By Design (ASGCA): Carving Out A Career
By: Richard Humphreys The Wadsworth Scholar Program provides students interested in golf course development with a chance to kickstart their career. By Design spoke with previous recipients about the program’s impact. Since its introduction in 2018, the ASGCA Foundation’s Wadsworth Scholar Program – which is funded by the Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation – has provided […]
Fire Pit Collective: Loud and Clear – Bobby Weed’s Daughter is Changing the World One Letter at a Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvxRE_nMwjI&t=546s By: Matt Ginella Bobby Weed is an accomplished golf course architect who will leave behind a lasting legacy. But the Weed who’s out to change the world, one letter at a time, is Lanier, his 24-year-old non-verbal autistic daughter. “She has a lot of things she wants to achieve,” Bobby says. “She’s just a […]
Sports Illustrated: Dishing Out Awards for Best Renovations, Restorations and New Golf Courses From 2022
By: Travelin’ Joe Passov Although the pandemic prompted a significant boost in play, paving the way for a multitude of golf course improvement projects, new course openings in 2022 were nowhere as voluminous as they were two decades ago. But a lack of quantity does not mean a lack of quality. Sports Illustrated and SI […]
LINKS: 10 Public Golf Courses to Play Around Jacksonville, Fla.
You came to play Sawgrass. We get it. But there’s a lot more great golf on Florida’s “First Coast.” By Adam Schupak in the Spring 2022 edition of LINKS Magazine. “Local designer Bobby Weed has played an integral role in the revival.” Read Full Article
Ponte Vedra Recorder: Bobby Weed’s 2022 Golf Gig & HEAL BackYARD Bash Raise $400,000 for Those with Autism
The HEAL Foundation (“Helping Enrich Autistic Lives”) has proudly raised $400,000 for those living with autism from Bobby Weed’s 2022 Golf Gig and the HEAL BackYARD Bash! Autism has escalated to a staggering 1 in 44 school-aged children. These events help support HEAL’s mission of assisting those with autism in the five-county area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and […]
Golf Digest: Move over TPC Sawgrass. Here are golf’s best island greens
Ahead of the 2022 Players Championship, Bobby Weed’s work at TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course) and the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club (Ocean Course) are highlighted by Golf Digest. Read Full Article
Jacksonville Business Journal: How Golf Course Designers are Taking Advantage of Renewed Interest in the Game
Stillwater Golf Club in St. Johns County is Northeast Florida’s first new golf course in more than 15 years. Its architect, Bobby Weed, is incorporating new design elements in an attempt to help the course take advantage of renewed interest in the game. Read Full Article
Golf Coast Magazine: Florida’s ‘First Coast” Slated for a New Course – Stillwater
Lennar is developing a new active adult community in St. Johns called Stillwater that will be home to a Bobby Weed-designed golf course. Weed, an ASGCA member who was the lead designer for many of the TPC golf courses and co-architect on the Slammer & Squire at WGV with Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead, and Dye’s Valley […]
Florida Times-Union: Stillwater will combine old-school, modern design elements for first new golf course on First Coast since 2002
Bobby Weed said the highest praise a golf architect can get is when someone tells him that a course looks as if it has been on the property for years. He’ll get plenty of that after the Stillwater Golf Course opens in late spring. “It’s a sensitive piece of property and we respected that.” Read Full Article
LINKS: Top U.S. Course Openings in 2022
The limited number of new course openings in recent years isn’t a reflection on the popularity of golf. Rather, it speaks to the wealth of options—particularly in the U.S., which boasts well over 40 percent of the global supply. Given golf’s abundance, not to mention the demand for land in the U.S., more golf courses […]
