The State of Modern Golf Architecture

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Andy Johnson sits down with Bob Crosby, Chairman of the USGA's Museum Committee, for a wide-ranging conversation about the golf architecture trends of today. Bob shares his view on what he sees as a turning point in the industry, as the next generation of golf architects need to distinguish themselves from the minimalism trend developed by the likes of Tom Doak and Coore & Crenshaw. Andy and Bob discuss the uptick in new courses being built during the 2020s, as fresh faces in the golf architecture world now have an opportunity to build their own projects. They also discuss the place of traditional clubs in today's game and why many golfers may opt for a different type of playing experience.

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0:00.0	I misogreen, for example, I'm already upset.
0:02.0	When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset.
0:05.0	And when I find my ball in a...
0:06.0	Fried egg.
0:07.0	Friday egg.
0:08.0	The dreaded fried egg.
0:09.0	Friday.
0:10.0	Friday.
0:11.0	Fried egg lie.
0:12.0	I'm about ready to run off the golf course. Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Golf podcast. I am your host, Andy Johnson,
0:43.5	and today I am joined by Bob Crosby. Bob is the chairman of the USGA Museum Committee,
0:50.6	which encompasses museums at Liberty Corner in Pinehurst and its archive and library.
0:56.5	Bob is also one of my favorite golf course architecture minds to have a discussion with.
1:02.4	So it's super fun.
1:04.6	Anytime you get to talk to Bob, I'm so happy he joined.
1:08.9	He kind of comes at golf architecture a little bit different way than I do.
1:13.3	He's, he's very history-based. And it's super, it was super fun to have a chat with him.
1:19.6	Before we get to that, I got to say thank you to everybody listening. We, today is Monday the 9th when I'm recording this. We turned nine. So nine years of Friday
1:32.2	golf today. It's been quite the journey. And I, you know, we turned an idea into a full-fledged
1:41.4	company at this point with staff and everything. And I wouldn't
1:46.6	be able to do this without all of your support. It's been an incredible ride. Every December,
1:53.8	I start to think, like, I never can remember the exact date that we sent our first newsletter out.
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