Another great video featuring Tom Doak talking with John Dunn at Old Macdonald. This time they are on the seventh hole and are discussing how the green came to be placed on the top of the ridge with a great look at the Pacific Ocean. The most interesting part may be when Tom tells how [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bandon Dunes’
BANDON TRAILS
During my February trip to Oregon, I played Bandon Trails for the first time. I am huge admirer of the architecture of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw so I was very much looking forward to see what they had conjured up from the dunes and forests of the Oregon coast. Bandon Trails is yet another [...]
THE SHEEP RANCH
My first job in golf course design and construction was on the business end of a rake at the Sheep Ranch just north of the Bandon Dunes Resort. I returned there in February for the first time in seven or eight years and was really pleased with what I found.
The Sheep Ranch consists of thirteen [...]
JIM URBINA & OLD MACDONALD
Jim Urbina has quietly been Tom Doak’s right hand man on such projects as Pacific Dunes, Apache Stronghold and the Rawls Course at Texas Tech. At Old Macdonald, which will fully open in 2010, he has been elevated to the title of co-designer. I have had the pleasure of working with Jim on a number [...]
OLD MAC
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A few videos of Old Mac have popped up on You Tube, so I thought I would post them here for posterity. The quality is not that good, but they give you a feel of the place. On the second video there is a brief interview with Mike Keiser. John Grothe, director of golf of [...]
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