Golf Architect!!?

[damoc1]

Does anyone know of an easier way to break into golf architecture/design rather than having been or studied landscape architecture?

I would love to break into this field but cannot afford to take seven years out even longer to graduate in this field and then try and find a job??

[iacas]

Does anyone know of an easier way to break into golf architecture/design rather than having been or studied landscape architecture?

You may want to ask

Ian Andrew . I suspect that, as in most things in life, there really aren't any shortcuts. You can't just decide to skip schooling and become a doctor.

[Rafcin]

...I would love to break into this field but cannot afford to take seven years out even longer to graduate in this field and then try and find a job??

let's see... so I've $30mil invested in the land and I want to make a good course... would I hire somebody with certified clue, or somebody off the street... hm...

[damoc1]

let's see... so I've $30mil invested in the land and I want to make a good course... would I hire somebody with certified clue, or somebody off the street... hm...

Do you really think that if someone said "here we go, you want to be a course designer have a go on my land" i would except with no experience or prior knowledge of golf course architecture?

Have you lost your mind Rafcin? What a silly person you are!! tut tut tut

[FAHooGolfs]

Does anyone know of an easier way to break into golf architecture/design rather than having been or studied landscape architecture?

I would think your first bet would be to try to find a job with a golf architecture firm as like an underling or something at the entry level. From there, pick up bits and pieces of knowledge, read some golf design books (there's a lot on Amazon.com for sale), maybe take some night classes in between work, and work your way up through the company. You may start out as a lunch order taker or something, but at least you'll have some sort of foot in the door.

Although I don't think living in Liverpool is going to help you very much, what with seemingly little amount of new golf courses being built on that side of the pond. If you look for the websites of fairly well-known architects, that might give you at least a starting point. Here are a few architects that I can think of... maybe that's a good place to start? Robert Trent Jones II ( www.rtj2.com ) Rees Jones ( www.reesjonesinc.com ) Lindsay Ervin ( www.lbegolfcoursedesign.com ) Ault, Clark & Associates ( www.acagolf.com ) Tom Fazio Arthur Hills ( www.arthurhills.com ) Jack Nicklaus' Design Group ( www.nicklaus.com/design/overview.php ) Pete Dye ( www.dyedesigns.com ) Arnold Palmer's Design Group ( http://www.arnoldpalmer.com/en/conte...ercoursedesign ) Schreiner Golf Inc. ( www.csgolf.com ) Bruce Devlin ( www.brucedevlin.com ) European Institute of Golf Course Architects ( www.eigca.org ) American Society of Golf Course Architects ( www.golfdesign.org ) You can also do a simple look up of golf course architects on Google to find contact information for all of the design firms. That last link above I think also has a lot of contact info. Good luck!

[damoc1]

cheers mate thats good advise, thanks!

[kippax]

cheers mate thats good advise, thanks!

i went to college in Northop for four years to get my level4 in greenkeeping, after that you can choose to go into course management, so there arent any shortcuts.

[Jarno]

At Virginia Tech (Established Engineering school in USA) you can take a two year course on Greenskeeping, Bachelors, and then decide to go to a trade school or what not.