July 27, 2016 – How Gil Hanse went from a political science and history major to world famous golf course designer. When the Rio Olympics get underway next week, all eyes will be on the thousands of athletes competing at one […]
Red will be on the greens (and fairways) at the Rio Olympics
July 29, 2016 By: Tom Fleischman – When some of the world’s best golfers tee off next month in the 72-hole Olympic competition, they will be navigating fairways and greens imagined and designed by a pair of Cornellians. One of them, in […]
The Olympic Course Experience: A Virtual Tour of the Rio Olympic Golf Course
July 25, 2016 – The newly designed Olympic Golf Course at Reserva de Marapendi in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will host golf’s return to the Olympic Games after 112 years. Designed by architect Gil Hanse and partner Jim […]
Golf Readies Itself for Long-Awaited Olympic Return
July 22, 2016 By: Adam Lawrence – Golfers have waited a long time to see their favourite game played as a part of the world’s greatest sporting festival. In the second modern Games of 1900, men and women played in a golf […]
Katrek & Maginnes On Tap Radio Interview with Gil Hanse
July 13, 2016: Sirius XM John Maginnes and Brian Katrek On Tap interview with Gil Hanse
Rio Olympic Golf Course Owes Debt to Inverness
June 23, 2016 By: Natalie Walker (SCOTLAND) – One is renowned for its colourful annual carnival, world class footballers and scantily-clad beauties on sun-drenched beaches, the other for its historic castles, rarely seen monster and midges. But now Rio and Inverness […]
Gil Hanse—Golf Digest Choice Interview
(Summer 2016) JAPAN – View photos and full article (in Japanese) here. 1. How did the International Golf Federation inform you of your victory in the Rio 2016 Olympic golf course design contest, and how did you celebrate? We were at […]
Architect Gil Hanse’s Olympic Golf Course
(April 29, 2016) By: JIM FINNEGAN Malvern’s own Gil Hanse has stamped his international golf course design passport with another impressive entry: the 2016 Summer Olympics course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hanse has delivered a first-of-its-kind Olympic golf track, despite […]
Next on the Tee for Gil Hanse
(March 2016) By: Tom Cunneff Gil Hanse is sitting inside a bulldozer at Los Angeles Country Club where’s he’s been shaping new greens and bunkers this winter as part of a complete redesign of the South Course. Most architects as […]
Mossy Oak Golf Club To Open On September 2
(March 21, 2016) The Bryan family, founders of Old Waverly Golf Club and Mossy Oak, a leading outdoor lifestyle and conservation brand, announce that the new, premier golf destination known as Mossy Oak Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, will […]
GW Inside The Game: Rio 2016 – Olympic Golf Course
(March 21, 2016) Watch: Golfing World‘s inside look at the Olympic Golf course, featuring interviews with some of the key figures who have worked hard to make golf at Rio 2016 a reality. Back to News Back to Home
Renowned Golf Course Architect Gil Hanse and Outdoor Brand Icon Mossy Oak Join Forces to Create a One-of-a-kind Nature’s Golf Experience in the Southeast
(Feb 24, 2015) WEST POINT, Mississippi – The George Bryan family, founders of Old Waverly Golf Club, announced today that it has joined two forces of nature – golf course architect Gil Hanse and outdoor brand Mossy Oak – to […]
Gil Hanse on the new Black Course at Streamsong and his Olympic effort in Brazil
(Jan 29, 2015) By: Mike Bailey ORLANDO, Fla. — With the completion of the 2016 Olympic Course in Brazil, architect Gil Hanse is free to turn his attention to another big project, the recently announced third course at Streamsong Resort in central Florida. […]
Rio Olympic Course Has No Name, But Grass Is Growing
(Jan 21, 2015) Ryan Herrington of GolfDigest.com reports on the PGA Show unveiling of initial images (below) from Rio of the 2016 Olympic course, where the name has not been settled on but at this point no one seems to […]