Richard MandellAug 4, 2011U.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 tha...
Richard MandellJul 24, 2011Amateur Golf Taking Over the Professional RanksVANCOUVER, 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 MandellJul 1, 2011Merion already prepping for 2013 U. S. OpenARDMORE, PA., July 1, 2011— The PGA Tour is visiting Aronimink Golf Club this week for the second consecutive year. Aronimink is one of t...
Richard MandellJun 28, 2011Tiger 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 MandellJun 20, 2011Rory McIlroy’s historic U. S. Open win not the most impressiveWASHINGTON, June 20, 2011— “Watch this weekend to see how the pressure combined with the stage produces one of the more memorable finishe...
Richard MandellJun 6, 2011Congressional Members Identify With U. S. OpenWhy 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 t...
Richard MandellMay 23, 2011China 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 Uni...
Richard MandellApr 25, 2011World 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, Luk...
Richard MandellApr 20, 2011The People Have SpokenThe 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 n...
Richard MandellApr 18, 2011Heritage 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 To...
Richard MandellApr 11, 2011Augusta National – A Theatre of the DramaticAugusta, Ga. April 6, 2011 – Although the temperature is still struggling to pass fifty degrees in much of the southeast, we know spring ...
Richard MandellFeb 14, 2011Cinderella Story!The greatest upset in golfing history happened last Sunday, much larger than Francis Ouimet’s victory at The Country Club nearly a centur...
Richard MandellFeb 7, 2011Toss 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 miss-alig...
Richard MandellJan 24, 2011American 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 MandellJan 3, 2011Picking 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 MandellSep 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 contrib...
Richard MandellSep 13, 2010A Golf Architect’s Travels in ChinaI recently made my seventh trip to China in the past year. The first two trips were to investigate new development opportunities and the ...
Richard MandellSep 6, 2010The Classics are BackIn: Aronimink, St. George’s, The Old White Course, Sedgefield Out: TPC Avenel, Glen Abbey, Liberty National Although ten TPC courses stil...
Richard MandellAug 9, 2010When 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 ninety-s...
Richard MandellJul 12, 2010Jump The SlopeTo me, utilizing the ground to gain a strategic advantage is vital to great golf course design. This begins with the routing process as a...
