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EP.198 The Design Brief - Harley Kruse (Kruse Golf)
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In his own words Harley Kruse wasn't drawing golf holes dreaming about designing golf courses when he was at school. He became a landscape architect and through working in his early career with Ross Perrett he was soon working on golf projects from a landscape architecture perspective. It wasn't until Ross Perrett teamed up with the late golfing great Peter Thomson and late Michael Wolveridge, which created the golf course design firm Thomson Wolveridge Perrett, that his career would soon turn much more to designing golf courses.
Harley Kruse today is an incredibly experienced golf course architect working early on with Thomson Wolveridge Perrett before moving over to Greg Norman Golf Course Design and leading their team in Asia. Following a decline in the Asian golf market, Harley went out to work on his own and started Kruse Golf, but you'll quickly hear that he remained working collaboratively with peers of the architecture industry which he continues to do today. From designing the Norman course at Mission Hills in China, and Danang Dunes in Vietnam, to Settlers Run in Melbourne and more recently remodeling Royal Perth Golf Club with peers Clayton DeVries & Pont, there's a lot packed into this episode.
Join Harley and I as we sit down to discuss his extensive golf course architecture career along with a couple of other design questions, in the wonderful Elanora Country Club clubhouse with the magnificent views to the Pacific Ocean! This is another interesting chat that I'm sure you'll take a lot away from.
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Kruse Golf (krusegolf.com)
Elanora Country Club (elanoracc.com.au/cms)
Commonwealth Golf Club (commonwealthgolf.com.au/cms)
Catalina Club (catalinaclub.com.au)
SAGCA (sagca.com.au)
The Lakes Golf Club (thelakesgolfclub.com.au/cms)
Royal Sydney Golf Club (rsgc.com.au/cms)
Hanse Golf Course Design (hansegolfdesign.com)
The Alister MacKenzie Society (mackenziesociety.org)
Royal Melbourne Golf Club (royalmelbourne.com.au)
North Berwick Golf Club (northberwickgolfclub.com)
Neil Crafter (SAGCA Member) (sagca.com.au/members/neil-crafter)
Golf Monthly - What is a Revetted Bunker? (golfmonthly.com/courses/what-is-a-revetted-bunker)
Golf De Fontainebleau (golfdefontainebleau.org/en)
Clayton DeVries & Pont (CDP) (cdpgolf.com)
Ross Perrett (SAGCA Member) (sagca.com.au/members/ross-perrett)
Peter Thomson - Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thomson_(golfer))
Australian Senior Golfer - Vale Renowned Golf Course Designer Michael Wolveridge (australianseniorgolfer.com.au/25054/vale-renowned-golf-course-designer-michael-wolveridge)
The National Golf Club (nationalgolf.com.au)
Twin Waters Golf Club (twinwatersgolfclub.com.au/cms)
Links Hope Island (linkshopeisland.com.au)
Lakeside Golf Club Camden (camdenlakeside.com.au)
Justin Trott (SAGCA Member) (sagca.com.au/members/justin-trott)
Paul Mogford (SAGCA Member) (sagca.com.au/members/paul-mogford)
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD) (gngcd.com)
Bob Harrison (SAGCA Member) (sagca.com.au/members/bob-harrison)
The National Golf Club - Moonah Course (nationalgolf.com.au/our-courses/moonah-course)
Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club (sanctuarylakesclub.com.au/cms)
Brookwater Golf & Country Club (brookwatergolf.com.au)
The Vintage Golf Club (chateauelan.com.au/golf-course-hunter-valley)
Ellerston Golf (ellerston.com/golf)
Mission Hills (missionhillschina.com/en)
Sand River Golf Club (srgc.cn/page139.html)
Legend Danang Golf Resort (dananggolfclub.com)
Royal Perth Golf Club (rpgc.com.au/cms)
Cottesloe Golf Club (cottesloegc.com/cms)
Lukas Michel (SAGCA Member) (sagca.com.au/members/lukas-michel)
Woodlands Golf Club (wo...
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