Golf Architecture

Episode 22: Rod Morri – The Godfather of Golf Podcasts

Was Rod Morri born with a microphone in his hand and a pen in his pocket? He’s generally the man asking the questions and opining on golf in his weekly column in the Australian Golf Magazine. We are very pleased to welcome Rod to the Firm and Fast Golf Podcast for a chat.

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Episode 20: ODG Series #2 – Dr. Alister MacKenzie with Neil Crafter

An exploration of some of the life and times of Dr. Alister MacKenzie – Scotsman, Camoufluer, Golf Architect and twinkle toes devil. Neil Crafter is a successful golf architect in his own right in addition to being one of the leading MacKenzie experts who has been central to the development of the MacKenzie Chronology.

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Episode 19: The Melbourne Tiger – Peter Thomson AO, CBE.

Peter Thomson won 98 times around the world, including 5 Open Championships. Peter’s son Andrew joins us today to talk about his fathers life both inside and outside golf.

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Episode 18: Exploring the development of Golf in Ireland with Professor Paul Rouse

Paul Rouse joins us for an introduction to the development of the game of golf in Ireland – despite rumours to the contrary golf was not invented in Ireland – we explore some major influences including empire, the industrial revolution, the great war, the irish civil war, irish independence and partition, the changing nature of golf club memberships, the celtic tiger and what the future of Irish golf might look like.

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Episode 17: Matt Mollica on Oz Golf, Rollback and a L1V Soliloquoy

Matt Mollica from the Australian Golf Passport Podcast joins us to chat about inbound golf travel to Australia, we explore technology rollback and its’ importance for golfs future, a smidgeon on L1V and why Metropolitan Golf Club reminds Scott Warren of Liam Hemsworth.

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Episode 16: Adrian Logue from the Good Good Golf Podcast

Adrian Logue, co-host of the Good Good Golf Podcast joins us for a great chat covering golfing IQ, considering a wider perspective to enjoy the game of golf, conspicuous consumption, marketing and golf and how building a golf course is like shooting and producing a movie.

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Episode 78: Steve Smyers and Rethinking Strategy

Like most architects, Steve Smyers has a deep reverence for the classical era and the strategic brilliance of Harry Colt, Alister MacKenzie, George Thomas and others. However, as an elite player as well as a veteran designer,

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Episode 77: Craig Haltom

In this Feed the Ball podcast, we get deep into some Wisconsin golf talk with golf course architect Craig Haltom. Haltom joins Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan to discuss recreating C.B. Macdonald’s The Lido at Sand Valley,

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Episode 76: Making Whistling Straits

Is it possible we take Whistling Straits for granted? Of all the spectacular builds in the history of golf, from The Lido to Calusa Pines, very little is spoken about how Pete Dye and Herb Kohler transformed flat farmland and an abandoned Army airfield…

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