If you’ve ever leafed through a golf magazine or visited a top club’s website, you will be familiar with Gary Lisbon’s work. He is one of the world’s leading golf course photographers and has taken photographs at over 600 courses across the world. You name a top course, he will have shot it.
Gary is not only a wonderful photographer but also a keen player, with a sharp eye for golf course architecture. He puts that to good use as a panellist for GOLF magazine.
I was fortunate enough to play with Gary last year at Rosapenna. The weather wasn’t great during our visit – cloud cover with drizzle is a golf course photographer’s worst nightmare – but that didn’t stop Gary. When others would have stayed in bed, he was up (as usual) before dawn to get into position for first light. The five minute window of light that morning was enough for another great shot to add to his collection – currently sitting at 182,563 photographs and counting! All of the photos in this piece are Gary’s work.
I really enjoyed reading Gary’s list, and hope you do too.
ROYAL MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
So playable, so much fun yet challenging every time you play it (and I am blessed to play both courses regularly). Both the East and the West courses, in spite of their relatively short length, defend so beautifully with green and bunker complexes amongst the best in the world. A course which confirms that short par 4s can be some of the more testing around. You can play well here but to play “really well” under tournament conditions requires something special.