Richard Mandell

Richard Mandell graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture and is one of only a few candidates nationwide to pass the complete landscape registration exam in his first attempt (success rate is less than ten percent). His years with Dan Maples Design and Denis Griffiths & Associates exposed him to high-end domestic and international work in an apprenticeship with two of the best in the business, both former American Society of Golf Course Architects Presidents. Richard Mandell has a strong knowledge of civil engineering, acquired in his previous venture with Whole In One Design Group. As a Principal of Whole In One Design Group, Richard was lead architect on many projects where the environmental work and civil engineering were completed by Whole In One Design Group in-house.

Richard's work has been nationally recognized for his Creekside Golf & Country Club in Atlanta, Georgia with a nomination for Best New Course in both Golf Digest Magazine and Georgia Golf News. His expansion of Seaford Golf & Country Club won the 1996 DuPont North America Safety, Health, and Environmental Excellence Award.

A noted golf architecture historian, Richard Mandell has appeared in and written articles on design for national publications such as Golf Illustrated and Links Magazine. He recently provided chapters in two books on Golf Architecture entitled Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective (vols. 1 & 2). The chapters are Meaningful Selection and Placement of Hazards and The Evolution of Strategy. The biggest names in the profession have been asked to contribute, yet few have been asked to contribute twice. Richard also teaches the only fully accredited, professionally taught class on golf course architecture at North Carolina State University.