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Feed The Ball

In the Feed the Ball podcast, writer 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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Episode 61: Jim Urbina

Episode 61: Jim Urbina

Sebonack When the story is at last written about the current era of neoclassical architecture, Jim Urbina is certain to ... Read more

27 Nov 2019

2hr 1min

Ranked #2

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Episode 38: Bruce Hepner

Episode 38: Bruce Hepner

The par-3 3rd at Ballyneal.Bruce Hepner began his architectural career in 1990 as an associate for Ron Forse, with whom ... Read more

17 Dec 2018

1hr 56mins

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Episode 44: Jim Wagner

Episode 44: Jim Wagner

Jim Wagner and Gil Hanse have been design partners for over 20 years. Though Hanse’s name is on their courses, Wagner ha... Read more

18 Feb 2019

2hr 7mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 3: Bill Coore

Episode 3: Bill Coore

In this episode of Feed the Ball, Derek Duncan speaks to Bill Coore, who along with design partner Ben Crenshaw and thei... Read more

12 Oct 2017

1hr 18mins

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Episode 57: Tripp Davis

Episode 57: Tripp Davis

Tripp Davis is arguably the most skilled amateur player among active architects. He helped the University of Oklahoma wi... Read more

30 Sep 2019

1hr 51mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 63: Brian Schneider

Episode 63: Brian Schneider

The Gunnamatta Course at The National (photo: renaissancegolf.com)Brian Schneider joined Tom Doak’s Renaissance Golf Des... Read more

31 Dec 2019

1hr 56mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 27: Ron Whitten

Episode 27: Ron Whitten

Ron Whitten has been one of the most prominent and influential voices in golf course architecture since the mid-1980’s w... Read more

2 Jul 2018

1hr 40mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 40: David McLay Kidd

Episode 40: David McLay Kidd

Not since Hugh Wilson at Merion has an architectural career been launched as brightly as David McLay Kidd’s. As a young ... Read more

1 Jan 2019

1hr 35mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 13: Mike DeVries

Episode 13: Mike DeVries

Mike DeVries belongs to an elite class of golf architects working today who have been fortunate to work on properties th... Read more

28 Feb 2018

1hr 35mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 58: Dave Wilber

Episode 58: Dave Wilber

The smooth surface of Kingsbarns.Dave Wilber, aka the Turfgrass Zealot, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on go... Read more

18 Oct 2019

2hr 10mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 21: Rob Collins

Episode 21: Rob Collins

Sweetens Cove has captured the hearts and minds of the architecture world. Rob Collins and design partner Tad King began... Read more

17 May 2018

1hr 53mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 25: Kyle Franz Part 1

Episode 25: Kyle Franz Part 1

The first project Kyle Franz ever worked on was Tom Doak’s masterpiece, Pacific Dunes, a course now recognized as one of... Read more

13 Jun 2018

1hr 1min

Ranked #13

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Episode 26: Kyle Franz Part 2

Episode 26: Kyle Franz Part 2

The first project Kyle Franz ever worked on was Tom Doak’s masterpiece, Pacific Dunes, a course now recognized as one of... Read more

18 Jun 2018

1hr 7mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 16: Bradley Klein

Episode 16: Bradley Klein

Wintonbury Hills (photo: timliddy.com) Brad Klein has been one of the media’s foremost authorities on golf course archit... Read more

26 Mar 2018

1hr 26mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 31: Ron Forse

Episode 31: Ron Forse

Ron Forse was an engineer who made a jump into golf course architecture in 1989, working on a project in West Virginia i... Read more

5 Sep 2018

1hr 49mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 43: Brian Silva

Episode 43: Brian Silva

Brian Silva began working for iconic New England architect Geoffrey Cornish in 1983, building golf courses in the tradit... Read more

7 Feb 2019

2hr 10mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 17: Peter Kessler, Part 1

Episode 17: Peter Kessler, Part 1

Peter Kessler was the face and voice of the Golf Channel when the station first went live in 1995. Over the next seven y... Read more

4 Apr 2018

57mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 29: Tom Coyne

Episode 29: Tom Coyne

Tom Coyne’s fourth book is “A Course Called Scotland,” a funny and poignant tale of his journey playing over 100 links c... Read more

1 Aug 2018

1hr 19mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 5: Ron Prichard

Episode 5: Ron Prichard

Skokie Country Club To renovate or restore. That is the question many historic clubs must decide when their courses are ... Read more

16 Nov 2017

1hr 46mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 14: Ian Andrew

Episode 14: Ian Andrew

St. George’s in Toronto. Ian Andrew is one of golf’s most respected restoration and preservation specialists, working pr... Read more

8 Mar 2018

1hr 37mins

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