This is the second part of my interview with Josh Smith (first part, here). Josh relates how he decided to get into the maintenance side of the business while still pursuing his passion of oil painting. The video features more of Josh’s paintings. ( Video after the jump).
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COMMON GROUND
The game of golf is at a crossroads. We can chose to continue develop costly and overdone courses that are too difficult and too expensive to play or we can look for new solutions. At Common Ground Golf Course near Denver, Tom Doak and the rest of the Renaissance team have reworked an uninspiring and [...]
JOSH SMITH
The first time I met Josh Smith was in Valentine, NE. I had just hit a grouse with my sweet PT Cruiser rental. The grouse had gone through the grill and completely disabled the car. I pulled up in front of the hotel after the lone taxi in the area had come fetch me forty [...]
JIM URBINA UNPLUGGED
This video was shot during a trip out to Bandon at the end of February, just as Jim and Tom Doak were pulling the last few holes of Old Macdonald together. We were discussing the yet to be finished seventeenth green and Jim quickly dropped to all fours and starts playing in te sand to [...]
DICK RUDOLPH & AETNA SPRINGS- TWO
The second half of my interview with Dick Rudolph, the superintendent of Aetna Springs, features a discussion of eradicating the bermuda grass which covered the old course, his thoughts on working with Tom Doak and Jim Urbina, and the possible development of a new eighteen hole course down the valley. Since my discussion with Dick, [...]
MID OCEAN- PART THREE
In this last video of a three part series, Norman Furtado, the superintendent of Mid Ocean, discusses the challenges and rewards of maintaining a world class course in Bermuda. Mid Ocean is short by today’s standards, but is still plenty challenging, especially when the wind is up as it normally is in Bermuda. The PGA [...]
CHAMBERS BAY- PART THREE
In this final installment of my interview with Dave Wieneke, superintendent of Chambers Bay, he talks about the importance of educating the player about links golf. This task involves getting the golfer to understand the different types of shots needed to score well at Chambers Bay and also the playing characteristics of the fescue fairways [...]
WILD HORSE- PART TWO
In the second half of my interview with Josh Mahar, the superintendent of Wild Horse, he discusses their practice of burning the native grass rough once every three years. There are pros and cons to this practice, but to me it is a very attractive option. It recreates the process that naturally manages the prairie [...]
TIM LIDDY
I caught up with Tim Liddy in March and we shared an enjoyable round at Chechessee Creek. We sat down for a Guinness afterward and he was nice enough to let me ask him a few questions on video. (After the jump).
I worked with Tim at Princess Anne Country Club in Virgina Beach during the [...]
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