Episode 18: Gil Hanse

Chris O'Gorman interviews world renowned golf designer, restorer and renovator, Gil Hanse. The two discuss: Gil's preference to leave any Open Doctor titles with the Jones family, what attracted Gil to the business, his recent work at Oakmont Country Club and his insights as to how the course will play at this year's US Open, his work on elite venues prior to the hosting of a major is mostly about restoring the course back to its original design, can today's top courses continue to host majors without a dial back in distance, the history behind and current state of golf course tree removal programs, the serious challenges facing seaside golf courses, restoring century old greens to play at current day championship conditions, what makes Augusta National so special and Gil's idea of how long a modern course should be to host major tournaments going forward.