Terrific interview of Amy by Rick Lipsey is posted on Golf.com. Learn more about how the selection to design the Rio 2016 golf course came about, the future of golf in Brazil, and how Amy won a 100-pound Hershey’s bar.
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Alcott on Team to Design 2016 Olympic Golf Course
Statement from LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan on the 2016 Olympic Golf Course Design Decision:
“There was an incredible amount of due diligence to the design team selection process. There was obviously a lot of talent among the finalists – including LPGA representation from many of the finalists that presented in Brazil. Congratulations to Hanse Golf Course Design and World Golf Hall of Fame member Amy Alcott. We look forward to working with them as we move toward the Olympics in 2016.”
Rio Committee Chooses Design for Olympic Golf Course
More coverage on the selection of Amy’s team for the Olympic Golf Course design, with insight to some of the selection process and its significance in the golfing community.
Full article in the On Par New York Times Golf Blog.
Bid for 2016 Olympic Course Design
I’m excited to share with you that I am part of a design team that will make a final presentation later this month to the Rio 2016 Olympic Committee for the Olympic golf course design project. Our team is led by my good friend and noted architect Gil Hanse. Gil was named GOLF Magazine’s 2009 “Golf Course Architect of the Year” and has designed courses throughout the United States and around the world. He has been entrusted with renovations of The Country Club of Brookline, Fishers Island Club, Los Angeles North and a host of other classic venues. And earlier this year he was commissioned to build 27 new holes at Bandon Dunes in Oregon. Needless to say, to team up with Gil, in association with Gil Hanse Golf Design, and our other partners from The Larkin Group for such a landmark project is a true honor. And for all of you history buffs, 2016 will be the first time since 1904 that golf will be contested in the Games so being a part of this particular design project brings even greater significance for the opportunities this presents for the game of golf locally in Brazil as well as globally.
Amy is Being Inducted Into SCGA Hall of Fame!
Amy Alcott, who won five major championships over a stellar career, and Charlie Sifford, who broke the PGA’s color barrier, will be inducted into the SCGA Hall of Fame on October 25, 2011.
Check out the fabulous video the SCGA produced for Amy’s induction:
You can read the full article on SCGA’s website.
Amy is an Expert Panelist on Golf.com
Amy Alcott is among “100 voters from 17 countries who evaluated a ballot of 464 candidates to determine Golf.com’s Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and the Top 100 Courses in the World.”
You can read the rest of the article and the full list of panelists at Golf.com.
The "Homegrown Pro" Featured in FORE Magazine
An in-depth article and focus on Amy in the “Now on the Tee” section of FORE Magazine‘s July 2011 issue.
“For much of the early years in her Hall of Fame LPGA career, Amy Alcott was known as the “Homegrown Pro”. The label was some writer’s concoction, but it was fitting because it was so true.”
Read the entire article at FORE Magazine.
Golf's Five Best Ceremonies
A mention of Amy’s famous leap into Poppie’s Pond appears on the Golf Digest in an article by Jaime Diaz on the five most poignant moments in golf. Jaime describes some of the historic moments as “formalized links to the past (that) provide necessary reinforcement to the idea that the more the game changes, the more it stays the same.”
Read the whole article at Golf Digest!
120th Anniversary Of Carnegie Hall
Amy had the pleasure of attending the 120th Carnegie Hall Gala in New York on April 13th. Pictured here are Molly Ryan, Amy Alcott and Sanford “Sandy” Weill, chairman of the board of Carnegie Hall.
Results From the Dinah Shore Charity Pro-Am
As I look back on the fresh&easy Dinah Shore Charity Pro-Am, I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am and how pleased I am with how everything went, especially the great results for charity. We raised nearly $180,000 for charity – LA’s BEST and Park Century School, our official beneficiaries, as well as for the Dinah Shore Foundation. To have such great support from my friends and fellow LPGA pros, to celebrate the history of Dinah Shore and the Kraft Nabisco Championship and to raise such important funds for charity made this a win-win weekend for sure. Thank you to all of my friends, family and fans for your support of this inaugural event. We look forward to what the future holds.
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