So a huge thank you to Golf Course Trades, Many Francis, Rich Hurley, and Doug Homan for their help with my article about Vesper Velvet. The entire piece is here. From the article: “So Manny [Francis] converted Vesper’s greens to the strain he found in his yard, and both he and the grass became legend. Vesper Velvet spread across the northeast –...
Once again, the good folks over at Golf Course Trades have done a spectacular job making my monthly column look terrific. Of course, having such a remarkable subject as Bayonne helps. It’s one of the great stories in the history of golf course construction, a Herculean endeavor in every way. From the article: “Bayonne, just across the river from TriBeCa...
Golf News Net ran my Jay’s Plays radio show interview with Eric Bergstol. We talked Bayonne, designing in greater New York City, his Empire Golf empire, and more! Tune in here for the fun.
BAYONNE, NJ – A funny thing happened when I went to interview a golf course architect about his design strategies. I got a grad school-level lecture in landscape architecture, construction, and golf course permitting instead. It was every bit as fascinating. Eric Bergstol lives the dream of everyone who enters one of those Armchair Architecture contests they...