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Growing Gamble Part 8 - Honesty, Transparency, Humility
In reflecting back on the production of this docuseries on Growing Gamble Sands, we had more story to share.
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble Part 7 - Comparisons
In Part 7 of this docuseries on “Growing Gamble,” we get to know Nick Schaan, David McLay Kidd’s lead associate on the design of Scarecrow.
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble Part 6 - The Superintendent
To grow grass, it doesn’t take an agronomist to know you need water.
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble Part 5 - Doubling Down
After the Gebbers family debuted Gamble Sands in Central Washington in 2014, they proved to themselves and the golf world that, yet again, a remote…
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble Part 4 - The Sands Course
It’s 2008, the recession is a harsh reality, golf is down, courses are closing and David McLay Kidd is taking time to reflect on the first half of his…
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble Part 3 - The Heifer Pasture
Once the decision was made to build golf, the Gebbers hired Perry Dye and were developing a challenging parcel of their land.
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble Part 2 - The Family Tree
In Part 2 of this series on "Growing Gamble," we get a history lesson on the Gamble and Gebbers families, which is fast approaching the seventh…
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble Part 1 - All in the Family
The Gamble and the Gebbers families have been "scratching gravel" in Central Washington since the late-1800s.
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble - Series Trailer
Gamble Sands is a story of family, “scratching gravel,” cherries, apples, cattle, a whole lotta golf and hospitality.
 • Matt Ginella
Growing Gamble
Throughout my career of covering course developments and restorations, nothing is more fun than being in the sand and dirt with the architects.
 • Matt Ginella
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