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Pete Dye Talks About Whistling Straits for the 2010 PGA Championship

He may be half 168 years old, but he’s still a lion in summer when it comes to golf architecture. The Dean of modern golf course architects, Pete Dye blends cunning design strategies that beguile pros with artistic flair that bewitches amateurs. His popularity across the globe is unquenchable, despite his reputation for building courses that play hard and look...

Pete Dye Interview up at Cybergolf, PGA Championship Coverage on Deck

Cybergolf has just posted my Pete Dye interview. One week from this moment I’ll be winging west reading James Michener’s Chesapeake, (in prep for the Potomac Cup), while waiting for “wheels down” and the hour drive to the bucolic splendor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin and the PGA Championship. Thank goodness the week won’t be as chock-a-bloc...

Ryan Ballangee Interviews Tom Watson!!!

Awright Ryno!!! Great interview with Tom Watson! From the article: “RB: A lot of people said at the time, watching the replay, ‘One yard less. One yard less with that second shot and you would’ve had the Claret Jug in your hand.’ Is that sentiment that you can endorse? TW: Well, I don’t know. Again, I’ve never seen the ball –...

Golf Observer runs John Huggan’s Probing Interwith with Titleist CEO Wally Uihlein

Kudos to John Huggan, my colleague at GolfObserver who has this excellent interview with Titleist’s Wally Uihlein about the distance dilemma and bifurcation. From the interview: “JH: How about the bifurcation argument? Isn’t the grooves thing a step down that road? WU: It is a de-facto bifurcation, yes. JH: So why not have a tournament ball for the...

Interview with golf architect Jeff Brauer

[Author’s note:  while I have been working on this with Jeff for months, Jeff also answered some questions for GolfClubAtlas.com in a weekly series where members answer questions from each other.  Jeff graciously let me include two or three of those answers verbatim from that thread since those questions overlapped with my own in this interview.  Thanks also...

Interview with George Bahto

George Bahto – the dry cleaners owner-turned-golf course designer who restored the Knoll Club (West) to it’s golden age glory and who is helping Tom Doak build Old Macdonald, (out at Bandon Dunes Resort), sat down for a few questions: JF: Tell us about how you first got introduced to golf? George Bahto: (I was forced to – ha!) It was caddying for my...

Anniversary Article: Interview with Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

This week is my fourth anniversary as a professional sportswriter, as well as the 4th birthday of this website.  One of my traditions is an anniversary piece, so here it is:  an interview with Robert Trent, Jr.  He’ll surprise you, that for certain. JF: Who are some of your favorite architects? RTJ: Tillie (A.W. Tillinghast). Great golf course architects fit...

Pete Dye Interview Part 2

Click here for part 1. JAY FLEMMA:  Why do most playing professionals, Ben Crenshaw aside, why do most professionals design courses that don’t really resonate well with ardent golfers? PETE DYE:  Well, most of the golf courses are built by people in the golf course design business.  With the pros, it’s a side line.  And the quality of the golf course is...

Pete Dye Interview Part 1

This interview was conducted in January.  Parts of the interview will be published in print magazines early next year. JAY FLEMMA:  One of your greatest golf courses is Sawgrass and one of the reasons why it’s so great is that it resonates both with professionals and amateurs alike.  It keeps the player off balance.  For example, let’s take 14 and 15...