Episode 98: Todd Eckenrode

About this episode

Golf architect Todd Eckenrode discusses his experiences and insights on golf course design and restoration.

Golf architect Todd Eckenrode has built and re-built golf courses up and down California and knows the work of historic architects like Alister MacKenzie, George Thomas, William Watson and Max Behr as well as anyone. He joins the Feed the Ball podcast to discuss working at and learning to play at Pasatiempo , when to try to “restore” original architecture and when to make alterations, how his outlook on design has changed through time, if public courses can close the conditioning gap on private courses and how the early courses of California evolved into what they’ve become today. Photos: Cover page, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club (Channing Benjamin). Above, Diablo Country Club. Music: “Los Angeles,” Phosphorescent. Watch Derek Duncan break down the 16th hole at Cypress Point . Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post Episode 98: Todd Eckenrode appeared first on Feed The Ball .

People in this episode

Host: Derek Duncan

Guest: Todd Eckenrode

Topics covered

• golf architecture
• course design
• California golf
• historic architects
• public vs private courses
• golf course restoration

Keywords

• Todd Eckenrode
• golf architecture
• California golf courses
• course restoration
• historic architects
• public courses
• Cypress Point

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Pasatiempo

Places: California, Cypress Point, Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Diablo Country Club

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