Feed The Ball

Derek Duncan
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In the Feed the Ball podcast, Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan discusses golf course design, architecture, aesthetics and other topics with golf course architects and other luminaries of the game.

  1. 12/18/2025

    Episode 99: Ran Morrissett

    Ran Morrissett is the founder of GolfClubAtlas.com, the most influential golf architecture website of the past 25 years, which means, of all time. He’s a prolific writer and photographer, a consultant in course designs like The Roost at Cabut Citrus Farms in Florida, the former administrator for Golf Magazine’s top 100 U.S. and World courses,… Read More Read More The post Episode 99: Ran Morrissett appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 48m

  2. 11/25/2025

    24 Questions with Jeff Stein

    Jeff Stein began his career shaping courses for Gil Hanse, Tom Doak, Jim Urbina and other designers. Now he has his own business consulting with clubs and a partnership with Brian Ross designing new courses. They recently opened Great Dunes on Jekyll Island in Georgia and are exploring other opportunities. Jeff talks with Derek Duncan… Read More Read More The post 24 Questions with Jeff Stein appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 53m

  3. 11/12/2025

    Episode 98: Todd Eckenrode

    Golf architect Todd Eckenrode has built and re-built golf courses up and down California and knows the work of historic architects like Alister MacKenzie, George Thomas, William Watson and Max Behr as well as anyone. He joins the Feed the Ball podcast to discuss working at and learning to play at Pasatiempo, when to try… Read More Read More The post Episode 98: Todd Eckenrode appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 37m

  4. 10/29/2025

    24 Questions with Jaeger Kovich

    Golf course designer and builder Jaeger Kovich, who has shaped projects for Gil Hanse and Tom Doak and now is establishing himself as one of the busiest remodel specialists in the business, joins Golf Digest’s Derek Duncan to answer 24 questions about his views on architecture. Photos: Cover page, The Cradle (Pinehurst Resort). Above, Laurel… Read More Read More The post 24 Questions with Jaeger Kovich appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 47m

  5. 10/13/2025

    24 Questions with Tyler Rae

    Architect Tyler Rae is part of the next wave of major golf course designers. He joins Derek Duncan in the hot seat to answer 24 questions about golf, his career and his outlook on design. Photos: Cover page, Old Sawmill (Tyler Rae). Above, Lookout Mountain, 11th hole. Watch Derek Duncan break down the 16th hole… Read More Read More The post 24 Questions with Tyler Rae appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 50m

  6. 09/21/2025

    Episode 97: Martin Ebert

    Martin Ebert is one of the founding partners, along with Tom Mackenzie, of Mackenzie & Ebert, arguably the top golf design firm in Europe. Ebert has been the lead consulting architect, with Mackenzie, for most of the Open Championship courses as well as dozens of clubs in the U.K., Ireland and Europe. They also have… Read More Read More The post Episode 97: Martin Ebert appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 31m

  7. 08/27/2025

    Episode 96: Jerry Pate

    Jerry Pate burst into the golf world when he won the 1976 U.S. Open at Atlanta Athletic Club in just his second year on tour. From 1976 through 1982 when he won the first Players Championship held at the new Pete Dye-designed TPC Sawgrass he was one of the best players in the world, contending… Read More Read More The post Episode 96: Jerry Pate appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 36m

  8. 07/24/2025

    Episode 95: Trey Kemp

    Trey Kemp has been one of the most active and influential figures in public and municipal golf design in Texas for over 15 years. He spent much of that time working with John Colligan and now has his own firm, continuing to improve public courses while also pursuing new course commissions. He joins the Feed… Read More Read More The post Episode 95: Trey Kemp appeared first on Feed The Ball.

    1h 54m
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In the Feed the Ball podcast, Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan discusses golf course design, architecture, aesthetics and other topics with golf course architects and other luminaries of the game.

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  • Creator
    Derek Duncan
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    137
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Feed The Ball

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