About this episode
Joe Hancock discusses his experiences and insights in golf course design with Jim Urbina and Derek Duncan.
Joe Hancock is one of the OG’s of golf course building and shaping, and has worked with the profession’s greatest architects. The list of courses’s he’s helped build is staggering. He joins Jim Urbina and Derek Duncan to discuss how Mike DeVries pulled him into golf design, how his own sense of frugality influences his design outlook, the importance of collaboration in successful design, how the experiential side of golf may be more important than the strategic intentions, the value of creative thought versus using precedent for inspiration and the advice he’d give to younger shapers hoping to have a long career in this industry. Photos: Cover page, Midland Hills(courtesy of the club). Above, Yeamans Hall. Watch Derek Duncan break down the 7th hole at Pebble Beach . Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post Salon Vol. 32, ft. Joe Hancock appeared first on Feed The Ball .
People in this episode
Host: Derek Duncan
Guest: Joe Hancock
Topics covered
- golf course design
- collaboration in design
- experiential golf
- creative thought in design
- career advice for shapers
Keywords
- golf
- course building
- design
- collaboration
- frugality
- Mike DeVries
- career advice
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mike DeVries
Places: Pebble Beach, Midland Hills, Yeamans Hall
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