Andrew Carr
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Sounding the Alarm Bell for the second Dark Ages of Golf Course Architecture
Joined October 2022
Happy 164th Birthday to an unsung hero in the GCA world: Devereux Emmet 🎂
@SHistorians @talkingolf Happy 162nd Birthday to Mr. Emmet! https://t.co/Gz0FRTyKHC
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Wonderful time as always. Thanks for having me on and we need to get to @TylerRaeDesign Spy Ring together in '26 🥂
New pod A yearly tradition, @andrewjcarr29 joins to recap our favorite golf courses we played in 2025, what stood out, what disappointed us, & much more. One of my favorites every year to record, hope you enjoy! https://t.co/eqL85l9bXs
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What could have been... Ohio Fats Blob-o Whaleman From now on, those are the only names I will refer to @jacknicklaus as. Phenomenal...also, isn't it likely that Don Lawrence called Jack the Golden Bear because of his school mascot...?🙄
Jack and the Golden Bear. The nickname actually came from a golf writer in Melbourne Australia where I grew up. Don Lawrence invented this famous nickname. Don ended up also becoming one of early friends in golf. The first time he met me I was walking through the car park with my
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Another wonderful conversation, but this time about Devereux Emmet. That's two references this week! I love the deep pulls of Rockville Links & Sag Harbor Golf Course! Let's all get Mark Chalfant to make the Emmet Society a reality! Also, Jeff is doing great work at Seawane🥂
The 24 Questions episodes have been popular so we're dropping a new one with Jeff Stein. This was another fun, big conversation. We talk about Great Dunes, obviously, Dev Emmet, his unique job at Ohoopee + much more. Help share the episode. https://t.co/wMoCj5SOk2
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"Happy Donald Ross Birthday" wishes to you. On this day in 1872, Donald Ross began a life that delivered over 400 golf course designs for our collective benefit. Enjoy a couple of favorite Ross volcanoes in celebration. @DonaldRossSocie #Baldpeakcc @TheCRCC
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An absolutely wonderful conversation. @OriginsGolf is doing some great work out in CA and it's great to hear from him! Also loved this exchange at the 1:07 mark Who are the underrated architects: "...I bet Devereux Emmet's gonna come up next..." cough...@SHistorians...cough
Great talk with Todd Eckenrode about early California golf, William Watson, the Bells, MacKenzie, Thomas, Max Behr and much, much more. It only took me 5 years to get him on the pod but the wait was worth it. https://t.co/VZlTUGvLBH Sharon Heights by Channing Benjamin
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Yell this from the rooftop for those in the back!
Augusta National spends millions of dollars making the course firm AND green. It works for the Masters every April, but it has also created a false perception of what perfect conditioning looks like for a Top 100 course.
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I was up in Scranton, PA this week for work on a day with some absolutely atrocious weather - pouring rain, howling wind, intermittent fog, cold. Still, I had to stop by the Country Club of Scranton for a quick peek at the place in fall. And even in the worst conditions
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Thanks for the shoutout! @Aaron_Gio does an amazing job and @bschneider126 is going to take us to the next level!
Pennsylvania is littered with incredible golf courses, but the Country Club of Scranton might just have the best greens of them all. @mattrouches explores the genius of Walter Travis in our latest Course Profile.
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This to a million!
Drinking alcohol at board and committee meetings should NOT be allowed at Golf Clubs,it’s not a social occasion and your there to do a job…
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Before our 4th - where strategic golf was born - the 3rd has its own architectural merits. A simple design, this reverse-camber dogleg demands two very different shots: fading the approach against the slope, then drawing it into the green when the ball sits above your feet.
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How many of the Four Horsemen is this?
Golf Channel is bringing back ‘BIG BREAK’ — giving 12 players a chance to compete in next year’s new Good Good Championship. Brad & Sean from @goodgood_golf will be 2 of the competitors.
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Morning and a reminder to Green Committees everywhere that think "the trees were always there" when their reference point is when they joined the club.
Today marks the anniversary of the worst thing to happen to golf courses in America. As a result of this law, the armchair arborists went about ruining courses in the name of beauty, without regard to agronomics or strategy. We are still undoing their haphazard plantings today.
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Probably The Bridge as a total experience. The drawback is that the greens are a little establishment, but the worst holes are better than the weakest at Sebonack, there are no water hazards and it’s much more playable day to day.
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I love the idea of the Gain 20/Lose 20. I want to sign up but as a FFG user already do I still put my email in as if I'm not already subscribed?
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The resemblance to Ted Ray is uncanny…
Would you still golf if we went back to the 1927 dress code? Our friend Andrew is old school. Truly believes golf dress code should go back to pants, jacket, and tie. Pure class. Both the outfit and the swing.
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“Emmet could not possibly conceive of any other use to which any given piece of real estate could be put except to lay out golf links on it.” - a friend of Devereux Emmet.
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