Trevor Dormer on Joining King-Collins Golf Course Design

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Fried Egg Golf's Garrett Morrison sits down with golf architect Trevor Dormer to discuss his recent partnership with King-Collins Golf Course Design, now known as King Collins Dormer. The two talk about Trevor's new role as a partner at King Collins Dormer and what appealed to him about joining the firm. Garrett and Trevor then discuss Trevor's ongoing project, his first solo course in the United States, a rebuild of Old Dane in Nebraska. Trevor details his process in making memorable golf experiences, how his experience with Coore & Crenshaw influences his work, and the evolution of the golf architecture profession.

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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 Friday golf podcast. I'm Garrett Morrison, and today we're speaking with the golf architect Trevor Dormer.
0:45.4	Treve has shaped features for golf architects like Bill Corr, Gil Hans and Rod Whitman.
0:51.6	And right now he's working on his first U.S. solo project, a redesign of Old Dane
0:57.3	Golf Club in northern Nebraska.
0:59.8	Now, the big recent development in Trev's career is that he has joined King Collins'
1:05.0	golf course design as a partner.
1:07.3	This is the firm founded by Tad King and Rob Collins.
1:18.2	It's behind courses like Sweetens Cove, Landman, and the new reversible crossroads layout at Palmetto Bluff.
1:21.4	We've had Rob Collins on the podcast a number of times.
1:26.4	Certainly we consider his firm to be one of the most interesting and dynamic in the business.
1:32.4	And the fact that it's now known as King Collins Dormer qualifies as major news in the world of golf course design.
1:33.2	So what better time to bring Trev on the podcast to talk about his new partnership and to get
1:39.0	a sense of his approach to golf architecture.
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