Ron Whitten

Golf Digest Architecture Editor Emeritus; Erin Hills co-designer; Civil War buff

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@feedtheball Nobody works the ball anymore.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@feedtheball Looks like a Visalia onion to me

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@Mitchmullen15 Best you saw all year! Credit @ce_golf and @PearsonGolf. Was genuine fun working with those professionals.

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@GCIMagazineGuy Tanglewood

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@usopengolf @PeteWendtCCC 1964 at Congressional

[Pearson Golf Construction @PearsonGolf]

⁦⁦600 mile commute for me this morning from our job in Indiana to spray ⁦@Billy_Bunker⁩ at new Oakwood CC par 3 course. Sod and seed going down as well. ⁦⁦⁦⁦@omajohnc⁩ ⁦@ce_golf⁩ ⁦@RonWhittenGD⁩ ⁦@turfmaterials⁩ ⁦@EcoBunkerLtd⁩

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@GeoffShac @UCLAAthletics @kaj33 Geoff, please pass along my congratulations. I can recall watching him on TV while I was in high school.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@ERDoctorRyan @GolfDigest Yeah, well I am yesterday’s news so I guess the past tense wasn’t inappropriate.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@Mitchmullen15 @DornickMaxwell @craig_colton Topeka Country club was not a Perry Maxwell original. Bendelow 9, expanded to 18 by Langford. In ‘39 club sold off holes so Perry added more holes to the west. All greens are Maxwell and great ones.

[Jared Luebe @JDLuebe]

Worth the $8 turnpike fees and 99 degree weather to check out the renovations by @ce_golf @RonWhittenGD and @MammothBuilt. Nowhere else will you find a 1906 Bendelow with design expansion by @LangfordMoreau and Perry Maxwell overhaul. Topeka CC is one of the best in the state.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@JDLuebe @ce_golf @MammothBuilt @LangfordMoreau Appreciate the comments.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@historyinmemes Great clip, but this was not during the Senior PGA Championship. This happened at a grand opening exhibition with Jack, Johnny, Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer. On the first tee, Watson and Jack razzed Arnie about not wearing any socks.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@kurteverett @ce_golf @KentMorgison @ASGCA Back nine of Topeka CC almost done, starting on front nine now. Course has remained open thruout the reconstruction.

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Or the LIV Cup! And tour histories will report that players always have been competing for that cup. Money talks. The rest of us just Tweet.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

From my view, Jay Monahan will go down in history as the Neville Chamberlain of golf. Peace in our time in professional golf? I don't think so. For instance, any tour attempt to condition reapplication by LIV golfers on the cancellation of their guaranteed LIV money would result

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

loss of some smaller tournaments, like the John Deere Classic, which deserves better. And with PIF the new Big Money in PGA Tour golf, what becomes of Fed Ex's involvement? My prediction: By 2025, tour players will be competing in the season-long chase for the PIF Cup.

[Ron Whitten @RonWhittenGD]

@S_HennesseyGD And for decades I never missed the golf superintendents trade show, which was always held the week of Valentine’s Day. Hey, duty called.