Mike Cocking of OCM on Breaking into the U.S. Market and Remaking Medinah

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Australian golf architect Mike Cocking returns to the pod for the first time in five years. Along with OCM design partners Geoff Ogilvy and Ashley Mead, Mike has been working more in the U.S. recently, so he and Andy have a lot to catch up on. They cover a variety of topics, including the best Ben Hogan story Mike heard while renovating Shady Oaks Country Club in Texas, how to design and build site-specific bunkers, the differences between Sandbelt golf and American golf, and some off-the-wall design concepts he'd like to try . Mike and Andy also dig deeply into two of OCM's current projects: an ambitious renovation of Course 3 at Medinah Country Club, which will debut at the 2026 Presidents Cup; and a 36-hole new build in Georgia, which will feature both a heathland-style and a Sandbelt-style course.

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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 fried egg.
0:07.0	Fried egg. The dreaded fried egg.
0:09.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:10.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:11.0	Fried egg. Fried egg.
0:12.0	I'm about ready to run off the golf course course.
0:30.0	Welcome back to another edition of the Fried egg golf podcast.
0:39.0	Today's episode is with Mike Cocking.
0:42.0	Mike is a partner at the golf design firm of Ogilvy Cocking and Meade Ocm.
0:49.0	They are out of Australia.
0:50.0	And I think they're one of the rising names in American golf architecture as well as worldwide golf architecture.
0:57.0	They've been big name down in Australia for years.
0:59.0	And the last couple of years have seen them really build their profile here in America with a number of new designs on the way.
1:08.0	And I guess the biggest project of name is their redesign of Medina number three.
1:15.0	So I wanted to talk with Mike a little bit about what they had going on there as well as just a general catch up.
1:20.0	He hasn't been on the pod for six years.
1:22.0	So it was fun to chop it up with Mike.
1:25.0	Talk all things design and yeah.
1:28.0	So without further ado, here is Mike Cocking.
1:34.0	You want to hear something crazy just with in regards to time.
1:40.0	Your last appearance on this podcast was over five years ago.
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