Craig Schreiner “I met a landscape architect who worked for the contractor as well, and since I loved the golf environment completely, it inspired me to get a degree in landscape architecture.”– Craig Schreiner March 2021By Sally J. Sportsman Golf course architecture has a special allure. Sketching imaginary holes on paper napkins is a common indulgence among amateur players everywhere. […]
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ghs, mel lucas jr get nod in course superintendents trade magazine
Mel Lucas Jr. and the GHS were given a little attention in the March edition of Golf Course Management Magazine, the journal of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. Lucas, who was the fourth president of the Golf Collectors Society, also served as president of GCSAA in 1980. He is the only person to have served that role in […]
Bill wright – 1936-2021
celebrating black golfers – bill wright Born in Kansas City, Mo., in 1936, Bill Wright became a golf phenom through hard work and discipline. A familiar story for most successful golfers, except that he was also black and had an extra dimension of difficulty to navigate, systemic racism that pervaded American culture, including golf. Undaunted, Mr. Wright became the first […]
the golfing president
Mention that the president of the United States is on the golf course, and you’ll get a standard reply: from the president’s supporters, “Great, he needs time away from the pressures of the job”; from the president’s detractors, “There he goes again wasting time on a frivolous golf game when he should be paying attention to his job.” This article […]
easygoing teddy rhodes had a ‘passion for the game’
celebrating black golfers – theodore “teddy” rhodes By Jim DavisHe had a prodigious talent for golf, sometimes compared with Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. But only a few lucky souls got to see Theodore Rhodes play golf. He was was born in Nashville, Tenn., in 1913, a year after Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and Sam Snead. But those men had […]