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Building Bandon Dunes
Against all odds, Mike Keiser buys remote Oregon dunesland and hires a pair of rookies to help him build and manage a golf course.
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Matt Ginella
Golf Architecture’s Golden Age: Alister Mackenzie & Pasatiempo GC
Jim Urbina is overseeing the restoration of Alister MacKenzie’s famous greens at Pasatiempo. Here he discusses the good Dr.’s lasting importance…
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Matt Ginella
Peeling Back 18 Pieces of Pasatiempo’s History
A bold restoration of Alister MacKenzie’s spectacular greens puts the spotlight on golf’s most underrated course
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Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble
Throughout my career of covering course developments and restorations, nothing is more fun than being in the sand and dirt with the architects.
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Matt Ginella
Journeys: Pinehurst
In our “Journey to Pinehurst,” Colt Knedler spends the week paying his respects to the champions, pioneers and legends of the game who have shaped the…
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Belmont
By Matt Ginella
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Matt Ginella
THE PAR-3 COURSE AT FOREST DUNES
THE PAR-3 COURSE AT FOREST DUNES
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Matt Ginella
The Ambush #0
Ambush #0 WOMACK / SIERK INVITATIONAL
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Matt Ginella
The Barber Of Bandon
Like the routing of a golf course, the story of Bandon Dunes, the evolution of a pure golf destination along the remote coastline of Oregon, doglegs in…
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Matt Ginella
Forest Dunes
He's Back!
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Matt Ginella
Journeys: Park to Park
Journeys: Park to Park
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Matt Ginella
Life is good at The Goat
I keep getting asked: “How’s life in San Diego?” I’m home and I’m in Heaven, which, for me, is Goat Hill Park.
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Matt Ginella
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