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Feed The Ball Derek Duncan
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4.8 • 165 Ratings
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In the Feed the Ball podcast, Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan discusses golf course design, architecture and the contemporary culture of golf with golf course architects and other luminaries of the game.
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Episode 88: Mike Cocking
Mike Cocking is the “C” in the Australian golf design firm OCM. His partners are former tour player and 2006 U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy and Ashley Mead. The trio have built courses in Australia and Asia and consult with some of the top historic clubs Down Under including Victoria and Kingston Heath. Over the…Read More Read More
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Feed the Ball Salon 28, ft. Lee Schmidt
Lee Schmidt’s lengthy golf architecture career began in the early 1970s working for Pete Dye and took many different detours through the decades. He worked closely with Landmark Land Company on numerous Dye projects in the 70s and 80s before taking a job with Jack Nicklaus’ design firm. In the late 1990s he created his…Read More Read More
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Episode 87: Scott Hoffman
If might seem like golf course architect Scott Hoffman came out of nowhere with his design at Lost Rail, opened in 2022 outside of Omaha. However, he’d previously worked for over a decade with Tom Fazio, designing courses in the western U.S. He then worked with Tim Jackson and David Kahn for a number of…Read More Read More
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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 27, ft. Ben Crenshaw
Two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw joins golf course builder Jim Urbina and Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan to discuss his long time partnership with architect Bill Coore and the beliefs and impulses that define the many courses they’ve built, from Sand Hills to Friar’s Head to Bandon Trails, all the way through to their…Read More Read More
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Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 26, ft. Greg Letsche
Golf course architect Greg Letsche, lead designer for Ernie Els Design, joins Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan and golf course builder Jim Urbina to discuss his early years working for Pete Dye, how running projects for Jack Nicklaus differed from his experience with Dye, the design similarities between Dye and Nicklaus, the sometimes absurd…Read More Read More
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Episode 86: Blake Conant
In less than 10 years in the profession, Blake Conant has risen from crew member to shaper to the co-designer of Old Barnwell, a stunning new course near Aiken, S.C. Conant has primarily shaped greens and bunkers for Tom Doak at projects like Houston’s Memorial Park, Bel Air, The National’s Gunnamatta Course in Australia and…Read More Read More
Customer Reviews
Great golf architecture podcast
Derek is very well versed in golf course architecture and has great guests on. If you are interested in learning about golf course architecture, this is a great podcast.
Love this podcast⛳️
I just love this podcast. Such great conversations about a variety of golf architecture subjects by so many interesting people in the field. Derek is a super interviewer and I enjoy his knowledgeable input also.
Great golf architecture podcast
Feed the Ball is the best podcast for thought-provoking in-depth discussion on all aspects of golf course architecture. Excellent range of topics and guests.