Tag: Gil Hanse

With a year to go, Jacobsen helps ready ’16 Rio Olympic course

August 5, 2015 By Golfdom Sponsor

Editor’s note: Check out the August issue of Golfdom, available soon, for a full Q&A with Rio Olympic course superintendent Neil Cleverly. It’s the premier sporting occasion on the planet, watched by a global TV audience estimated at over 3.6 ...

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USGA to host golf course architecture forum

April 13, 2015 By Golfdom Staff

The USGA (United States Golf Association) will host a free public symposium about golf course architecture from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT on April 18 at its campus in Far Hills, N.J. The panel discussion will feature four guest ...

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Golf’s big, Bigger and BIGGEST assets

February 18, 2015 By Steven Wright

Let’s talk about assets, shall we? No, not the J-Lo or Kardashian type. I mean the club’s assets. ¶ What is the largest asset at your place of employment? ¶ I’m certain that all of us turf janitors in golf ...

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A conversation with Architect Gil Hanse continued

October 14, 2014 By Golfdom Staff

Gil Hanse, the architect hired to construct the 2016 Olympic course in Rio de Janeiro, sat down for a conversation with us not too long ago. Our September cover story, The Golden Touch: A conversation with Architect Gil Hanse, could ...

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Gil Hanse talks turf with Golfdom

September 30, 2014 By Golfdom Staff

Architect Gil Hanse chats with Seth Jones on Golfdom TV on a few various topics. To read the full Q&A with Hanse, be sure to check it out in our September issue. To view the video interview with Rio Olympic course ...

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The Golden Touch: A conversation with Architect Gil Hanse

September 24, 2014 By Seth Jones

It is graduation weekend, and Gil Hanse’s daughter Chelsea is graduating from Villanova’s School of Law. People are flying in at this very moment. But Hanse doesn’t seem rushed. Dressed in a pink golf shirt, the lanky architect (he’s 6’5” ...

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