THE TERRIBLE
TRUTH ABOUT STANDARD GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE
Driving
the Green,
a book by John Strawn, follows a member of the American Society
of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) through three years of course
development. A rare documentary on modern golf architecture,
it reads like fiction; it is not.
Excerpt
from the architect's letter to the developer pure salesmanship
vividly illustrated by the following.
The
architect was on site a meager 40 of 2400 hours. A 2%
involvement. This was the architect's commitment, for
"a course of exceptional beauty."
An
eye-opening example of 2% involvement; the construction
workers needed information, clear communication and oversight.
Instead they labored in a state of ignorance absent of
leadership, and the architect's intentions wasting time,
effort and money. And he's stumped!
Driving
the Green,
a book by John Strawn, follows a member of the American Society
of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) through three years of course
development. A rare documentary on modern golf architecture,
it reads like fiction; it is not.
