<div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="430" height="430" src="https://feedtheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Barnbougle.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-4527" style="width:484px;height:auto" srcset="https://feedtheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Barnbougle.jpg 430w, https://feedtheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Barnbougle-300x300.jpg 300w, https://feedtheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Barnbougle-150x150.jpg 150w, https://feedtheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Barnbougle-270x270.jpg 270w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px" /></figure> </div> <p><strong>Ran Morrissett</strong> is the founder of <a href="http://golfclubatlas.com">GolfClubAtlas.com</a>, the most influential golf architecture website of the past 25 years, which means, of all time. He&#8217;s a prolific writer and photographer, a consultant in course designs like <strong>The Roost at Cabut Citrus Farms</strong> in Florida, the former administrator for Golf Magazine&#8217;s top 100 U.S. and World courses, and one of the most eloquent advocates for pure, uncomplicated golf, which means walking courses in quiet environments with an absence of accoutrement or attitude.</p> <p>Ran joins Derek Duncan to discuss golf in quiet places, the possibilities of bunkerless golf courses, the process of building The Roost with three different designers, the challenge of new designers routing courses, the highs and occasional lows of the Golf Club Atlas community and whether we shouldn&#8217;t be ranking courses based on experience versus architecture.</p> <p>Photos: Cover page, The Roost at Cabot Citrus Farms (Carolina Pines Golf). Above, Barnbougle Dunes (Penelope Sattler).</p> <p>Music: &#8220;The Unguarded Moment,&#8221; The Church.</p> <p>Watch Derek Duncan break down <a href="https://www.golfdigest.com/story/cypress-point-the-hole-at-how-the-greatest-golf-hole-in-america-was-made">the 16th hole at Cypress Point</a>.</p> <p><strong>Subscribe to Feed the Ball on <a aria-label="Apple Podcasts (opens in a new tab)" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feed-the-ball/id1278405987" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple Podcasts</a> and </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7g8WA04gMnufTe1l0NuchV" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Spotify</strong></a>.</p> <p><strong>Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/feedtheball" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@feedtheball</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/feedtheball/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@feedtheball</a></strong></p> <p>The post <a href="https://feedtheball.com/episode-99-ran-morrissett/">Episode 99: Ran Morrissett</a> appeared first on <a href="https://feedtheball.com">Feed The Ball</a>.</p>