Feature Interview
GolfClubAtlas.com has conducted nearly two hundred feature interviews with people in the golf industry and the interviews are arranged here chronologically for your perusal, from the most recent down to our first one with Tom Doak in June, 1999. A new interview is posted in the first week of each month.
The common subject matter is always golf course architecture but the people who have been interviewed are quite diverse. There are architects with over fifty projects to their name and architects with less than five. There are well known authors and people who have penned just one book. There are past USGA presidents, present green keepers, PGA professionals including the greatest player of all-time and one who won five Open Championships – and nearly a sixth one in 2009! Included as well are painters and photographers who have their own unique perspective of looking at golf courses. Several of the folks kind enough to do a Feature Interview are no longer with us, much to our and the game’s loss but their words and thoughts are forever captured here.
We hope you enjoy these archives.
Feature Interview Archive
- Rich LaBar, February 2021
- Mike Dutton, January 2021
- Len Curtin, December 2020
- Ron Forse, November 2020
- Pete Dye, October 2020
- Nick Edmund, September 2020
- Andrew Lewis, August 2020
- Jonathan Cummings, July 2020
- Tom Doak No. 7, June 2020
- Luke Reese, May 2020
- Paul Jansen, April 2020
- Tom Clark, March 2020
- Alan Oliver, February 2020
- Bradford Becken, January 2020
- Jeffrey Stein, December 2019
- Corby Robertson Jr. November 2019
- Johnson Wagner, October 2019
- Robin Down, September 2019
- Jeff Warne, August 2019
- Richard Pennell, July 2019
- Ed Oden, June 2019
- Harry Ward, May 2019
- Mike Cirba, April 2019
- Tyler Rae, March 2019
- Keith Cutten, February 2019
- Robert McGuirk, January 2019
- Anthony Gholz, December 2018
- Edwin Roald, November 2018
- Dr. James Harris, October 2018
- Tripp Davis, September 2018
- Thad Layton, August 2018
- Kyle Harris, July 2018
- Nicolas Joakimides, June, 2018
- Todd Eckenrode (Part 2), May 2018
- Todd Eckenrode, April 2018
- Andy Staples, March 2018
- Jeff Mingay (No. 2), February 2018
- Zac Blair, January 2018
- Mark Chalfant, December 2017
- Samuel Ingwersen, AIA, No. 3 November 2017
- Samuel Ingwersen, AIA, No. 2 October 2017
- Samuel Ingwersen, AIA, September 2017
- Kris Spence, August 2017
- Iverson, Placek, Schneider, and Slawnik, July 2017
- John Morrissett, June 2017
- Michael Moore, May 2017
- Michael Breed, April 2017
- Richard Macafee, March 2017
- Mungo Park, February 2017
- Bill Healy, MD, January 2017
- Chris Buie No. 2, December 2016
- Tom Doak No. 6, November 2016
- Vaughn Halyard, October 2016
- Michael Clayton No. 2, September 2016
- Kyle Franz No. 2, August 2016
- Adam Lawrence, July 2016
- Peter Thomson, June 2016
- Paul Rudovsky, May 2016
- Brandel Chamblee, April 2016
- Brian Morgan, March 2016
- Jaeger Kovich, February 2016
- Sam MacKenzie, January 2016
- Mark Brenneman, December 2015
- Todd Rohrer, November 2015
- Joshua Evenson, October 2015
- Tom Doak, No. 5, September 2015
- Jack Nicklaus, August 2015
- Lorne Smith July 2015
- Par O’Dee, June 2015
- Scott Macpherson, May 2015
- Bobby Weed, April 2015
- Ari Techner, March 2015
- Ted Bishop, February 2015
- Dr. Michael Hurdzan, January 2015
- Major Gurung and Ron Fream, December 2014
- Rob Collins, November 2014
- Cob Carlson, October 2014
- Tom Doak, September 2014
- John Moreton, August 2014
- Philip Young, July 2014
- Chris Buie, June 2014
- Donald Ross, May 2014
- Keith Foster, April 2014
- Alfonso Erhardt, March 2014
- Alfie & Harry Ward, February 2014
- George Waters, January 2014
- Old Tom Morris, December 2013
- Bill McKinley, November 2013
- Chris Haspell, October 2013
- Bradley S. Klein, September 2013
- Frederick Waterman, August 2013
- Martin Ebert & Ralph Thompson, July 2013
- Sean Arble, June 2013
- Aidan Bradley, May 2013
- Chris Johnston, April 2013
- Lee Pace, March 2013
- Amy Alcott, February 2013
- David Eger No. 2, January 2013
- Jay Blasi, December 2012
- Ray Hearn & Bob Lively, November 2012
- Emperor Tommy Naccarato, October 2012
- Brian Gerard & Jeff Stone, September 2012
- Ivan Morris, August 2012
- Owen Larkin, July 2012
- Richard B. Findlay, June 2012
- Tom Paul – Pt. 2, May 2012
- Tom Paul – Pt. 1, April 2012
- Melvyn Hunter Morrow – Pt. 2, March 2012
- Melvyn Hunter Morrow – Pt. 1, February 2012
- Allan Jamieson, January 2012
- Danny Brassil, December 2011
- Norman and Samm Klaparda, November 2011
- Ben Cowan-Dewar, Mike Keiser & Rod Whitman, October 2011
- Lester George, September 2011
- Joe Passov, August 2011
- Michael Riste, July 2011
- Kyle Franz, June 2011
- Jeff Brauer, May 2011
- Wayne Morrison & Tom Paul, April2011
- Don Padgett II, March 2011
- Rolf-Stephan Hansen, February 2011
- Stephen Toon & Murray Long, January2011
- George Peper, December 2010
- Mike Morrison, November 2010
- Roger Hansen, October 2010
- Kyle Phillips, September 2010
- Brian Curley, August 2010
- Bob Harrison, July 2010
- Daniel Wexler, June 2010
- Kye Goalby, May 2010
- Kye Goalby, April 2010
- Jim Urbina, March 2010
- Jim Urbina, February 2010
- Donald Steel, January 2010
- Wayne Morrison, December 2009
- Jim Goff and Mark Mungeam, November 2009
- Chris Clouser, October 2009
- Mike Young, September 2009
- Buddy Marucci, August 2009
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- Tom Doak, June 2009
- Doug Carrick, May 2009
- Peter Matkovich, April 2009
- Tom Watson, March 2009
- Robin Nelson, February 2009
- Dana Fry, January 2009
- Ian Andrew, December 2008
- Mark Rowlinson & Daniel Wexler, November 2008
- Joel Zuckerman, October 2008
- Sandy Tatum, September 2008
- Sandy Tatum, August 2008
- Greg Tallman, July 2008
- Scott Whitley & Richard Phinney, June 2008
- Grant Spaeth, May 2008
- Bob Labbance & Kevin Mendik, April 2008
- David Scaletti , March 2008
- Roy Case, February 2008
- Frank Pont, January 2008
- Mark Frost, December 2007
- Richard Mandell, November 2007
- Scott Gummer, October 2007
- Randy Thompson, September 2007
- Masa Nishijima, August 2007
- Bill Yates, July 2007
- Richard Goodale, June 2007
- Kevin Cook, May 2007
- Josh Smith, April 2007
- David Baum, March 2007
- Gary Lisbon, February 2007
- Joe Robinson, January 2007
- Anthony Pioppi, December 2006
- Bradley S. Klein, November 2006
- Jim Engh, October 2006
- Richard Goodale, September 2006
- Dave Wilber, August 2006
- Jim O’Neal, July 2006
- Mark Amundson, June 2006
- Stephen Goodwin, May 2006
- Chris Clouser, April 2006
- Stanley Thompson, March 2006
- Mike Nuzzo, February 2006
- Don Graham, January 2006
- Mark K. Fine, December 2005
- Ran Morrissett, November 2005
- Alfie Ward, October 2005
- Scott Anderson, September 2005
- Scott Anderson, August 2005
- Richard Goodale, July 2005
- Mike Keiser, June 2005
- Richard Mandell, May 2005
- Mike Nuzzo, April 2005
- Dunlop White, March 2005
- Dunlop White, February 2005
- Bob Randquist, January 2005
- Bob Randquist, December 2004
- Bob Randquist, November 2004
- Phil Young, October 2004
- Bob Cupp, September 2004
- David Dobby, August 2004
- Mark Love, July 2004
- Ben Cowan-Dewar, June 2004
- Mark Stovall and Scott Wicker, May 2004
- Ralph Livingston, April 2004
- Forrest Richardson, March 2004
- Daniel Wexler No. 3, February 2004
- Randy Hunt, January 2004
- Gary Planos, December 2003
- Walker Taylor IV, November 2003
- Darius Oliver, October 2003
- Adam Clayman, September 2003
- Baxter Spann, August 2003
- Jim Healey, July 2003
- Mark Rowlinson, June 2003
- Jeff Silverman, May 2003
- Joel Zuckerman, April 2003
- Daniel Wexler, March 2003
- Jeff Mingay, February 2003
- Dave Axland, January 2003
- Paul Daley, December 2002
- George Bahto, November 2002
- Joe Gay, October 2002
- Stuart Bendelow, September 2002
- Mike Miller, August 2002
- Robert Price, July 2002
- Jim Urbina, June 2002
- Steve Smyers, May 2002
- Mike DeVries, April 2002
- Richard Mandell, March 2002
- Paul Daley and David Scaletti , February2002
- Lorne Rubenstein, January 2002
- Lincoln Roden, December 2001
- Darren Kilfara,November 2001
- Mike Clayton, October 2001
- George Thomas, September 2001
- Tom Doak, August 2001
- Bradley S. Klein, July 2001
- Rick Wolffe, June 2001
- Dr. Henry Terrie, May 2001
- Khristine Januzik, April 2001
- Paul Daley, March 2001
- Dr. Bill Quirin, February 2001
- Gary Larrabee, January 2001
- Pete Dye, December 2000
- Bob Labbance, November 2000
- George Peper, October 2000
- Rod Whitman, September 2000
- Tim Liddy, August 2000
- Michael Fay, July 2000
- Mike Strantz, June 2000
- Daniel Wexler, May 2000
- Bob Harrison, April 2000
- Lorne Rubenstein, March 2000
- Ron Whitten, February 2000
- Gil Hanse, January 2000
- George Bahto, December 1999
- Bill Coore , November 1999
- Geoff Shackelford , October 1999
- Geoff Shackelford , September 1999
- David Eger, August 1999
- Bradley S. Klein, July 1999
- Tom Doak, June 1999
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