Here is a convo that I'm sure you are going to enjoy! I chat with Mike Clayton from Clayton DeVries & Pont and member of the Society of Australian Golf Course Architects.

Mike has been in the golf industry for a long time in various forms. From playing professionally and competing at the highest level, to writing, to designing golf courses. Known for speaking his mind and how he sees things, I felt it was high time I invited Mike on for a chat.

We discuss many different topics, some of which include how he first got into golf course architecture as a profession, his past design work, and the relationship between architecture and greenkeeping to name just a few. Needless to say that I was packing it at the thought of speaking with someone of Mike's calibre. Nevertheless, we had a laugh from time to time as we discussed things that hopefully you haven't heard anywhere else before.

Sit back, load up your favourite beverage, and make sure your ears and eyes are set to open!

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Too many to list but here goes....

Clayton DeVries & Pont

Clayton Golf

Mike Clayton - Wiki

Society of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA)

Barnbougle

Ranfurlie Golf Club

Victoria Golf Club

Royal Queensland Golf Club

The National Golf Club

Cape Wickham Golf Links

Claude Crockford - Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Kingston Beach Golf Club

The Vines Resort

Palm Meadows Golf Course

Morfontaine Golf

Swinley Forest Golf Club

National Golf Links of America

RACV Healesville Country Club & Resort

Rosebud Country Club

Green Acres Golf Club

13th Beach Golf Links

7 Mile Beach Golf Course

Lake Karrinyup Country Club

Terrey Hills Golf and Country Club

Peter Fowler - Wiki

Woodlands Golf Club

Metropolitan Golf Club

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Kingston Heath Golf Club

St Andrews Beach Golf Course

Peter Thomson - Wiki

Seve Ballesteros - Wiki

Golf.com 2025 World Top 100

Spirit of St Andrews - Alister MacKenzie (Evalu18.com)

Golf Architecture for Normal People - Geoff Shackleford

Anatomy of a Golf Course - Tom Doak (Evalu18.com)

Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club

Kruse Golf - Harley Kruse

Club Catalina

Narooma Golf Club

Royal Perth Golf Club

Mount Lawley Golf Club

OCM Design

Gosnells Golf Club

Tom Doak

Lancelin Golf Club - Facebook

Yering Meadows Golf Club

Capital Golf Club

Moonah Links Resort

The Dunes Golf Links

Portsea Golf Club

Sorrento Golf Club

Port Fairy Golf Links

Royal Hobart Golf Club

Elanora Country Club

Kew Golf Club

Royal Sydney Golf Club

Hanse Golf Course Design

EP.84 The Board Room - Mat Goggin (7 Mile Beach Golf Course)

EP.118 The Design Brief - Rob Collins (King Collins Dormer)

EP.78 Keeper of the Greens - John Mann (Metropolitan Golf Club)

EP.156 Keeper of the Greens - John Spraggs (Royal Wellington Golf Club)

EP.95 Keeper of the Greens - Richard Forsyth (Royal Melbourne Golf Club)

EP.101 Keeper of the Greens - Glenn Stuart (Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club)