Golf Architecture Mailbag: Most Exciting New Courses, The Lido, and More


Mailbag time! Andy and Garrett address a bunch of golf architecture-related questions from listeners. Among the topics covered: this year’s most exciting new-build golf courses, the best courses Andy and Garrett saw for the first time recently, the virtues of the Lido, whether more “Harbour Town-style” courses should be built, why Pete Dye is not “VERY overrated,” and whether template holes are lazy and uncreative. Also, Garrett gets a headache trying to answer the following question: If you could play one architect’s body of work for the rest of your golfing life, whom would you choose and why?