Feed The Ball

In the Feed the Ball podcast, Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan discusses golf course design, architecture, aesthetics and other topics with golf course architects and other luminaries of the game.

Feed The Ball is a sports podcast hosted by Derek Duncan, with 146 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Derek Duncan hosts Feed The Ball, a sports show with 146 episodes published.

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  Feed The Ball

  24 Questions with Justin Carlton

  Sep 24, 20261h 58m

  default Golf course shaper Justin Carlton joined with Lee Marshall in 2020 to form Carlton Marshall Golf Design . Carlton joins Golf Digest’s Derek Duncan for an episode of 24 Questions to discuss what they are currently working on, the Arcadia (FL) pipeline of shapers, the Fazio method, his new Matchbox course at Tobacco Road (pictured above), what’s been his biggest influence, the design methodology of Tom Fazio’s team, what inspires him on golf courses and much, much more. Photos: Cover page, Adare Manor (courtesy of the club). Above, The Matchbox at Tobacco Road. See Derek break down every hole at Medinah’s No. 3 course her e . Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post 24 Questions with Justin Carlton appeared first on Feed The Ball .

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  24 Questions with Clyde Johnson

  Jul 13, 20261h 49m

  British designer Clyde Johnson sits down to answer 24 questions from Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan . He discusses building the world’s largest Himalayas putting green at Rodeo Dunes in Colorado, how his upbringing playing golf in the U.K. influences his design perspective, how the golf architecture business in England and Scotland differs from the U.S. and how the best courses are those that embrace their natural landscapes. Photos: Cover page, St. Patrick’s Links (courtesy of the club). Above, The Himalayas at Rodeo Dunes (Clyde Johnson). See Derek narrate “Every Hole at Aronimink” here . Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post 24 Questions with Clyde Johnson appeared first on Feed The Ball .

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  24 Questions with Brett Hochstein

  May 20, 20261h 53m

  Brett Hochstein is one of the most prominent shapers and collaborators in contemporary golf course design having worked closely with Tom Doak, Gil Hanse , Todd Eckenrode and many other designers. Most recently he was instrumental in the reconstruction of the bunkers and greens at Pasatiempo with Jim Urbina while simultaneously building a roster of his own unique clients. Brett sits down with Derek to discuss the replication process at Pasatiempo using photography from 1929 and 1930, the possibility of re-establishing the greens at one of Alister MacKenzie’s last course designs in Sacramento, the importance of knowing when to keep your mouth shut, the current state of Himalayas putting greens, the nebulous route to becoming an architect and how mowing adjustments can enhance the playability of even simple municipal courses. Photos: Cover page, Pasatiempo, hole 8 (courtesy of the club). Above, Lake Merced (Derek Duncan). See Derek narrate “Every Hole at Aronimink” here . Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post 24 Questions with Brett Hochstein appeared first on Feed The Ball .

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  The Rap: Aronimink, Heads or Tails w/Ron Prichard

  May 10, 20261h 53m

  The evolution of Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia is one of the most interesting and mildly contentious in American golf. This episode of The Rap with Ron Prichard , who consulted at the club from 1994 to 2015, gets into the details of why. Photos: Cover page, Aronimink, hole 3. Above, hole 10 (Derek Duncan). See “Every Hole at Aronimink” here . Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post The Rap: Aronimink, Heads or Tails w/Ron Prichard appeared first on Feed The Ball .

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  Salon Vol. 32, ft. Joe Hancock

  Mar 30, 20262 hour

  Joe Hancock is one of the OG’s of golf course building and shaping, and has worked with the profession’s greatest architects. The list of courses’s he’s helped build is staggering. He joins Jim Urbina and Derek Duncan to discuss how Mike DeVries pulled him into golf design, how his own sense of frugality influences his design outlook, the importance of collaboration in successful design, how the experiential side of golf may be more important than the strategic intentions, the value of creative thought versus using precedent for inspiration and the advice he’d give to younger shapers hoping to have a long career in this industry. Photos: Cover page, Midland Hills(courtesy of the club). Above, Yeamans Hall. Watch Derek Duncan break down the 7th hole at Pebble Beach . Subscribe to Feed the Ball on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Twitter: @feedtheball Instagram: @feedtheball The post Salon Vol. 32, ft. Joe Hancock appeared first on Feed The Ball .

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