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Principles of Golf Architecture
By Richard Mandell
 

Pinehurst, August 4, 2011— The U.S. Kids Golf Championships are back in the sandhills for the fifth consecutive year. That means more...

VANCOUVER, July 24, 2011— Does it seem like amateur golfers are making more of a mark on the professional tours the past few years or is...

ARDMORE, PA., July 1, 2011— The PGA Tour is visiting Aronimink Golf Club this week for the second consecutive year. Aronimink is one of...

MALVERN, PA., June 28, 2011— Just recently in my life I have learned to succumb to my gut instinct. For the most part I have done that in...

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2011— “Watch this weekend to see how the pressure combined with the stage produces one of the more memorable...

Why would a private country club give up the use of their golf course in order to host a major golf event? The amount of infrastructure...

China, China, China. The biggest word in golf development over the past few years has been China. With no new development here in the...

I am so tired of hearing how no man wants to be Number One in the world of golf. Every week we hear that Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood,...

The people have spoken! They don’t mind walking to the opposite side of the golf hole from the cart path in order to tee off! Thanks, I...

It looks as though the famed Heritage Classic, played at Pete Dye’s Harbour Town Golf Links has found a title sponsor, keeping the PGA...

Augusta, Ga. April 6, 2011 – Although the temperature is still struggling to pass fifty degrees in much of the southeast, we know spring...

The greatest upset in golfing history happened last Sunday, much larger than Francis Ouimet’s victory at The Country Club nearly a...

I once got chastised for not raking a bunker “properly” when caddying at the 1989 LPGA Greater Washington Open as my player was...

The Bob Hope Classic had only two of the top thirty golfers in the world participate (and only six of the top fifty). To me, that is more...

My personal battle between the business of golf architecture and my avocation that is golf architecture is a struggle on many fronts. As...

Most people would rather watch paint dry than watch a golf tournament on television. Golfers as a whole are an odd bunch and what...

I recently made my seventh trip to China in the past year. The first two trips were to investigate new development opportunities and the...

In: Aronimink, St. George’s, The Old White Course, Sedgefield Out: TPC Avenel, Glen Abbey, Liberty National Although ten TPC courses...

Too many bunkers at Whistling Straits. That is the outcry since Dustin Johnson’s unfortunate incident on at the 72nd hole of the...

To me, utilizing the ground to gain a strategic advantage is vital to great golf course design. This begins with the routing process as a...