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Golf instruction consists of five primary skills: shots from a tee (most notable: driving that uses a driver), full shots from the ground (mostly known as "iron shots", pitching (or 3/4 shots designed for distance control, chipping (short shots around the green the require less than a full swing), putting (1 club preferably "the putter") and course strategy or gamesmanship.
The Mountain View Course at Desert Willow Golf Resort, Palm Desert, California. Michael John Hurdzan (born September 11, 1943) is an American golf course architect, author, [1] and a retired United States Army colonel, who served with the United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets). [2]
Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf is a scaled-down version of Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition for the Sega Genesis. [6] It excludes the course designer feature, [6] but includes English Turn and Sherwood Country Club, as well as Baltusrol, the site of the 1993 U.S. Open. [7] [8] The courses include adjustable wind ...
This is a list of golf course architects and golf course design firms. Golf course architecture is a specific discipline of landscape design, with many architects represented in the United States by the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Some architects are highly successful professional golfers who went on to design golf courses.
George Clifford Thomas Jr. (October 3, 1873 – February 23, 1932) was an American golf course architect, botanist, and writer. He designed the original course at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and more than twenty courses in California, including Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades and Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga.
William Stephen Flynn (December 25, 1890 – January 24, 1944) was a prominent golf course architect during the early part of the 20th century. Flynn is most noted for designing Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island and Cherry Hills Country Club, Huntingdon Valley Country Club, Lancaster Country Club, and for his work at the Merion Golf Club.
Strantz was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Walbridge. [2] [3] He graduated from Michigan State University in 1978 with a degree in turf grass management.He began his career working on the grounds crew at Inverness Club in Toledo where Tom Fazio was preparing the course for the 1979 U.S. Open. Fazio noticed that Strantz had a gift for the work and was invited to join his construction crew ...
The following is a partial list of golf courses designed by Pete Dye. [1] He is credited with designing more than 200 courses internationally during his lifetime. [2] In 1982, Sports Illustrated wrote that Dye had a reputation for transforming "unpromising" land into picturesque and challenging golf courses, that required a style of play called "target golf".