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Golf Stories

September 18, 2017
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Start that Tractor

My first day on the “rock pile,” the term I use for a golf course construction site, was an eye opener. I had just completed my first year of graduate…

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September 18, 2017
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Do What I Do, Idiot!

After my first few weeks of working for Pete Dye (in total obscurity) I somehow found myself assisting Mr. Dye in building green subgrades. We each had small grading tractors…

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August 7, 2017
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Lean on your caddy

I shared a caddy a couple weeks ago at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island with a guy that was a little apprehensive about using a caddy. He had never…

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July 27, 2017
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Phone call of a lifetime

When I was in graduate architecture school in the early 90’s at the University of Florida, I was required to write a thesis. For my subject I chose the environmental…

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Aspiring course architect, Jeff Klaiber, attends fine school, learns to design with pens, paper and principles. He apprentices with a world famous designer, hops on a tractor and doesn't see or pick up a pen for years. From academic and hypothetical to brilliant and real, Jeff shares all he's learned and thought as well as the reflected brilliance of one of the world's most brilliant golf course architects.

Recent Shanks & Whiffs

  • Low Country Paradise April 16, 2018
  • forced carry irregularity November 13, 2017
  • Two out of three (pin placements) ain’t bad November 13, 2017
  • Low Country hazard November 12, 2017
  • Drainage, Drainage, Drainage November 12, 2017

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