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Bryan Izatt

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Who is this guy?
« on: March 01, 2013, 11:49:56 PM »
This is probably too easy, but no fair Googling if you don't know the answer.

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XXXXX has competed at the national and international level for six decades – from his days as a junior to now as a senior. Along the way, he has played in seven U.S. Amateurs, eight U.S. Mid Amateurs, three British Amateurs and both the U.S. Junior and Senior Amateurs. In ------, he won the Senior Crump Cup at Pine Valley, recognized by many as the best course in all of golf, and finished second at the George Coleman Invitational at Seminole Golf Club, another fixture in golf’s “top 10.”


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XXXXX served as a member of the USGA Executive Committee from 2006-12, most recently serving as treasurer, making him the first architect to hold a seat on the committee in 116 years. The ------ recipient of the USGA’s Ike Grainger Award which recognizes dedication and service to golf, XXXXX has chaired the U.S. Mid Amateur Committee for two years, chaired two USGA committees on turfgrass research and maintenance, served on the USGA Championship Committee and, last year, was named to the Joint Equipment Standards Committee of the USGA and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland, the ruling body in all of golf outside the United States.


Does that last one mean he had a hand in the anchoring proposal?


How can you not like a guy who says:

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"I believe a golf course should be designed to make every golfer who plays it a better player by giving them options that require strategy, creativity and imagination."

And, in describing one of his own courses,

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“Pine Valley is the greatest golf course in the world when it comes to demanding you to hit the right shot for the situation,” XXXXX continued. “You can hit good shots all day long at Pine Valley and be dead because you didn’t choose the right shot to hit. You could have hit a good shot, but you didn’t hit the right shot. And that’s what this place is all about. And that’s what any great golf course is about – hitting the right shot for the occasion.”

Sam Morrow

Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2013, 11:53:37 PM »
Vinny Giles?

RJ_Daley

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2013, 02:01:43 AM »
D.E.
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Kevin_Reilly

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2013, 03:47:01 AM »
S.S.?
"GOLF COURSES SHOULD BE ENJOYED RATHER THAN RATED" - Tom Watson

Bill_McBride

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2013, 04:09:31 AM »
S.S. + 1

Ronald Montesano

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2013, 05:33:31 AM »
Pope Benedict?

The Big Bopper?

Titanic Thompson?

Augustus Gloop?
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JESII

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2013, 08:05:39 AM »
Steve Smyers.

About as good a guy as you can find...and Old Memorial is a really cool golf course.

Bryan Izatt

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2013, 10:42:15 AM »
Steve Smyers it is.  I knew it was too easy.  The quotes are from a writeup for the TwinEagles Eagle course.  It makes an interesting read.

http://www.twineagles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/TE_THE_EAGLE_COURSE.pdf

Bill_McBride

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2013, 10:47:19 AM »
Steve's courses get a lot less discussion here than they deserve.  I've only played Southern Dunes (FL) but thought it featured brilliant bunkering and some exciting greens. 

Ken Fry

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2013, 12:12:40 PM »
This is one gentleman in golf I'd like to meet but haven't had the chance.

Wolf Run gets quite a bit of love here but hasn't been discussed in a while.  There was talk of the Midwest Mashie last year but maybe in the future??

Ken

Ian Andrew

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Re: Who is this guy?
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2013, 12:45:02 PM »
Steve is one of the great gentlemen of the game.

I first met him playing at the US Amatuer in Muirfield Village and followed him around during a practice round where we talked about golf and golf design. I was there with Dana Fry and was really suprised "this guy" was as excited to talk about architecture as he was about playing in the Amatuer.

I happen to really like the work he did at Olympia Fields (South) and think he made some really cool choices with style and play. I much prefer the South to the North because its quirkier and more entertaining.

I played Southern Dunes and Old Memorial this winter and enjoyed all the ground options and choices I was presented with throughout the round. I always enjoy a really strong player who still thinks about how the other players will get around the course and make some pars.

I think his work is thoughtful and so are his views on architecture and golf. 
With every golf development bubble, the end was unexpected and brutal....

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