Richard Mandell Tabbed for
Golf Course Design Blog on Washington Times
Richard Mandell recently began the Golf Course Design Today blog and community for the Washington Times website,
www.washingtontimes.com. According to washingtontimes.com, Mr. Mandell’s blog will focus primarily on a grass roots movement to return the game of golf to its origins and what attracted us all to the game in the first place. “This is a great opportunity to try and re-capture this game that we all love to play, but have struggled to afford over the past few years.” noted Mandell. “For too long, golfers have been dictated to by the golf industry and a correction is the only way to go for survival. This blog is a way of opening the lines of communication between the everyday golfer and the golf industry as a whole.”
Richard’s blog will not only address the challenges the golf industry faces today, it will also address current world events and how these events affect the golf industry. As a golf architect, Richard’s slant will tend toward design so there will be no shortage of golf-architecture oriented entries either. Mandell’s main slant has always been about challenge and strategy as the solution to an overemphasis on pure aesthetics, “Creating beauty and memorable landscapes is where we get into major trouble for the industry.”
The link to Golf Course Design Today is
http://www.washingtontimes.com/communities/golf-design. Richard expects to contribute blogs on a weekly basis and begin a healthy dialogue as well, “If we want the game to survive, we must change the way we all look at the business of golf design, whether you are a Saturday morning Muni golfer, Tiger Woods, or a golf course architect.” declares Mandell. Future blog ideas will include Why is Brown Good for You?, Sustainable Golf Courses, and Too Little Time, Not Enough Desire: Is Slow Play The Reason for The Golf Industry Woes?
Interested readers can go to
www.washingtontimes.com and click on “Communities”. Scroll down the list of communities to Golf Course Design Today to see Richard’s entries. The Washington Times urges interested readers to join the community as well. Click on "register" at the upper right corner of the home page and an e-mail will be sent to the reader with a registration form. Once that is filled out one can join any of the communities, including Golf Course Design Today. Click on the blog and then "join this community" in yellow. You don't have to register to view the blog.