Bulldozers are moving in Minnesota! Missouri-based contractor Mid-America Golf & Landscape won the public bid and broke ground in October 2020. The redesigned and rebranded Loop at Chaska will reopen in 2022.
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Celebrating Charles Blair Macdonald
In a two-part feature for Japan’s Golf Digest Choice magazine, Benjamin explored the remarkable contribution of C.B. Macdonald to the art of golf course architecture: template holes.
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A Course Fit for a King
When Erik Anders Lang visited Morocco, Benjamin was on hand to help out. The Adventures in Golf team came in hot with cameras rolling. One thing led to another and Benjamin became part of the story.
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Chaska Approves Redesign Plans for Short Course
Artisan Golf Design’s plans for the redesign of Chaska Par 30 have been approved. The course neighbours Hazeltine National. It was laid out in 1972 by Robert Trent Jones Sr.
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Gallery: European Tour Tackles the ‘Monster of Morocco’
Twelve months after starting a rebuild of all eighteen greens at the Parcours Rouge at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, the JHD Golf Course Architects team was invited to watch the stars of the European Tour tackle the ‘Monster of Morocco’, in the 45th edition of the Trophée Hassan II.
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USGA Innovation Symposium in Tokyo
Can short courses save golf? The USGA invited Benjamin to discuss this loaded question with a panel of experts at its biennial Innovation Symposium.
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The Nest at Cabot Opens for Play
Congratulations to Whitman-Axland-Cutten on the newest addition to the Cabot Links resort in Nova Scotia. Benjamin joined the build team in summer 2019, arriving just in time to help Rod Whitman and Keith Cutten build their rendition of North Berwick’s Redan hole.
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Parcours Vert Re-opens after 12-month Redesign Project
The nine-hole Parcours Vert at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, in Rabat, Morocco, has re-opened after a 12-month redesign project. The family-friendly course is the perfect complement to the two stern championship tests on property: the Parcours Rouge and Parcours Bleu.
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