Stanley Thompson and Canadian Golf Architecture

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

It's Canada week on the Fried Egg Golf Podcast, so Garrett Morrison is joined by Toronto-based golf architect Ian Andrew for a look at the history of Canadian golf. After a brief discussion of Royal Montreal Golf Club and Ian's work with Mike Weir, the two unpack the career of Stanley Thompson and his work at courses such as Banff Springs, Jasper Park Lodge, and more. The episode wraps with a look at some of Ian's projects, including a potential book with even more stories from Stanley Thompson's life in golf.

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0:00.0	I'm already upset when I find my ball in the bunker I'm really upset and when I find my ball in a fried egg
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0:11.8	I'm about ready to run off the golf course So, Welcome to the Friday Golf Podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison and it is Canada week for us. The President's Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club is underway.
0:47.2	Look, is this the most interesting golf course in the world? No, but it does give us an excuse to talk about Canadian
0:55.6	golf architecture and specifically about the greatest Canadian golf architect Stanley
1:00.7	Thompson. I've wanted to discuss Thompson on the pod for a long time,
1:05.0	such a fascinating figure and an enormous talent. To dig into Thompson's life and
1:10.6	work I'm bringing on Ian Andrew.
1:13.4	Ian Andrew is a practicing Toronto-based golf architect
1:17.2	who has focused on restorations and renovations,
1:20.5	but has also done some original work. He's a great thinker and writer about
1:25.5	golf course design and one of the world's leading experts on Stanley Thompson.
1:30.2	So I'm very excited to speak with Ian. First though a word about Club TFE, which is Friday
1:36.5	Golf's membership. You can find out all the information about Club TFE at the Fridayg.
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1:46.0	We have exclusive content for members,
1:48.8	including weekly course profiles
1:51.2	and design notebook feature where we keep track of what's going on in the
1:55.7	golf architecture world. But one thing that I think people would be interested in when it comes to
2:01.4	club TFE is the access you get to a variety of wonderful golf courses.
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