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Podcast: Geoff Shackelford talks Olympic golf course design

March 08, 2012

In the wake of the announcement that Gil Hanse (and Amy Alcott) have been chosen to design the Rio Olympic golf course, Geoff Shackelford, a frequent Hanse collaborator, discusses why this is such a big deal, why Hanse was the right man for the job, and why certain marquee designers never had much of a chance in the competition to begin with.