiempo – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-water-conservation-challenges-pasatiempo-golf-club/
- Conservation at Pinehurst #2 – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-water-conservation-pinehurst-no-2/
- Conservation at Goat Hill Park – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-conservation-municipal-goat-hill-park/
- Conservation at Poppy Hills – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/water-week-how-poppy-hills-uses-technology/
- Geoff Shackelford on the Olympic Course – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/shackelford-olympic-course-will-make-visual-statement/
- Takeaways with Geoff Shackelford – http://www.golfchannel.com/media/shackelford-reduced-water-leads-lower-costs/
DECEMBER 2017 – GOLF CHANNEL DESIGN WEEK
- Matt Ginella on the state of golf course design
- John Sanford, President of ASGCA on the cost of doing nothing
- Geoff Shackelford on importance of exposing new golfers to design
- Matt Ginella’s best architects under 40
- Geoff Shackelford Architecture 101: renovation vs. redesign
- Ginella & Shackelford news re: Royal Dornoch and Coul Links
- Ginella & Shackelford break down the 13th at Augusta
- Ginella & Shackelford on understanding remodeling and restoration
- Shackelford & Ginella with their Ultimate 18s front nine favorites
- Shackelford & Ginella with their Ultimate 18s back nine favorites
- Ginella & Shackelford answer viewer questions
- Hack, Shackelford & Ginella – Matt’s Ultimate 18 wins the viewer poll
- Rymer & Shackelford break down the 13th at Pebble Beach
- Rymer & Shackelford break down the 18th at The Old Course
- Shackelford, Ginella & Williams Architecture 101: USGA Greens
- Steve Mona explains where golf can grow
- Williams, Rymer, Ginella & Shackelford on notable players as architects
- Ernie Els on working with what nature offers
- Shackelford, Ginella & Williams with one architect for the rest of your life
- Butch Harmon on architecture and short courses
- Stephen Wenzloff on changes to TPC network courses
- Shackelford & Ginella on their criteria for ranking courses
- Brad Becken on playing 359 Donald Ross courses
- Rymer & Shackelford break down the 18th at The Sedgfield CC
- David McLay-Kidd on trends in the game of golf
- Jordan Spieth’s Lower 40 project
- McLay-Kidd, Shackelford & Ginella evaluate viewer submitted sketches
- McLay-Kidd & Shackelford on how they got into design
- Matt Ginella on challenges players face as architects
- Matt Ginella on players as designers more than builders
- McLay-Kidd, Shackelford, Ginella & Rymer discuss good vs. silly greens
MATT GINELLA
Other Golf Channel appearances:
- Top Jack Nicklaus designs
- Stanley Thompson and Banff Springs
- Design traits of Alister Mackenzie
- What makes a golf course great
- Ginella’s Top 50 Courses You Can Play: #45-41 / #40-36 / #35-31 / #30-26 / #25-21 / #20-16 / #15-11 / #10-6 / #5-1
GEOFF SHACKELFORD
Other Golf Channel appearances:
- Tillinghast induction into WGHoF, Evans Scholars
- Interview with Rhett Evans, CEO GCSAA
- Donald Trump aesthetic shift
- AW Tillinghast WGHOF induction
- Changes to The Old Course
RON WHITTEN
- 2015 Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses – Part 1 on Morning Drive
- 2015 Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses – Part 2 on Morning Drive
- 2015 Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses – Part 3 on Morning Drive
- Interview on Charlie Rose
BRADLEY KLEIN
- Presentation at the 2014 Golf Summit
- Presentation at the MGA/USGA Green Chairman Seminar
ROBERT S. MACDONALD
- Best Golf Books re: Crenshaw, Jones, Wind and Darwin
- Best Golf Books re: GCA and Design
KYLE TRUAX – GOLF TRUAXIOMS
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME
- Ben Crenshaw’s 2005 tribute to Alister MacKenzie
- David Fay’s 2007 tribute to C.B. Macdonald
- John Hopkins 2013 tribute to Willie Park Jr.
PHILADELPHIA GOLFCLUBATLAS GATHERINGS
Videos courtesy of Joe Bausch and Matt Frey
COB CARLSON – DONALD ROSS, DISCOVERING THE LEGEND
- Donald Ross: Discovering the Legend teaser
- Ross in Chicago
- Brad Klein on visit to The Orchards with Ben Crenshaw
- Dunlop White on tree removal
- Maintenance of Pinehurst #2
- Ross in Detroit
MISCELLANEOUS
- Erik Larson / Brandon Johnson on Lonnie Poole GC NC State University
- Interview with ASGCA Director of Public Relations, Mark Whitney on Michigan Golfer
- Michael Dasher re: ASGCA meeting, Dubsdread, sustainability
- Bob Trebus on Best Golf Books re: A.W. Tillinghast
SCOREGOLF
- Top 100 of 2016 Canadian Golf Courses: #100-81 / #80-51 / #50-21 / #20-11 / #10-4 / #3-1
- Stanley Thompson’s best courses
100 YEARS OF THE MET OPEN
- The golf courses of the Met Open
- Winged Foot – East Course
- Winged Foot / Met Open history on Morning Drive
IVIEW 2D GOLF COURSE TOURS
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