Can Course Design Change Golf Culture?

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Golf's accessibility problem isn't new, and fixing it won't happen overnight. Golf architect Christine Fraser (@cfgolfdesign) knows this, but she also believes that good course design can chip away at the issue. She talks with Garrett Morrison about how tee positions, fairway lines, maintenance practices, and even entrances into golf facilities can all be designed to encourage an inclusive culture. Christine has worked on courses all over the world, including Lahinch, Royal Birkdale, and the Toronto Golf Club, and as one of the few women in golf architecture, she offers a fresh and important perspective.

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0:00.0	I'm Mr. Green, for example. I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.
0:05.0	And when I find my ball in a bright egg.
0:07.0	Bright egg.
0:08.0	The dreaded bright egg.
0:09.0	Bright egg.
0:10.0	Bright egg.
0:11.0	Bright egg.
0:12.0	Bright egg lie. I'm about ready to run off the golf course.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to the bright egg podcast. My name is Garrett Morrison.
0:39.0	And today we ask whether golf architecture can help change the culture of the game.
0:45.0	Tackling this question with me is Christine Frazier.
0:48.0	Christine is a Canadian golf architect who has worked with Martin Haughtry on courses like the Toronto Golf Club,
0:54.0	Lahinch in Ireland and Royal Burkdale and Sunningdale in England.
0:59.0	More recently, she has teamed up with fellow Canadian architect Jeff Mingueh on a long-term renovation at Beacon's Field Golf Club near Montreal.
1:08.0	Christine offers a really fresh and necessary perspective.
1:13.0	And not just because she's one of the few women in the industry, though it certainly has to do with that.
1:19.0	It's also because she has put a lot of thought into the ways that design can promote a more inclusive environment at golf courses.
1:28.0	This is something we don't talk about very often because we get caught up in topics like routing and strategy and aesthetics and so on.
1:36.0	But golf courses are not just artworks and they're not just fields of play.
1:41.0	They also have a social function.
1:43.0	They have an influence on who gets to play and enjoy the game.
1:47.0	And it's important, I think, that that influence is a healthy one.
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