Here are a few links to interviews the maintenance team at Whistling Straits has done recently. Thanks to Bill Newton back at GCSAA HQ for providing these... I'm sure there will be more, I'll post another update to this list next week sometime. (Photo of Nick Faldo getting ready to do a spot on the bunker on No. 6.)
A feature on Lee in the Wisconsin State-Journal.: http://host.madison.com/sports/golf/article_dcfa579e-6ac3-5db5-8ef2-060eb470343c.html
A nice story from the Sheboygan Press: http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100809/SHE0101/8090387/Plenty-of-TLC-went-into-Straits-course
Last week in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/golf/99907539.html
Ron Furlong, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Avalon Golf Club in Burlington, Wash., mentions Lee in his PGA Championship preview on BleacherReport.com: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/431634-pga-championship-preview-whistling-straits-is-scotland-in-wisconsin
A Q&A with Lee and Zugel on PGA.com last month:
Zugel in episodes 1, 4, 6, 8 and a bonus bunker edition of “Behind the Greens” videos on PGA.com: http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2010/index.cfm
Here's the press release GCSAA prepared touting the work of Lee and Zugel: http://www.gcsaa.org/news/NewsReleases.aspx?id=391ba426-2009-4ea8-86cf-7553d421c674
And finally, here's theTournament Fact Sheet GCSAA did for the tournament: Download 2010_08_09_PGA of America_PGA Championship[1] ....A pretty popular feature in the media room.
...and more to come!
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