GOLF COURSE DESIGNERS WORLDWIDE Through the years, Golfing Country has had an opportunity to meet designers of golf courses world-wide and to have a conversation with them on tape. Here we bring you a handful of these videos and the some of the Architects we interviewed. They make the championship courses we all love to play. Pictured here are Rebecca Blackwell and Mark Stewart, Producers of Golfing Country Travel and Golf Magazine Style Television Show Email: GOLFINGCOUNTRY.com or call 623-670-7771 Click Here To Go To GOLFING COUNTRY TOM FAZIO/click Tom Fazio has designed so many great and award-winning golf courses, that he doesn't even really have a phone number published. Here we spoke with him not long ago in Florida, while he attended the PGA Merchandise Show TOM DOAK/click Having had years of growing experience, Tom Doak explains how he got Pacific Dunes to design. Doak's company is Renaissance Golf Design -- you'll find him there. RON GARL/click Almost every other course in Florida is a Ron Garl Design. He is now doing a lot of courses in China, look for Nine Dragons in Shanghai and elsewhere world-wide. ARNOLD PALMER/click Arnold Palmer talks here in this video about his design of the Classic Club, but he answers the question of whether he likes to design golf courses - listen and look. You already know about the accomplishments of Arnold Palmer, but add this one, his special recipe for lemonade and iced tea! JAMES BRAID (ARCHITECT/GOLFER) /click A champion in every sense of the word. James Braid designed courses throughout the British Isles; he never flew, just boarded the train and went for about one day and finished up right then. He also was one of the elite to have won the British Open five times! He was the head pro at Walton Heath, look for our story on Walton Heath and James Braid on our website. ANNIKA SORENSTAM/click Annika considers golf course design to be another avenue for her to share her passion of the game. She is noted for her design in Mission Hills, Shenzhen, China, and others to date. CLIVE CLARK/click Artistic talent in creating such beautiful golf courses, among them The Hideaway, Indian Wells, Fantasy Springs, Alcaidesa in Spain and at least 18 courses in England, plus others. Clive was a commentator for the BBC for years, and played golf, achieving a hole in one in the Masters. PAT RUDDY/click Owner and course designer of the championship golf course, The European Club, Pat Ruddy has designed many well know golf courses throughout Ireland, and he is fun to know! We have featured his designs including Glashedy Course at Ballyliffin, Druids Glen, Donegal, and Sandy Hills at Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Links. PETER McEVOY/click One of the founders of the new Power Play Golf and with his design company, Sporting Concepts, hundreds of courses, including Powerscourt, Fota Island, National GC Antalya, Desert Springs, Spain; here he is speaking about New Forest, one of his designs. JIM ENGH /click Jim has a special talent for designing mountain courses. He has been doing a lot of work in China, but you'll recognize the names of some of his USA courses - Lakota Canyon Ranch, Coeur D'Alene, Hawktree, Creek Club at Reynolds Plantation; we featured his Carne Golf Club in Ireland. Here he is talking about Medicine Hole GC in North Dakota. JERRY MATTHEWS/click When you think of playing golf in Michigan, chances are you will be playing a Jerry Matthews and/or his father Bruce Matthews course - For instance, Bucks Run, St. Ives, Elk Ridge, Hawk Hollow, Grand Haven, and the list goes on and on. He designed Chena Bend in Alaska, which we had on our Golfing Country.