Who We Are

Links Crafters is a Division of Frizzell Construction Co., Inc. with its main office in the Atlanta metro area 

Eleven Golf Projects Annually

The parent company or its divisions, has done renovation or new course construction on over 130 golf projects. The first golf course construction project was the City Club in Marietta, GA in 1990.

What We Do

Links Crafters provides a full range of golf construction services from renovation, restoration, and consulting to new golf course projects. Along with golf course construction services, as a division of Frizzell Construction, we offer full general contracting construction divisions to provide a total development package – including clubhouses and maintenance buildings.

Familiarity With the Golf Industry

The People That Run the Show

Milton Abell, the same person who managed the construction of our first project in Marietta, heads Links Crafters.  Milton is a graduate of the University of Georgia with an Agronomy degree. He is a PGA professional who has played in Georgia State Open and the Georgia PGA Championship. For 8 years Milton did double duty at the University as manager of UGA’s Golf Course and as the Golf Coach.  He has served on the board of directors for the Georgia PGA, the Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association, and the Georgia Turf Grass Association. He founded Classic Golf Management, and he has been involved in the construction, development, and management of numerous courses.  

Randy Nichols is the Director of Construction for Links Crafters. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in Agronomy specializing in Turf Grass Management. He is past president of the Golf Course Superintendents of America and the Golf Course Superintendents of Georgia.  He was construction manager for the construction of Brookfield Country Club and Willow Springs Country Club in Atlanta.  For 27 years he was the golf course superintendent for Cherokee Town and Country Club of Atlanta, GA. 

Ben Frizzell, Jr. is president of the parent corporation.  His father, in 1929 - designed, constructed, owned, and operated Blue Ridge Golf Course near Bristol, Tennessee. Frizzell, Jr., born in 1935, grew up at Blue Ridge and helped maintain and run the course until it closed in 1954.  Frizzell, Jr. has won several tournaments, held two course records, and played in the Japan Open, the Japan Public Links Championship, the Philippine American Championship, the Air Force World-Wide, and the Southern Amateur.