Podcast appearances and mentions of rod whitman

On May 2, Bandon Dunes' latest par-3 course, Bandon Shorty's, will open during the resort's 25th-anniversary celebration. In this episode, Garrett sits down at Bandon Dunes with one of the designers of Shorty's, Keith Cutten, a partner in the firm Whitman, Axland & Cutten. Garrett and Keith discuss the origins of WAC, the renowned skills of his co-designers Rod Whitman and Dave Axland, the goals and process behind the Shorty's project, and the joys and difficulties of designing short courses in general. In the second half of the pod, Garrett and Keith dig into the fascinating ideas of Keith's book The Evolution of Golf Course Design. His basic argument is that the broader trends in society and culture have influenced the golf architecture of each era in ways that haven't been thoroughly investigated. Garrett loves discussing this kind of stuff, so he and Keith really get after it here.

Canadian Trevor Dormer has been in the golf construction business since the early 2000’s and has become a prominent member of the industry’s talented “under-40” (for now) group of construction specialists and shapers. He’s worked around the globe with, among others, Nicklaus Design, Rod Whitman, Ron Prichard, Bill Coore, and Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner.… Read More Read More The post Episode 52: Trevor Dormer appeared first on Feed The Ball.

Dave Axland and Rod Whitman, two of modern golf’s most skilled and admired construction men, met in the 1980s through Bill Coore. Axland has been an associate and project manager for numerous Coore-Crenshaw courses since the mid-1990s including Sand Hills, Talking Stick, Friars Head, Old Sandwich, Chechessee Creek plus numerous others, and has designed Wild… Read More Read More The post Episode 50: Dave Axland and Rod Whitman appeared first on Feed The Ball.

Keith Cutten is an integral player in golf design’s next generation who has worked alongside a variety of architects including Bill Coore, Jeff Mingay, Doug Carrick and, most importantly, his mentor Rod Whitman shaping features, drafting plans, developing budgets and running job sites. He’s also one of the leading young historians on golf course design and… Read More Read More The post Episode 15: Keith Cutten appeared first on Feed The Ball.

Working his way up from an intern, Keith Cutten has had a hand in some of the best golf projects in Atlantic Canada and beyond. “Talking GolfGetaways” hosts Mitch Laurance and Darin Bunch catch up with Keith at The Algonquin to talk about the recent Rod Whitman-led renovation as well as their early days on the courses at Cabot Links on Cape Breton Island.

If you’re gearing up for a summertime golf getaway, co-host Darin Bunch suggests our friends to the north — The Algonquin Resort in New Brunswick, where the golf design team of Rod Whitman and Keith Cutten have just finished an expansive renovation of the historic oceanfront golf course. Plus, epic food and a waterslide!

I am joined by Riley Johns, a up and coming golf course architect who recently finished his first solo project with Keith Rhebb at Winter Park. Before Winter Park, Riley worked for great architects such as Tom Doak, Coore & Crenshaw and Rod Whitman.