Lester George's guest appearances

Lester George

Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

The Golfers Journal Podcast

Feed The Ball

Golf with Strangers

Shotgun Mulligan

The Golfer's Journal Podcast

Gil Hanse

Keith Rhebb

Rob Collins

David McLay Kidd

Keith Cutten

Tom Coyne

Tim Jackson

Matt Kuchar

Brian Bradley

Jamie Kennedy

Tom Lehman

Geoff Ogilvy

Andy Johnson

Martin Chuck

Bob Ford

OwlTail

Legendary golf course architect Lester George joins the program to discuss golf course designs, the distance debate and more.

Building the Dream with Lester George

“I’ve always said that if other architects would stay out of Virginia, then I’d stay out of their states too.” After a late introduction to the golf design game, Lester George has made good on his promise to dominate the Dominion state. His in-state roster now consists of top-100 projects like Kinloch, the quietly explosive Langley Air Force Base, and the mindbender at Ballyhack. And that’s where he crashes our 2020 Broken Tee 2-Man to discuss how the military shaped his eye for topography, his affinity for surfing despite never hopping on a board, unloading his car collection and an upcoming Seth Raynor project. 

“I’ve always said that if other architects would stay out of Virginia, then I’d stay out of their states too.” After a late introduction to the golf design game, Lester George has made good on his promise to dominate the Dominion state. His in-state roster now consists of top-100 projects like Kinloch, the quietly explosive Langley Air Force Base, and the mindbender at Ballyhack. And that’s where he crashes our 2020 Broken Tee 2-Man to discuss how the military shaped his eye for topography, his affinity for surfing despite never hopping on a board, unloading his car collection and an upcoming Seth Raynor project.

Episode 62: Lester George Live from Ballyhack

Kinloch Golf ClubLester George was an artillery officer in the U.S. Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In the late 1980s, already into his 30s, he made a career switch to golf design, setting up a business in his native state of Virginia. In the mid-1990s he was introduced to a magnificent property outside Richmond that he would eventually develop, along with legendary Virginia amateur player Vinny Giles, into Kinloch Golf Club, now one of Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Courses and the state’s number one ranked course. George has restored numerous Golden Age designs in the mid-Atlantic states and has also worked in locations from Florida to Texas to Connecticut and Japan. He later followed up the success of Kinloch with the brawny, exuberant, rough-and-tumble Ballyhack near Roanoke.  George joins the podcast to talk about: –Getting jobs he was told he had no chance of getting; –Sequencing pars in a routing; –The importance of being able to read terrain; –The development of Kinloch and Ballyhack; –The forensic work used to recreate the Seth Raynor features at the Greenbrier’s Old White Course; –Potential upcoming projects on a sand mine in Chicago, river bluffs in Virginia and a new 22-hole Raynor template-hole design. Listen to Derek discuss the book “The Match” by Mark Frost in the Good-Good Golf Podcast Book Club edition. Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher Radio and Google Play Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post Episode 70: Lester George appeared first on Feed The Ball.

Kinloch Golf Club <a href="http://georgegolfdesign.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lester George</a> was an artillery officer in the U.S. Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In the late 1980s, already into his 30s, he made a career switch to golf design, setting up a business in his native state of Virginia. In the mid-1990s he was introduced to a magnificent property outside Richmond that he would eventually develop, along with legendary Virginia amateur player <a href="https://www.virginiagolfhalloffame.com/inductees/vinny-giles/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vinny Giles</a>, into <a href="https://www.kinlochgolfclub.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kinloch Golf Club</a>, now one of Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Courses and the <a href="https://www.golfdigest.com/story/virginia-best-in-state-rankings" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">state’s number one ranked course</a>. George has restored numerous Golden Age designs in the mid-Atlantic states and has also worked in locations from Florida to Texas to Connecticut and Japan. He later followed up the success of Kinloch with the brawny, exuberant, rough-and-tumble <a href="https://www.dormienetwork.com/ballyhack/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ballyhack</a> near Roanoke. George joins the podcast to talk about: –Getting jobs he was told he had no chance of getting; –Sequencing pars in a routing; –The importance of being able to read terrain; –The development of Kinloch and Ballyhack; –The forensic work used to recreate the Seth Raynor features at <a href="https://www.greenbrier.com/Golf/Golf-Courses/The-Old-White-TPC" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">the Greenbrier’s Old White Course</a>; –Potential upcoming projects on a sand mine in Chicago, river bluffs in Virginia and a new 22-hole Raynor template-hole design. Listen to Derek discuss the book <a href="https://good-good.fireside.fm/39" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“The Match” by Mark Frost</a> in the Good-Good Golf Podcast Book Club edition<a href="https://good-good.fireside.fm/39" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">.</a> Subscribe to Feed the Ball on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed-the-ball/id1278405987" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7g8WA04gMnufTe1l0NuchV" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/derek-duncan/feed-the-ball" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher Radio</a> and <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Isq32malj4mz73zmgqu5hiclgya?t%3DFeed_The_Ball%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/feedtheball" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@feedtheball</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/feedtheball/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@feedtheball</a> The post <a href="https://feedtheball.com/episode-70-lester-george/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 70: Lester George</a> appeared first on <a href="https://feedtheball.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feed The Ball</a>.

Episode 70: Lester George

Lester George, internationally reputable golf design architect, joins the show and paves the first stone cast down the Architecture road of the podcast. Lester will be joining us again in the fture stay tuned for updates!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app

Lester George, internationally reputable golf design architect, joins the show and paves the first stone cast down the Architecture road of the podcast. Lester will be joining us again in the fture stay tuned for updates!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a>

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