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Episode 55: TGH 55: The History of Perry Maxwell
November 22nd, 2020 | Season 2 | 1 hr 13 mins
golf, golf course architecture, golf design, golf history, perry maxwell, prairie dunes
The Golf Course Architecture Magician of the Midwest had the marvelous ability to shape the land in such a way that it would appear that it had to be Nature's work - it has been said that you wont find 18 better greens in the world, than you will find at the Maxwell Masterpiece - Prairie Dunes County Club. Prairie Dunes, much like Perry Maxwell somehow sits under the radar- both the club and the man were gamechangers for golf design in America, built upon the traditions of the old Scottish game.
Download and listen to this ode to Perry Maxwell - the genius of the shadows- perhaps the only man to have completed design work at Pine Valley, Augusta National and Cypress Point.
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Episode 49: TGH 49: The History of Prairie Dunes
October 4th, 2020 | Season 2 | 56 mins 49 secs
golf course architecture, golf history, perry maxwell, prairie dunes, press maxwell
This is the story of Prairie Dunes Country Club which nealry every publication considers it to be one of the Top 30 Golf Courses in the United States. It was built during the Great Depression with a singular focus of being the best golf course in the USA... many believed it reached that goal.
Join our discussion with PDCC Historians Rusty Hilst and Jim Gilliland as we explore the club's history and look behind the curtain of golf's version of Field of Dreams.