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On this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jay Blasi recaps his incredible golf journey across New Zealand.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with Noah Pilipski, who is the founder of the Peaceful-Golf company and author of the well-received book, Peaceful-Golf: A Journey Into the Unknown.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with long-time rater Sue Hennessy about her incredible life in the game of golf.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen & Jay Blasi chat with Peter Flory, who is joining the Golfweek Rater team.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats Gary Lisbon, who has been an accomplished Melbourne, Australia -based golf-course photographer for almost two decades. His photographic goal is clear-cut: to capture the essence of the golfing landscape and the spirit of the game — through the medium of his camera.

The Golfweek Raters held their 2021 Architecture Summit this year in Birmingham, Alabama. The event honored Robert Trent Jones Sr. and was capped off with an interview of Robert Trent Jones Jr.

The Golfweek Raters held their 2021 Architecture Summit this year in Birmingham, Alabama.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with Greg M. Ohlendorf about his latest book, Global Golf Travels, and how he became the 48th person ever to complete Golf Magazine's World Top 100 list.

Golfweek Rater podcast host Jay Blasi sits down with Dirk Willis, Vice President of Global Golf, Retail & Landscape for the Kohler Company, to chat about the upcoming Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with turfgrass specialist, Richard Hurley, PhD, CPAg. He has gained extensive international experience in selecting grasses for new golf courses and working with turf management issues on existing golf courses. He has assisted in course preparation for 30 Masters Tournaments, 5 US Open Tournaments, attended 6 British Opens, in addition to dozens of other national golf events.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jay Blasi chats with Tom Doak about the 20th anniversary of Pacific Dunes.

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with Lt Col Dan Rooney, who is the founder and CEO of Folds of Honor, a military foundation that has provided nearly 30,000 educational scholarships, 41 percent to minorities, since its inception in 2007. Lt Col Rooney is a highly-decorated F-16 fighter pilot and has flown three combat tours in Iraq. He served as a motivational speaker for two US Ryder Cup Teams and is the only-ever fighter pilot/PGA Professional.  

In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with golf historian and author, Roger McStravick.

Golfweek Rater host Jim Hansen chats with John Strawn. Strawn is currently a founding principal at Strawn & Sampson, partnering with best-selling author Curt Sampson to research, write, design and print high-end golf course and golf club histories.  His most recent book, Creating Calusa Pines, narrated the origin story of a Top 100 course in Naples, FL designed by Mike Hurdzan and Dana Fry.  Golf Digest's Ron Whitten called Creating Calusa Pines "a hefty volume that belongs on the bookshelf of every golfer who has even a passing interest in golf course architecture. This club history is almost as fascinating as the golf course itself.” Writing the Calusa Pines book was a return to Strawn's roots as a writer after three decades working in golf course architecture.  His first golf book, Driving the Green(HarperCollins, 1991) chronicled the creation of an Arthur Hills course in West Palm Beach, FL.  Soon after its publication, Hills invited Strawn to join his firm. Strawn ran Hills' west coast office until 2000, when he joined Robert Trent Jones II, serving as its CEO for eight years.  During that time, RTJ II created some of the finest courses in its distinguished history, culminating in Chambers Bay, the first Pacific Northwest course to host a US Open. In addition to his work with Strawn & Sampson, Strawn keeps his hand in golf design, most prominently as a member of the team which has restored Gearhart Golf Links, the oldest course in the western United States.

Golfweek Rater host Jim Hansen chats with professional golf course photographer, Evan Schiller, about his life on and off the course.

Golfweek Rater host Jim Hansen chats with Jonathan Cummings about his new book and his experience in the Golfweek Rater program.

Golfweek Rater hosts Thomas Dunne & Jay Blasi welcome two new Rater architectural panelists to the show (Jim Cummings and Sara Mess) and discuss the year ahead.

Golfweek Rater host Thomas Dunne and fellow Rater architectural panelists Jay Blasi & David Normoyle bring you the 2020 Year in Review.

Golfweek Rater host Thomas Dunne and fellow Rater architectural panelists answer questions about the Golfweek Rater program. 

Jay Blasi, a Golfweek Rater panelist and golf course architect, sits down with fellow golf course architect Tom Doak as they discuss his new book, "Getting to 18."

While in the Dominican Republic, Golfweek Rater host Thomas Dunne speaks with Gilles Gagnon. Gagnon is the Director of Golf Emeritus at the Casa de Campo Resort and Villas and oversees their golf operation including Teeth of the Dog, The Links, Dye Fore, and La Romana Country Club.

Golfweek Rater host Thomas Dunne and fellow Rater architectural panelist Jay Blasi, interview golf course architect Bill Coore at the We-Ko-Pa Golf Club in Arizona.

Golfweek Rater host Thomas Dunne caught up with golf course architect Dana Fry at Arcadia Bluffs in Michigan. On Episode 4, Fry, who designed the recently opened South Course at Arcadia Bluffs, talks about his homage to Charles Blair McDonald and Seth Raynor at the South Course, his work in Asia and more.