EP.205 The Design Brief - Neil Crafter (Crafter + Mogford)

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Neil Crafter is part of a great golfing family from Adelaide in South Australia. His father and uncle were golf professionals in Adelaide, and it was probably going to be a given that Neil and his sister Jane would ultimately become very good golfers as well.

As Neil grew through his playing career he decided that he wasn't going to be quite good enough to earn a living from playing golf and changed his focus to studying architecture. His architecture degree combined with passion for golf, and assisting his father designing golf courses in South Australia meant Neil would soon discover his work passion was golf course architecture.

Join Neil and myself as we discuss his career path into becoming one of Australia's respected golf course architects, some of the golf courses that he has recently worked on, along with his other passions of golf architecture history, Dr Alister MacKenzie, and writing books. You're sure to enjoy this one as much as I do!

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Crafter + Mogford (golfstrategies.com.au)

The Lakes Golf Club (thelakesgolfclub.com.au/cms)

Yarra Yarra Golf Club (yarrayarra.com.au/cms)

Kooyonga Golf Club (kooyongagolf.com.au/cms)

Tom Doak (doakgolf.com)

Tom Doak - The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses (doakgolf.com/confidential-guide-to-golf-courses)

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (bandondunesgolf.com)

Kingston Heath Golf Club (kingstonheath.melbourne)

Dan Soutar - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Soutar)

Alister MacKenzie (mackenziesociety.org)

Mick Morcom - The Creators - Royal Melbourne Golf Club (royalmelbourne.com.au/courses/creators)

Barnbougle (barnbougle.com.au)

Jane Crafter - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Crafter)

North Adelaide Golf Course (northadelaidegolf.com.au)

Flagstaff Hill Golf Club (fhgc.com.au)

Eisenhower Trophy - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Trophy)

Peter O'Malley - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Malley_(golfer))

Craig Parry - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Parry)

Brett Ogle - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Ogle)

Roxby Downes Golf Club (roxbydownsgolfclub.com.au)

Society of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA) (sagca.com.au)

Paul Mogford (golfstrategies.com.au/about-us)

Mount Osmond Golf Club (mogc.com.au/cms)

Glenelg Golf Club (glenelggolf.com/cms)

Ryan Van Der Veen (sagca.com.au/members/ryan-van-der-veen)

Pete Dye - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Dye)

TPC Sawgrass - Stadium Course (tpc.com/sawgrass/the-players-stadium-course)

Newgreens Chatswood (newgreenschatswood.com.au)

Alister MacKenzie Chronology (alistermackenzie.co.uk/history)

H.L. 'Cargie' Rymill (Article by Neil Crafter) - ausgolf.com.au (ausgolf.com.au/golf-course-architectshl-)

Royal Adelaide Golf Club (royaladelaidegolf.com.au/cms)

Grange Golf Club (grangegolf.com.au/cms)

Alex Russell - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Russell_(golfer))

Discovering Alex Russell - Book (ryanpub.com/russell.htm)

Avondale Golf Club (avondalegolfclub.com.au/cms)

Eric Apperly - top100goflcourses.com (top100golfcourses.com/architects/eric-apperly)

The Good Doctor's Prescriptions - Book (ryanpub.com/thegooddoctor.htm)

The MacKenzie Reader - Book (alistermackenzie.org/store/mackenziereader)

Pasatiempo Golf Club (pasatiempo.com)

Augusta National Golf Club - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_National_Golf_Club)

Killara Golf Club (kgc.com.au/cms)

EP.157 The Design Brief - Mike Clayton (open.spotify.com/episode/2OLId9335XRRJygJysemgm)

EP.50 The Design Brief - Ted Stirling (open.spotify.com/episode/5FGBa34Y5xzRkfEiA03rup)

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