Sustainability in the game of golf is an increasingly relevant multi-faceted topic within the industry.  Andrew Szunyog is the DC-based co-founder of Driving The Green, a golf sustainability consultantcy.  At next week’s Symposium on Municipal Golf,  Andrew will be leading a panel on the subject, covering a wide-range of how golf courses can help themselves […]

The land that Laurel Hill Golf Course sits on in Lorton, Virginia has a rich history written about by Joshua Stueve in his piece titled “Ground Under Repair” in The Golfers Journal #5 (fall 2018).  During the research for the article, he interviewed Laurel Hill’s course architects from Love Golf Design, Bill Love & Brian […]

Brought into the golf course design business by his father, the prolific Ed Ault, Brian has carved out a career that is approaching 50 years with golf course work completed all around the globe.  While many of the projects Brian led in this region were renovation & course improvement jobs, his notable new-build designs include […]

Open up the current issue of Golf Digest (Sept ’21) and you will see an 8-page feature by the Club at Creighton Farms’ first ever Director of Instruction, Erika Larkin.  Having been named the #1 teacher in the state of Virginia by her peers in every vote conducted by the publication since 2014, Golf Digest […]

Open up the current issue of Golf Digest (Sept ’21) and you will see an 8-page feature by the Club at Creighton Farms’ first ever Director of Instruction, Erika Larkin.  Having been named the #1 teacher in the state of Virginia by her peers in every vote conducted by the publication since 2014, Golf Digest recently brought Erika in as their newest staff teaching professional.The New York native played her college golf in Harrisonburg and has been teaching the game at various northern Virginia clubs ever since.  Erika’s social media presence is huge and continues to rapidly grow as her ability to take what can be complex swing concepts and boil them down to fun, understandable tips, appeals to golfers of all types.  She joined the podcast to talk about her career, teaching methods, students and what is in the works going forward.erikalarkin.com

It has now been one year since National Links Trust took over operations of the three public golf courses in our nation’s capital.  Seemed an appropriate time to have another key piece of the operation on the podcast to hear some insight on the day-to-day operations as well as updates on the progress for the […]

So many golfers have lists of courses in some form of another that they are seeking to play.  Whether it be best-of lists from magazines, the catalog of a certain architect or bucket-list big ticket destination golf, mapping out future rounds at yet unplayed tracks is common practice for most that play this game.  For […]

Often overlooked when trying to improve the golf swing is what the golfer’s body is physically capable of. Mobility, strength & flexibility play an enormous role in how balanced, fast & complete the golf swing has the potential of being. Casey Edwards is a physical therapist & golf performance coach, and not only does he […]

As golf simulation tech has made huge advancements over the past decade, indoor golf businesses have been populating the urban landscape.  On the forefront of the U.S. market is Five Iron Golf, which recently opened up their 9th location in Washington D.C.  Founded by Jared Solomon, Five Iron offers a venue for the casual, the […]

This summer is the 100th anniversary of the lone golf major hosted at Columbia Country Club, the 1921 U.S. Open.   The USGA awarded the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship to the historic club in Chevy Chase in part as a commemoration, but also as a return to the course that hosted the U.S. Boy’s Junior back […]