What to Know About Donald Ross (ft. Bradley Klein and Chris Buie)

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Just one week left until the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. As we gear up for the event, we’re looking at the architect behind Oak Hill, Donald Ross. Andy chats with authors Bradley Klein and Chris Buie about Ross’s life and work. Andy and Brad start by talking about the strengths, weaknesses, and evolution of Ross's courses. Then, Chris tells us about Ross’s life, his Scottish influences, and why he was so good at his job. To wrap up, Andy, Chris, and Bradley each share their top five Ross courses. Bradley Klein is the author of Discovering Donald Ross. Chris Buie is the author of The Life and Times of Donald Ross.

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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 back to another edition of the Fried egg podcast.
0:40.0	Today's episode features two guests. I'm really excited.
0:44.0	You probably have already clicked on the title, but we're going to talk about Donald Ross today.
0:48.0	Do our, you know, what you need to know about Donald Ross podcast.
0:53.0	We've done other architects in the past, Perry Maxwell, Walter Travis.
0:57.0	And we'll continue to do this series as we go on.
1:01.0	Was excited to talk to two very, very qualified guests who are extremely knowledgeable on the subject matter.
1:10.0	We had Bradley Klein come on, Bradley wrote a book called Discovering Donald Ross.
1:17.0	So he'll be up first. We talked really about the architecture, the nuts and bolts of Donald Ross's golf courses.
1:24.0	And then also I was joined by Chris Booey who wrote a book called The Life in Times of Donald Ross.
1:32.0	So we kind of talked more about Donald Ross's life as he put it.
1:37.0	He was really a Renaissance man, a genius.
1:40.0	I think everybody talks about it, but the business side of what he built in golf architecture is just truly amazing.
1:48.0	It hasn't been replicated and I don't think we'll ever see a as prolific of a golf designer as Donald Ross ever.
1:59.0	So that's really, especially when you consider the quality of golf courses on top of how many he was building at the peak of his heyday.
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