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The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Golf Architecture Mailbag Redux and How to Do a Low-Cost Muni Renovation

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

First, Andy and Garrett cover some mailbag questions they didn't get to in last Friday's pod. They try to decide whether upcoming Ryder Cup venue Marco Simone is "good," list some of their favorite fairways in golf, and discuss the importance of tee-box design. In the back half of the episode, Garrett is joined by Will Benson (40:52), the facility manager and golf superintendent at Laurelwood, a nine-hole municipal course in Eugene, Oregon. Over the past several years, Will has carried out significant design upgrades at Laurelwood, and he tells Garrett about how he made these projects happen efficiently and cheaply.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I miss a 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

I'm about ready to run off the golf course.

0:30.0

Welcome to the Friday Golf Podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison.

0:37.0

And today we have a quick golf architecture mail bag with Andy Johnson, followed by a discussion with a superintendent on how to do low cost renovations at municipal golf courses.

0:49.0

The superintendent's name is Will Benson, and he works at Laurelwood Golf Course, which is a municipal nine hole course in Eugene, Oregon.

0:57.0

Now, in addition to maintaining the turf at Laurelwood, Will actually holds the contract with the city and helps to manage the course.

1:05.0

So he has a very direct stake in the health and success of the facility.

1:10.0

And over the years, he's made some significant improvements to the golf course, including building new greens and rerouting a few holes in the process.

1:18.0

He's become kind of an expert on how to carry out very efficient, very cheap renovations at municipal golf courses.

1:27.0

And that's a big question at the moment, right?

1:29.0

It's how can local courses make improvements when the margins are so tight?

1:34.0

I think Laurelwood Golf Course is a good answer to that question, not the only answer, but a good one.

1:40.0

All right, so that's coming up in the back half of the episode.

1:43.0

First, though, Andy and I are going to field a few golf architecture themed mailbag questions.

1:48.0

So right after this break, you'll hear from me and Andy Johnson.

1:58.0

This episode of the Friday Golf podcast is brought to you by Toro up and down Hammond egg to the list of great golf parings.

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