Hochstein Design takes an organic approach to golf architecture--from routing to shaping to detail finishing to turf grass selection. Golf is nature's game!
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18 Jun 2024
Excited to reveal our plans for the special and historic 1924 William Land GC in Sacramento’s Land Park! Goals of the project are to fix critical infrastructure issues, reduce future water usage, and introduce fun strategy through distinct Golden Age features. Happy 100 years!
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
Jun 2
Jack Nicklaus today on the golf ball rollback, laying much of the blame for a "debate" about it at the feet of the equipment companies.
"Most of the reason why the guys will complain about the golf ball being brought back is because of the manufacturers. And I mean, the manufacturer complains to a player and says, No, no, don't you tell 'em that you want that golf ball rolled back, otherwise you aren't going to be working for us. You know, we got manufacturers that are in there because they can tell the players that they got to do that. I think we had one instance of that earlier by a fellow who used to play out here. But -- and it was -- it's the -- and I don't understand why a manufacturer would worry about that from the standpoint because, you know, if you make the best golf ball you're going to continue to make the golf ball whether it goes five yards further or five yards shorter. It's not a big deal. It's just now getting to the point where we got to buy more land to build, to do anything. I mean, we had, we have probably, in this country today we probably have, if you don't touch the golf courses that are out there, and play 'em the way they are, we probably don't have 20, 25 maybe 30 golf courses that are really of championship caliber, really, without fooling around with 'em. If the ball was brought back a little bit, you know, we would have a lot more golf courses. Anyway, it's not a popular subject."
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Sequoyah CC is coming together. Pic from new 3 tee. Remember having this in my mind about seven yrs ago. Thanks to @theturfyoda @labargolf @sequoyahcc team, PZ and @hochsteindesign for bringing it to life.
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
May 12
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Glad this is getting out there. Let’s get everyone’s cards on the table. Very much pro-rollback. But tough to be pro *this* rollback. Let’s do it right. And do more than just the ball.
May 12
An interesting story out of the PGA Championship.
Multiple sources confirmed that Cameron Young has been using a golf ball that would very likely be deemed conforming under the new testing standards set out by the R&A and USGA.
Read ⬇️
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One of the big problems with this attempted takeover—golf’s negative image among the non-golfing public and setting it back further when the initial path with @links_national had massive potential to shift that and show what golf really can be for communities and the environment
May 7
The National Links Trust stuff that's currently going down in D.C. is why golf is perceived the way it is by a lot of people.
Podcast presented by @cobragolf.
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
I find the desire for unreasonable green speeds at the expense of original greens contouring to be offensive.
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Wait. Today is National Golf Day? In DC? That’s something, given the uh, golf news around town
National Golf Day activities begin in DC today! Learn more about the issues @GCSAA members will discuss with legislators this week: bit.ly/4djfc7f
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Municipal golf should always be looking at ways to better engage and offer its valuable green space with the non-golfing public. This looks to do the opposite, taking already existing public use away. Backwards, selfish, anti-progress. Bad for golf.
It’s wild to see the entire perimeter road, which is hugely popular with cyclists and runners (not to mention local anglers, who drive to the southern end to fish), completely gone from what could be a new Hains Point.
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
May 2
It’s hard to convey how logistically impossible it would be to host a major/Ryder Cup on this piece of land. Meanwhile the USGA and PGA of A have no appetite to bring any of their flagship events to the property
May 2
These two renderings of a potential "reimagined" East Potomac Park appear in a fundraising document distributed by the new "National Garden of American Heroes Foundation."
It's unclear to what degree these (very AI-looking) images represent Tom Fazio's actual plans for the golf course, but I think they reveal some important things about the Trump administration's intentions at East Potomac:
1) The new "championship" golf course would take up most of the island. This would mean losing the perimeter road and bike path, the open space at the southern tip of the island, and perhaps even the famous cherry blossom trees, which feature prominently in an annual festival. These non-golf resources at East Potomac Park are used heavily by D.C. residents.
2) Building a bigger course would also mean reducing the number of available golf holes at the facility, likely from 36 to 18, as well as eliminating a historic, recently restored mini-golf course. Inevitably, this would make golf in D.C. less accessible, especially to beginning golfers.
3) Green fees for East Potomac's Blue Course currently top out at $48. There's no way the number would stay there post-reno.
4) The whole nouveau-riche, water-feature-centric aesthetic shown in the renderings is very much in line with Fazio's past work, but not at all representative of East Potomac's historical character and purpose.
5) The administration and the President himself have been open about their hopes to bring a major championship or Ryder Cup to the renovated East Potomac. I think it would be tremendously difficult to stage a tournament of that scale on this island, even after the reno. It does not appear to me that there's enough room.
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
Without getting political the deficit is $1.9 Trillion but the U.S. Govt is going to take over a golf course from a group that was funding a restoration with private money with an architect taking a pay cut to restore it.
This is the exact opposite of what conservative government is supposed to be. This is MAGA Meddling.
There is zero public good- this is a big government move.
I 100% oppose this decision.
Waking up to this as I’m going in to prep East Potomac for play today.
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Love how wide the dispersion stays on 2 all the way to the green. Day to day angle variation!
Apr 13
IBM tracked every shot from every player during this year’s Masters tournament 🤯
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I’m pulling for Rory here, but that pitch by Young on 8 had me all kinds of fired up. At great courses, the best route from A to B may be C (or even D or E). Great stuff #themasters #augustanational
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
Mar 22
The answer here is not to bring the ball back to what it should sensibly be, but rather softer backboards, mushier courts, and wider baskets to keep up with how far it is bouncing.
March Madness’ overinflated balls may have made halfcourt buzzer-beater bounce out in Nebraska-Vanderbilt sbnation.com/college-basketb…
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A moving, important, and chilling piece by @JoelMBeall with many words, but these highlighted below are at the core of the entire issue. If you care about public golf, I highly recommend reading the whole thing:
Feb 25
The National Links Trust saved three Washington D.C. golf courses from ruin. Then Donald Trump got involved. A story about power, whether people have any claim to the places they've spent their lives, and a president's war on public golf golfdigest.com/story/preside…
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
Feb 22
Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
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Been waiting for this moment forever. And it delivered (with all Michiganders on the ice!!). Hell yes, USA Hockey
JACK HUGHES DELIVERS AMERICA'S GOLDEN MOMENT IN OVERTIME.
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From Commerce Township, Michigan—my hometown. Amazing stuff
Wow...just wow 😱
📺: Canada vs. USA #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics action is LIVE on @NBCSports, @peacock, @cbcsports, @cbcgem, & @Sportsnet
ALT Photo of Connor Hellebuyck in a USA uniform making a save on Devon Toews in a Canada uniform
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Brett Hochstein retweeted
Feb 10
Relevant passage from my recent article linked below:
“Stubbornly, the video doubles down on a tired, tone-deaf position by putting 100% of the responsibility for adapting to the changing equipment on the golf courses themselves. "Repositioning bunkers or growing rough in key landing areas can create real consequences for missing the preferred line, increasing the importance of precision over power," says the narrator.
“This continues to be an insulting, victim-blaming argument. Absolving the multi-billion-dollar equipment companies of all responsibility for the problem that their admittedly impressive R&D capabilities have created is wrong. Forcing golf courses to take on the entire expense of solving that problem is galling. Demanding that courses reinvent themselves without asking the best golfers in the world to adapt is preposterous. So is the "the horse is out of the barn" excuse: using past USGA and R&A regimes' inaction on equipment to deny them an opportunity to correct things now, especially when, following the PGA Tour's own logic, reining in driving distance would not adversely affect competitive golf.”
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This was awesome. Finally went all in on blades a couple years ago (despite not being “good enough” to play them), and they still make me happy every time I see them and swing them. Joy needs no advocate, indeed.
Golf hardos love to tell you that you shouldn't be playing blades. They fundamentally misunderstand why some of us play the game. Don't let em bully or shame you. #YOTB
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Live look at my set as I head out for a quick loop. Keep the baby blade 3 iron for inevitable necessary low punches
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