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I met Philip Turturro in April 2019 at Augusta National. I had just launched my golf course design firm, and fate introduced me to Philip—a volunteer on Amen Corner and, unknowingly, my first client. We connected instantly, bonding over our shared love for golf course architecture. Philip spoke passionately about his dream to play every Seth Raynor course, and six months later, he called me with a project that would soon become Gator National GC.
Nearly seven years later, Philip is building artificial putting surfaces across San Antonio, and he’s given something truly special back to the place where he first learned the game—a Raynor-inspired putting course that’s both nostalgic and inventive.
Just when I thought I’d seen everything in golf design, Philip surprised me with an idea no one else had attempted: miniaturizing golf’s most famous “template holes.”
