Charlton elected president of ASGCA
Bruce Charlton was elected president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects at the organization’s 62nd annual meeting in Scotland. GCM News Weekly, May 1, 2008
Robert Trent Jones II creates environmentally sound courses throughout Indian country
For nearly 40 years - and long before "green building" became a popular catchphrase - golf course architects with Robert Trent Jones II have been building environmentally responsible golf courses for a diverse clientele worldwide. Indian Country Today, April 23, 2008, Staff Reports
Everyone’s an architect
Golf industry professionals who have ever said “if I had the chance to design a golf course…” were able to do just that during a GCSAA education seminar at the Golf Industry Show in Orlando, Fla., this past January. Golf Course Industry Magazine Online, March 3, 2008, by Heather Wood
Great Scot
Robert Trent Jones Jr. Scuplts World Class Linksland Masterpiece Cascade Golfer Online, June 2007, by Bob Sherwin
Magic Kingdoms
Don't be fooled by the natural look of compelling recent course designs: Mother Nature had help GolfWorld Online, February 22, 2008, by Ron Whitten
Go Green
12 steps your course can take right now to help the environment Golf Inc Magazine, February 2008, by Rebecca Larsen
Laudable Audible
Why would the USGA go off script and pick a brand new muni for the '15 U.S. Open? Because Chambers Bay is that good GolfWorld Online, February 15, 2008, by Ron Whitten
Osprey Meadows Achieves Audubon Certification
Officials with Tamarack Resort in Donnelly, Idaho, have announced that Osprey Meadows Golf Course has achieved complete certification from Audubon International as a Cooperative Sanctuary. CyberGolf
Digging An Open Landmark
Washington politician transforms gravel quarry into a major site in 2015 GolfWorld Online, February 15, 2008, by Ron Sirak
Bruce Charlton felt the sand and saw a U.S. Open
The sky was woolen, the weather an unspectacular mix of Northwest dark and gloom, the first time golf architect Bruce Charlton looked across a mining crater toward Puget Sound, envisioning what he might create out of these 230 acres of gouged landscape. The Seattle Times, February 17, 2008, by Steve Kelley
U.S. Open here? It took a vision
Four years ago, as Pierce County prepared to pick a designer for Chambers Bay Golf Course, Robert Trent Jones II made his pitch by giving county officials golf bag tags that at the time seemed audacious. The tags read: “2030 U.S. Open. Chambers Creek.” The News Tribune, February 10, 2008, by David Wickert
U.S. Open Championship coming to Chambers Bay
$100 million in economic impact expected from 2015 golf tournament in Pierce County The News Tribune, February 8, 2008, by David Wickert
USGA Awards Chambers Bay 2010 US Amateur and 2015 US Open
The United States Golf Association has announced that it has awarded the 2015 U.S. Open Championship to Chambers Bay, the spectacular municipal links course located on the scenic lower Puget Sound in University Place, Wash. USGA, February 6, 2008
Local Golf Course Rates Best in Country
Golfers are you looking to golf at the course rated the best new course in 2007? If so then you will be heading just outside of Tacoma Washington to University Place to walk the links at Chambers Bay Golf Course. Scott Cowan Blog, February 5, 2008, by Scott Cowan
Blessings Golf Club to host national junior golf events
The American Junior Golf Association announced Wednesday that Blessings Golf Club will host an AJGA tournament for the next three years. NW Arkansas News, February 4, 2008
Ladenburg’s Folly? Not according to the golf world
When we live every day surrounded by beauty, human nature suggests that over time we’ll lose perspective and appreciation for just how good we’ve got it. The News Tribune, January 9, 2008, by Dan Voelpel
Region's Best Honoured In 2007 Asian Golf Monthly Awards
Robert Trent Jones Jr, one of the world’s best known course architects, was honoured for his outstanding work in the region spanning more than quarter of a century, capturing the award for the Best Golf Course Architect in Asia for the third year in succession. Asian Golf Montly, November 2007, by Spencer Robinson Downloadable pdf of the article
Danish debut for RTJ II (pdf)
Denmark’s first Robert Trent Jones II (RTJII) designed golf course was formally unveiled recently at the Skjoldenæsholm Golf Centre. Golf Course Architecture, November 2007
Best new courses 2007
Among the year’s ten most exciting new courses are some with a common-sense theme and others that rode in on a bolt of inspiration. Leading them off is a muni near Seattle that offers a case study in daring and a civics lesson all in one. Travel and Leisure, November/December 2007
Chambers Bay ranked No. 2 by Golfweek
Audubon International has announced that Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash., is the first golf course to become certified as a Silver Signature Sanctuary in the state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest. Cybergolf
Chambers Bay
Links on Puget Sound Cause More than a Ripple Washington CEO, October 17, 2007, by Crai Bower
Robert Trent Jones II Designs New Course in Bahamas
The developer of Cotton Bay in Eleuthera, Bahamas, has announced that Robert Trent Jones II, Golf Course Architects (RTJ II) will design a private 18-hole course at the waterfront resort community. Cybergolf
The Value Of A Name
We rank six architects according to the appreciation rates of homes on courses they designed BusinessWeek, May 28, 2007, by Dan Briody
Architect of his own Success (2.1mg pdf)
To the golfing connoisseur, the name of course designer Robert Trent Jones Jnr and the initials "RTJ" are a hallmark of quality and style.
Reproduced Courtesy of Asian Golf Monthly , September 2007 issue
Los Cabos: Desert Meets Spa (1mg pdf)
The closest course — upscale Cabo Real (designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.) — is a stunning masterpiece of canyons, desert, and ocean. Reproduced Courtesy of The Affluent Traveler, September 2007 issue
A bit of Scotland in University Place
Regal architectural projects get world-class golf-course designers to talk in seconds, and for hours. By Todd Miles for the News Tribune
Generation next? (1mg pdf)
The small size of the golf architecture profession makes it a difficult industry in which to establish yourself. So how do budding architects get started? Reproduced Courtesy of Golf Course Architecture, April 2007 issue
Trent Jones Tops Summit Bill (1mg pdf)
Golf course architects Robert Trent Jones Jr and Ron Fream are among the big names who will grace Asia's inaugural golf development summit. Reproduced Courtesy of Asian Golf Monthly. For more information about the summit, go to Golf Conference.
Musical Score (1mg pdf)
The new Chambers Bay Golf Course is one of Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s most lyrical works Reproduced Courtesy of Estates West Golf Living
CBS Sports "Science of Golf"
The show featured Robert Trent Jones, Jr., interviewed on site at Chambers Bay golf course.
Broadcast Sunday, May 27, 2:00 pm EDT (11:00 am Pacific)
Diamonds in the Rough
Forbes Finds Several lesser known RTJII Courses Worthy of the Title
One Size Fits All?
RTJII's CEO, John Strawn, Expounds on how Courses can Best
be Built to Challenge both Touring Professionals and Handicap Golfers
(Courtesy of Golf Course Architecture)
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Vs. John Cleese
Titleist TV Commercials Pit Jones Against the Diabolical Cleese
(Click link to view on Titleist's website, they are the last three)
