Golf Course Architects Discuss Firestone CC South
By Tony Dear The South Course at Firestone CC in Akron, Ohio, has hosted big-time golf since the mid-1950s. First came the Rubber City Open whose winners included Tommy Bolt, Ed Furgol, and Arnold Palmer. It staged three PGA Championships—1960, ’66, and ’75. From 1962 to ’98, it was the venue for the World […]
The Golf Club, Ohio
Pete Dye is about to tweak one of his most important and historic designs for the first time in 46 years. Don’t expect it to get any easier.
Inverness Club
Over the years, the contributions of several top architects have added up to a Midwest gem that stands as one of the premier addresses of American golf
Jack Nicklaus on His Design at Muirfield Village
Jack Nicklaus strengthened a weak link at Muirfield Village
Ben Wright: Cart Blanch
The most regrettable day of my life in golf was the one I was first forced to use a cart. Until my inaugural trip to America in the mid-1960s, I had never even seen a golf cart. Now I was a guest at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, and my guide around the famed […]
The Golf Club, Columbus, Ohio
The name was as simple as the design was revolutionary. It was 1967 when Pete Dye unveiled The Golf Club, one of his greatest yet still lesser-known masterpieces. Autocratic owner Fred Jones instructed Dye, a former insurance salesman who was just getting started in the design business, to build a course that would “feel […]
Scioto Country Club, Ohio
By: Jeff Lyttle Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, will forever be indelibly linked with one of the greatest golfers of all time: Jack Nicklaus. It was, however, another great—Bobby Jones—who put Scioto on the golf map. Jones came to Scioto’s then par-5 18th hole in the final round of the 1926 U.S. Open needing […]
Double Eagle Club
John McConnell believes in doing things right. That’s how this Columbus, Ohio, resident brought Worthington Industries from an $1,800 start-up operation in his basement to a Fortune 500 company with more than $1 billion in sales and 7,000 employees. His philosophy: Work hard, know exactly where you’re going and surround yourself with the best possible people. These same rules […]
