Articles

 

Jamie Dawson has been the author of numerous articles, primarily with a focus on the beneficial interrelationship of vegetation and the environment with golf course design strategy. Others have a more sustainable landscape or water management focus. Articles have been listed in chronological order, from the most recent.

• Favourite Golf Holes: Royal Canberra 18th (J. Dawson selection) {Paul Daley book released August 2004}
• Doing rough justice for golfers and the environment (1570k PDF)
  (Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective Vol. Two 304 pages book edited by Paul Daley August 2003). Also selected by the editor as the books representative article for inclusion in The Golf Magazine June 2004.
• Flowing Together: The benefits of environmentally sustainable landscape design for commercial projects (508k PDF)
  (MUSE May 2003) PDF 100k

• Strategic Remodelling Part 1 and Part 2 (1100k PDF)
  [Golf Architecture: SAGCA Annual Journal Issue 5 (2002) and Issue 6 (2003)]
• Small Courses when size doesn't matter [The Journal SAGCA Issue 4 (2000)]
• Of Birds & Bees, Grass & Trees: Golf courses as flora and fauna habitat (472k PDF)
  [The Journal SAGCA Issue 3 (1999)]
• Gungahlin Lakes Golf Course: Integration of lakes for water storage, environmental management and golf strategy(480k PDF)
  [The Journal SAGCA Issue 2 (1999)]
• Oatlands Golf Club: Reconstruction works for golfing strategy, fairness and water storage benefits (668k PDF)
  (Australian Turfgrass Management Vol 3.2 April 2001)
• Pitch and Putt: 18 holes of golfing challenge in 3.6 hectares (508k PDF)
  (Australian Turfgrass Management Vol 1.2 April 1999)
• Golf Course Planting and Tree Management series in Turfcraft Australia:
(2740k PDF)

• A planned approach to progressive tree replacement and management
  (Issue 3: Winter 1987)
• Golf Planting and Tree Management: Why different generations should live together
  (Issue 4: Spring 1987)
• Designing the Golf Course Landscape: Setting the overall landscape
  (Issue 7: Autumn 1988)
• Aesthetic factors to consider in the placement and selection of trees
  (Issue 10: Summer 1988)

If any of the other articles are of interest or a hard copy is preferred please contact our office, and we will forward a copy to you.