Richard Mandell
U.S. Kids in town: You think Earl caddied for Tiger Woods at age seven?
Pinehurst, August 4, 2011— The U.S. Kids Golf Championships are back in the sandhills for the fifth consecutive year. That means more...
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Richard Mandell
- Jul 24, 2011
Amateur Golf Taking Over the Professional Ranks
VANCOUVER, July 24, 2011— Does it seem like amateur golfers are making more of a mark on the professional tours the past few years or is...
Richard Mandell
- Jul 1, 2011
Merion already prepping for 2013 U. S. Open
ARDMORE, PA., July 1, 2011— The PGA Tour is visiting Aronimink Golf Club this week for the second consecutive year. Aronimink is one of...
Richard Mandell
- Jun 28, 2011
Tiger Woods: Told You So!
MALVERN, PA., June 28, 2011— Just recently in my life I have learned to succumb to my gut instinct. For the most part I have done that in...
Richard Mandell
- Jun 20, 2011
Rory McIlroy’s historic U. S. Open win not the most impressive
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2011— “Watch this weekend to see how the pressure combined with the stage produces one of the more memorable...
Richard Mandell
- Jun 6, 2011
Congressional Members Identify With U. S. Open
Why would a private country club give up the use of their golf course in order to host a major golf event? The amount of infrastructure...
Richard Mandell
- May 23, 2011
China Golf Development: Boom or Bubble?
China, China, China. The biggest word in golf development over the past few years has been China. With no new development here in the...
Richard Mandell
- Apr 25, 2011
World Rankings Are Overblown
I am so tired of hearing how no man wants to be Number One in the world of golf. Every week we hear that Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood,...
Richard Mandell
- Apr 20, 2011
The People Have Spoken
The people have spoken! They don’t mind walking to the opposite side of the golf hole from the cart path in order to tee off! Thanks, I...
Richard Mandell
- Apr 18, 2011
Heritage Finds A Sponsor?
It looks as though the famed Heritage Classic, played at Pete Dye’s Harbour Town Golf Links has found a title sponsor, keeping the PGA...
Richard Mandell
- Apr 11, 2011
Augusta National – A Theatre of the Dramatic
Augusta, Ga. April 6, 2011 – Although the temperature is still struggling to pass fifty degrees in much of the southeast, we know spring...
Richard Mandell
- Feb 14, 2011
Cinderella Story!
The greatest upset in golfing history happened last Sunday, much larger than Francis Ouimet’s victory at The Country Club nearly a...
Richard Mandell
- Feb 7, 2011
Toss The Rakes! All of Them!
I once got chastised for not raking a bunker “properly” when caddying at the 1989 LPGA Greater Washington Open as my player was...
Richard Mandell
- Jan 24, 2011
American Professional Golf Dominance Coming to End?
The Bob Hope Classic had only two of the top thirty golfers in the world participate (and only six of the top fifty). To me, that is more...
Richard Mandell
- Jan 3, 2011
Picking Pictures from the Architect’s Perspective
My personal battle between the business of golf architecture and my avocation that is golf architecture is a struggle on many fronts. As...
Richard Mandell
- Sep 27, 2010
$11.35 Million or Your Career?
Most people would rather watch paint dry than watch a golf tournament on television. Golfers as a whole are an odd bunch and what...
Richard Mandell
- Sep 13, 2010
A Golf Architect’s Travels in China
I recently made my seventh trip to China in the past year. The first two trips were to investigate new development opportunities and the...
Richard Mandell
- Sep 6, 2010
The Classics are Back
In: Aronimink, St. George’s, The Old White Course, Sedgefield Out: TPC Avenel, Glen Abbey, Liberty National Although ten TPC courses...
Richard Mandell
- Aug 9, 2010
When A Sand Bunker Isn’t…
Too many bunkers at Whistling Straits. That is the outcry since Dustin Johnson’s unfortunate incident on at the 72nd hole of the...
Richard Mandell
- Jul 12, 2010
Jump The Slope
To me, utilizing the ground to gain a strategic advantage is vital to great golf course design. This begins with the routing process as a...