Category: LinksGems
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A WALK IN A PARK AT MAIDSTONE
A in-depth look at the Coore & Crenshaw retrovation of the Willie Park Jr designed Maidstone Club Hindsight in the retrovation era is making clear how delicate a proposition it is for an architect to attempt to blend a course restoration with the appropriate updates to ensure a high level of quality and sustainability by…
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CONTINUOUS CHANGE AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL
A Then & Now photo tour of the always exciting and ever-changing Augusta National Golf Club Bobby Jones set out, with his beloved Old Course as inspiration, to create the ideal golf course at Augusta. His collaborative partnership included Dr. Alister MacKenzie, Clifford Roberts, Marion Hollins and others—a meeting of the minds with a singular…
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NO ONE HIT WONDER – SWEETENS COVE
Revisiting the Sweetens Cove story and a 2016 conversation with architect Rob Collins of King-Collins Golf Course Design Election Day in 2016 now seems like a lifetime ago. After watching election returns that night from an Atlanta hotel, I hit the road early the next morning to make a much anticipated jaunt to Sweetens Cove.…