The Lowdown on Waverley Country Club with Superintendent Brian Koffler

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Host of this week's 2023 U.S. Senior Women's Open, Waverley Country Club is a Golden Age Chandler Egan design, restored in 2012 by Gil Hanse, and—in Garrett's opinion—the best golf course in Portland, Oregon. Garrett sits down with superintendent Brian Koffler to talk about Waverley's history, architecture, best holes, and agronomy. They also discuss the challenges of maintaining turf in the Pacific Northwest and the striking array of top-10 clubs Brian interned at early in his career.

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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.
0:30.0	Welcome to the fried egg golf podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison.
0:37.0	And today we're talking about Waverly Country Club in Portland, Oregon, with Waverly Superintendent Brian Coffler.
0:44.0	Waverly is, in my opinion, the best course in Portland.
0:48.0	And this week it's hosting the US Senior Women's Open.
0:51.0	You can catch coverage of the tournament on Saturday and Sunday on peacock and golf channel.
0:57.0	I would say set your DVRs. This is a special event. The US Senior Women's Open.
1:02.0	And it's a rare opportunity to see Waverly on broadcast TV.
1:06.0	The last time you could have seen it, I believe, was in the year 2000 at the US Women's Amateur.
1:11.0	Tiger Woods also won one of his US junior amateurs here in 1993.
1:15.0	But I don't believe that was on TV. Waverly is best understood as a Chandler Egan Design.
1:21.0	And it was restored by Gill Hans in 2012.
1:26.0	It's just a beautiful, elegant course right on the banks of the Willamette River.
1:31.0	So make sure to check it out this weekend.
1:33.0	Brian Coffler is, as I said, the superintendent at Waverly.
1:37.0	And he's a really smart, personable guy with an extremely impressive resume,
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