Weekend Chat: Better Ryder Cup Venues?

Your Club TFE comment section for the second weekend of September

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It’s team-match-play season! The Walker Cup at St. Andrews was a delight. We’re looking forward to the Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup later this month, too, but the venues—Finca Cortesín in Spain and Marco Simone in Italy—aren’t exactly among the cathedrals of the game.

So let’s play Golf Czar. What would be your ideal host for a Solheim Cup? For a Ryder Cup? And let’s talk about places that could realistically accommodate those events.

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Garrett Morrison

When I was 10 or 11 years old, my dad gave me a copy of The World Atlas of Golf. That kick-started my obsession with golf architecture. I read as many books about the subject as I could find, filled a couple of sketch books with plans for imaginary golf courses, and even joined the local junior golf league for a summer so I could get a crack at Alister MacKenzie's Valley Club of Montecito. I ended up pursuing other interests in high school and college, but in my early 30s I moved to Pebble Beach to teach English at a boarding school, and I fell back in love with golf. Soon I connected with Andy Johnson, founder of Fried Egg Golf. Andy offered me a job as Managing Editor in 2019. At the time, the two of us were the only full-time employees. The company has grown tremendously since then, and today I'm thrilled to serve as the Head of Architecture Content. I work with our talented team to produce videos, podcasts, and written work about golf courses and golf architecture.

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