I’ve always been fascinated by golf course developers who know exactly what they want. Far too often those that build golf courses haven’t a clue beyond the concept that a course will help sell real estate. That’s often been the case in Canada — and led directly to the failure of several high-profile projects where the [...]
Course Preview: Turnberry GC (Brampton, Ont.)
Opens: May, 2010
Designer: Cam Tyers/Doug Carrick
Let’s call Turnberry Golf Club, the new course designed by Carrick Design just off Highway 410, exactly what it is — a grand experiment.
Sure this is the same team behind Eagles Nest, one of the best public courses to open in Canada in recent years. [...]
I beg your apologies, dear readers. I’ve been overtaken by events — namely the writing of a couple of large magazine stories. But I have lots of blog posts in mind upcoming, including a detailed account of my trip next week to LA to see all of TaylorMade’s new gear, as well as making a [...]
Yesterday’s Globe contained a column by Lorne Rubenstein on Mike Weir’s decision to partner with Ian Andrew on his new design firm, Weir Golf Design.
Weir and Andrew made remarks about the business and their plans:
“Ian and I share a similar vision,” said Weir, 38. “I don’t want to do a course where every hole is [...]
I wrote this story for the Post in June — about Rod Whitman, shaper for Bill Coore, and his new golf course, Blackhawk. Wish more people saw it the first time round and I hope lots of people play Blackhawk, which is excellent.
Outsider on course for design stardom: Whitman’s creativity overcomes lack of architecture degree
Hardly [...]
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