23 December 2024
We look back on some of our most popular articles from the 2024 issues of GCA
23 December 2024
Architect emphasises ground game on 1925 layout at Michigan club
19 December 2024
The 18-hole ‘Cliffhangers’ layout will feature substantial elevation change and highly contoured greens
16 December 2024
Construction of revamped nine and extensive practice facilities is set to begin
13 December 2024
Project in Naples, Florida, has included the expansion of greens and reshaping of fairways
12 December 2024
Architect aims to create coherent style for course near Wellington, New Zealand
11 December 2024
Golf course architects take on the challenge of redesigning the Road hole at St Andrews
10 December 2024
Al Areen development will be built on the country’s west coast near the track used for F1 races
6 December 2024
Landscapes Unlimited is building the layout at a luxury hunting lodge in South Dakota
5 December 2024
Ernie Els Design completely redesigns the former Victoria course in the Algarve
5 December 2024
Architect oversaw two-phase project that included relocating several bunkers and installing new liner
4 December 2024
Architect restores Stadium, Mountain and Dunes layouts closer to their original Pete Dye design
27 November 2024
Project at architect’s home course includes new greens, extra length and a new par three
25 November 2024
Architects have been given free rein to lay out their design across 500 acres of Lowcountry land
22 November 2024
Nicklaus Design creates new layout in Punta Gorda that has water in play on every hole
22 November 2024
The club, which hosts DP World Tour’s European Open on its North course, is also converting its South layout to nine holes
21 November 2024
Firm aims to restore Golden Age aesthetic of John Barr design ahead of club’s centennial
21 November 2024
Matt McGarey will initially focus on remodelling the par-four thirteenth
21 November 2024
Love Golf Design is creating a 10-hole par-three layout at the 2029 Ryder Cup venue
20 November 2024
Construction of new range and short-game area was funded by a soil importation scheme
19 November 2024
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. also receives the organisation’s Donald Ross Award
14 November 2024
Mapleton Golf Club course is characterised by wide fairways and varied landscape
14 November 2024
Tee times available in August and September before grand opening in spring 2026
11 November 2024
Architect completes four-year project at Pete Dye’s first design in Florida
7 November 2024
Davis Love III, Mark Love and Scot Sherman design nine-hole course and practice facilities for golf teams
6 November 2024
Architect completely reimagines playing experience at California club
5 November 2024
Canadian architect joins the design firm of Tad King and Rob Collins
4 November 2024
Washington County approves development order for construction of Old Shores destination
31 October 2024
Fazio Design combines new holes with Bluff nine from the club's National layout
29 October 2024
Project at North Carolina club has included regrassing, reworking bunkers, tree removal and irrigation upgrades
28 October 2024
King-Collins designs nine-hole par-three layout at popular Tennessee club
24 October 2024
Layout for new club in South Carolina is on a ‘freakishly good site for golf’, says architect
22 October 2024
IDG’s masterplan includes golf course renovation, a new short layout and adventure golf
22 October 2024
David McLay Kidd design is laid out over rolling terrain that overlooks the Columbia River Valley
21 October 2024
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
17 October 2024
The Keep at McLemore, a Bill Bergin-Rees Jones mountaintop design in northwest Georgia, features on the cover
16 October 2024
Lake excavation underway at first solo project for former C&C associate
9 October 2024
Course #2 will be routed through jungle and meadows, and have Pacific Ocean views
9 October 2024
Grassing and landscape work is underway at the Brian Curley-designed course
8 October 2024
Project includes restoring original greens and rebuilding bunkers
7 October 2024
Architects plan tree removal and rerouting on Lakes and Slopes nines
7 October 2024
MacLeod course has been built over rugged coastal terrain with priority on sustainability
4 October 2024
Martin Ebert has designed a new seventh green closer to the coastal edge
4 October 2024
Synthetic turf specialist collaborates with short game coach on new facility at UK club
3 October 2024
Dye Designs overhauls bunkering as part of modernisation of Cobb layout
3 October 2024
Greens, bunkers and bulkheads will be rebuilt at RBC Heritage venue
2 October 2024
Architect has restored elements of Von Hagge’s Cypress design at Florida community
1 October 2024
Myrtle Beach National will reopen front nine in October with a renewed natural and rugged feel
30 September 2024
Toro installation gives French club precise control tailored to real-time weather data
30 September 2024
Architect has already reinstated the original design intent to greens and bunkers and overseen tree removal
26 September 2024
The architect will also redesign holes at the club at the base of the Wasatch Mountains
26 September 2024
Former Mason City course has been revamped to address flooding issues and improve playing surfaces
24 September 2024
Landscapes Unlimited will start construction at the Nebraska club in July 2025
19 September 2024
The design team will also create a new par-three layout and golf academy for the Surrey club
19 September 2024
Tarafo Bay project has planning consent and is now in the funding stage
19 September 2024
Putting surfaces will be rebuilt back to their original dimensions and feature TifEagle bermuda
12 September 2024
Cancún club plans to open new nine-hole layout by the end of the year
11 September 2024
Southworth gets green light to develop new layout, practice facilities, hotel and cottages
10 September 2024
Cover story focuses on how today’s architects have been inspired by the links courses of Britain and Ireland
10 September 2024
Architects Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom now turn attention to rebuilding existing nine
9 September 2024
Kawonu will be first new private club to be built in the Greenville area for more than 30 years
6 September 2024
Golf architecture firm reimagines twelve to fifteen with “own spin on the typical Dye aesthetic”
5 September 2024
Former Banyan Cay course has been completely overhauled by Nicklaus Design
4 September 2024
Architect plans to blend Willie Park Jr’s vision with modern demands of championship golf
30 August 2024
John LaFoy and Landscapes Unlimited complete renovation that included a ‘dynamite’ tee
29 August 2024
Andrew Green oversees changes to almost every golf feature at PGA Tour finale venue
28 August 2024
Doug Carrick is transforming the Granite Pointe Golf Course in western Canada
23 August 2024
Idaho club now has a par-three bonus hole that plays over water to a narrow green
22 August 2024
Construction will begin in 2026 following approval of Love Golf Design’s masterplan
22 August 2024
OCM appointed to redesign ten-time New Zealand Open host course
21 August 2024
Construction begins in December 2024 and is expected to be complete by early 2026
20 August 2024
Architect is updating Spring Mill course while respecting original William Flynn design
19 August 2024
The first of two 18-hole courses has been completed on a sandy site along Vinh Xuan beach
14 August 2024
David McLay Kidd says the new course has been built on ‘a special piece of land’
13 August 2024
Architect to return in January 2025 for final phase of ‘a sympathetic remodel’
5 August 2024
Bunker and heather work central to project at Colt course in Hampshire
2 August 2024
Presentation will take place at the Society’s 2024 Annual Meeting in California
2 August 2024
Japanese club will reopen the layout in October following a renovation that has included the removal of 1,000 trees
2 August 2024
Frank Pont to review bunkers with a view to reinforcing the course’s Colt heritage
1 August 2024
Clarence City Council grants approval for Mat Goggin to develop land for a new layout
31 July 2024
Developer purchases Bordeaux resort, which has courses designed by Bill Coore and Rod Whitman
31 July 2024
Troy Vincent of Nicklaus Design is working towards completing the course by 2025, after 15 years of it laying dormant
29 July 2024
Course on island of Sal is irrigated with recycled water from nearby holiday resorts
29 July 2024
The architect was speaking ahead of the launch of a special weekend event at the New Zealand resort
29 July 2024
New nine-hole par-three course is set to open in Finland in summer 2025
24 July 2024
Grzegorz Marcinków and All Golf Services revamp existing nine and add nine new holes
24 July 2024
Ernie Els course is located at MNC Lido City, a new destination two hours south of Jakarta
23 July 2024
Long-time USGA administrator will take over from the outgoing Chad Ritterbusch in September
23 July 2024
Renovation includes forward tees, routing adjustments and a revamp of the practice facilities
22 July 2024
Surrey club completes eight years of work on course with Willie Park Jr and Harry Colt heritage
18 July 2024
The Kyle Phillips-designed Stonehill course near Bangkok, Thailand, features on the cover
18 July 2024
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
17 July 2024
New par-three seventeenth is part of the first phase of work at Dutch club
16 July 2024
Ramid Group and Troon take over stalled project and oversee its completion
16 July 2024
Algarve resort updates playing areas to improve guest experience and layout’s sustainability
15 July 2024
Total Turf Golf Services rebuilds bunkers with a focus on improving maintainability, aesthetics and strategic value
15 July 2024
Nelson & Haworth oversees rerouting, green expansions, new irrigation and regrassing
12 July 2024
Design firm will develop plans that maintain the course’s unique and historic character
10 July 2024
$10m project will see greens, bunkers and tees rebuilt, design changes and vegetation work
4 July 2024
Holes will range from 78 to 120 yards at Austin Beach Club, which is in the final stages of planning
3 July 2024
Nine holes are inspired by some of golf’s famous designs and range from 70 to 154 yards in length
1 July 2024
Project at New York club ensures the course is suitable for modern hitting distances
28 June 2024
Five-hole academy project follows completion of renovation work on the main course
26 June 2024
Short course at Montana club was the last project Tom Weiskopf was involved in before his passing in 2022
20 June 2024
Faldo Design completes latest project at the English club, after renovating tees for all 18 holes
19 June 2024
Project at historic Canadian course will enhance playing experience while preserving its unique character
18 June 2024
Arnold Palmer design will be modernised in two-part project led by Brandon Johnson Golf Course Design
13 June 2024
Nine-hole par-three layout at Kentucky club is to be routed around exposed rock outcroppings
12 June 2024
Architect Jeff Mingay and superintendent Bill Green collaborate on Stanley Thompson layout near Toronto
11 June 2024
Project focuses on visibility and location, with some hazards converted to grass hollows
10 June 2024
Design team is undertaking three-phase project to improve playability and increase options
6 June 2024
Cover story focuses on how a reconfiguration project can transform a club’s prospects
3 June 2024
Brian Schneider references historic materials to restore features designed by Charles Banks
31 May 2024
The resort’s original layout by Jones Sr closed in 2005 following a hurricane
29 May 2024
Design firm will begin by assessing strategy and presentation of bunkers at the French club
28 May 2024
Architect aims to make the course more playable, fun and sustainable ahead of club’s 50th anniversary
23 May 2024
Kyle Franz and Mike Koprowski design to open for preview play in October 2024
22 May 2024
Stuart Rennie and Jeff Danner to develop plans for the Darley links in Troon and parkland Belleisle
21 May 2024
Entirely new layout has been created on 'an exceptional site’ in New England
17 May 2024
Jeremy Pern routes West Africa design around sacred grove and voodoo shrines
16 May 2024
Former Masters champion says the strategy of Valderrama inspired his Torre layout in Portugal
15 May 2024
Ken Moodie and Booth Golf & Leisure develop new short- and long-game areas for Yorkshire club
15 May 2024
Original green, found after tree clearing, has been recreated by Mike DeVries and will form nineteenth hole
14 May 2024
Construction begins on plan to renovate every aspect of the golf course by the end of 2025
13 May 2024
Alex Hay oversees reworking of holes six and seven on Vernon Macan layout
9 May 2024
Latest phase includes bunker work on the eighth, thirteenth and fourteenth
9 May 2024
Modernisation project sees bunkers at 27-hole club rebuilt and repositioned
8 May 2024
Layout in southeast Italy weaves through olive orchard and remains of centuries-old structures
8 May 2024
Architect will also renovate the South course at the PGA Tour venue
7 May 2024
New course in Saudi Arabia being developed in line with GEO Foundation OnCourse methodology
7 May 2024
Carlton Marshall’s plan for $25m venue includes par-three layout, putting course and driving range
2 May 2024
Work at 12-time Open qualifying venue aims to restore natural character
1 May 2024
Changes made by Mackenzie & Ebert include extending the sixth to 623 yards
1 May 2024
Grassing continues on nine-hole layout by Greg Turner at Gibbston Valley Resort
29 April 2024
Construction of opening nine is progressing on rocky site overlooking the Adriatic Sea
26 April 2024
Four-time major winner will set up a home at the Zimbali Lakes community
26 April 2024
Cardinal course and seven-hole par-three layout built on the site of resort’s previous 27 holes
25 April 2024
Scottish architect also transplants heather as part of a rewilding initiative at the Derbyshire club
25 April 2024
Layout at new Texas community will provide ‘a strategic, yet playable test’
24 April 2024
Renovation aims to create a striking difference in style between the Old and Wandlebury courses
23 April 2024
Nicklaus Design’s Chad Goetz is overseeing construction at the exclusive resort in the Bahamas
18 April 2024
Our cover features Shorty’s at Bandon Dunes, the resort’s new 19-hole par-three course designed by WAC Golf
18 April 2024
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
18 April 2024
Gil Hanse’s changes add more risk and reward to the layout, which will reopen to members in June
17 April 2024
Project on Hawaii course aims to improve playability and conditions of bunkers and turf
11 April 2024
Architects will begin work in January 2025 once the club takes over the lease of the Augusta municipal
11 April 2024
New owners of the South Carolina club have more work planned for George Cobb layout
11 April 2024
The main focus of restoration work at the Massachusetts layout has been the expansion of greens
10 April 2024
Project team plan to reinstate George Cobb design elements and maximise the layout’s coastal setting
9 April 2024
Newly renovated eighteenth hole reopens to complete current phase of work at New Zealand club
3 April 2024
Canadian architect plans to “do some different, quirky things” for his design debut in Nebraska
2 April 2024
Architect returns to Idaho ‘sleeper’ to revamp the strategy of its hazards
28 March 2024
The holes will be combined with Bluff nine of National course to create Richland layout
27 March 2024
The architect will work with Landscapes Unlimited to revive former Cape Royale layout for Trinity River Authority
25 March 2024
Site for the 150-member club spans 1,200 acres of citrus groves on undulating sand dunes
22 March 2024
Phil Smith leads project to overhaul Tuscany course’s irrigation and drainage
21 March 2024
The 5,000-square-foot facility includes a bunker and three-tiered artificial turf green
20 March 2024
Former PGA Tour venue reopens course following first ever comprehensive rework
19 March 2024
Architect aims “to create short, fun and accessible holes” that complement the club’s Camellia course
15 March 2024
Foundation appoints Troon as operator and construction begins on TGR Learning Lab
14 March 2024
Architect turns operator at nine-hole par-three facility near Chester, England
13 March 2024
New issue poses the question ‘Are putting courses a good investment?’
12 March 2024
Perth club has extended renovation scope to address all bunkers, tees and practice facilities
11 March 2024
Curley-Wagner Golf Design will be based in Arizona, with offices in Vietnam and the Philippines
8 March 2024
Original architect returns to improve course’s playability, aesthetics and sustainability
7 March 2024
The architect has worked with The Club Company on a revitalisation initiative
7 March 2024
Frank Pont and Hendrik Hilgert say any changes will remain true to original designer’s philosophies
5 March 2024
New projects are first following amicable split from long-time collaborator Ron Forse
4 March 2024
Second phase of renovation at California resort will see green size expanded back to Pete Dye’s original design
1 March 2024
Architect creates routing to complement the natural landforms at the Belgian resort
29 February 2024
Project at Sedona club has included restoration of bunker lines and a new short-game area
23 February 2024
Design team returns to California layout 26 years after original design
21 February 2024
Tim Lobb, Kari Haug and Turnkey Golf will design and build holes that are playable for players of all abilities
20 February 2024
Architect plans to restore original features and complete work in a style as seen at Dye’s other designs from the late 1960s
19 February 2024
Project lead Frank Pont says greens are ‘reasonably penal’ and have shrunk over time
16 February 2024
The Rose will have pro golfers Bubba Watson, Brendon Todd and Chris Kirk as founding members
15 February 2024
The Spanish resort will invest €800,000 to take layout to the ‘next level’
13 February 2024
James Edwards has designed a 1,250-square-metre area with 12 distinct zones for Surrey club
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5 February 2024
The 18-hole layout at The Inspiration Club has been designed by Mackenzie & Ebert
29 January 2024
Curracloe Links, designed by Dana Fry and Jason Straka, is expected to open for play in 2026
26 January 2024
Iowa club to reopen in May with greens inspired by Lawsonia, Culver Academies and West Bend
25 January 2024
English club introduces Durabunker system and remodels two greens complexes
25 January 2024
Danish architect develops plan to help Norwegian club cope better with climate challenges
24 January 2024
New layout will comprise restored Great Dunes nine and new holes built on land currently occupied by Oleander course
24 January 2024
Architects intend to make the 27-hole layout ‘easier for the majority’
22 January 2024
New Coore and Crenshaw course is 19 short holes with no designated par
19 January 2024
New layout on former cattle-grazing land is part of Three Bridges housing and resort development
16 January 2024
Music-themed par-three layout The Score could enter construction in spring 2024
15 January 2024
‘We deliberately eschew indiscriminate modernisation,’ says architect Vijit Nandrajog
11 January 2024
Our cover features the Biarritz third hole at the newly renovated Metairie club in Louisiana
11 January 2024
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
11 January 2024
Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom are creating two distinct 18s for Nova Scotia resort
10 January 2024
Design team believes improving vegetation is ‘real key to further elevating’ Sandbelt course
9 January 2024
Sir Nick Faldo believes Ponta do Pargo on the Portuguese island will be a ‘bucket list course’
8 January 2024
Josef Pötter Golf will complete work on the Budersand course in spring 2024
4 January 2024
Canadian architect will oversee a complete rebuild of the course at Fergus
22 December 2023
We look back on some of our most popular articles from the 2023 issues of GCA
20 December 2023
Fort Myers club increases length and expands greens, while reducing water and chemical use
19 December 2023
Mapleton layout is inspired by Long Island classics Shinnecock Hills and NGLA
15 December 2023
Richard Mandell restores the 18 Donald Ross-designed holes at the Florida municipal
13 December 2023
21 Golf Club will have a match play course by King-Collins and resurrect a lost MacKenzie layout
13 December 2023
European and Australian societies welcome announcement from governing bodies
13 December 2023
Architect is returning Stanley Thompson connection to Canadian club
12 December 2023
Architect has designed two 18-hole layouts on mountain terrain for the Hanoi project
11 December 2023
Coore & Crenshaw design plays along rocky cliffs above the Caribbean Sea
7 December 2023
Par-three layout at the Mandarina inspired by iconic holes from around the world
6 December 2023
Architects discuss how they balance a club’s desire to respect history while making the courses fit for the future
6 December 2023
Revised application for Scottish Highland links wins support at planning committee
5 December 2023
Tripp Davis designing new golf course on 240 acres of rugged terrain near Fort Worth, Texas
4 December 2023
Eighteen-hole design in southern Vietnam will be joined by a nine-hole layout
29 November 2023
Private club in Ohio gets more rugged features and recontoured greens and surrounds
28 November 2023
Florida club reopens layout with repositioned bunkers, expanded greens and reworked surrounds
27 November 2023
Peter Matkovich and Louis Oosthuizen design is recognised for habitat restoration
23 November 2023
The Highlands at Harbor Springs will open nine-hole Doon Brae layout in summer 2024
23 November 2023
Resort aims to improve conditions on Ryder Cup layout while reducing use of water and power
20 November 2023
Work on former US Women’s Open site to be ‘more akin to a facelift than full reconstructive surgery
17 November 2023
Construction work planned for 2024 at the Minnesota course includes rebuild of short par-four fifth
17 November 2023
Attendees will learn all aspects of the design process from ASGCA-member architects
16 November 2023
Architect says work at Texas club has resulted in a ‘brand-new golf course’
15 November 2023
Architect is referencing original hole notes, sketches and routing plan to guide work on New York course
13 November 2023
With offices on both sides of the Atlantic, Pangaea Golf Architecture will have a global reach
10 November 2023
Architect incorporates template greens as part of centenary project at Alabama club
9 November 2023
ASGCA awards programme highlights innovative work by its members to address unique challenges
8 November 2023
New ownership group revamps public course and plans new amenities
7 November 2023
New turf, naturalisation and drainage work is expected to cut water use by more than 40 per cent
6 November 2023
Work at Heipark Tošovice resort begins with nine-hole academy course
3 November 2023
English club prepares for fourth winter of work guided by Mackenzie & Ebert
2 November 2023
Architect has regrassed greens and rebuilt bunkers on the South Carolina course
2 November 2023
New Mexico muni will be reimagined nearly a decade after the facility’s first masterplan
1 November 2023
Hazards returned to ‘simple but very elegant’ style of original architect Sam Whiting
30 October 2023
Architect Chris Wilczynski includes template holes on new Port St. Lucie layout
27 October 2023
Bunker work is under way as New Jersey club aims to take advantage of boom in golf participation
26 October 2023
IDG introduces “more playing strategy” while remodelling Staffordshire course for HS2 rail project
25 October 2023
Project at Florida club comes 16 years after the architect redesigned the layout
25 October 2023
Woodland layout at over-55s community is first newbuild in the state for a decade
25 October 2023
Landscapes Unlimited begins build for new Contentment club in foothills of Blue Ridge Mountains
24 October 2023
Mackenzie & Ebert proposals include the introduction of a new par-three fifteenth hole
23 October 2023
Architects oversee a rerouting, restore Golden Age bunker style and bring the ground game to the fore at Presidents Cup 2026 venue
19 October 2023
Changes at North Carolina club are designed to improve strategy and shotmaking opportunities
18 October 2023
The cover of our new issue features the redesigned and renamed Jameson Golf Links at Portmarnock Resort
18 October 2023
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
17 October 2023
Portuguese resort will upgrade irrigation, reduce chemical usage and replace grassed areas with pine-bark chippings
12 October 2023
Florida resort's The Clutch layout designed to appeal to both experienced and novice golfers
11 October 2023
Layout is part of a new residential community that will debut in May 2024
10 October 2023
Scottish architect will ‘tread very lightly’ on site above the Pedernales River near Austin
9 October 2023
Society’s annual meeting also sees Frank Jemsek receive the ASGCA Donald Ross Award
6 October 2023
The Keep by Bill Bergin and Rees Jones is on track to open in summer 2024
4 October 2023
Renamed Jameson Golf Links aims for more fun and better connection with the sea
4 October 2023
Bunkers have been removed and greens have been extended to provide more playing options at South Carolina course
28 September 2023
Duininck Golf and Bergin Design have replaced greens, fairways, bunkers and irrigation
26 September 2023
Architect aims to bring ‘new dimension’ to California facility located next to Rose Bowl Stadium
21 September 2023
The club's Island course to get 600 yards of additional length and more resilient turfgrass
19 September 2023
Land sale enables Canberra club to reroute layout, upgrade and rebuild course and clubhouse
18 September 2023
Course work at Australian club was required due to construction of new road
15 September 2023
Tom Doak’s routing is laid out over natural dunes on New Zealand’s Pacific coast
13 September 2023
Georgia club sought to enhance playability while retaining challenge for elite golfers
12 September 2023
Gil Hanse, Andy Staples and Tom Marzolf discuss how to design for match play
11 September 2023
California club hires Amy Alcott for update of Desmond Muirhead’s 1971 layout
7 September 2023
Fazio returns to Connecticut club to rework hazards for distance, visibility and playability
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6 September 2023
A legendary name is exiting from the golf course design business
6 September 2023
New video reveals striking contouring of holes routed through former sand mine
5 September 2023
Rees Jones and Bryce Swanson redesign course as part of $40m investment into the New York resort
4 September 2023
Architect makes greens larger and fairways wider on 27-hole Joe Lee layout in Florida
1 September 2023
Masterplan has been developed to address course architecture, vegetation and drainage
25 August 2023
Tiger Woods’ firm creates layout for former sand mine in southern New Jersey
25 August 2023
Michigan club starts work on ‘Top of the Hill’ project, including new sixth green and first tees
23 August 2023
Eighteen-hole layout at Miakka Golf Club will have wide fairways, no rough and two miles of river frontage
21 August 2023
La Zagaleta appoints architect for the exclusive Majarambuz development
18 August 2023
Merchandise brand moves into operations with plans to revitalise course and revamp amenities
15 August 2023
The Myrtle Beach club returns greens to original Nicklaus specs from 1988
15 August 2023
Bobby Weed revives ‘Ross nine’, designs a new nine and revamps the resort’s practice facilities
10 August 2023
The course has been rebuilt and 35 acres of degraded wetlands have been restored
10 August 2023
Nine-hole course will be located on Sindalah luxury island and yachting destination
9 August 2023
Centenary project at Texas muni will see 15 holes rerouted and all course features renovated
8 August 2023
Work at California club aims to improve course’s playability, interest, conditions and sustainability
7 August 2023
Kent club is also close to opening new Faldo Design short course and putting green
3 August 2023
Firm led by Davis Love III, who captained USA at the club in 2016, will create new masterplan
3 August 2023
Architect has restored greens and rebuilt bunkers on the club’s South course
1 August 2023
Cabot releases routing map for resort’s second layout, which is set to open for preview play in 2024
31 July 2023
Partnership with Aivot Golf and PGA of America aims to transform golf development in the country
28 July 2023
Architect aims to improve playability and sustainability at San Francisco nine-hole course
27 July 2023
Nine-hole par-three layout enters construction at The Highlands at Harbor Springs, a Boyne resort
27 July 2023
Ponta do Pargo will become the first new course on the Portuguese archipelago in 22 years
26 July 2023
Jerry Pate to oversee work at the Casa de Campo course in the Dominican Republic
25 July 2023
Work on another nine is now also under way and will complete a 45-hole renovation
25 July 2023
Santana da Silva course at Herdade do Pinheirinho is revived by new development group
20 July 2023
The Nest at Sandhill Crane Golf Club has been designed to maximise variety and fun for all golfers
20 July 2023
Tom Marzolf leads $16.5m project that includes tees, fairways, bunkers, greens and drainage
19 July 2023
Donalda Club has opened a new practice area with pronounced mounds and swales
19 July 2023
Architect to reawaken dormant 27-hole Beacon Hill layout following recent acquisition
17 July 2023
Parkland-style East course set to open in January 2024 and the West will follow in 2025
14 July 2023
New course in Texas features an 80-foot-deep canyon, diverse bunkering and double greens
13 July 2023
CDP project sees a return to Colt’s original approach of larger but fewer hazards
12 July 2023
Cincinnati course reopens following project to showcase its “disguised greatness”
11 July 2023
David McLay Kidd’s new Dunas course at Terras da Comporta is on the cover
11 July 2023
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
11 July 2023
Tom Marzolf, Rick Phelps and Jeff Lawrence will update greens, bunkers, fairways and irrigation
7 July 2023
Rees Jones and Steve Weisser are overseeing work to ‘elevate golfing experience’ at Florida club
4 July 2023
Work to begin in autumn on Nick Price course, scheduled to open in late 2024
3 July 2023
Wisconsin club strives for simplicity with reworking of greens and bunkers
30 June 2023
Project at Scottish links includes reviews of eighteen-hole Corbiehill and nine-hole Rosehill layouts
30 June 2023
Zitara layout will combine strategic, penal and heroic holes
29 June 2023
Buffalo club aims to improve infrastructure while keeping original RTJ design intact
27 June 2023
CDP and Kruse Golf are considering a departure from current 36-hole approach
27 June 2023
Plans for Indiana course include new irrigation, grasses, tees and bunkers
26 June 2023
Conor Walsh completes first phase of construction on bunker overhaul at English club
23 June 2023
Jon Garner’s three-hole design for theStelle Golf can also be played as nine-hole par-three course
22 June 2023
Greens, bunkers and tees are being rebuilt at coastal community in Savannah, Georgia
19 June 2023
“I am confident Colt would approve,” says architect of new masterplan
16 June 2023
New practice facility gives golfers the ability to simulate on-course scenarios
16 June 2023
Presentation will take place at the Society’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Milwaukee
15 June 2023
Troy Vincent is leading work including restoration of greens to their original design
12 June 2023
Brian Slawnik aims to maintain character of putting surfaces while addressing thatch issues
8 June 2023
Golf course architects share the stories of some of their most unusual discoveries
7 June 2023
New layout by Nicklaus Design has been built around mountains and rock formations
5 June 2023
Andy Staples project will also see greens and greenside bunkers rebuilt
2 June 2023
Eighteen-hole layout is being built next to the Tiger Woods-designed Payne’s Valley
31 May 2023
Design duo will also be part-owners of Crownwood Club close to coast north of Helsingborg
31 May 2023
Kinsale newbuild in north Naples has template holes as the foundation for the design team’s thought processes
26 May 2023
Construction work on Pine course at private Florida club on schedule for completion in July
26 May 2023
Belgian resort will also open new eighteen-hole layout by Stuart Hallett in 2024
25 May 2023
Crypto-backed community has formalised purchase of 1907 course in northeast Scotland
25 May 2023
Architect completes pilot on par-five third and will proceed with remainder of first nine in autumn
23 May 2023
Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz joins the project as a design consultant for the short course
22 May 2023
Architect develops roadmap for Finnish club with help from master greenkeeper Janne Lehto
19 May 2023
Phil Smith oversaw completion of the new course, which is built among black lava fields
19 May 2023
DHA Karachi selects designer for golf course portion of 20,000-acre development
18 May 2023
Architect returns to create a ‘crescendo’ finish to the round at Minnesota casino resort course
16 May 2023
Peter Matkovich and Louis Oosthuizen design in Mauritius has views of Indian Ocean on every hole
11 May 2023
Pennsylvania muni will be renovated and second nine by ‘world-class’ architect also planned
9 May 2023
The Furrows is designed to make use of the property’s more attractive backdrops
4 May 2023
Architect completes project to make Florida layout more accessible and playable
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3 May 2023
Project at California muni gets the go-ahead following a legal battle between owners and former stakeholder
3 May 2023
Project at Pennsylvania club involves tree removal, bunker work and green expansion
2 May 2023
The Hawtree-designed MacLeod layout will be built south and west of the club's original links
28 April 2023
The East course by Gil Hanse will be playable from 30 May following the Senior PGA Championship
28 April 2023
Twelfth hole now has a bunker complex with a grass island in the shape of a lapwing bird
27 April 2023
Texas layout features big changes in elevation, tree-lined fairways and natural creeks
26 April 2023
Oleada Golf Links will be the centrepiece of an 860-acre resort and community development
25 April 2023
New layout replaces existing design on site of former Heston Aerodrome
24 April 2023
Institute gives recognition for ‘vital role in advancing understanding and appreciation’ of profession
24 April 2023
Layout in the Bahamas will have several holes located along the Atlantic coast
24 April 2023
Architect says the new eighth hole is a spectacular short par three that plays along a bluff
20 April 2023
James Edwards project follows the 2018 renovation of the club’s Harry Colt course by Tom Mackenzie
18 April 2023
The par 35 Black nine includes new water hazards and bunker challenges
18 April 2023
UK club is restructuring course following county council plans to extend adjacent road
17 April 2023
German resort introduces nine-hole layout to provide shorter golf option that can be enjoyed by all
17 April 2023
Green complexes and bunkers have been upgraded to the course in West Palm Beach, Florida
13 April 2023
Architect is introducing template concepts such as Eden, Cape, Road and Redan to Icelandic layout
12 April 2023
Architect will add to his existing Bluff nine to create the club’s seventh eighteen-hole layout
12 April 2023
Eighteen-hole layout is the centrepiece of a 60-million-euro project close to the Romanian capital
11 April 2023
The Park has been built on the site of the former West Palm Beach Country Club
11 April 2023
Key focus of work has been relocating and reshaping bunkers to a style closer to the original design
6 April 2023
Our latest cover features Coore & Crenshaw’s Point Hardy course, which is growing in at Cabot Saint Lucia
6 April 2023
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
5 April 2023
Five holes of Par 3 Course have been rerouted and thirteenth tee relocated
4 April 2023
Twentieth anniversary project restores firm and fast conditions to Kiwi course
31 March 2023
Trout National will be built on the site of a former silica sand mine in New Jersey
31 March 2023
Duo focuses on improving playability, visibility and maintainability of sand hazards at Illinois club
30 March 2023
Architect reconfigures layout to remove blind shots and improve playability on Indiana course
29 March 2023
Project will see greens expanded and bunkers relocated to increase strategy at TPC Toronto venue
24 March 2023
MJ Abbott has completed construction on 14 holes of the heathland Colt layout
20 March 2023
Golf historian Dan Moore speaks about the Langford and Moreau layout and his role in the project
14 March 2023
One of the aims of the proposed change is to reduce the pressure to lengthen courses
14 March 2023
Keith Cutten speaks with GCA about the site and proposed routing for resort’s next layout
13 March 2023
City of Seguin appoints Brian Ross, Nathan Crace and Todd Quitno for Starcke Park project
9 March 2023
Main feature explores what the current economic environment means for new course projects
7 March 2023
Project at Aloha GC in Marbella will focus on retaining strategic intent of putting surfaces
6 March 2023
More than half the holes on the new Coore and Crenshaw layout play next to the ocean
2 March 2023
Todd Quitno leads project at Illinois muni, which includes rerouting and infrastructure upgrades
1 March 2023
Scottish club appoints CDP to consult on bunker renovations and other changes
24 February 2023
David McLay-Kidd’s first layout in mainland Europe has been built on sandy site south of Lisbon
22 February 2023
Renovation at Florida club covers greens, bunkers, regrassing and practice areas
17 February 2023
Work on greens and bunkers will be inspired by ‘simple but elegant’ style of Ralph Plummer
14 February 2023
Five firms under consideration for new layout at KemperSports-managed facility
10 February 2023
Introduction of residential and commercial elements would fund renovation of Donald Ross holes.
9 February 2023
Revised plan for Highland course calls for fairways to be mown out of native turf; Keiser agrees to build if consent granted
8 February 2023
18-hole layout close to new resort will have “unparalleled 360-degree views”
6 February 2023
Project includes new greens at the first and the two short par fours, the seventh and fifteenth
3 February 2023
Rerouting project, which includes six new greens, will provide golfers with a more coastal experience
3 February 2023
The Cardinal will be the first new course to open in southeast Michigan in over 20 years
2 February 2023
New layout at Minneapolis facility will feature Biarritz, Redan, Eden and Cape elements
1 February 2023
Richardson, Danner and Fine collaborate to create out-of-the-box design for Pennsylvania club
31 January 2023
Architect plans extra length, new turf and bunker restoration for Tuscan course
30 January 2023
Elevated greens and new contouring will help India tour venue challenge players
26 January 2023
New design will introduce more risk-reward elements and classic SoCal aesthetics
25 January 2023
Architect Art Schaupeter has designed an 18-hole routing to “play multiple loops and different lengths”
25 January 2023
Canadian club will replace existing 36 holes with new 18-hole and 9-hole courses and practice facilities
24 January 2023
Dirk Bouts of Nicklaus Design aims to make the most of the site’s sea and mountain views
23 January 2023
Revised routing will make the most of the course’s setting within the walls of the historic Golconda Fort
20 January 2023
The Oklahoma resort’s par-three layout has a three-tier design to appeal to all abilities
20 January 2023
Architect inspired by styling of Australian Sandbelt courses for Texas project
19 January 2023
Bucharest Golf Club will debut its full 18-hole layout in May 2023
19 January 2023
Architect’s work will present course with ‘heightened colours, textures and long, dramatic views’
19 January 2023
Arizona club also adjusts first hole on two-pin layout in preparation for new clubhouse
19 January 2023
New layout for Bades Huk Golf Club is designed for vacation and recreational golfers
18 January 2023
Architect transforms 27 holes into new 18 plus short course and expanded practice facilities
18 January 2023
New 27-hole layout created by Chris Cochran following merger of neighbouring clubs
17 January 2023
Our main feature asks what level of bad golf an architect can be expected to design for
17 January 2023
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
13 January 2023
Project at North Carolina club includes rebuilding bunkers, tee work and drainage
11 January 2023
Georgia club is converting 27-hole course to 18 and expanding practice facilities
5 January 2023
Club’s new director of golf Sean Graham will oversee project carried out by European Golf Design
4 January 2023
Former Pit course will be first new layout at famed resort for nearly thirty years
4 January 2023
Caribbean resort now includes Greg Norman-designed nine-hole par-28 Avalon Links layout
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23 December 2022
We’ve handpicked five of our best pieces from the past year for you to read over the festive break
21 December 2022
Project by Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom will ultimately result in two distinct courses
16 December 2022
New owners of Bedfordshire estate eye open slots for 2031 or 2035 events
16 December 2022
Darius Oliver’s routing for The Cliffs course was first approved in 2017
14 December 2022
Expanded short grass areas and increased width form part of Canadian club’s plan to widen appeal
14 December 2022
Architects discuss the techniques they employ when working on sites with significant elevation change
12 December 2022
Architect aims to update strategic elements and visually integrate the two nines
8 December 2022
Ballyshear Golf Links course for Bangkok club is the architect’s first project in Asia
6 December 2022
Eighteen-month project saw six new lakes excavated to generate fill to raise playing areas
5 December 2022
Designers to provide renovation options for Swedish club’s two 18-hole courses plus practice areas
1 December 2022
Course reopens with redesigned greens, rebuilt bunkers, reshaped fairways and new irrigation
1 December 2022
Project at Oregon course aims to make bunkers more strategic, attractive and drain better
30 November 2022
The resort will initially open 14 holes in December, with the full 18 playable in early 2023
25 November 2022
Tennessee club approaches completion of renovation inspired by style of original designer AW Tillinghast
24 November 2022
New bunker infrastructure allowed South Carolina club to rapidly reopen course
23 November 2022
New course 50 miles east of Hanoi is on track to be completed by the end of 2023
22 November 2022
Architect will convert the nine-hole municipal layout from a two- to one-green system
18 November 2022
Architect plans to generate curiosity and challenge with renovation of the Florida course
16 November 2022
$3m project on North Carolina layout will introduce new aesthetic and strategy
15 November 2022
Latest work includes a complete rebuild of the par-four third and fourth holes
10 November 2022
The UK architects expect renovation work on the course to begin in 2024
9 November 2022
Architect works with consultants Brad Klein and Philip Young on modernization project
8 November 2022
Forrest Richardson and Jeff Danner utilise classic templates and unique concepts for Utah club
8 November 2022
Mark Mungeam’s work at Brookline municipal is included in the golf society’s 2022 list
8 November 2022
Tripp Davis rebuilds features, reshapes land and reroutes holes to accentuate natural setting
4 November 2022
‘The Covey’ course features big changes in elevation, tree-lined fairways and natural creeks
2 November 2022
‘The Sustainable Sport’ will take a detailed look at golf’s impact on the environment
31 October 2022
South Carolina layout reopens following project to improve its playability, aesthetics and drainage
28 October 2022
Issues relating to settlement and compaction on landfill site prompt infrastructure overhaul and course refresh
26 October 2022
Architect works with Landscapes Unlimited to rebuild tees, bunkers and greens
26 October 2022
Development a few miles south of Tara Iti in New Zealand will also feature a Tom Doak course
24 October 2022
Work completed on tees, bunkers, greens and irrigation to ‘maximise playability and playing conditions
21 October 2022
New holes overlooking Atlantic are routed to respect the site’s history and protect sea turtles
20 October 2022
Drew Rogers focused on restoring prairie-like landscape before addressing course features
19 October 2022
Architect Chris Wilczynski transforms flat site in Port St. Lucie into an undulating layout
18 October 2022
Holes at AK Bars Golf Resort in Kazan play alongside the Volga River
14 October 2022
Pizá Golf partners with GEO Foundation to ensure Desértica is a “sustainable and responsible project”
13 October 2022
New club will have a parkland-style East course and more rugged and natural West
12 October 2022
Seven-month project inspired by visits to some of California’s most historic courses
11 October 2022
Our main feature asks whether out of bounds is ‘the worst thing in golf?’
11 October 2022
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
10 October 2022
Greg Norman’s design firm will create both layouts at the new Văn Lang Empire Golf Club
7 October 2022
Design firm will renovate layout in way that respects the initial work by Colt, Ross and Langford
5 October 2022
Residential developer Cala Homes will fund new facilities at the historic Scottish club
5 October 2022
Architect introduces Biarritz, Punchbowl and Redan greens to county-owned course in Florida
4 October 2022
Nicklaus Companies and FM Group work together on project 20 years after it was first mooted
29 September 2022
Plan by Tyler Rae, Kyle Franz and Bradley Klein includes doubling the overall square footage of bunkers
26 September 2022
Former Dye designer adds more pot bunkers and railroad ties on Full Cry course
23 September 2022
Architect recaptures hole locations and adds variety to bunker shapes on Oregon course
22 September 2022
Peter Matkovich and Louis Oosthuizen collaborate for design of La Réserve Golf Links
21 September 2022
Architect also develops plan to guide future work at Community Golf Club
16 September 2022
GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf urges the industry to focus on ‘Driving the Green’ this October
16 September 2022
Designers will create dune formations on flat site alongside the community's inland waterway
16 September 2022
Portugal layout will be the designer of Bandon Dunes’ first in mainland Europe
16 September 2022
Erbil Hills layout is wide and open to cater for all levels of players in new golf market
14 September 2022
Mulan layout traverses jungle ridgelines, valley bowls and seaside bluffs, with sea views throughout
12 September 2022
The $4.2 million project sees all greens rebuilt and new short-game practice area created
9 September 2022
Her Majesty passed away peacefully on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral in Scotland
9 September 2022
Architect works to make sand hazards more visible and easier to maintain, while improving playability
8 September 2022
Architects discuss how they rebuilt a golf course to be more resilient to storms and flooding events
6 September 2022
Architect’s latest work on Donald Ross layout in Florida follows 2018 greens renovation
5 September 2022
Developer of Whistling Straits and owner of St Andrews Duke’s course only became serious about golf in his fifties
1 September 2022
North Carolina resort also completes drainage upgrades and removes invasive tree species
30 August 2022
Project on Billy Bell course includes rebuilding tees, bunkers and greens, as well as reworking cart paths
26 August 2022
The Swedish club has made changes as part of a project to improve water quality
25 August 2022
Stadium format will see combination of virtual and real golf formats
25 August 2022
Duininck Golf nears completion of 45-hole project that includes a revised 27-hole layout
23 August 2022
Florida layout has ribbon tees, sod wall bunkers, no rough and minimal forced carries
22 August 2022
“He found his niche in life,” says long-time design partner Phil Smith
18 August 2022
Work will begin in 2023 to convert the Fukuoka course from a two- to one-green design
17 August 2022
Nicklaus Design has rebuilt all bunkers at PGA Tour’s Honda Classic venue in Florida
17 August 2022
Architect plans to renovate greens and bunkers, and add new forward tees at Georgia course
15 August 2022
Four-hole project at Vermont club includes reworking bunkers and redesigning the eighteenth green
12 August 2022
Karst rock formations and dense jungle serve as backdrops for new holes at Vietnam resort
11 August 2022
The North Carolina architect has restored the Ellis Maples layout following closure in 2015
10 August 2022
Nicklaus course features new tees, reshaped bunkers and a new irrigation system
9 August 2022
Project includes restoring greens to their original size and installing Capillary Concrete bunker liner
4 August 2022
Project at New York club includes expansions of fairways and greens, rebunkering and new tees
3 August 2022
Kyle Franz, Tyler Rae and Jim Ryan will rebuild greens and bunkers on Seth Raynor layout
3 August 2022
Six-hole layout will include design features found at St Andrews and Augusta National
2 August 2022
Architect’s work at Long Island club includes exposing sand and undoing previous alterations
1 August 2022
Master plan will focus on sustainability, aesthetics, maintenance and safety of both layouts
28 July 2022
New greens and bunkers have been designed to improve playing experience and ease maintenance
28 July 2022
Layout is part of 300-hectare Los Cálamos development that includes housing and sports facilities
26 July 2022
Scott Hoffman design is set on rolling pasture on outskirts of Omaha
25 July 2022
EcoBunker creates sharp edge look for sand hazards at northwest London club
22 July 2022
Project includes restoring original bunker style, adjusted fairway lines and improved drainage
20 July 2022
Project includes a nine-hole par-three course and a range fitted with the latest technology
20 July 2022
South Island resort will host the 2023 New Zealand Open over Remarkables and Coronet courses
19 July 2022
Our cover features the seventeenth hole at Vidauban, which has been revitalised by the RTJ II firm
19 July 2022
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
15 July 2022
The Outpost will feature five holes running along its cliff edge, yet will be completely walkable
15 July 2022
Presentation will take place at the Society’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Rhode Island
14 July 2022
Ski and golf operator is introducing short courses at Maine, Michigan and Montana locations
13 July 2022
King-Collins layout on 580-acre site will open for public play in September
11 July 2022
Players will be able to play the layout this October, to commemorate the 150th Open
8 July 2022
Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner reroute layout and create new holes with an “Alister MacKenzie vibe”
6 July 2022
Architect says new layout will be built on a “more intimate, more dramatic’ site than the first
4 July 2022
Greg Norman’s design firm completes two-course project as part of huge development in Vietnam
1 July 2022
Latest work at 2023 US Amateur venue focused on restoring Little Dry Creek
1 July 2022
EIGCA, ASGCA and SAGCA agree to sustainable development framework set out by United Nations
1 July 2022
Project at north Florida club includes its eighteen-hole course, nine-hole layout and practice facilities
30 June 2022
Renovation work will be undertaken on all three nines at Minnesota resort
30 June 2022
Golf course builder aims to restore strategy, playability and maintainability of sand hazards
29 June 2022
Project includes renovating teeing areas, fairway bunkers and creating tightly mown surfaces near greens
28 June 2022
Developer acquires Scottish resort and aims to open new links layout in 2024
27 June 2022
Project includes reconfiguring the closing stretch, renovating greens, rebunkering and new tees
23 June 2022
Project at Northern Irish club will initially focus on final three holes of Strand course
23 June 2022
Architect to build private GrayBull layout on “special” site near Platte River
20 June 2022
Design firm aims to enhance the playing experience and overall landscape of Cornish links
15 June 2022
Construction of second layout at Amber Hills resort scheduled to begin in October
14 June 2022
Architects discuss how collaboration has helped to address some of golf’s biggest challenges
14 June 2022
Frank Pont to lead project that will include changes to both Medal and Ashludie courses
13 June 2022
Work by Emergency 9 Golf adds length and playing options on Alison layout in Michigan
8 June 2022
Project at Alabama club focuses on improving the course’s playability and accessibility
8 June 2022
Architect aims to restore William P. Bell course “back to its glory years”
7 June 2022
Project at Chicago club includes extensive bunker work, restoring pin positions and adding new tees
1 June 2022
The Fried Egg reports on goal to improve member playability while adding difficulty for championship golf
1 June 2022
David Ferris returns to New York to restore elements of club’s Dick Wilson/Joe Lee design
31 May 2022
Panama City club rebuilds hazards to address sand washouts and ease maintenance
27 May 2022
Renovation includes repositioning features and rerouting for club that will be renamed TPC Wisconsin
26 May 2022
Architect ‘reinvigorates’ several holes on Idaho course with the aim of improving playability
25 May 2022
Original plans and drawings provide reference point for $8.8 million restoration project
23 May 2022
Project at Arizona club includes relocating tees and greens, rebuilding bunkers and removing turf
19 May 2022
Project is part of a larger scheme to improve the playing experience at all nine of the club’s layouts
17 May 2022
HS2 project sees Staffordshire club build 12 new holes on nearby land and rework the remainder
16 May 2022
Three-year project includes restoring and freshening up features on Robert Trent Jones Sr layout
13 May 2022
Architect rebuilds bunkers, reinstates ‘runway’ tees and re-establishes original contours on greens
12 May 2022
Recent work on the club’s Colt-designed course includes renovations to the second and fourth holes
11 May 2022
Project at Chicago club includes redesigning several green complexes and reshaping bunkers
9 May 2022
Harrison Minchew and Fred Funk design 18-hole layout near the front range of the Rocky Mountains
6 May 2022
Layout for Terry Green of Jackpot Farm is played to three synthetic greens
4 May 2022
Second layout at Florida resort to flow across white sandy dunes, with holes framed by cypress and pine trees
4 May 2022
Architect renovates bunkers on Alabama layout to be more “strategic and visually interesting”
29 April 2022
Danish club hires original architect to create new master plan for 27 holes
27 April 2022
The Tribute Club at Thornburgh will feature views of the Cascade Range and Three Sisters peaks
26 April 2022
Toby Cobb designs new layout to be “completely different” to Thai club’s other four
25 April 2022
New short course part of a master plan that will protect over 100 acres of urban green space
25 April 2022
Architect has reshaped greens, rebuilt tees and redesigned bunkers for Texas club
22 April 2022
Architect will oversee work on tees, bunkers and greens, “continuing Pete Dye’s legacy”
22 April 2022
Modernisation project at Rhode Island club is the design firm’s first Ross renovation
22 April 2022
Tiger Woods says courses at Sarasota location, which opens on 28 April, “can be enjoyed by all"
21 April 2022
Beau Welling’s Little Sandy design can be played in just over an hour
21 April 2022
Jonathan Gaunt designs five new holes to replace those lost to high-speed railway line
19 April 2022
Renovation of Seve Ballesteros course will begin with work on second and seventeenth holes
19 April 2022
Architect aims to improve playing experience and reduce climbs on certain holes
14 April 2022
Park Mammoth will open on 28 April to a design from Brian Ross and Colton Craig
14 April 2022
Architect plans “a very fun and engaging playing experience” for Texas municipal
13 April 2022
Features Shizuoka Country Shimada in Japan, Real Las Palmas in Spain and Wicker Point in Alabama
13 April 2022
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
12 April 2022
Architect urges members of Utah club to try seven-iron chips ahead of lofted wedges
7 April 2022
Original designer will restore greens and improve playability of bunkers at South Carolina club
7 April 2022
Architect reshapes hazards to be “more formidable and offer more strategic interest”
6 April 2022
New tournament-ready layout by Huxham brothers includes stadium-style holes
4 April 2022
Design proposals focus on restoring site’s heathland and widening playing corridors
1 April 2022
Italian agronomist Fulvio Bani designs Viveiro layout on the desert island of Sal
31 March 2022
Architects plan to preserve and renovate layout set among the walls of historic Golconda Fort
31 March 2022
Tom Weiskopf and Phil Smith design layout for Black Desert Resort near ancient lava fields
30 March 2022
Architect replaces the retired Ron Prichard and will conduct a review of the 1930 Donald Ross course
29 March 2022
Dutch architect introduces new dunes between holes on Links course
25 March 2022
Six new holes will be built north of the existing Tom Weiskopf layout in Los Cabos
25 March 2022
Community group behind revised proposal; Keiser will build if planning is achieved
24 March 2022
Greg Norman team completes work on Anguilla layout, with new short course to follow in summer
24 March 2022
Architect seeks “next level” for history, playability and sustainability at Toronto club
23 March 2022
Architect focuses on improving playability for 27-hole project at North Carolina club
21 March 2022
Work advances on first of two Nicklaus Design courses for BRG Group development in Ha Nam
18 March 2022
Pennsylvania club opts for Capillary Bunkers to address liner issues on its Flynn layout
18 March 2022
Neil Crafter’s plan for Adelaide club includes work on greens, irrigation, bunkers and trees
16 March 2022
New layout at Sand Valley Golf Resort is inspired by English heathland classics
14 March 2022
Heathland project will be the design firm’s first in the north of England
11 March 2022
Former PGA Tour pro’s firm will also update twelfth hole on club’s Classic course
9 March 2022
Main feature considers the impact an effective client-architect partnership has on a club’s golf facilities
9 March 2022
Richard Mandell will restore municipal’s Donald Ross course and create a nature park
8 March 2022
Design firm aims to restore lost details and improve playability at club on French-Swiss border
3 March 2022
Auburn and Opelika municipal will be redesigned for expansion of airport runway safety area
1 March 2022
Vietnam’s largest conglomerate will work with Clayton, DeVries & Pont on 36-hole project
25 February 2022
Latest project includes transformation of landing area on par-five seventh hole
24 February 2022
Ben Chambers renovates bunkers on the East course with a sandbelt-style feel
23 February 2022
2017 PGA Championship winner will fulfil design ambition held since ‘drawing golf holes on napkins as a kid’
23 February 2022
Rumanza layout has three distinct sections, characterised by desert, trees and water
22 February 2022
Architect aims to restore original Willie Park features and fairway angles at Buffalo club
21 February 2022
Golf project is part of a multi-million-euro investment into resort on Spain’s southern coast
18 February 2022
Project at 2017 Open venue includes developing a master plan for the course and a shorter layout
15 February 2022
Fry/Straka’s Pine Valley and Calusa Pines-inspired project is nearing completion
15 February 2022
Project at Minnesota club focuses on the par-three seventeenth hole
9 February 2022
The Lakes course is back in play following Nicklaus Design’s return to Florida club
7 February 2022
Club on Australia’s Gold Coast updates hazards with Capillary Bunkers liner and EcoBunker edges
3 February 2022
Architect firm has been working on Canadian layout since 2006, with 18 holes to open in 2023
3 February 2022
Construction begins on layout located within Kolter Homes’ private residential community in Florida
2 February 2022
Architect designs versions of Redan and Biarritz greens for the Windmill nine
2 February 2022
Finnish club appoints Lassi Pekka Tilander to design nine-hole layout called the Rock
31 January 2022
Architect exposes natural sand deposits throughout the property, bringing the nearby beach to the course
28 January 2022
Florida resort appoints Coore & Crenshaw for short course on 100-acre site near The Lodge
26 January 2022
Phil Smith project at Scottsdale club will see ‘every component of the golf course reimagined
26 January 2022
Project at First Tee layout in Nevada involves rerouting over land not previously used
25 January 2022
Andrew Green completes renovation with one eye on history and the other on the modern game
25 January 2022
Chris Cochran, Chad Goetz and Troon’s Ron Despain will renovate layout and revamp practice facilities
25 January 2022
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
24 January 2022
Architect aims to improve the flow of the golf course and make it “more strategically interesting”
24 January 2022
Frank Pont will lead project to assess course that is “nothing short of spectacular for golf”
21 January 2022
Woking GC features on the cover, plus reports on Les Bordes in France and Verdura Resort in Italy
21 January 2022
Project includes a new ninth hole, bunker work, regrassing and a new practice area
20 January 2022
Leading design associate is elevated to partner alongside his long-time mentor
19 January 2022
Swedish club extends Allébanan course to 12 holes and expands practice areas
17 January 2022
Recent work concludes architect’s 15-year project at Massachusetts club
14 January 2022
Architect aims to protect and embrace the history of the Tour Championship venue
12 January 2022
Design in final stages and groundbreaking expected towards the end of 2022.
10 January 2022
Group’s first project in the US will see 45 holes renovated and new name of Cabot Citrus Farms.
10 January 2022
Architects Christoph Städler and Achim Reinmuth establish new partnership.
7 January 2022
Dan Hixson has prepared a par-30 design for the Oregon municipal.
5 January 2022
Jeff Mingay will restore Hugh Alison’s original bunker designs at the Illinois club.
24 December 2021
With thanks to our readers and the organisations that have supported us in 2021.
22 December 2021
$23.5 million renovation to include three new holes and will begin in 2023.
21 December 2021
Mike Clayton, Mike DeVries and Lukas Michel are on site in Tasmania following clearance work.
20 December 2021
A John Harvey renovates holes on the Betsie Valley course following tree clearance at Michigan resort.
17 December 2021
Jim Lipe focuses on greens, surrounds, bunkers and tees at Mexican resort.
16 December 2021
Non-native trees removed and native prairie grasses, shrubs and wildflowers replanted at Ohio club.
15 December 2021
Main feature considers whether the golf industry is ready to embrace non-18-hole golf courses.
9 December 2021
New course in Edgware from the Menai-Davis family will now be named The Legacy Club.
9 December 2021
Tom Clark and Kevin Atkinson collaborate for 18-hole layout at Oklahoma resort.
8 December 2021
Reinvented course created following merger of Lochiel and The Narrows clubs in New Zealand.
7 December 2021
Expanded and redesigned layout in oil fields of North Dakota opened in early 2021.
3 December 2021
Design firm teams up with Duininck Golf and Barr Engineering at Bearpath G&CC.
1 December 2021
Project is “one of the most interesting design mandates in Australia” says Mike Clayton.
1 December 2021
Golf course architect and CEO of Zagaleta establish partnership on shared design philosophies.
30 November 2021
Dino De Abreu designs new holes at resort located at the foot of the Drakensberg escarpment.
26 November 2021
Project at Dutch club includes rebuilding the putting green and pitching area.
26 November 2021
Design firm reconfigures holes at Mexican layout and frees up land for development.
25 November 2021
José María Olazábal layouts are located in the Navarino Hills development at the Greek resort.
25 November 2021
Construction is now complete on 18-hole ‘Claire’s course’ layout by Dan Hixson.
24 November 2021
Tim Lobb plans to reintroduce original Colt features to the course and reshape fairways and bunkers.
24 November 2021
Work is scheduled to start in July 2022 and will be the design firm’s first project in France.
24 November 2021
Architect removes trees, repositions bunkers and reworks greens on course in California.
23 November 2021
Renovation of tees, bunkers and greens on Colgate University layout will be complete in spring 2022.
18 November 2021
Architect returns to private club in Naples, Florida, to ‘reinvigorate’ layout.
16 November 2021
The Country Club at Castle Pines draws inspiration from Sitwell Park for The Crags.
15 November 2021
Grass faces introduced and new lining helps to address drainage issues.
12 November 2021
Brandon Johnson renovates bunkers and greens to improve their playability, aesthetics and maintenance.
11 November 2021
Project at Seabrook Island Club focuses on improving playability at South Carolina layout.
11 November 2021
Riviera’s sixth hole inspires Italian architect for his short game area at Torre di Terzolan.
10 November 2021
Work on the range includes five new target greens and installing Toptracer technology.
10 November 2021
Xaz Golf is the first new 18-hole layout to be built in the Galicia region since 2009.
9 November 2021
Project at Dutch club includes renovating all green surrounds and greenside bunkers.
9 November 2021
Non-profit organisation will assist European Golf Design with its carbon-neutral aims.
5 November 2021
Architect rebuilds tees, bunkers and greens at Texas club, which will reopen its front nine in December.
5 November 2021
Diamond Golf Architects’ layout at Golf Academie 57 features a mix of par threes and fours.
4 November 2021
Tom Bendelow design set to return to ‘sporty’ origins with emphasis on Golden Age aesthetics
2 November 2021
Project at German club includes renovation of driving range and building a new short game area.
2 November 2021
Annual ASGCA awards programme honours innovative work completed by member architects.
1 November 2021
Water will play a key role in the back nine of the Silk Path Dong Trieu layout.
1 November 2021
Lassi Tilander aims to create fun and playable par-three layout for Rae Golf.
29 October 2021
Project will see Dutch parkland course adopt a more natural approach.
27 October 2021
EIGCA annual meeting highlights measures to increase participation from under-represented groups.
27 October 2021
Cynthia Dye McGarey routes Erbil layout through valley with meandering stream and lakes.
27 October 2021
Short layout will have holes ranging from 60 to 115 yards and is expected to open in summer 2022.
26 October 2021
Welsh artist Arwyn Davies produces watercolour paintings of architect’s designs.
25 October 2021
Portuguese resort to begin regrassing and bunker project at RTJ II-designed Atlantic course.
25 October 2021
The nine-hole par-three course has greens inspired by famous par threes such as Redan and Eden.
20 October 2021
Architect works at Massachusetts club on bunkers, regrassing and adding new tees.
20 October 2021
Strategy of new course by Coore and Crenshaw is determined by site’s natural dune contours.
19 October 2021
Our cover features the first hole of the new St Patrick’s Links course at Rosapenna.
19 October 2021
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19 October 2021
Tim Lobb takes the reins of EIGCA while Jason Straka does so at ASGCA.
18 October 2021
Kyle Phillips design in Sicily, Italy, was damaged by freak storms in 2018.
14 October 2021
Gil Hanse’s layout for Ban Rakat Club is inspired by Macdonald and Raynor’s Lido Golf Club.
12 October 2021
Work under way on a new 18 plus transformation of existing 36 to 27-hole layout.
11 October 2021
Mike Clayton and Bill Longmuir will lead project on Harry Colt course in Berkshire.
6 October 2021
Tom Marzolf and Bryan Bowers reposition bunkers to bring them into play for bigger hitters.
5 October 2021
Cover story considers the impact that aesthetics play in golf course design.
1 October 2021
Work on Tillinghast course’s hazards includes the installation of new drainage and liners.
29 September 2021
Second phase of project at Georgia club will focus on turf conversion.
24 September 2021
Work planned for 2023 to bring back scale and drama of Macdonald-Raynor layout.
24 September 2021
Golf Saudi oversees redevelopment of both the course and club facilities.
23 September 2021
First phase of work at Tennessee club includes the redesign of six greens and turfgrass conversion.
21 September 2021
Project at Arizona club focuses on improving agronomic conditions and bunker playability.
20 September 2021
Phil Smith’s work at South Carolina club focuses on regrassing, bunkers and the practice facilities.
17 September 2021
New York club will undergo a substantial renovation of its 108-year-old golf course
14 September 2021
Eighteen-hole layout at Big Easy Ranch will include 80-foot drops, tree-lined fairways and waterfalls.
13 September 2021
Project sees putting surfaces on Bobby Weed layout returned to their original size.
10 September 2021
Architect designs 18-hole layout at Florida resort for match play games like foursomes and skins.
9 September 2021
Three-year project at resort in southern Spain sees all 54 holes worked on.
8 September 2021
Four holes rebuilt at Connecticut club as part of long-range transformation plan.
3 September 2021
European Golf Design reroutes and redesigns layout that will host the 2023 Ryder Cup.
2 September 2021
Architect aims to improve consistency of putting surfaces and surrounds at club near Sydney.
1 September 2021
Design for new NextLinks eGolf Arena includes short game area, hitting bays and ‘golf field atrium’.
26 August 2021
Pair of architects will evaluate the entire facility at 1904 Canadian club.
24 August 2021
Project at Michigan club includes new tees, tree removal, bunker work and rebuilding greens.
20 August 2021
Designs by Greg Norman form part of a huge development project in Phan Thiet.
19 August 2021
Architect plans to reroute several holes at Tennessee muni due to relocation of clubhouse.
18 August 2021
Project at Michigan club includes tree removal, fairway realignment, plus bunker and tee work.
16 August 2021
John Deere Classic course will have its bunkers updated with new sand, liners and drainage.
12 August 2021
Special report highlights key aspects of the profession that will endure for the next 75 years.
12 August 2021
Jon Schmenk works with Duininck Golf on modifying tee complexes at New Mexico club.
10 August 2021
Project at Illinois club includes extensive bunker work, fairway adjustments plus new tees and runoff areas.
5 August 2021
Architect aims to restore parts of William Langford’s original design and make the course fit for modern play.
5 August 2021
Golf course project is part of a Sunseeker Resort development that will start in autumn.
4 August 2021
The Millennium, Peirce and Forest nines can be played in three 18-hole combinations.
4 August 2021
Former Nicklaus Design associate leads five-year project at Mexican resort.
2 August 2021
Tim Lobb believes historic layout has the potential to be a top 100 course in the UK.
30 July 2021
Architect aims to restore Harry Colt and John Morrison’s design at Swedish club.
27 July 2021
Design duo work on public facility in Anchorage ahead of it hosting the 2022 US Women’s Senior Amateur.
27 July 2021
Final phase of work at club near Austrian capital covered work on first, ninth and tenth holes.
26 July 2021
Brandon Johnson transforms part of Lake Lorna Doone to bring golf to historically at-risk neighbourhood.
26 July 2021
New course in Colorado enters final stages of construction ahead of July 2022 opening.
23 July 2021
Golfplan layout will be the centrepiece of a resort development located near the city of Cam Ranh.
22 July 2021
Architect works at New Jersey club to reinstate original strategy “as fully and precisely as possible”.
22 July 2021
Contractor works alongside TPC network and PGA Tour’s golf course architect Les Claytor.
22 July 2021
Work on Harbor course is expected to be complete by the end of August 2021.
22 July 2021
Harley Kruse will use systems from Capillary Bunkers and EcoBunker after success on previous project.
21 July 2021
California club converts fairways and rough to Santa Ana bermuda ahead of a reopening in August.
21 July 2021
Tim Lobb works with British club to reduce carries over heather to a maximum of 60-70 yards.
20 July 2021
Our cover features the tenth hole of the newly-restored South course at Oakland Hills.
20 July 2021
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20 July 2021
Andy North and Craig Haltom design 12North on 15-acre parcel of land in Wisconsin Dells.
16 July 2021
Vijit Nandrajog designs nine-hole layout as part of housing development project near New Delhi.
15 July 2021
Development of new golf course in South Australia comes nine years after original plan.
13 July 2021
Design duo will renovate bunkers, reduce turf, update irrigation and add forward tees.
12 July 2021
He created 80+ courses around the world, from TPC Plum Creek in Denver to Lykia Links in Turkey.
12 July 2021
Smelek Design layout is part of a waterfront development at abandoned industrial complex.
8 July 2021
Kyle Franz reinstates par-three ‘lost hole’ as part of restoration of Donald Ross layout.
7 July 2021
Fry/Straka layout in Abu Dhabi includes a 30-foot-high ridge that plays a role in every hole.
2 July 2021
Montana club installs Capillary Bunkers system to help deal with damage from elk and badgers.
30 June 2021
Anguilla’s only golf course is being renovated, part of a transformation of the entire resort.
28 June 2021
Florida resort will also open new 18-hole Match course later this summer.
25 June 2021
Architect restores original bunkering and vistas, rebuilds all greens and oversees tree removal.
24 June 2021
Architect eliminates poorly positioned bunkers and adds new ones to enhance course strategy.
24 June 2021
New facility follows winter work that included rerouting the par-four tenth on the Stadium course.
21 June 2021
Architect plans to incorporate site’s dramatic topography and “unique landforms” in his layout.
18 June 2021
Layout on site of former orchard is defined by two valleys that run through site.
17 June 2021
PCD layout near Phuket features timber-faced bunkers and views of the Andaman Sea.
11 June 2021
Troon works with Casa Verde Golf to improve bunker playability and agronomic conditions.
11 June 2021
Architect restores features originally designed by Devereux Emmet at public course in New York.
9 June 2021
Swedish golfer is recognised for her role in increasing participation rate of female golfers.
9 June 2021
Architect will reduce the number of holes from 27 to 18 at North Carolina club.
4 June 2021
Chris Lutzke and Herb Kohler design short layout with holes ranging from 60 to 160 yards.
3 June 2021
Cover story considers benefits of a ‘less is more’ approach to golf course design.
2 June 2021
Florida club to bring back design features from 1971, when it hosted the PGA Championship.
1 June 2021
Construction of a 24-hole layout with four distinct six-hole loops will begin in summer 2022.
1 June 2021
Sandy Burrell and Ken Moodie create new back nine and rework front nine for West layout.
28 May 2021
Project at high-end North Carolina resort sees creation of six entirely new holes.
26 May 2021
Private club in Alabama has reworked bunkers, removed trees and cleared undergrowth.
21 May 2021
Architect will expand greens and bring back a more natural look to bunkers at South Carolina club.
20 May 2021
Project at Mimosa golf complex includes rerouting to create land for a new shopping centre.
19 May 2021
Toledo native designed more than 200 new golf courses and renovated more than 150 others.
17 May 2021
Rees Jones oversees project at New York club, with full 18 to open in mid-June.
14 May 2021
New course for private client will be playable as loops of three, nine, twelve and eighteen.
12 May 2021
Bois d’Arlon Golf and Resort will have courses designed by Stuart Hallett and Jonathan Davison.
12 May 2021
Award will be presented at the 2021 ASGCA Annual Meeting in Cleveland.
10 May 2021
California muni installs Toptracer equipment and builds an expansive fairway with nine targets.
7 May 2021
More than 2,000 trees removed in “complete reimagination” of former Grand Haven course.
7 May 2021
New greens match the “style and character” of AV Macan’s original designs.
6 May 2021
Putting surfaces have been expanded by 25 per cent and reshaped to offer more variety and challenge.
6 May 2021
Contractor works alongside PGA Tour golf course architect Leslie Claytor to update drainage and bunkers.
6 May 2021
Owner of California club spends $119m to “create a private club like no other”.
5 May 2021
New 14-hole par-three QuickSands layout has holes varying between 60 and 180 yards.
5 May 2021
Architect’s plan for Minnesota layout is to “energise a hidden gem that has great natural attributes”.
5 May 2021
Proposed layout is awaiting approval from two Italian municipalities.
29 April 2021
Design firm recommends enhancing Canadian course’s connection with the natural landscape.
29 April 2021
Buxton club builds new bunkers in a style close to what Alister MacKenzie originally designed.
28 April 2021
New owners bring architect in for a course-wide naturalisation project and bunker renovation.
27 April 2021
Work was undertaken to address long-standing drainage problems on the Smyers-Faldo layout.
22 April 2021
British supplier also installs a 75-foot-long practice tee strip at Edinburgh club.
21 April 2021
Architects design “auditorium-type” layout as part of a 550-hectare development by La Finca.
21 April 2021
The par-34 layout is part of a master-planned community on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
20 April 2021
Newly named Sailfish Sands facility also adds Toptracer driving range and new putting greens.
20 April 2021
Architect’s layout features the Volga river, either as a backdrop or located next to holes.
19 April 2021
Rod Whitman says the plan is to “inject variety and nuance back into the features”.
19 April 2021
Golf course is part of a $250-million development from the Discovery Land Company.
16 April 2021
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16 April 2021
Dave Sampson will lead project to investigate strategy presented by historic 5,095-yard layout.
16 April 2021
Ron Kirby accentuates site’s natural assets and opens up ocean views.
15 April 2021
Bill Coore’s new short course at Barnbougle in Australia features on the cover.
14 April 2021
Architect redesigns greens to improve proportions and increase visibility.
13 April 2021
Project at Mississippi muni includes three new holes, rebuilt bunkers and regrassed greens.
12 April 2021
Richardson | Danner Golf Course Architects will have offices in Arizona and California.
8 April 2021
Bobby Weed’s design is the first to be built on Florida’s First Coast since 2004.
7 April 2021
New course is part of a 1,500-acre development located alongside Lake Martin.
6 April 2021
TGR Design’s new short course references the resort’s golfing history.
6 April 2021
New Jersey club rebuilds bunkers and greens, and opens vistas with tree removal.
1 April 2021
Brett Thornsbury works with Capillary Concrete to address playability and consistency issues.
31 March 2021
Architects develop dunes and reshape green surrounds to add more drama to the front nine.
30 March 2021
Tom Marzolf will reposition fairway bunkers to create risk-reward challenges for longer hitters.
29 March 2021
Landowner aims to appoint a ‘world-class architect’ to work on site next to Cromarty Firth.
29 March 2021
German club reduces sand areas on its Open course by a third to reduce maintenance time.
26 March 2021
Latest work includes restoring the lacy-edged bunkers on the short par-three tenth.
26 March 2021
First stage of 27 holes planned for 1,400-hectare development in Asuncion.
25 March 2021
Architect will begin work with Landscapes Unlimited to address “staggering” damage caused in 2019.
24 March 2021
George Philpott designs new holes, nearly a decade after the first nine opened for play.
23 March 2021
Nine holes of the course at Thanh Lanh are routed across a lake peninsula.
23 March 2021
Duo will focus on the relationship between the layout and the land for their work in Massachusetts.
18 March 2021
Surrey club completes woodland management and hires Clayton, DeVries & Pont as advisors.
17 March 2021
Construction work will begin on par-three layout at Azuri Ocean and Golf Village in April.
12 March 2021
Architects will introduce design changes while addressing infrastructure issues on Wisconsin layout.
12 March 2021
Architect returns AW Tillinghast’s style to layout that will host the PGA Championship in 2029.
11 March 2021
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm.
11 March 2021
Design team uses site’s natural rock as a feature throughout the round.
9 March 2021
Profiles six clubs highlighted by the latest ASGCA Design Excellence Recognition Program.
9 March 2021
Course manager David Cole oversees project to transform drainage at famous Scottish club.
8 March 2021
Project will focus on improving course conditions and “environmentally favourable characteristics”.
5 March 2021
Phil Jacobs replaces existing holes and adds nine in Rwandan capital.
4 March 2021
Dan Hixson transforms former quarry site into a walkable layout with plenty of variety.
3 March 2021
New course is part of a 600-acre development in Indiana that could include 450 luxury home sites.
2 March 2021
Architect says his investigations show that the course’s original designer is Stanley Thompson.
26 February 2021
Initial work will be the practice facilities ahead of the club hosting a Symetra Tour event in August.
25 February 2021
Dan Hixson designs green around the edge of a lake at the Oregon resort.
22 February 2021
LandBalance will focus on projects involving golf courses that have the potential to be renovated.
17 February 2021
Architect moves focus to front nine having completed back nine in 2020.
16 February 2021
Scott Hoffman and Landscapes Unlimited create layout over rolling pasture on outskirts of Omaha.
15 February 2021
Project at Rumbling Bald Resort aims to restore original shot options.
11 February 2021
Lethamhill muni would become community venue including nine holes, short course and walking trails.
11 February 2021
Architect plans multi-purpose complex with sprawling green for waste area in Valle de Bravo.
10 February 2021
Change in ownership “brings a new perspective and energy” to the design firm.
9 February 2021
Work on green complexes at third and fifth holes of 1975 Gonzalo Lavin Sr layout is under way.
8 February 2021
Plan focuses on increasing distance and repositioning bunkers to challenge college players.
8 February 2021
Architect aims to improve visibility, interest and drainage of sand hazards on Czech course.
3 February 2021
Comprehensive renovation project at Florida layout will begin in the summer.
2 February 2021
Project at Houston club includes rebuilding all greens and returning bunkers to a more classic style.
2 February 2021
Architect’s goals at California resort club were to improve sustainability and golf experience.
1 February 2021
Layout is first of two planned for country club at within residential community.
29 January 2021
New course is the centrepiece of Toll Brothers residential community in Arizona.
28 January 2021
Club is working with Mackenzie & Ebert to restore character of its Harry Colt layout.
27 January 2021
Kevin Norby oversees work at Minnesota club to prevent phosphorus from entering lake.
26 January 2021
Former landscape designer will undertake two-year course at the European Institute of Golf Course Architects.
25 January 2021
Mike Clayton and Mike DeVries route dunes layout for pure golf development led by Mat Goggin.
21 January 2021
New holes have been laid out on “extremely hilly site with dramatic changes in elevation”.
21 January 2021
Focus of work will be bunkers, with the plan calling for a 25 per cent reduction of sand areas.
20 January 2021
Architect returns to course designed by his father and previously owned by his family.
20 January 2021
Kyle Phillips progresses with course changes and new practice facilities as part of £25m investment.
19 January 2021
PGA Frisco features on the cover, plus reports from Landmand, Congressional and Chart Hills.
19 January 2021
Architect will work with developers Michael and Chris Keiser on replica of lost Long Island course.
19 January 2021
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19 January 2021
Members of the Chicago club vote to go ahead with course plans developed by Andy Staples.
15 January 2021
Frank Pont will lead project to recommend renovations to the club’s two courses.
14 January 2021
Former Ryder Cup player works alongside Durabunker to transform bunkering on Swedish course.
13 January 2021
New hole is part of a master-planned project that also includes work on four greens at Swedish club.
12 January 2021
Architect works alongside Duininck Golf to give Georgia course ’new look and identity’.
11 January 2021
French club’s head greenkeeper designs smaller hazards for ease of maintenance.
8 January 2021
ASGCA-commissioned ‘Golf Facility Market Trend Watch’ considers impact of Covid-19.
7 January 2021
Architect will renovate bunkers and greens and aims to “elevate the course identity”.
6 January 2021
Country’s first riverside layout has been built alongside a residential development and hotel.
5 January 2021
Casino resort course rebuilds hazards and adds championship tees to bring back tournament golf.
4 January 2021
Club’s resident architect Andrew Johnston completes overhaul of SMBC Singapore Open venue.
22 December 2020
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22 December 2020
Design firm plans to defend holes via the use of width, short grass, bunker positions, and green slopes.
22 December 2020
Layout overlooking the Mediterranean completed after 10-year halt in construction.
21 December 2020
Architect’s work at Pennsylvania club includes a ground feature inspired by the wall on North Berwick’s thirteenth.
21 December 2020
Architect has been working on Virginia layout – comprising classic hole designs – since 1999.
21 December 2020
Architect relocates the closing green at nine-hole course to address safety concerns.
17 December 2020
Architect’s new routing designed to address concerns over difficulty and pace of play.
16 December 2020
EcoBunker edging makes revetted bunkers a possibility for Scottish island links.
15 December 2020
Architect renovates course as part of redevelopment project at the 175-acre resort.
14 December 2020
Architect aims to make the putting surfaces on Blue course “more challenging and interesting”.
11 December 2020
Architect oversees golf course renovation and tree removal at California club.
10 December 2020
Includes report on how today’s designers are inspired by architects of the Golden Age.
9 December 2020
Latest phase of work sees architect rebuilding bunkers on five holes at Spanish club.
8 December 2020
Architect renovates third and sixth holes of nine-hole club in Connecticut.
3 December 2020
New resort layout is being built in “an exceptional environment with such natural beauty”.
2 December 2020
Duo oversees seven-month project to re-grass course, rebuild bunkers and expand tees.
2 December 2020
Architect creates heathland layout that contrasts with the club’s Old course by Robert von Hagge.
1 December 2020
Architect returns George Thomas and Billy Bell styling to hazards at California club.
27 November 2020
Third project for Cowan-Dewar and Keiser partnership will be in ‘heli-ski capital’ Revelstoke.
27 November 2020
Former Brynwood G&CC layout to be transformed as part of club rebrand.
25 November 2020
Gil Hanse’s layout for Ban Rakat Club’s new Ballyshear Golf Links is inspired by renowned lost course.
25 November 2020
Work on Michigan course includes rebuilding greens and renovating bunkers to a Harry Colt style.
25 November 2020
OCM focuses on width and angles at course that neighbours Royal Melbourne.
24 November 2020
Architect reintroduces Dick Wilson’s original, bold bunkering as part of work at Ohio club.
23 November 2020
Architect’s work aims to respect Donald Ross design while improving course character and strategy.
19 November 2020
The West course integrates features that celebrate the culture of Cambodia.
19 November 2020
Layouts by Hanse and Welling to be given time to establish ahead of June 2022 opening.
18 November 2020
Architect returns to private Florida layout to update bunkers, grasses and drainage.
18 November 2020
Craig Schreiner returns to South Carolina to complete work on bunkers, greens and drainage.
16 November 2020
Architect works in Michigan to restore Langford and Moreau course “with a modern approach”.
13 November 2020
Minnesota club replaces holes five, six and seven in response to flooding earlier this year.
12 November 2020
Design firm to help Canadian club “craft a sustainable vision and plan for course improvements”.
11 November 2020
Ceramic soil amendment chosen to help green and tee drainage at famous club.
11 November 2020
Host of the 2020 PGA Championship is also under way with a renovation of its practice facilities.
9 November 2020
London club commissions woodland management plan and new irrigation system.
6 November 2020
Architect follows work at Mid Pines and Pine Needles with overhaul of Ross's last design.
5 November 2020
Architect Steve Forrest oversees work on greens and bunkers at private Florida club.
4 November 2020
Brian Schneider introduces more fairway width, new bunkering and larger putting surfaces.
4 November 2020
Project on Algarve resort layout includes renovating all bunkers to their original size.
3 November 2020
Infinite Variety continues with long-term restoration project at highly rated German club.
2 November 2020
Project at Illinois club includes returning the second hole to its Redan-style roots.
2 November 2020
Rainer Preissmann returns to Hamburg club on infamous contaminated site of Bille settlement.
30 October 2020
Bunker project on the newly-named Fazio course is expected to be complete by spring.
29 October 2020
Caspar Grauballe oversees project to update all sand hazards at Danish club.
28 October 2020
All 18 holes at the Colombian course have been redesigned in the project.
28 October 2020
Designs on a Better Golf Course provides insight into the impact of architecture.
27 October 2020
Architect will review existing course features to design a master plan for the New York club
26 October 2020
James Edwards designs practice area on site of Course No. 3’s former eighteenth green.
23 October 2020
Forse Golf Design oversees project on new practice facility and Centennial Nine
21 October 2020
Lobb designs minimalist layout on rolling landscape with long vistas across site to Turkish capital.
20 October 2020
Palmer’s Thad Layton routes new holes to connect existing nine to new hotel.
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19 October 2020
Authority considered that the new MacLeod course will contribute significant social and economic benefits.
19 October 2020
Views are “by far the most expansive we have ever had,” says architect Ramsey.
16 October 2020
Design of PGA National Czech Republic layout revives and restores natural areas.
15 October 2020
The cover of our latest issue features the closing green of the newly-restored Fox Chapel GC in Pittsburgh.
15 October 2020
Forrest Richardson urges architects to keep looking at new formats for courses.
15 October 2020
North Carolina club reopens following work completed under direction of Robert Trent Jones II.
13 October 2020
Architect's plan includes converting two existing holes into a nine-hole par-three course.
12 October 2020
Ohio club reopens Kendale layout following irrigation work and Fry/Straka renovation.
8 October 2020
Himalayas-style design completes three-year, $33m project at Bobby Jones Golf Course.
7 October 2020
Architect returns to “revamp” Texan layout, 20 years after he originally designed it.
7 October 2020
Architect “lets the river decide” proposed rerouting of Lake Tahoe golf course.
6 October 2020
Architect redesigns Czech course’s opening three holes and eighteenth, plus new practice area.
1 October 2020
Annual awards programme recognises innovative work completed by member architects.
1 October 2020
Recent project at Las Lomas Club de Golf creates 'a very unique and colourful environment'.
30 September 2020
Richard Chamberlain alters seventh and eighth holes, part of his new master plan.
29 September 2020
Architect reduces sand on Tennessee course as well as bringing a Golden Age look to bunkers.
28 September 2020
The eighteenth hole at Orlando layout becomes a 204-yard par three with an island green.
25 September 2020
'The Forge' features four greens and has been designed to appeal to all golfers.
23 September 2020
Architect makes use of additional land to change routing and revamp the practice facility.
23 September 2020
Current CEO of USGA will leave the organisation to pursue his lifelong passion for golf course design.
22 September 2020
Architect returns to Alabama course to complete work on tees, bunkers and greens.
21 September 2020
Wade Horrocks removes hundreds of trees at Canadian club to widen playing corridors.
18 September 2020
Nine-hole North Louisiana layout will be extended to 18 and renamed Smuggler’s Run.
17 September 2020
Bertrand Mussotte feature explores partnership between science and golf at Vidauban in France.
17 September 2020
Johan Benestam negotiates various landscape challenges to begin building 131-yard hole for Swedish club.
16 September 2020
Nineteenth hole plays along the coast and features views of the beach and mountain backdrop.
15 September 2020
Frank Pont will restore Colt course “in a manner that will be respectful of its architectural heritage”.
15 September 2020
Issue explores how small parcels of land can be repurposed to broaden club offerings.
15 September 2020
Design firm completes work in Texas with “features fitting into the terrain a little more naturally”.
10 September 2020
Architect addresses water issues as part of $3m project at Texas municipal facility.
9 September 2020
Three-quarters of survey respondents said hitting distances were having a negative impact on course design.
8 September 2020
Jonathan’s Landing reconstruction project is expected to start next February.
7 September 2020
Architect Lundin aims to return heathland character and Colt/Morrison original design.
7 September 2020
First phase of work includes replacing drainage, restoring shapes of greens, and re-facing bunkers.
4 September 2020
Ten-hole short course overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and can be played in a variety of configurations.
3 September 2020
Online platform allows golf club clients to get rapid access to turf expertise.
3 September 2020
New firm will renovate Kytäjä’s South East course and design a new layout for Tammer-Golf.
3 September 2020
Jason McCoy oversees the building of a new short game area and putting green at Georgia club.
2 September 2020
Tom Marzolf makes use of historic material to restore original features on Pittsburgh course.
1 September 2020
Player/developer closes on site for ‘ideal’ course; will design alongside King-Collins.
27 August 2020
Gil Hanse removes 137 trees and 40 bunkers to make the layout more playable for members.
26 August 2020
Dutch architect updates nine-hole course with “new greens and more variety in tees”.
25 August 2020
Kyle Phillips returns to original design in Sicily to renovate 14 holes damaged by freak flood.
21 August 2020
Whitman, Axland & Cutten designs The Nest, a 10-hole par-three layout over rolling ground.
20 August 2020
Architect’s agreement with top Danish club includes the construction of a new short course.
19 August 2020
Municipal layout redesigned by Todd Schoeder to help alleviate neighbourhood flooding.
18 August 2020
Sedayu course on reclamation land transitions between links and parkland themes.
14 August 2020
Architects propose to replace par-67 Pittsburgh muni with a nine-hole course and par-three layout.
13 August 2020
Architects will restore bunkers to a Colt style, rebuild four greens and more at Michigan club.
13 August 2020
Peel L&P aims to transform Hulton Park estate into a golf course capable of hosting the Ryder Cup.
12 August 2020
Brazenhead layout will repurpose closed country club with ‘best solution for the property’.
11 August 2020
John Fought designs Little Meadow as a continuous loop that can play in both directions.
10 August 2020
Project at Cypriot club resumes following the lifting of country’s lockdown restrictions.
7 August 2020
Paul Thomas produces new 12-hole layout plan, which is being considered by members of Wallsend Golf Club.
6 August 2020
Thai club is returning bunkers closer to original design and make them ’almost maintenance free’.
5 August 2020
Alan Rijks designs nine-hole par-three layout, with lighting for evening play, at Dutch club.
4 August 2020
Architect’s proposals include green expansion, tree removal and bunker work.
4 August 2020
Architect removes every bunker on public layout in Maryland for greater sustainability.
3 August 2020
Pat Ruddy designs nine-hole par-three layout on 14-acre site on Ireland’s north coast.
31 July 2020
Beau Welling and Heritage Links collaborate with Texas club on bunker renovation project.
30 July 2020
New practice facility at Irish club was financed by a government grant.
29 July 2020
Project at Austrian club is designed to restore course’s position as number one in the country.
28 July 2020
Craig Haltom builds four holes on new land and reroutes the remainder on Wisconsin layout.
27 July 2020
Jack Nicklaus hails freedom to create course without compromise for Florida community.
24 July 2020
Firm’s first project in Australia will anchor a new residential and community development.
23 July 2020
Project has included rebuilding every bunker and reducing the distance of green-to-tee walks.
22 July 2020
European Golf Design’s routing for OKOL Lake Park is located in an Alpine meadow.
21 July 2020
The cover of our new issue features Coore & Crenshaw’s Sheep Ranch course at Bandon Dunes.
21 July 2020
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
20 July 2020
Two-year project at Missouri club will also include tree clearing and work on tees and fairway lines.
16 July 2020
Latest phase of work includes expanding putting green and changes to green and tee complexes.
15 July 2020
Coore & Crenshaw layout in northern California aims to be a throwback with a modern twist.
14 July 2020
Clyde Johnston adds six holes to Hollow Creek golf course to complete 18-hole routing.
13 July 2020
Mackenzie & Ebert’s work at Scottish course opens sea views and restores playing options.
10 July 2020
Love Golf Design completely redesigns 18-hole layout and new six-hole short course.
9 July 2020
Golf architect has developed a state-of-the-art layout, playable from 4,563 to 7,833 yards.
8 July 2020
Ten-hole layout designed by Riley Johns and Keith Rhebb will open on 31 July.
3 July 2020
Mafer Golf oversees construction on Links and Forest layouts, both designed by Robert von Hagge.
2 July 2020
Architect will restore the design intent of the original nine holes at private Michigan club.
1 July 2020
Paul Jansen talks about how he has remained productive amid the coronavirus pandemic.
30 June 2020
Architect oversees construction of new bunkers as well as expansions of greens at Boston club.
25 June 2020
Tom Doak, Gil Hanse and Beau Welling lined up for renovation work and Troon to manage operations.
24 June 2020
Delaware club’s Montachanin executive course is repurposed to make space for new facility.
23 June 2020
Architect firm creates multi-purpose area on previously underutilised practice ground.
19 June 2020
Architect renovates the Ocean course, a year after he completed work on the club’s Dunes layout.
18 June 2020
Design firm also plans to renovate and reroute the existing nine holes as part of two-year project.
18 June 2020
New facility will provide golfers with “something much more like a real golf hole” for practice.
17 June 2020
Firm completes 11-hole ‘The Gongs’ layout over undulating land at Vietnam resort.
16 June 2020
Scot Sherman oversees tree management and other work during pandemic closure.
15 June 2020
Construction continues on new Eyston course ahead of club’s merger with Reading Golf Club.
12 June 2020
Bob Harrison discusses the impact of the pandemic on his projects in Australia.
11 June 2020
Industry leaders and architects consider how golf facilities can adapt to thrive post-coronavirus.
11 June 2020
Architect restores greens and bunkers closer to Perry Maxwell and Alister MacKenzie’s original design.
10 June 2020
This year’s focus on eighteenth hole will deliver ‘incredible risk-reward finish’.
9 June 2020
Florida club renovation includes movement of 60,000 cubic yards of earth on new twelfth hole.
8 June 2020
Nicklaus Design consultant also directs work for new putting course at private club in Colorado.
5 June 2020
Jim Nagle leads project to restore bunkers at Ohio club to their original Donald Ross style.
5 June 2020
Design firm will begin work later this year on GolfBC Group’s British Columbia layouts.
4 June 2020
Architect aims to create a ‘rolling five-year development plan’ for 45-hole Belgian club.
3 June 2020
Architect designs 14-hole par-three Quicksands layout on “wildly contoured” parcel of land.
2 June 2020
All 90 hazards renovated and practice putting green extended in ten weeks before lockdown.
1 June 2020
Easing of lockdown is green light for official opening of Clive Clark-designed Dumbarnie Golf Links.
1 June 2020
Historic photographs inform bunker restoration on ninth and eleventh at Worcestershire club.
29 May 2020
Three new holes at Donald Ross layout that will host the 2023 PGA Championship.
29 May 2020
Chris Wilczynski designs private layout to be “visually dynamic and fun for players of all abilities”.
27 May 2020
Hills Forrest Smith completes project in Delaware, 13 years after the first five holes opened.
25 May 2020
Project on original 18 holes addresses ageing infrastructure and improves aesthetics and playability.
22 May 2020
Historic photography guides architect’s work at Alister MacKenzie’s precursor to Augusta.
21 May 2020
First phase of project saw two new holes built to eliminate dangerous road crossing.
20 May 2020
New resort layout finally on verge of opening following series of disruptions to construction.
19 May 2020
CrossWinds in South Carolina becomes venue devoted to “golf, beer, barbecue and beyond”.
19 May 2020
Brian Curley speaks with GCA about the impact of the pandemic on his design work.
15 May 2020
Architect expands putting green and introduces new areas for golfers to practice a variety of shots.
14 May 2020
William Swan talks about the outlook for his design work and life during the UK lockdown.
13 May 2020
Algarve resort introduces plan to ‘foster nature, conserve resources and support the community’.
12 May 2020
Gareth Williams considers the future of the golf design industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.
11 May 2020
Architect’s plan “keeps the integrity” of Donald Ross’s last design, while extending course length.
8 May 2020
Tom Weiskopf and Phil Smith oversee work on all golf course elements at Scottsdale club.
7 May 2020
Architects use old aerials to guide bunker work in a style like Colt, Alison & Morrison first designed.
6 May 2020
Illinois club moves construction start date forward as coronavirus pandemic restricts play.
5 May 2020
Bunkers throughout the course are being renovated so they are more impactful and strategic.
4 May 2020
Marc Player talks about the impact coronavirus has had on Gary Player Design’s projects.
1 May 2020
New land and a rerouting allow Turkish club to expand golf from 27 to 36 holes.
30 April 2020
David McLay Kidd is optimistic about the industry’s ability to recover from the coronavirus outbreak.
29 April 2020
McDonald Design increases fairway width and introduces new bunkers on Maryland layout.
28 April 2020
Project at German club will also include the construction of a new six-hole short course.
27 April 2020
Beau Welling talks about how his projects are progressing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
24 April 2020
Architects evaluate every element of 63-hole golf resort to produce a blueprint for the future.
23 April 2020
Pennsylvania club and Rees Jones progress with renovation of ‘tough par four’ during US lockdown.
22 April 2020
A. John Harvey collaborates with Turco Golf to complete work on 76 sand hazards at New York club.
21 April 2020
Christoph Städler discusses the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on his golf projects.
20 April 2020
Construction of Silver course is under way at Michigan club, and expected to open in autumn.
17 April 2020
Work at UK club aims to improve playing strategy and restore the course’s heathland character.
15 April 2020
Architect introduces new style of hazard to help differentiate two courses at Swedish club.
14 April 2020
Jeff Mingay talks about how the pandemic has delayed his spring work in the US and Canada.
13 April 2020
Club works with Mackenzie & Ebert and construction firm MJ Abbott to transform hazards.
13 April 2020
Work at Japan club involves reshaping bunkers to a style closer to Shiro Akaboshi’s original design.
10 April 2020
Faldo Design aims to create a centre of excellence for golf in the country with its Rumanza project.
10 April 2020
Architect creates ten-hole layout that looks over Sea of Cortez for rebranded Mexico resort.
9 April 2020
The cover of our new issue is Gil Hanse’s New course at Les Bordes in France.
9 April 2020
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
9 April 2020
Jeffrey Brauer’s Iron Horse project continues after being declared essential by city government.
8 April 2020
Swedish course reopened for play last weekend with new rugged style hazards.
7 April 2020
Richard Mandell discusses how project priorities are shifting amid the coronavirus pandemic.
6 April 2020
Architects create two new holes by using Irish club’s ‘19th hole’ to reroute the layout.
3 April 2020
Renovated short game area will offer ‘course-like features and conditions’ for golfers to practice on.
2 April 2020
Jeremy Slessor discusses the impact of coronavirus on timings for EGD’s golf design projects.
1 April 2020
Club moves construction start date forward as coronavirus outbreak prevents play.
31 March 2020
Architect Tim Lobb expects the current lockdown to lead to a very busy second half of the year.
30 March 2020
New initiative gives children the opportunity to express creativity during coronavirus lockdown.
27 March 2020
Peter Harradine describes the impact that coronavirus is having on his firm’s projects.
26 March 2020
Project at Singapore club includes fairway grading adjustments and soil enhancement for greens.
20 March 2020
ASGCA members discuss how the US golf industry is responding to the threat of coronavirus.
19 March 2020
Golf course architects describe the effect the global pandemic is having on work in construction.
16 March 2020
Golf Design India creates new green complexes and bunker plan for nine-hole layout.
13 March 2020
Rwandan club hopes to host larger professional competitions when it opens for play.
12 March 2020
Cover story considers golf courses that are being brought back from the brink of abandonment.
12 March 2020
Renovation at Harry Colt-designed course in northern Spain sees first and seventh holes rebuilt.
10 March 2020
Architect will begin work this summer to restore features on every hole at Florida layout.
9 March 2020
Fry/Straka redesign is transforming former Sand Barrens layout in New Jersey.
5 March 2020
Construction work is under way on layout within private community in Aventura, Florida.
5 March 2020
Canadian club reduces its golf from 36 holes to 18 to allow for future residential development.
4 March 2020
Pioneer Pointe will utilise template designs, including Road, Redan and Punchbowl holes.
2 March 2020
Course and country club to serve as ‘heartbeat’ for residential community developed by Lennar.
28 February 2020
Expansive upland property will play host to new 36 holes, opening in 2022.
28 February 2020
Project at the former Sunset Country Club will see the back nine completely redesigned.
26 February 2020
Payne’s Valley course will be the first publicly-accessible design from Tiger Woods’ firm.
25 February 2020
Andy Staples focuses on ground contour with sustainable new design for California resort course.
21 February 2020
Reporters for Scottish Government found potential for significant adverse effect on environment.
21 February 2020
Design team takes ‘least-disturbance’ approach to resort layout alongside the Pacific Ocean.
20 February 2020
Recent work includes restoring the ‘doughnut’ bunker between the seventh and thirteenth greens.
19 February 2020
Design firm focuses on restoring the original Robert Trent Jones bunker style at Connecticut club.
18 February 2020
First phase of work at historic links includes the creation of a new short par-three seventeenth.
18 February 2020
Architect proposes redesign of Windmill Hill layout as part of project in Milton Keynes, England.
17 February 2020
Architect designs ‘challenging and fun’ layout to replace Dutch club’s existing course.
14 February 2020
Long-term project will be informed by 1915 Ross drawing and historic aerial photography.
14 February 2020
New master plan for the New York club includes tree management and expansion of greens.
13 February 2020
Architect plans renovation of greens and bunkers at nine-hole layout in the Netherlands.
12 February 2020
Frank Pont is returning the Madrid club’s Upper course to its original design.
11 February 2020
Jakub Cervenka designs Golf Resort Dobrouč in the foothills of the Orlické Mountains.
7 February 2020
New course at Eagle Pine Golf Resort will feature huge ravines and views of the Mediterranean Sea
7 February 2020
Architects welcome R&A/USGA report but Tour and manufacturer response shows no unity across the industry.
5 February 2020
Course redesign allows for construction of new 330-yard-long driving range and putting facility.
5 February 2020
Latest issue devoted to the eighth annual ASGCA Design Excellence Recognition Program.
4 February 2020
Initiatives include work with STRI, the Golf Environment Organization and Atlas Turf International.
3 February 2020
Architect aims to reduce maintenance and improve playability of bunkers at North Carolina club.
31 January 2020
Exposed rock on Queen’s course will define playing strategy and provide dramatic visuals.
30 January 2020
Work started immediately after autumn 2019 takeover by Fore Golf Partners.
29 January 2020
Duo will improve turf conditions and restore architectural features at Connecticut club.
28 January 2020
$3.7m project on Naples course includes expansion of greens and restoration of design.
27 January 2020
First phase of work includes new and remodelled bunkers plus heather planting on five holes.
24 January 2020
Project at Boston club will involve renovation of bunkers and green expansion work.
23 January 2020
Dale Beddo designs Utah daily-fee layout as part of a 950-acre master planned development.
22 January 2020
Architect redesigns five holes at New York club, helping them save on irrigation costs.
21 January 2020
Project to begin at North Carolina club in March, under direction of the Robert Trent Jones II firm.
20 January 2020
The course has been rebranded following renovation work by Nicklaus Design.
20 January 2020
North Carolina resort becomes latest transition zone venue to embrace warm season turf.
17 January 2020
Architect plans to further “integrate golf into this incredible mountain setting” in North Carolina.
17 January 2020
Rees Jones renovates Asiad Country Club ahead of the BMW Ladies Championship, his first project in South Korea.
16 January 2020
The cover of our new issue features Kyle Phillips’ layout at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands.
16 January 2020
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
15 January 2020
First phase of work at Florida facility includes the creation of a new reversible nine-hole layout.
15 January 2020
Project at Italian resort course saw renovations to bunkers, irrigation and drainage.
14 January 2020
Architect’s eight-month project at Florida club introduces new strategy and shot options.
14 January 2020
Architect reconstructs all green complexes and introduces a sandbelt bunker style at Sydney club.
13 January 2020
Top San Francisco clubs pick Philadelphia-based architect to lead projects.
10 January 2020
‘He changed the industry twice’ say the architects he mentored.
9 January 2020
David Whelchel oversees facelift to the Quarry course’s sand hazards.
8 January 2020
Architect Jeff Mingay to lead final phase of work at 1919 Macan-designed course.
7 January 2020
Project at Vermont club also involves extensive subsurface drainage and new forward tees.
3 January 2020
Architect conceives ‘golf lounge’ as a grass sculpture that is both beautiful to look at and functional.
24 December 2019
With thanks to our readers and the organisations that have supported us in 2019.
19 December 2019
Project will flip routing of the Peter Hay course to bring ocean into view throughout the round.
18 December 2019
More than 50 bunkers will be reshaped and rebuilt at historic Scottish club.
17 December 2019
Kipp Schulties replaces greens and tees and expands native areas at Florida club.
16 December 2019
Architect reduces turf areas and creates subtler green complexes for Florida club.
13 December 2019
Project at Arizona community sees restoration of Nicklaus’s design intent at split-fairway thirteenth.
12 December 2019
Architect Scot Sherman will convert Virginia municipal into 12- and six-hole layouts.
11 December 2019
Three-year project at 27-hole public Chicago course ends with work on the Tournament nine.
10 December 2019
Focus on golf clubs that have successfully adopted a phased approach to renovation work.
6 December 2019
Re-grassed fairways, new bunkers and short game area for rebranded Florida Club.
6 December 2019
Thomas Himmel project at German club prompted by water protection measures.
4 December 2019
Navarrenx course designed by Nicolas Joakimides now fully in play.
4 December 2019
Annual programme highlights examples of industry innovation and problem-solving.
2 December 2019
Hills Forrest Smith also introduces subtle design changes at Florida club.
29 November 2019
Architect expands and completely redesigns former Watford City layout in North Dakota.
29 November 2019
Houston municipal reopens with new design for PGA Tour and public play.
28 November 2019
Huge earthwork to occupy ‘bland space’ between two holes at UK club.
28 November 2019
Historic materials will guide architect firm’s work at Abercromby and Colt’s layout.
27 November 2019
Ken Moodie remodels bunkers at Royal Blackheath to a style in-keeping with Braid’s 1920s style.
25 November 2019
Project at Florida private club sees original hole locations and bunker shapes reinstated.
22 November 2019
Course manager David Cole oversees project to transform drainage at famous Scottish club.
19 November 2019
Architect says resort course near Los Cabos, Mexico, has ‘three movements and two transitions’.
18 November 2019
Five-course Florida resort retains architect for reimagination of Squire layout.
15 November 2019
Scottish architect plans to increase playing options with redesign work at Utah course.
15 November 2019
Construction of new mountain layout by Albanese & Lutzke to begin in 2021.
14 November 2019
Project at Dubai club addresses issues created by invasion of foreign grasses on putting surfaces.
13 November 2019
Scottish club hopes new practice facility will attract new golfers to the game.
12 November 2019
Architect reduces sand area by 50 per cent to ease maintenance on Danish course.
11 November 2019
Architects plan to return more of Harry Colt’s design heritage to the course.
7 November 2019
Architect focuses on preparing Pete Dye’s ‘masterpiece’ in advance of 2021 major.
6 November 2019
Architects’ work includes new holes on club’s short course and building new practice facilities.
4 November 2019
Beau Welling designs The Saddle at GlenCove for new community development
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31 October 2019
Canadian club, with Stanley Thompson/Chick Evans layout, votes in favour of project to replace old poa with 007 bent.
31 October 2019
Architect’s work addresses turfgrass concerns for California club and provides space for more pin locations.
29 October 2019
Construction of a new 12-hole ‘On the Rocks’ course in desert terrain will begin in 2020.
28 October 2019
Project sees bunkers rebuilt, greens resurfaced, and new irrigation installed at PGA Tour Champions venue.
25 October 2019
Architect Frank Pont will study historic imagery of clifftop layout to inform work at UK club.
24 October 2019
Chad Goetz says renovation aims to enhance playability, strategy and the beauty of the course.
23 October 2019
Architect oversees project to overhaul bunkers and redesign the eighth hole on Missouri layout.
22 October 2019
Architects study Harry Colt plans to inform work at 2019 RBC Canadian Open venue.
21 October 2019
Architect replaces the first hole on the Yellow course with a new ‘spectacular’ par three.
18 October 2019
Las Vegas resort course reopens with ‘playability second to none’ following two-year project.
18 October 2019
Tiger Woods’ goal is ‘to design courses that bring people together’.
18 October 2019
Architect reshapes putting surfaces on German course to be varied and “aesthetically more appealing”.
17 October 2019
Stirling & Martin designs 27-hole course that will be part of a new residential resort in Murcia, Spain.
17 October 2019
Year-long project by Love Golf Design refreshes near century-old Travis course.
17 October 2019
New CDP firm will have principals on three continents and eighty years of experience
16 October 2019
Rumanza golf course is part of huge Defence Housing Authority project in Multan.
16 October 2019
Project at Swiss club sees original nine renovated to eliminate blind holes and “nearly impossible finishing hole”.
15 October 2019
Brian Curley designs ‘Wall of Death’ bunker complex for Rolling Hills layout in Thailand.
14 October 2019
Steve Smyers creates new layout with both elite and everyday golfers in mind.
14 October 2019
Finishing stretch on new layout plays along Florida’s Little Braden River wetland preserve.
11 October 2019
Rees Jones and Bill Bergin collaborate on project to overhaul former Canyon Ridge club in Georgia.
11 October 2019
Project will see the rebuilding of all greens as well as the lengthening of three holes at Ohio club.
11 October 2019
Nine-hole par three course relocated in advance of road construction project.
10 October 2019
The cover of our new issue features the new Hoiana Shores layout, designed by Robert Trent Jones II.
10 October 2019
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
10 October 2019
Coore & Crenshaw complete clifftop design on site of Tom Doak’s ‘secret’ course at Oregon resort
9 October 2019
Another major Moroccan project for longtime Coore & Crenshaw associate.
9 October 2019
Initial phase of project at Michigan club will focus on fairway bunkers on the twelfth and fourteenth.
7 October 2019
William Swan plans work on tees, bunkers and green surrounds, plus tree and landscape management.
4 October 2019
Work on back nine of Yellow course will “embrace spirit of Seve’s original design”.
2 October 2019
Coore and Crenshaw oversee comprehensive regrassing project at PGA Tour venue.
1 October 2019
Architects implement clean-edged high-flashed bunker style ‘unique’ to Chicago area.
30 September 2019
Dan Schlegel restores putting surfaces on South Carolina layout to their original sizes and shapes.
26 September 2019
New layout will be routed through valleys at the centre of vast Pakistan development.
25 September 2019
First phase of project at Wisconsin club includes new irrigation, drainage, tees and bunkers.
24 September 2019
Todd Eckenrode says he ‘couldn’t be more thrilled’ with progress at California club
23 September 2019
Construction is also under way on a third nine, which is set to open in early 2020.
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19 September 2019
Jonathan Gaunt oversees changes to reflect “high architectural calibre of the Colt-designed course”.
18 September 2019
Benjamin Warren to overhaul Minnesota municipal, which neighbours Hazeltine National.
17 September 2019
Architect makes use of historic materials to guide renovation work at UK club.
16 September 2019
Ross McMurray of European Golf Design creates playable layout at site in Weston Longville.
16 September 2019
Project at California club includes bunker work, reshaping of green surrounds and some new greens.
13 September 2019
NZ$10 million project on former Lochiel site aims to “create a brand-new golf experience”.
12 September 2019
Design firm creates the first of two new courses that will form part of Vattanac Golf Resort.
12 September 2019
Architects share their experiences of designing golf courses for universities.
11 September 2019
RTJ II renovation of North Dakota course integrates with new levee to protect community.
10 September 2019
Thirteenth and fourteenth on James Braid layout now feature new tees and native heather.
9 September 2019
New Clive Clark-designed layout in Scotland to provide “unparalleled, memorable golf experience”.
6 September 2019
The program recognises innovative work completed by architects at seven golf facilities.
5 September 2019
McDonald Design Group overhaul of Maryland layout will be completed for 2021 golf season.
4 September 2019
RTJ II-designed resort course in Vietnam includes six holes that play along the beach.
3 September 2019
Fry/Straka layout on UAE’s Yas Island will feature eight-metre-high ridgelines that will frame holes.
28 August 2019
Duo ready to start their first eighteen-hole new-build on “an extraordinary piece of land”.
27 August 2019
Architect adds six new holes to South Carolina layout, twelve years after completing first ten holes.
23 August 2019
Architect returns to UK club this autumn for penultimate phase of five-year project.
23 August 2019
Ryder Cup venue in Paris, France, creates new training facility in area that housed a grandstand.
21 August 2019
Martin Ebert-led alterations to third and sixteenth holes at UK club.
19 August 2019
Construction firm renovates 175 flood-damaged bunkers in a single month.
16 August 2019
Liverpool golf facility hires International Design Group to create a new championship layout.
15 August 2019
Architects will study the Tom Bendelow design “to see which pieces should and could be restored”.
14 August 2019
Indian club’s Lodhi course to reopen in late 2019, following extensive redesign work.
13 August 2019
Construction in progress at Ron Garl-designed Castle Rock Golf Club.
12 August 2019
Colligan Golf Design reroutes eight holes of former Twin Wells golf course in Dallas.
9 August 2019
Project at California resort course will restore original green sizes and contours.
8 August 2019
Architects team up for project at Michigan club that will begin in summer 2020.
8 August 2019
Sanford prepares to complete final phase of 10-year master plan for Massachusetts golf course.
7 August 2019
Nicklaus’s team designs par-three layout with inspiration from TPC Sawgrass, Riviera and St Andrews.
7 August 2019
Architect is progressing through ten-year renovation plan for clifftop club on England’s south coast.
6 August 2019
Changes include new tees to make Alabama layout playable for golfers of all skill levels.
5 August 2019
Bruce Charlton of RTJ II oversees project to renovate every putting surface on California course.
5 August 2019
Architect Mile Gogel helps club to level tees in order to spread wear and tear.
2 August 2019
Jeff Mingay will restore character and size of original Park Jr and Ross greens.
2 August 2019
Architects reference original Tom Simpson drawings and notes for work at UK course.
1 August 2019
Illinois club reshapes hazards for better “visibility, playability and maintainability”.
1 August 2019
Architect completes project at California municipal, which sees bunkers, green sizes and tees restored.
31 July 2019
Golf Design Services renovates all 18 putting surfaces over a four-year period at Canadian club.
31 July 2019
Caspar Grauballe designs Black Water Links, the first 18-hole course in the Poznan region.
30 July 2019
Thad Layton oversees conversion of California club to Santa Ana bermuda to reduce water requirements.
29 July 2019
Kris Spence designs Palmetto Traverse, a 35,000-square-foot green for South Carolina municipal.
29 July 2019
Greg Norman firm renovates former Diplomat course to accommodate future development.
26 July 2019
Christian Lundin leads renovation project at Norwegian club, which includes the design of five new holes.
26 July 2019
Ocean Dunes features plenty of natural casuarina pine vegetation and white sand.
25 July 2019
Architect makes bunkers more manageable and strategic at New York club.
25 July 2019
Ceri Menai-Davis teams up with Dye Designs for UK club’s latest golf offering.
24 July 2019
Bill Bergin oversees construction of new forward tees and all new bunkers at North Carolina club.
23 July 2019
Construction firm oversees building of new green complexes, tees, fairways and bunkers at German club.
22 July 2019
Architect to revamp the fifth and seventeenth holes at Canadian club.
22 July 2019
Project aims to bring Virginia club up to modern standards of maintenance technologies and sustainability.
19 July 2019
Architect firm overhauls bunkers, green surrounds and tees on Le Vallon course in Belgium.
18 July 2019
Construction work on country’s only course is expected to begin in 2020.
17 July 2019
Bill Coore says the clifftop site on the Caribbean island is “spectacular beyond description”.
16 July 2019
The cover of our new issue features the new eighth hole at Royal Portrush’s Dunluce course.
16 July 2019
Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?
15 July 2019
Construction is progressing on the transformation of the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan.
12 July 2019
Architect says hazards are being remodelled to provide ‘much better visual framing’.
9 July 2019
Stuart Rennie’s first new-build replaces the former Torvean layout in Inverness, Scotland.
8 July 2019
Project at UK club includes renovation of all bunkers, drainage and a couple of green complexes.
5 July 2019
Architect also seeks to open up playing corridors at Dick Phelps-designed Texas municipal.
3 July 2019
Johns and Rhebb collaborate for short layout between Doak and Weiskopf layouts at Michigan club.
2 July 2019
Wade Horrocks completes overhaul of Calgary municipal following significant investment.
1 July 2019
Fry/Straka uses original William Diddle materials to guide design work at Cincinnati club.
28 June 2019
Edwin Roald prioritises sustainable design processes for remote layout in northern Iceland.
27 June 2019
Greens will be restored to original sizes and shapes with reference to Ed Ault’s 1970s drawings.
27 June 2019
Redevelopment plan includes replacement of current beachside seventh and seventeenth holes.
26 June 2019
Gil Hanse’s layout for Ban Rakat Club’s new Ballyshear Golf Links comprises classic template holes.
25 June 2019
Architect’s work at Utah club includes overhaul of bunkers and updated practice facilities.
25 June 2019
New short game area ‘not equalled in the Northeast’ is now in construction at English club.
24 June 2019
Full audit of facilities will identify measures required for ‘the demands of twenty-first century golf’.
21 June 2019
Two-pin layout at Arizona club gets new greens, bunkers, tees, irrigation and more.
20 June 2019
Architect plans “to dramatically and comprehensively update every aspect of the layout”.
19 June 2019
Members talk about golf projects that they have worked on in emerging golf markets.
19 June 2019
Architect returns to Stanley Thompson layout to restore bunker details ahead of Canadian Open.
17 June 2019
John LaFoy oversees project to renovate every bunker on the course for Virginia club.
14 June 2019
Gil Hanse returned to Japanese club to redesign second set of greens and restore fairway bunkers.
13 June 2019
OCCM has rebuilt every green, bunker and tee at the merged sandbelt club in Melbourne, Australia.
11 June 2019
New York club integrates indoor facility, extends range tees and adds short game area
10 June 2019
Australian club collaborates with Crafter + Mogford and district council on routing of new holes.
7 June 2019
Replicating Willie Park Jr’s famous earthworks at Oxfordshire course was ‘a natural choice’.
7 June 2019
Madrid club reinstalls original bunker and green style on Course 1’s tenth and eleventh.
6 June 2019
New practice complex features two large greens, three bunkers, as well as fairway and rough areas.
5 June 2019
Architect combines links, lakes and woodland character for new Austrian layout.
4 June 2019
American investor-turned-developer was responsible for two of Scotland’s best-ranked new courses.
4 June 2019
Five holes redesigned at public course in former grounds of stately home in Northern Ireland.
3 June 2019
Golf consultant Sam Sakocius leads project to improve turf, irrigation and drainage.
31 May 2019
Phil Smith designs 18-hole layout for Colorado club with views of the Rocky Mountains.
30 May 2019
Former Fazio associate seeks ‘thoughtfulness for clients’ and ‘better economic way to do things’.
29 May 2019
Nicklaus Design converts fairways to bermuda and reduces bunkering by 40 per cent.
28 May 2019
Architects will also plan work for a new short game area at the Florida club.
27 May 2019
Swiss club completes two-year project with new holes that have views of Lake Zurich.
24 May 2019
Architects design par-three layout on rolling ground with views of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
24 May 2019
New holes in construction at Vietnam resort, which will be playable under floodlights.
23 May 2019
Agustín Pizá designs unique short layout surrounded by a Mayan forest.
23 May 2019
Mackenzie & Ebert oversees project to complete similar upgrades as on Himalayas course.
21 May 2019
Club intends to bring back the ‘feel and character’ of the Irish links course.
20 May 2019
Architect uses historical photography to bring Mackenzie Ross elements back to UK course.
17 May 2019
City of Edina replaces 27 holes with a new 18 while expanding wetlands and oak savanna.
17 May 2019
Golf course architect Scot Sherman explains rationale for redesign of University of Virginia course.
17 May 2019
Construction begins on new holes in valley setting at Vietnam resort, with dramatic backdrop.
16 May 2019
Marc Westenborg oversees bunker work and introduction of water feature at Welsh club.
15 May 2019
Former Thai Muang golf course in Thailand has been completely rebuilt and rebranded.
14 May 2019
‘There’s not much more a golfer of any ability could want or need,’ says club director Chris Fitt.
14 May 2019
Thomas Himmel creates “nine visually different and strategic green complexes” at German club.
13 May 2019
Design firm creates Lao Cai course on hilly site near the Chinese border.
10 May 2019
Tim Lobb advises on project at English club, where 1.5 hectares of trees have been removed.
10 May 2019
Architect to reduce raised mounding around greens to promote ground game.
10 May 2019
German architect appointed president and Tim Lobb becomes vice president of European institute.
9 May 2019
Architect rebuilds greens at lower elevation to promote the ground game.
8 May 2019
Sand areas will be reduced by more than half at 27-hole Illinois club to ease maintenance burden.
3 May 2019
IMG creates new layout for Vietnam resort with ‘a spectacular lake in play on several holes’.
2 May 2019
Clyde Johnston expands putting surfaces and rebuilds tee complexes for Florida club.
1 May 2019
Richard Mandell develops new tee complexes and fairway drainage system for South Carolina club.
30 April 2019
Architect firm removes trees and sand as part of ninth hole renovation at Dutch club.
29 April 2019
Craig Haltom reroutes Wisconsin course and uses new land as part of major renovation.
26 April 2019
Work by Mackenzie & Ebert includes eight new holes and over 80 bunkers redesigned.
26 April 2019
Schmidt-Curley designs Rolling Hills layout for Thai club, with a soft opening expected in late 2019.
25 April 2019
Architect firm receives approval for construction to begin on nine-hole course in Tunisia.
24 April 2019
Washington municipal and 2015 US Open host is back in play following project to resurface greens.
24 April 2019
Montenegro’s first golf course will offer ‘breath-taking views of the Kotor Bay and Adriatic Sea’.
23 April 2019
UK club installs Hunter system to achieve greater control over its playing characteristics.
22 April 2019
The first phase of multi-year project sees bunkers renovated for Kentucky club.
19 April 2019
Former US Open venue features an “unbelievably dramatic” green with 12 feet of elevation change.
18 April 2019
Michel Niedbala designs layout, part of €20 million Golf International de Roissy-en-France project.
17 April 2019
The cover of our new issue features the Twin Dolphin layout in Mexico, designed by Todd Eckenrode.
17 April 2019
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17 April 2019
Download Martin Ebert’s full report on his firm’s project at the historic Japanese layout.
12 April 2019
Overhaul of Florida layout designed to deliver ‘dramatically improved golf experience’.
11 April 2019
NEWGIZA, the final design from the TPL firm, described as one of the ‘elite courses’ in the region.
10 April 2019
Swedish club reduces maintenance burden with installation of Durabunker synthetic revetting.
9 April 2019
Nine holes of long-delayed Cutalong project scheduled for completion by the end of this year.
8 April 2019
Changes to rough and ninth and eleventh greens designed for ‘fairer test’, plus burn work on sixteenth.
5 April 2019
New layouts to take advantage of “cathedral-like setting” of Hawaii coastline and mountains.
4 April 2019
Architect plans to renovate bunkers, tees, green surrounds and approaches for Arizona club.
3 April 2019
California club to reconstruct greens and bunkers, with course routing remaining unchanged.
2 April 2019
UK club engages architect to carry out a long-term evolution programme for its historic layout.
29 March 2019
Members share their stories about golfing pioneer and first female ASGCA president, Alice Dye.
29 March 2019
Architect works on turning Illinois club’s Bendelow and Gill holes into a single cohesive design.
28 March 2019
Pennsylvania club to build more tees on the tenth and remove cross bunker on seventeenth.
27 March 2019
Architect designs nine new holes on rolling terrain for German club.
25 March 2019
Overhaul of golf course forms part of South Carolina club’s enhancement vision for 2020.
22 March 2019
UK club introduces Pure Distinction to greens and begins bunker work on Ballesteros course.
22 March 2019
Algarve resort expects construction of the new South course to begin in June 2019.
21 March 2019
Channel Islands club begins three-year project to rebuild all 31 bunkers with EcoBunker.
21 March 2019
Architect Thomas Himmel and constructor Josef Pötter Golf collaborate to create new surfaces.
20 March 2019
Jonathan Gaunt oversees redesign of Colt layout in response to planned HS2 railway line.
19 March 2019
New bunkers and irrigation, and changes to par-four thirteenth, for Scottsdale club.
18 March 2019
Ric Kayne plans Coore & Crenshaw and Doak courses for “world golfing destination” in New Zealand.
18 March 2019
Sanford Golf Design creates five-hole short game area and putting course for Delaware club
15 March 2019
Idaho resort returns to original architect to oversee bunker work, new practice facilities and more.
13 March 2019
Darius Oliver designs new nine-hole ‘The Farm’ layout for private New Zealand club.
12 March 2019
Hills Forrest Smith also plan work for new short game area at Florida club.
8 March 2019
Holiday firm purchases 2017 Scottish Open venue from Loch Lomond Golf Club for £4.5 million.
7 March 2019
Lead architect Scot Sherman discusses changes to Plantation course at Georgia club.
6 March 2019
Architect oversees installation of new liners and sand, plus four new bunkers, for PGA Tour venue.
5 March 2019
Three-hole project includes formation of dunes to obscure view of range from the eighteenth.
4 March 2019
South African course is in final stages of grow-in and scheduled to reopen in March.
1 March 2019
Project sees Coronet course increase to 18 holes in preparation for New Zealand Open in 2021.
1 March 2019
Clearing is in progress on the club’s fifth course, designed by golf course architect Toby Cobb.
28 February 2019
OCCM oversees conversion to bentgrass and subtle changes to add more pin positions.
27 February 2019
Texan city seeks to ‘bring new life, fun and playability’ to its course, and make it more cost effective.
26 February 2019
Construction of the new Vistas del Pedregal Golf & Country Club is expected to be complete in late 2019.
20 February 2019
Jari Rasinkangas, Ronald Fream and George Philpott co-design new layout in Russian port city.
18 February 2019
Architect is overseeing complete overhaul of Castle course on rugged shores of Finnish island.
15 February 2019
Phase one of work at California course will focus on greens and greenside bunkers on back nine.
14 February 2019
Mike Gogel redesigns course for new owners of club that is home to University of Kansas golf teams.
11 February 2019
Swan Golf Designs works with Belfast club to recapture Harry Colt’s ‘visual style and effect on play’.
8 February 2019
Scottsdale club creates par-54 layout as focal point for new residential community development.
8 February 2019
Architect will reduce turf areas and create subtler green complexes for the Florida club.
6 February 2019
English club works with golf course architect David Hemstock to upgrade parkland course.
5 February 2019
Latest issue devoted to the seventh annual ASGCA Design Excellence Recognition Program.
5 February 2019
Colligan Golf Design creates new layout for baseball-themed club in Arlington, Texas.
4 February 2019
First project sees pair collaborate for design work at 36-hole club near Brisbane, Australia.
2 February 2019
Designer of island green seventeenth hole at TPC Sawgrass dies at her home in Florida.
1 February 2019
Project at nine-hole course pays homage to work of previous designers, including Billy Bell.
28 January 2019
Golf course overhaul is part of new owner’s $220 million investment in the Florida resort.
25 January 2019
Architect waives fee as work on Colt, Alison & Morrison layout was “too important not to happen”.
24 January 2019
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24 January 2019
A new look for GCA and the 2019 edition of the GCA Green Pages supplier directory.
23 January 2019
Architect reduces bunkers, improves putting surfaces and enlarges tees at Florida municipal.
21 January 2019
Jurmala Golf Club & Hotel debuts new Nicklaus Design course and practice facilities.
18 January 2019
Work at former Austrian Open venue frees up space for residential development.
17 January 2019
Florida course returns to Nicklaus for work to greens, tees and bunkers, plus re-grassing.
16 January 2019
110-feet high likeness of Gautama Buddha dominates views from new layout in Pattaya, Thailand.
14 January 2019
Work at private club on Florida’s West coast includes re-grassing and rebuild of greens and bunkers.
11 January 2019
Architect plans to return bunkers to Devereux Emmet’s slender style with steep grass faces.
11 January 2019
Golf course architect Bruno Steensels will also completely redesign the existing nine at Dutch club.
8 January 2019
Jeff Lawrence discusses changes to be made to historic layout in heart of Indian capital.
7 January 2019
Canadian architect will also reconstruct 12 greens on Stanley Thompson course.
4 January 2019
Architect plans to ‘revitalise everything on the site’ at 45-hole complex in Sarasota, Florida.
2 January 2019
New master plan will enable Florida club to decrease water consumption by 30 percent.
24 December 2018
Many thanks to all our readers and the organisations that have supported us in 2018.
21 December 2018
Several holes have been altered to enhance playability at the Mexican course.
20 December 2018
Private club in Naples, Florida, will revamp all 27 holes and practice facility in 2019.
20 December 2018
Sanford Golf Design completes comprehensive renovation project at Florida club.
19 December 2018
Third year of project sees construction work under way on five holes of Swiss mountain course.
18 December 2018
Shawn Smith expects work at Delaware club to be completed by end of 2019.
17 December 2018
Todd Eckenrode and Fred Couples create desert layout on site overlooking the Sea of Cortez.
14 December 2018
WPGC will continue to operate as eighteen-hole course until December 2021.
13 December 2018
Steve Smyers designs future-proof and environmentally-sustainable layout for Bloomington campus.
13 December 2018
Nathan Crace remodel of Mississippi public course provides more width and multiple playing loops.
13 December 2018
ASGCA members provide insight on projects where they have been giving free rein from a client.
13 December 2018
Scottish links will have three new greens, new forward tees and substantial rebunkering.
7 December 2018
Gary Johnston of European Golf Design creates memorable layout for Emaar development firm.
5 December 2018
Two new courses to be built as PGA of America relocates from Palm Beach County to Texas.
5 December 2018
Scottish club continues progress with long-range plan of improvements for Old and New courses.
3 December 2018
New bunkering among changes on Pines and Highlands courses at Massachusetts town.
30 November 2018
Project architect Thad Layton expects construction at Uruguay resort to begin in spring 2019.
29 November 2018
Nine-hole Golfplan layout adjacent to the Tbilisi Botanical Garden will be accessible by cable car.
28 November 2018
Practice site capped with sand imported from area near second hole, which becomes wildlife habitat.
26 November 2018
Dutch club to open par three layout in 2019 following recent opening of its 18-hole course.
23 November 2018
Pro-turned-architect expects all eighteen holes to be playable by September 2019
22 November 2018
Architect aims to preserve existing contours of greens as well as equipping them for modern play.
21 November 2018
Hawaii resort redesigns and expands its practice facilities including a new TifEagle putting green.
16 November 2018
Nicklaus Design expects eighteen holes for Royal Auckland and Grange to open in spring 2020.
14 November 2018
Relocation of Scottish layout sees Stuart Rennie create new track that will open in 2019.
13 November 2018
Annual programme highlights examples of industry innovation and problem-solving.
12 November 2018
Architect discovers original architect to be Tom Bendelow in old newspaper clippings.
12 November 2018
Construction work expected to begin at site near Islamabad in January 2019.
9 November 2018
Drew Rogers oversees greens rebuild and new short game area, completing overhaul of Florida club.
7 November 2018
Tree removal and green expansion increases playing options at venue of PGA Tour’s Honda Classic.
6 November 2018
Professional golfer-turned architect designs and shapes Golf de Saïdia Teelal on sandy site.
6 November 2018
Architect says course at Harbour Ridge community in Florida now has more enhanced native features.
5 November 2018
Architect will expand the club’s driving range, short game practice facility and teaching facility.
5 November 2018
'This will not feel like a typical residential golf course,' says architect of new Esplanade layout.
2 November 2018
Architects return public course in North Carolina to design of the 1974 PGA Championship.
2 November 2018
Southwest Greens Construction works with TP Golf and Linksshape at Hong Kong club.
1 November 2018
Architects adding width and aiming to reduce repetitive nature of Moroccan course.
1 November 2018
Ken Moodie oversees redesign work on Dunn/Braid layout for England’s oldest golf club.
31 October 2018
Architect uses existing fairway corridors to transform Scottsdale resort layout from 27 holes to 18.
29 October 2018
US$3 million project to improve playing conditions will begin in December 2019.
26 October 2018
Troon’s Ron Despain oversees revamp of ‘executive’ course at South Carolina community.
25 October 2018
Dubai resort course reopens following reconfiguration to accommodate new hotel construction.
24 October 2018
Pennsylvania club employs duo for greens renovation on three holes and tree clearance work.
23 October 2018
Architect returns greens and bunkers to the original William Langford design at Memphis club.
22 October 2018
Florida club revamps greens and bunkers, restores lake bank and improves irrigation and drainage.
19 October 2018
Architect extends and redesigns practice facility at von Hagge-designed Real Sociedad Hípica Española.
18 October 2018
Featuring the new JCB course in England designed by Robin Hiseman of European Golf Design.
18 October 2018
DAS Energy extends battery life to all buggies at Alcanada with state-of-the-art solar panels.
18 October 2018
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17 October 2018
Architect renovates Dye course at Ohio club as part of a residential development project.
16 October 2018
Architect to create ‘vastly different course’ following membership approval and funding.
15 October 2018
Architect to rebuild eleventh green and various bunkers as part of masterplan for New York club.
12 October 2018
Architect to design playable track in contrast to von Hagge design.
12 October 2018
Kris Spence uses historical drawings to restore greens and bunkers of the original design.
11 October 2018
Parslow and Winter complete 10-month project on Malaysian layout ahead of PGA Tour event.
10 October 2018
José María Olazábal's design firm building 36 holes at Navarino Hills site.
9 October 2018
South Carolina club updates greens, fairways and bunkers as part of $20 million investment.
8 October 2018
South Carolina club debuts revitalised course following project by long-time Dye associate Bobby Weed.
5 October 2018
Arizona club uses GPS technology to update green complexes to Tom Weiskopf’s original design.
4 October 2018
Architect follows natural movement of Texas Hill Country land for new public course.
3 October 2018
Architect begins work on preserving indigenous landscape at South Africa’s oldest course.
2 October 2018
Los Angeles club addresses issues with aesthetics, playability, maintenance and accessibility.
1 October 2018
Nicklaus Design layout is first of three courses planned for huge real estate development.
28 September 2018
California club remodels bunkers, removes trees and expands fairways to improve playability.
27 September 2018
Eric Iversen transforming course elements and making small routing changes to Virginia layout.
26 September 2018
Art Schaupeter creates versatile layout as centrepiece of Heron Lakes master-planned community.
26 September 2018
27-hole facility designed by Greg Norman’s firm set on coastal stretch at new Vietnam resort.
25 September 2018
Moscow course has extensive drainage and sandcapping to maximise playing season.
24 September 2018
Architect will also renovate two more holes on the Spanish club’s Harry Colt-designed course.
21 September 2018
Public will be able to trial 12 holes of Kevin Norby design over rolling hills of North Dakota.
21 September 2018
Architect in progress with pilot project on par-three eighth hole at Michigan club.
20 September 2018
Architect focuses on playability and issues relating to effluent water supply at Florida municipal.
19 September 2018
Michlifen hosts La Coupe du Trône tournament to mark the opening of the mountainous layout.
18 September 2018
Quebec club aims to improve course infrastructure and restore elements of the original design.
18 September 2018
Gaunt designs 27 holes at Twin Chapels with views of Říp Mountain and Central Bohemian Uplands.
14 September 2018
ASGCA members provide insight on how their design approach may change for resort courses.
12 September 2018
Dorset club expects to reduce maintenance burden with artificial turf edging and liner.
10 September 2018
Former Southern Hills club in Texas has been completely rebuilt and rebranded.
7 September 2018
Robin Hiseman of European Golf Design has created a long, tough and exciting course for excavator manufacturing giant.
7 September 2018
Tim Lobb layout is first full-length course in Turkish resort city on Mediterranean Sea.
6 September 2018
The Wisconsin layout will be routed within a restored sedge savannah and measures 6,100 yards.
6 September 2018
Layout overlooking Lake Victoria will formally open with its first professional tournament in October.
5 September 2018
Rees Jones, Bill Bergin and Steve Weisser collaborate to add drama and variety at Georgia club.
5 September 2018
Private club in South Carolina uses DuraBunker faces for new traps with the Better Billy Bunker liner.
3 September 2018
Palmer team alters tees and bunkers and tightens fairways to increase challenge at Minnesota course.
30 August 2018
Heritage Links in progress with construction at Arizona club following new Nicklaus masterplan.
30 August 2018
Kent club invests £50,000 to improve practice facilities and plans further work on main course.
29 August 2018
Construction of a road leads Irish club to introduce new holes and reconfigure three others.
28 August 2018
Wingfield Golf plans to get Virginia course back ‘as close as we can to what he designed’.
24 August 2018
Drew Rogers returns to Florida layout to update ageing infrastructure and improve playability.
24 August 2018
Layout will be set among sprawling grounds of seventeenth-century mansion near A Coruña.
23 August 2018
Golf course architect Jan Bel Jan oversees a “revitalised approach to strategy and playability”.
23 August 2018
Project at former Australian PGA venue to focus on bunkers, course strategy and water management.
22 August 2018
Utah club to modernise bunkers, rebuild cart paths, add tees and improve practice facilities.
21 August 2018
Former Open champion tweaks layout at The Feddinch Club following latest visit to Scotland.
21 August 2018
Jonathan Davison says designs like Golf Park Lhotka “are needed to introduce the game to new golfers”.
20 August 2018
Doug Carrick designs ‘the Nest’ using earth excavated from marina at Canadian development.
20 August 2018
Golfanlage Patting Hochriesblick has also opened a nine-hole par-three course.
17 August 2018
Design of former Spring Valley Country Club in Ohio capitalises on Black River Valley location.
16 August 2018
Grassing begins at New Town track following construction of a road through the nine-hole layout.
15 August 2018
Jonathan Gaunt oversees changes required due to embankment construction on Birmingham course.
14 August 2018
Architect Brian Curley utilises large greens and strong slopes to promote ground game.
10 August 2018
Sandals seeks to improve greens, approaches and irrigation on recently-acquired layout.
9 August 2018
UK golf developer family in progress with two new courses plus remodelling work at The Shire.
8 August 2018
The course, one of six at the Georgia resort community, is being rebuilt to improve playability and conditions.
8 August 2018
Dutch club’s oldest loop is to be overhauled and extended from 9 holes to 12.
7 August 2018
Architect aims to transform design, playability and character without complete reconstruction.
6 August 2018
Arizona resort, closed since 1976, to reopen in late 2018 with new Billy Bell-inspired green.
3 August 2018
Architect employs eight principles for relaunch of highly-ranked course at Colorado mountain club.
2 August 2018
Colligan redesigns municipal course, formerly named Twin Wells, overlooking downtown Dallas.
1 August 2018
Florida club also renovates closing hole on Charger nine to accommodate practice area.
1 August 2018
Antalya club replaces bunker with water feature in effort to improve playability and speed up pace of play.
31 July 2018
Capillary Concrete enables club to solve challenges related to landfill origin of Coore & Crenshaw course.
30 July 2018
North Carolina resort will reopen layout on 20 Sep, featuring exposed sand areas and native wire grass.
27 July 2018
Situated near Hoi An, a UNESCO Heritage Site, Hoiana Shores is scheduled to open in 2019.
27 July 2018
Langer becomes the first individual to receive award for outstanding contribution to European golf.
26 July 2018
Seven holes already shaped at new Fife course designed by Clive Clark.
26 July 2018
Shawn Smith uses historical photography to restore Stanley Pelchar’s bunkering at Wisconsin course.
25 July 2018
Layout for prestigious UK school enables National Trust to restore deer park on site of current nine.
24 July 2018
Featuring the first course at the FLC Quang Binh development in Vietnam, designed by Brian Curley.
24 July 2018
Idaho club addresses aging irrigation system, as well as improving the courses’ aesthetics and playability.
24 July 2018
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23 July 2018
UK Environment Agency flood alleviation scheme necessitates remodelling of North Yorkshire course.
20 July 2018
Minneapolis club constructs three new holes and renovates bunkers to a ‘Golden Age look’.
20 July 2018
Latest course project part of comprehensive US$60 million makeover for Texas resort.
19 July 2018
Collaboration of architects leads to rejuvenation of a public golf course in Niles, Illinois.
18 July 2018
Todd Schoeder changes Chandler Egan-designed course to help prevent flooding in city of Everett
17 July 2018
Tbilisi Hills, designed by Lassi Pekka Tilander, overlooks capital city and Caucasus mountains.
16 July 2018
Goat caddies available for golfers at McVeigh’s Gauntlet loop designed by Dan Hixson.
16 July 2018
Club invests £700,000 in latest Rain Bird technology for total infrastructure replacement.
13 July 2018
Mississippi club arrives at decision following Crace’s renovation work on the fifth hole.
12 July 2018
Construction under way on new bunkering and drainage at course in Umbria, Italy.
12 July 2018
Shanghai club members ‘over the moon’ with OCCM renovation that emphasises links characteristics.
11 July 2018
Defence Housing Authority and Faldo Design come together to “finalise vision” for course in Multan.
10 July 2018
Former Griffin Golf Club near Luton, England, extended to 27 holes by Jonathan Gaunt.
9 July 2018
Bobby Weed identifies home sites to revitalise former Greenacres CC in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
5 July 2018
(re)Golf and DAR Golf Construction help club improve playability and introduce ‘classical’ feel.
3 July 2018
Tim Lobb plans to incorporate cool season grasses on Turkish course for developer Fikret Ozturk.
2 July 2018
Singapore club embarks on another course redesign due to neighbouring infrastructure projects.
29 June 2018
Golf course architect James Edwards returns to golf club near Bath, England, for landfill project.
28 June 2018
More bunkering will provide ‘movement’ to layout at landmark Miami hotel.
27 June 2018
Construction on the Swiss mountain course scheduled to begin in September 2018.
26 June 2018
Improvements to Chicagoland municipal form part of Highland Park's GreenPrint 2024 vision.
25 June 2018
California club renovates bunkers and greens ‘to return golf course to its heart and soul’.
22 June 2018
Philadelphia project marks return of the partnership responsible for Winter Park renovation in Florida.
22 June 2018
Golf Resort Oeschberghof in Germany reopens with 45 holes, following work by Christoph Staedler.
21 June 2018
‘It’s now time to build a golf course’ says developer, after Coul Links proposal passed by Highland Council.
20 June 2018
Five-time Open champion and golf course architect passes away at home in Melbourne.
20 June 2018
Architect returns to Hilton Head Island course where he began his career with Pete Dye.
19 June 2018
Former Sequoia Springs club overhauled by Northern Golf Design following change in ownership.
18 June 2018
New design of course at 70-year-old Alabama club receives widespread praise from members.
15 June 2018
Design of Michlifen Golf & Country Club capitalises on site’s natural features and long vistas.
14 June 2018
The 118th US Open Championship gets underway today on a course that looks totally transformed.
13 June 2018
Singapore club plans major investment to improve course while making room for hiking and bike paths.
12 June 2018
Golden Bear tees on Utah community’s Nicklaus course play to a total of just over 3,700 yards.
12 June 2018
Fazio Design returns to highly-ranked North Carolina club for greens and bunker rebuilding.
11 June 2018
Scottsdale club closes course for four-month project on green complexes and bunkering.
11 June 2018
ASGCA members provide insights into the processes involved in planning a golf course project.
7 June 2018
Pennsylvania club is installing Capillary Concrete on 41 greenside bunkers of Dick Wilson course.
5 June 2018
Committee awaits officialsʼ response to last minute objection, but seems minded to give permission.
4 June 2018
Georgia club converts greens to new grass type as part of $1.3 million renovation project.
4 June 2018
Majorcan club will close for three months this winter for renovation work.
1 June 2018
Design of the Ashford course pays homage to Golden Age architects including Raynor and Macdonald.
1 June 2018
ASGCA Board of Governors expresses support for the USGA and R&A’s Distance Insights project.
31 May 2018
New ‘flexible’ RTJ II layout integrates rural character of Santiago del Estero Province in Argentina.
31 May 2018
Architect transforms bunkering and addresses safety issues at coastal course on Danish island.
31 May 2018
World’s fourth oldest club unveils three new-look holes designed by Mackenzie & Ebert.
30 May 2018
GCA reports on tour of site of proposed course close to Royal Dornoch.
30 May 2018
Minnesota’s first club progresses with Jeff Mingay’s master plan, to enhance distinctive character.
24 May 2018
Remodel handled by Arnold Palmer Design Company in collaboration with Annika Sorenstam.
23 May 2018
Paul Albanese returns to Michigan destination for follow-up to his 2008 Sweetgrass layout.
22 May 2018
Original Bill Diddel characteristics restored, with strategic relevance for today’s game.
22 May 2018
Initial planning under way for improvement of facilities at Sportsman’s Country Club.
21 May 2018
Owner Darwin Escapes invests in bunkers, tees and more at Oxfordshire course.
21 May 2018
Phil Jacobs leads design changes required by expansion of Singapore’s Changi Airport.
18 May 2018
Mallorcan club moves to Celebration bermuda grass to provide immaculate year-round conditions.
18 May 2018
The Links Valley, designed by Frank Pont, is built on the site of a former sand quarry.
17 May 2018
Club chooses not to proceed with shorter tees recommended by Tom Doak.
15 May 2018
Club seeks to raise standards and address issues with drainage and stone contamination.
11 May 2018
Architect preparing recommendations following three-day visit to Spain’s oldest club.
10 May 2018
Swedish architect will oversee five-year transformation of farmland course near Stockholm.
9 May 2018
Hirono club hires British architect for long-sought restoration project.
9 May 2018
Tripp Davis-designed Ransom course pays tribute to Golden Age architects.
9 May 2018
New greens and bunkers at Northern Irish links, could be more to follow.
8 May 2018
Key Golf installs new bunker liners on twelve holes of Arnold Palmer layout in Las Vegas.
8 May 2018
Belgian architect uses Fred Hawtree’s original sketches to inform his work.
3 May 2018
Layout by Dave Sampson of EGD will host European Tour event in early 2019.
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2 May 2018
New par five and par three, plus exposed sand, wetlands and vegetation clearance central to Ebert project on English links.
2 May 2018
New ASGCA President Jeff Blume highlights golf’s social, environmental and physical contributions.
1 May 2018
Eight kilometres of cart paths removed as course on Chongming island in Shanghai goes walking-only.
30 April 2018
Sustainability a common theme at the EIGCA annual meeting, which took place in Bruges, Belgium last week.
27 April 2018
Reports indicate plans for China Pak Golf Estates near city of Gwadar are taking shape.
27 April 2018
Pacific Coast Design overseeing creation of 18-hole course near Vikarabad, India.
26 April 2018
Architect Randy Heckenkemper and Dale Forrest of United Golf leading work.
25 April 2018
Kris Spence to use historic documents to lead project at Florida club.
23 April 2018
Schmidt-Curley Design leading work at FLC Group’s development near Dong Hoi.
20 April 2018
Reports indicate 18-hole course designed by Ben Turner could soon be built near Arrowtown.
20 April 2018
Architect James Duncanʼs renovation has added significant contour to greens at famously tough course.
19 April 2018
The Links at Perry Cabin – Pete Dye's final course project – features on the latest issue’s cover.
19 April 2018
Nicklaus Design returns to make additions to course at resort community in Mexico.
17 April 2018
Ninth hole on club’s Charger course to be converted to a par four as part of project.
16 April 2018
Representatives from nearby clubs invited to Scottish course to oversee construction process.
13 April 2018
Areas of club’s Struie course will see addition of greenhouse-grown native saltmarsh plants.
12 April 2018
Todd Eckenrode discusses his aim to create the ‘most unique and natural course in Los Cabos’.
11 April 2018
New fifteenth hole created at course in England’s New Forest National Park.
11 April 2018
Greg Norman discusses highlights of layout during visit to Vietnam course.
10 April 2018
Club’s director of agronomy Brad Nelson to work with selected Nicklaus Design associates on project.
9 April 2018
Work at site near town of Lower Largo could get underway as soon as next month.
9 April 2018
Lehman Design Group and Pro-Turf International oversee changes to Arizona course.
6 April 2018
Fairways to be regrassed and bunkers renovated at course in Dumfries, Virginia.
6 April 2018
Architect Wayne Carleton leads work on course in US exclave of Point Roberts.
4 April 2018
Tripp Davis and Associates lead work on course at club in Tyler, Texas.
4 April 2018
Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design leads work on course originally designed by Pete and P.B. Dye.
28 March 2018
Firm’s first project in Mexico sees synthetic revetted bunker construction method used at course designed by GNGCD.
27 March 2018
Bobby Cupp overseeing creation of course his late father Bob drew up design for.
26 March 2018
Beau Welling Design overseeing project on former Belleview Biltmore course in Belleair, Florida.
23 March 2018
Firm’s first project in Sweden will commence this May at course originally designed by Björn Magnusson.
23 March 2018
Architect Kevin Hargrave has looked to enhance Donald Ross footprint at Ohio club.
21 March 2018
Todd Eckenrode – Origins Golf Design concludes work at LA course designed by Max Behr.
20 March 2018
Fry/Straka hired to create masterplan for 27-hole course at club in Swainton, New Jersey.
19 March 2018
Architects to return to course in Hawaii in 2019 to carry out restoration and refinement work.
19 March 2018
Bill Bergin uses historical photographs to restore elements of William Langford’s design.
16 March 2018
Forrest Richardson to oversee alterations to course having developed a masterplan for the club in 2017.
15 March 2018
Five-year bunker programme completed on Lakes course at resort in Lincolnshire, UK.
14 March 2018
Lead feature focuses on the challenge of making golf more fun and appealing to players.
14 March 2018
Architect aiming to enhance infrastructure and playability of club’s Lake and Hill courses.
13 March 2018
Architect to reintroduce or enhance a number of template holes at course in Bloomington, Minnesota
12 March 2018
Rainer Preissmann leads development of new holes at club near Alstätte, Germany.
12 March 2018
Swan Golf Designs leads work at Rory McIlroy’s home club in Northern Ireland.
9 March 2018
Superintendent Mike Manthey explains how he came across 1921 map in roof of his office.
9 March 2018
Städler Golf Courses hired to carry out work ahead of German club’s centenary year.
8 March 2018
Nine-green layout for private client offers two 18-hole routings.
6 March 2018
Faldo Design signs deal to create new course at site 60 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City.
5 March 2018
The Better Billy Bunker system is being installed by contractor Green Tee Golf at club in Kentucky.
2 March 2018
GNGCD’s Jeff Danner discusses how the Florida course has recovered from Hurricane Irma.
1 March 2018
Mackenzie & Ebert made subtle changes to courses at historic Scottish venue last year.
28 February 2018
Architect Mike Cocking of OCCM discusses work at course on the edge of Australia’s sandbelt.
27 February 2018
Weller Designs and Greg Evans work to deliver new addition at club near London, UK.
23 February 2018
Tim Lobb describes site of Regnum Ankara Golf Estate as having “lovely rolling terrain”.
23 February 2018
Architect works with superintendent Mike Goldsberry on plans for course on Washington’s Bainbridge Island.
22 February 2018
Dr Martin Hawtree and Sol Golf leading work at club in Northern Ireland.
21 February 2018
Huxley Golf delivers facility to support recovery of those injured during conflict.
20 February 2018
Arnold Palmer Design Company to provide services free of charge in aid of Operation Support Military Golf.
19 February 2018
Plans to move tournament play tee box back by 20 to 30 yards reportedly submitted.
16 February 2018
Arnold Palmer Design Company has led work at course on Florida’s west coast.
15 February 2018
Architect John Sanford set to rework course originally designed by Dick Wilson in Florida city.
14 February 2018
Gary Player Design providing free services to club in Player’s home city of Johannesburg.
13 February 2018
Innovative nine/nine/nine project promises playability for golfers of all standards, even total beginners.
12 February 2018
Architect Gary Browning speaks to GCA about his work at Canadian club devastated by July 2013 floods.
9 February 2018
Latest issue devoted to the sixth annual ASGCA Design Excellence Recognition Program.
8 February 2018
Rising sea levels “would imperil all of the world’s links courses before the end of the century”.
7 February 2018
Award will be presented as part of the 2018 ASGCA Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas.
7 February 2018
Boyneglade Development near Benaraby includes 18 holes designed by Graham Marsh Golf Designs.
7 February 2018
Architect was involved in creation of original course in 2001 when with Arthur Hills’ firm.
5 February 2018
Jemsek Golf Design leading work on Robert Von Hagge design in Tamarac, Florida.
2 February 2018
Architect David Druzisky leads project in Richland, Washington.
2 February 2018
18-hole track planned for site of current Jackson Park and South Shore courses.
1 February 2018
Green Project has overseen development of five holes at club near Tarragona, Spain.
1 February 2018
George Golf Design leads project at municipal course in US state of Virginia.
31 January 2018
Final phase of work commences at Scottish course following recommendations from Mackenzie and Ebert.
31 January 2018
Wadsworth Golf Construction hired to lead work based on masterplan from RTJII and Richard Mandell.
30 January 2018
Recently completed renovation project at Florida club well received by membership.
29 January 2018
Chairman says for the sport to grow in the country it needs to create its own infrastructure.
26 January 2018
Fazio Design reworks first hole and rebuild five green complexes at Connecticut course.
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25 January 2018
Greg Norman Golf Course Design returns to Florida club to oversee project.
24 January 2018
GCA speaks to architect John Harvey about his work at one of the Connecticut’s oldest clubs.
24 January 2018
Architect will live on site during construction of Grove XXIII course in Hobe Sound, Florida.
23 January 2018
Australian golf course architect Ben Davey creates new layout on Hainan Island.
23 January 2018
Nine-hole course part of plans for Lincoln Ranch development on shores of Gull Lake in Alberta.
22 January 2018
Swan Golf Designs looks to reinstate Herbert Fowler-style bunkers at UK course.
19 January 2018
Mackenzie & Ebert conclude final phase of work at UK course originally designed by Harry Colt.
19 January 2018
Mike Keiser’s proposed new Scottish links course faces significant opposition due to potential environmental impact.
18 January 2018
OCCM completes project to bring hole more in line with the rest of the course.
17 January 2018
Architect David Dale discusses design of course overlooked by iconic Khao Chee Chan Buddha.
16 January 2018
Club in Somerset, UK, is aiming to acquire land to build five new holes.
16 January 2018
Course in city of Round Rock undergoing extensive work overseen by operators KemperSports.
15 January 2018
Soft revetted edges now being put in place at water features on course on Italy’s Adriatic coast.
12 January 2018
We visit Adare Manor, and look at how the field of golf course architecture might change between now and 2030.
12 January 2018
Our annual supplier directory features thought leadership articles and details for golf companies across the planet.
11 January 2018
John Greasley Ltd to collaborate with director of golf Stuart Collier on Lane Jackson nine work.
10 January 2018
Ray Hearn works to enhance drainage to cope with rainy season and enhances facilities at Panamanian club.
9 January 2018
Scot Sherman of Love Golf Design to lead project at resort in US state of Georgia.
8 January 2018
Architect Gil Hanse set to lead project at club in Oklahoma in August 2018.
5 January 2018
Club in Malvern Hills, England, installs comprehensive new Rain Bird system.
4 January 2018
Architect will be chosen for Ocean Breeze renovation by end of January.
4 January 2018
Coore & Crenshaw design is transitioning back to private membership.
22 December 2017
Keep reading in 2018 for all the latest news and insight from the golf industry.
21 December 2017
Tom Marzolf speaks to GCA about efforts to rebuild course in the Dominican Republic ahead of PGA Tour event.
20 December 2017
Städler Golf Courses focused on final phase of work at facility in southern Germany.
19 December 2017
Kris Spence hired by owners McConnell Golf to lead work at club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
18 December 2017
Scott Macpherson and Greg Turner to develop former farmland adjacent to destination on country’s South Island.
14 December 2017
Nicklaus Design oversees subtle changes to layout at course in Los Cabos, Mexico, following storm damage.
13 December 2017
Mark Mungeam discusses creation of six-hole Carriage Course at Boston club.
12 December 2017
Raymond Hearn using historical documents to inform his work at course in New York state.
11 December 2017
Architect Alan Walker overseeing a number of alterations to UK course.
11 December 2017
Seven new canyon holes unveiled to complete two-phase project at new course in Mexico.
6 December 2017
Lead story focuses on what the profession of golf course architecture could look like in 2030.
6 December 2017
Grow-in phase begins on Doña Lucia Golf course, which has been designed by Global Golf Company.
5 December 2017
Ian Andrew tasked with bringing nine holes at Canadian club in line with existing Thompson 18.
4 December 2017
Architect Doug Carrick discusses his work on course in eastern Austria.
30 November 2017
Architect Tim Lobb tells GCA about the course’s highlights and unique features.
29 November 2017
Chad Goetz of Nicklaus Design to oversee project at community in US state of Georgia.
28 November 2017
Michigan-based architect hired to develop masterplan for course designed by Langford and Moreau.
27 November 2017
Swan Golf Designs oversees addition of 40 bunkers at club in Northamptonshire, UK.
24 November 2017
Latest addition at German resort has been designed by Holger Rengstorf of Rengstorf Golf Design.
23 November 2017
Tripp Davis discusses project at San Antonio club and restoring elements of Tillinghast’s design.
22 November 2017
Architect Richard Mandell discusses his ongoing work at club near Cleveland, Ohio.
20 November 2017
Latest addition to the TPC network will be first course to open in state for more than a decade.
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20 November 2017
Latest line designed to help staff better water smaller areas of the course.
17 November 2017
Rees Jones and Bryce Swanson used hole-by-hole notes from original architect Bob Cupp to inform project.
16 November 2017
Team from Clive Clark Design oversees project at club in Indian Wells, California.
16 November 2017
Project’s first phase has been completed with the second to commence in summer 2018.
15 November 2017
Doug Carrick talks to GCA about development of new 18-hole layout in Ontario, Canada.
14 November 2017
Kevin Norby oversees reintroduction of short uphill par three hole and creation of 360-yard par four hole.
14 November 2017
Gaunt Golf Design hired to design new nine-hole academy course and driving range at UK facility.
13 November 2017
Architect Michael Benkusky reduces bunker footprint and enhances playability at Illinois course.
13 November 2017
Jack Nicklaus attends ceremony following his firm’s work at West Palm Beach club.
10 November 2017
Arnold Palmer Design Company oversees project on course at resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.
8 November 2017
Major Series of Putting facility designed by Nicklaus Design features artificial turf from Southwest Greens.
7 November 2017
11 projects and 13 architects highlighted by association for showing innovation and problem-solving skills.
6 November 2017
David Savic of Nicklaus Design oversees project at course damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
3 November 2017
Chester W. Ditto course completely rerouted to maximise potential of site
2 November 2017
Around US$23 million to be invested in project at facility in Atlanta, Georgia.
1 November 2017
iCon Golf Studio and Hale Irwin Golf Design teaming up for renovation and redesign work.
31 October 2017
Pennsylvania-based designer was the longest-tenured members of the ASGCA.
30 October 2017
€28 million deal puts famous course in southern Spain back in members’ hands.
30 October 2017
Users able to better chart progress, store data, and create annual reports on their work.
27 October 2017
Architect Brett Thomson hired to design layout at site next to Highlands Motorsport Park.
26 October 2017
Architect Todd Quitno discusses recent work on Players course at club in Illinois.
24 October 2017
Architect Dale Beddo leading work on new project at site near city of Hurricane.
23 October 2017
All 18 holes designed by Nicolas Joakimides near Navarrenx set to be open by end of 2018.
20 October 2017
Forrest Richardson close to completing reconfiguration of layout on site of former Palo Alto Municipal course.
20 October 2017
Greg Norman Golf Course Design returns to South Carolina course to oversee recent work.
19 October 2017
We report on a new course in Las Vegas, speak to Gil Hanse and visit Lofoten Links.
19 October 2017
Latest addition at central Florida residential development has been designed by architect Ken Ezell.
17 October 2017
Greg Norman’s firm leading design and construction of course at Silkari development in New South Wales.
16 October 2017
Doak team mobilises on site to meet rapid construction schedule at club in Los Angeles.
16 October 2017
Hal Sutton returns to oversee reworking of elements of his only design to date.
13 October 2017
Course designed by Maverick Golf and Construction plays alongside the Caribbean Sea.
12 October 2017
Jeff Brauer’s latest design on site of former Southern Hills GC set to open next summer.
10 October 2017
Kevin Ramsey of Golfplan leads development of back nine at course bordering the Black Sea.
6 October 2017
Designed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, new offering complements existing 18-hole course at Spanish resort.
5 October 2017
Dr Martin Hawtree overseeing work, with Sol Golf hired to carry out project’s construction element.
4 October 2017
Coore and Crenshaw hired by Mike Keiser for proposed course in the Scottish Highlands.
3 October 2017
Architect Andrew Green’s masterplan to be implemented following approval from club’s board of governors.
29 September 2017
Andy Staples hired to upgrade facilities at Wisconsin club with an original Tom Bendelow design.
27 September 2017
Architect describes layout of third course at Florida resort as being “fun and strategic”.
27 September 2017
Swan Golf Designs overseeing work at historic club in Northamptonshire, UK.
26 September 2017
Sale of development parcel funds golf course improvements and clubhouse upgrade.
26 September 2017
All-weather greens and tees feature on new course which pays homage to famous holes around the world.
26 September 2017
Course near Lucerne, Switzerland, has been redesigned to better withstand future storms.
25 September 2017
Fall 2017 issue looks at how a successful course renovation can dramatically improve a club’s fortunes.
22 September 2017
Brandon Johnson to oversee creation of ‘fun, playable, beautiful’ design.
19 September 2017
Mike Gogel leads redesign of former Alvamar Golf and Country Club in Lawrence, Kansas.
18 September 2017
Project received FEMA funding after course in Minnesota flooded back in 2014.
18 September 2017
Rebuild of Swedish course promises excellent strategy in a wonderful natural environment.
14 September 2017
Greens converted to Champion bermudagrass as part of project overseen by Ben Wright.
12 September 2017
The development of a new golf course on the outskirts of London, UK, has been given the green light.
12 September 2017
Architect Chris Wilczynski plans to restore original green locations and remove trees at Michigan club.
11 September 2017
Parslow & Winter Golf Design to work alongside the PGA Tour on project at club in Malaysia.
8 September 2017
The Cradle has been designed by Gil Hanse and features nine holes ranging between 56 and 127 yards.
8 September 2017
Architect Tripp Davis returns to Texas course to oversee change to TifEagle bermudagrass.
7 September 2017
General manager Stuart Gillett reflects on recent project at club in West Sussex, UK.
6 September 2017
Portuguese course is the first in Europe to complete GEO’s OnCourse Developments programme.
4 September 2017
Huxley Golf all weather surfaces included as part of new offering at UK club.
1 September 2017
Iconic hazard at UK club to be reintroduced by Conor Walsh with the assistance of Gordon Irvine.
30 August 2017
Tim Lobb aiming to reintroduce vintage look to bunkering at historic UK club.
29 August 2017
Architects Rod Whitman and Keith Cutten renovating and adding new holes at Canadian course.
25 August 2017
Nicklaus Design leads work at Florida resort following storm damage in October 2016.
24 August 2017
Architect Lester George leads project at George Cobb-designed course in Birmingham, Alabama.
23 August 2017
Co-designers Steiner & Partner and (re)GOLF inspired by The Himalayas at St Andrews.
23 August 2017
Architect Tim Lobb discusses his design at resort on Egypt’s Red Sea coast.
22 August 2017
Gil Hanse returns to work on holes left untouched during previous 2006 project.
21 August 2017
Mackenzie & Ebert hired to add new hole and rework layout of course in Kent, UK.
18 August 2017
The Links at Perry Cabin near St Michaels on track to open in Spring 2018.
18 August 2017
Architect takes over from Ted Parslow, while Paul Mogford named as society’s vice president.
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18 August 2017
Firms will collaborate to provide ‘one-stop-shop’ for golf courses in the country.
16 August 2017
Nine holes designed by architect Frank Pont will have ‘heathland character’.
15 August 2017
Work is underway to create a new 27-hole complex at the former Weston Park club.
10 August 2017
Nelson & Haworth Golf Course Architects leading project at historic Canadian course.
9 August 2017
Conor Cummings leads project at course owned by Citizen Potawatomi Nation in Oklahoma.
8 August 2017
Architect Nathan Crace oversees reworking of eighth hole at course in north-east Mississippi.
7 August 2017
Brian Curley tells GCA what golfers can expect from course overlooking UNESCO World Heritage site.
4 August 2017
William Swan of Swan Golf Designs discusses project at club in Slovenia.
4 August 2017
Architect Kevin Norby and Landscapes Unlimited leading project at site in Watford City.
3 August 2017
Greg Norman Golf Course Design leads work on Norman Course at club in Leesburg, Virginia.
2 August 2017
Phil Smith Design leads work to reconfigure and renovate course in Scottsdale, Arizona.
1 August 2017
Reports from Scotland indicate movement in proposed development from Mike Keiser and Todd Warnock.
1 August 2017
Owen Hester of Green Dynasty discusses recent project at historic course in south-east Asia.
31 July 2017
Jonathan Davison draws up design of layout at Golf Park Lhotka near Ostrava.
28 July 2017
Architect participates in Twitter chat hosted by the ASGCA ahead of upcoming tournament.
27 July 2017
Rennie Design and Souter Sports help formalise and enhance bunkering at Scottish course.
26 July 2017
We take a look at the relationship between course design and nature, and report from West Cliffs.
26 July 2017
Architect David Druzisky discusses changes to course at club in Boise, Idaho.
24 July 2017
Hills Forrest-designed course located close to famous palaces of St Petersburg.
21 July 2017
Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design returns to Colorado club to create new layout.
20 July 2017
John Fought returns to Oregon club to oversee addition of Better Billy liner to selected bunkers.
19 July 2017
Work on course part of wider renovations at resort in Tabanan, Indonesia.
18 July 2017
The three-year project involved a full course redesign led by architect Stephen Kay.
14 July 2017
Nicklaus Design’s Dirk Bouts leads project at site close to town of Kerteminde.
14 July 2017
David Dale and Steve Wenzloff oversee bunker work using Durabunker method of construction.
13 July 2017
Layout designed by Pete Dye and Tim Liddy unveiled at resort in Pennsylvania.
13 July 2017
Eric Iverson oversees subtle changes to Ted Robinson-designed course in South Korea.
11 July 2017
Nathan Crace to oversee project which includes addition of Longleaf Tee System.
10 July 2017
Thad Layton of Arnold Palmer Design heading project at club in Florida.
7 July 2017
The Cliffs course to be developed on 600 acre site off coast of South Australia.
7 July 2017
GCA speaks to architect Jeff Lawrence about project on Cougar Point course in South Carolina.
6 July 2017
Architect David Krause leads development of new green and tee at Spanish club.
6 July 2017
Architect Kevin Hargrave looking to give course in Ohio more of a ‘Donald Ross feel’.
4 July 2017
Doug Carrick creating new additions in style of course’s original architect Stanley Thompson.
30 June 2017
Design firm to create new facilities throughout the country after strengthening relationship with BRG Group.
29 June 2017
Keith Foster discusses major renovation project following devastating floods in 2016.
29 June 2017
Golf course architect Martin Ebert has led work at club on Scotland’s west coast.
28 June 2017
Steve Forrest leads reworking of holes ten, eleven and twelve at club in Taylor, Michigan.
27 June 2017
14 new holes set to be built at Birdwood Golf Course in Charlottesville, Virginia.
27 June 2017
Doug Carrick’s latest design in Canada set to open for play in spring 2018.
26 June 2017
Patrice Boissonnas and Frank Pont complete work at Harry Colt-designed course in northern France.
26 June 2017
Lohmann Golf Designs’ Todd Quitno discusses extent of work at club in Illinois.
23 June 2017
European Golf Design and MJ Abbott heading multi-million pound project in the UK.
22 June 2017
Architect Peter Harradine discusses creating a course for the ‘average’ golfer.
21 June 2017
Layout at M3M Club near city’s airport has been designed by Golfplan’s Kevin Ramsey.
20 June 2017
Architect Jeff Lawrence speaks to GCA about work at club near Bedford Hills, New York.
16 June 2017
Turf replacement work part of project on course at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia.
15 June 2017
Steiner & Partner Landschaftsarchitektur hired to lengthen course at public facility in Switzerland.
15 June 2017
18-month renovation project also sees new drainage and bunker technology introduced.
14 June 2017
Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design hired to create facility on diverse site near Campinas.
14 June 2017
Tilander Golf Design’s creation in country of Georgia set to open for play in 2018.
13 June 2017
Work is already underway on the facility, which is set to open later this year.
13 June 2017
The fourth and fifth holes have been redesigned to resolve flooding issues.
12 June 2017
The course in Wisconsin has been closed for eight months in preparation for the tournament.
9 June 2017
Cynthia Dye-designed course sits on spectacular sandy terrain above the Atlantic.
9 June 2017
Nicklaus Design advising on work at course the firm originally designed in Arizona.
8 June 2017
Conor Walsh discusses project which includes work on UK course’s famous Anaconda bunker.
8 June 2017
Architect Drew Rogers rebuilding greens and tees and aiming to improve aesthetics.
7 June 2017
Colligan Golf Design completes work at John Bredemus-designed course in Fort Worth, Texas.
6 June 2017
Brandon Johnson of Arnold Palmer Design discusses changes at course taking place this summer.
2 June 2017
Fusion Golf and Sustainable Sports Solutions leading work at club in Katy, Texas.
1 June 2017
Leicestershire club completes installation of all-new irrigation system covering greens, tees, approaches and walk off.
1 June 2017
Vijay Singh and Greg Letsche oversee alterations to course on Fiji’s south-west coastline.
31 May 2017
Summer 2017 issue includes a profile of 2017 US Open host course Erin Hills.
31 May 2017
Newly-elected president aims to raise association’s profile in the industry
30 May 2017
Second layout at Michigan club has been designed by Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design.
26 May 2017
Greens, tees and fairways being worked on at Arthur Hills-designed course in Florida.
25 May 2017
Jeff Mingay hired to review course masterplan created by John Harbottle in 2009.
25 May 2017
Gordon Lewis leads work at Florida course originally designed by Larry Packard.
23 May 2017
Architect Tim Lobb and course manager Andy Ewence discuss recent work at club near Uxbridge, UK.
18 May 2017
Richard Mandell discusses his work at Donald Ross designed course in North Carolina.
17 May 2017
Designs by Donald Ross, Gil Hanse and Mike Strantz comprise the ‘Architect’s Nine’.
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16 May 2017
Architect creates new eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh holes at University of Oklahoma facility.
12 May 2017
Rees Jones returns to Las Vegas club to update course features and practice facility.
11 May 2017
Mackenzie and Ebert part of team aiming to renovate and restore former Open Venue to its 1896 layout.
10 May 2017
Team from Greg Norman Golf Course Design working with club in Naples, Florida.
10 May 2017
Jeff Plotts discusses how he expects the course to play during tournament from 11-14 May.
9 May 2017
GCA speaks to Shawn Smith to discuss work at club in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
8 May 2017
Architect reworks all 18 greens and restores bunkers and tees at club in Armonk, New York.
8 May 2017
Association encourages golfers to thank those that look after the courses they play.
5 May 2017
Ernie Els Design and EGD collaborate to improve playability for members and pros.
5 May 2017
Architect Chet Williams creates new fifth hole featuring island green at Texas club.
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3 May 2017
Coore and Crenshaw design has huge width and dramatic topography.
3 May 2017
Architect rebuilds bunkers and increases playable areas around greens at course in Georgia.
3 May 2017
Latest addition to multi-course resort in southwest Michigan to open 15 May.
28 April 2017
Christian Althaus works with Josef Poetter Golf and Ecobunker to create facility at German club.
27 April 2017
We look at Dr Alister MacKenzie’s 13 principles of golf architecture and report from Streamsong Black.
27 April 2017
Facility designed by John Fought to be used by The First Tee of Greater Wilmington youth programme.
26 April 2017
Greg Norman Golf Course Design draws up plans for 18-holer near Cartagena on country’s Caribbean coastline.
24 April 2017
Six hole par three course set to open this September at club in Austin, Texas.
24 April 2017
Bobby Weed Golf Design updates strategy and reconstructs bunkers at Arkansas course.
21 April 2017
Layout created by Greg Norman Golf Course Design incorporates site’s numerous sandy features.
20 April 2017
New first green replaces 1930s-era Hawtree design; more work planned for rest of course.
19 April 2017
Family friendly 13-hole short course also part of the plan at Missouri resort.
18 April 2017
The course has also been rerouted to make room for Gil Hanse’s new nine-hole short course.
18 April 2017
Longtime C&C associate ‘dusting off’ Jones-built Trophée Hassan host in Moroccan capital.
18 April 2017
All 18 greens have been refreshed, resurfaced and, in some cases, redesigned to improve playability.
17 April 2017
Shark Waters by The Eastern Golf Club has been designed by a team from Greg Norman’s firm.
14 April 2017
Former colleagues and members of the industry pay tribute to “awesome lady.”
13 April 2017
New 18-hole layout to be created and renamed Staghorn Golf Club and Lodge.
12 April 2017
Arnold Palmer Design’s Thad Layton overseeing work at club in North Carolina.
11 April 2017
Kevin Norby oversees the creation of 12 new holes at North Dakota course.
10 April 2017
Architect Chris Wilcynzski also designs new practice facility at course in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
7 April 2017
Neil Crafter pays homage to iconic hole with recent changes to course near Adelaide, Australia.
6 April 2017
Lohmann Golf Design and KemperSports to oversee project at club near Chicago, Illinois.
5 April 2017
Mike Beebe works with Billy Casper Golf on project at public course in Jacksonville, Florida.
31 March 2017
Ernie Els Design and Vijay Singh collaborate on second course at Malaysian club.
30 March 2017
Jonathan Gaunt works with Duncan Ross to add character to course in Cheshire, UK.
29 March 2017
Architect Paul Albanese speaks to GCA about his second design at Michigan’s Island Resort.
28 March 2017
Henegan Golf Course Design Company has created nine-holer at Hilton Linzhi Resort.
28 March 2017
Todd Eckenrode - Origins Golf Design leading work at site on Baja California peninsula.
27 March 2017
2017 EIGCA annual meeting has a focus on golf in southern Europe.
27 March 2017
Club’s now using Rain Bird’s single-head-controlled Integrated Control System on its Highlands Course.
24 March 2017
Donald Ross’s design in North Carolina worked on by architect Richard Mandell.
22 March 2017
Front half of bunker filled but 560-yard par five remains a challenging prospect.
21 March 2017
Architect speaks about Tom Bendelow, modernising a classic course and multiple tees.
21 March 2017
Historic Scottish club carries out project to coincide with its 200th anniversary celebrations.
20 March 2017
Funds from the £17 million sale will go towards the redevelopment of nearby Weston Park.
16 March 2017
Firm designs short course and draws up provisional plans for 18-hole course at Jack’s Bay resort.
15 March 2017
Architect speaks to GCA about reworked short course now open at resort in Arizona.
14 March 2017
R&A’s Martin Slumbers confirms intention to take tournament back to Scottish course in the future.
13 March 2017
New course on Ireland’s Atlantic coast has been designed by team from Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects.
8 March 2017
Architects discuss the impact, appeal and benefits of the Longleaf Tee Initiative.
7 March 2017
Work at course near Pinehurst to be led by Shapemasters’ Jeffrey Stein and Carlos Perez.
6 March 2017
Adam Lawrence reports on a pre-construction site visit to the Inverness course.
6 March 2017
Team from Nicklaus Design upgrades front nine at course on Hawaiian island of Kauai.
3 March 2017
GNGCD’s Chris Campbell overseeing work on course he originally helped create.
2 March 2017
Team from Rees Jones, Inc. leading project at course at Colonial Williamsburg.
1 March 2017
R&A and USGA release details of rules modernisation for 2019.
1 March 2017
Lester George aiming to update strategy and playability of George Cobb’s 1951 layout.
27 February 2017
Latest creation from Schmidt-Curley Design unveiled at resort in Southern Vietnam.
24 February 2017
Greg Martin reworks Illinois course, which will now be known as The Preserve at Oak Meadows.
22 February 2017
Architect to create analytic survey of parkland course in the Scottish Highlands.
21 February 2017
Jeff Mingay and Lassi Pekka Tilander provide GCA with their thoughts on the topic.
21 February 2017
Cynthia Dye’s latest design on Portugal’s Atlantic coast set to open in June.
20 February 2017
Owner of Australian venue ‘has achieved all he wants to’, says project adviser.
17 February 2017
Third eighteen hole layout at resort in Florida set to open in September this year.
16 February 2017
Irish course sees three new greens and revetted bunkering added by team from ReGolf.
15 February 2017
Layout in Arlington, Texas, currently being reworked by John Colligan and Trey Kemp.
14 February 2017
GolfSixes event to take place at the Centurion Club in the UK this May.
13 February 2017
Jim Lipe reworks elements of course on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.
10 February 2017
DE Golf Design hired to draw up plans for track at new development in Fannin County.
9 February 2017
More options for shorter hitters create greater player enjoyment, says architects’ association.
9 February 2017
Jeff Mingay leading multi-year project to restore best elements of A. Vernon Macan’s original design.
9 February 2017
Bruce Hepner overseeing project at Michigan course originally designed by William Watson.
6 February 2017
Architect Bob Harrison tells GCA about his ongoing work at club in Australia.
3 February 2017
Tom Fazio II reworks track at Florida club formerly named the Olde Course.
2 February 2017
Architect to add Celebration bermudagrass and build new greens and tee boxes at Florida track.
1 February 2017
GEO and Waste Management aiming to introduce new standard for tournaments.
31 January 2017
Firm completes agreement to design East Africa’s first signature golf resort development.
30 January 2017
World Golf Village course to benefit from enhanced playability and aesthetics following recent work.
30 January 2017
Event in Inverness, Scotland runs from 28 February – 3 March and will be hosted by GCA’s Adam Lawrence.
27 January 2017
Club invests in new project to rework bunkering and build new hole at historic Edinburgh course.
26 January 2017
Silvies Valley Ranch prepares to unveil Dan Hixson-designed Hankins and Craddock courses.
24 January 2017
Architects complete project to bring Australia’s oldest course up to a full 18.
23 January 2017
Dairy Creek facing dramatic reduction in water availability; architect plans to reinvent course accordingly.
23 January 2017
Architect William Swan leads Blinder-lined bunkers and landscape restoration programme.
20 January 2017
We look at how difficulty affects golfing enjoyment and report on restorations at Seminole CC.
20 January 2017
Development of holes two to eight gets underway in earnest at new course in Mexico.
20 January 2017
Can you identify the course on which Sandy the gopher has been photographed?
20 January 2017
Bunker construction specialists team up to help expand their global presence.
19 January 2017
Architect Marco Martin leading development of layout at Urubó Country Club.
19 January 2017
Bunkers and fairways enhanced on both Fazio-designed at Florida club.
18 January 2017
Canadian architect finishes six year project at club in Elmsford, New York.
18 January 2017
Australian firm to work with Victoria club to enhance course on the edge of Port Phillip Bay.
17 January 2017
Our annual directory provides information on leading suppliers across the industry.
17 January 2017
Coore and Crenshaw come to end of first year of work at club in Juno Beach, Florida.
13 January 2017
Industry pays tribute to designer of The Buckinghamshire and Wentworth’s Edinburgh course.
12 January 2017
FEGGA initiative aims to promote golf’s potential to benefits to ‘nature and man’.
11 January 2017
Architect aims to maintain the character of two Bob Cupp-designed courses at Florida club.
10 January 2017
Texas club recovers from flood damage with assistance of Fazio Design.
9 January 2017
Par three layout designed by Forrest Richardson includes ‘bonus’ par two hole.
6 January 2017
The Oasis Short Course opened in December to provide course for players of all levels
4 January 2017
The redesign forms part of the ‘Platte to Park Hill’ project which aims to create a new stormwater detention area
30 December 2016
GCA takes a look at the courses set to open in the new year.
25 December 2016
We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
23 December 2016
Architect restores course originally designed by Donald Ross at club in Tennessee.
22 December 2016
Architect completes third phase of project at Dennis Highlands and Dennis Pines in Massachusetts.
21 December 2016
Association’s former president awarded for her significant contribution to the to the game of golf.
20 December 2016
Architect returns to club in Florida to rework course’s greens and bunkering.
19 December 2016
Firm to lead work at Jackson Park and South Shore courses on city’s south side.
19 December 2016
Architects to collaborate to lead redevelopment of course at German club.
15 December 2016
Work at club in Sweden is the first project from Henrik Stenson Golf Design.
15 December 2016
Florida track to have all fairways, greens and rough regrassed with Platinum Paspalum.
14 December 2016
Nine hole layout has been designed by Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design.
12 December 2016
Leibold Irrigation will work on the Club Course to restore it to its original design.
7 December 2016
Golfer.eu architect Michael Terech speaks to GCA about development of 27-hole layout.
6 December 2016
Architect aims to modernise course originally designed by Tom Bendelow at Kentucky club.
6 December 2016
Jack Nicklaus and Chris Cochran of Nicklaus Design reworking golf course in West Palm Beach.
5 December 2016
Firm to lead developments at new sites in North of the country and near city of Danang.
2 December 2016
Rees Jones-designed course in North Carolina sees green complexes rebuilt and recontouring.
1 December 2016
Contractor Josef Pötter Golf close to finishing construction at club near Dresden, Germany.
1 December 2016
Greens rebuilt and number of bunkers reduced at public course in San Diego, US.
1 December 2016
‘Golden Bear’ discusses current trends and challenges at 2016 HSBC Golf Business Forum.
30 November 2016
Architect Jan Bel Jan works with club staff to modify holes and create new greens and bunkers.
28 November 2016
Firm’s Mike Cocking discusses project at club in Australia’s capital.
24 November 2016
Firm enhancing bunkering and general playability of course near Baysville, Canada.
23 November 2016
Architect leads conversion of 27-hole course into 18 holer while reducing flood risk.
23 November 2016
Andy Staples completes work at Michigan course, which is set to reopen next May.
22 November 2016
Redesigned and renovated course at Texas club expected to reopen in spring 2017.
22 November 2016
Architect Michael Hurdzan returns to track at Californian resort to oversee project.
21 November 2016
Work on Florida club’s White Egret nine set to be finished by the end of 2016.
18 November 2016
Firm to improve landscaping and increase course’s environmental value.
17 November 2016
Track designed by Greg Norman’s firm to complement existing Nicklaus course and academy.
17 November 2016
Architects selected for innovative design work and problem-solving skills.
16 November 2016
Andrew Johnston leads redevelopment and redesign of layout at Singapore club.
16 November 2016
Event takes place from 28 November – 1 December at Marriot Sawgrass Resort in Florida.
15 November 2016
Work on Hillsborough course could potentially start as early as next year.
14 November 2016
Like Coore and Crenshaw’s No. 2, Hanse’s work will take inspiration from Donald Ross’s original footprint.
10 November 2016
Project at club in northern California to focus on course’s greens and bunkering.
9 November 2016
Track at club in south-west Florida to be available to play from 17 November.
9 November 2016
Work at resort course in Indonesia led by Mark Lawson of Pro Links Construction.
8 November 2016
Number of modern design elements to be added to course on Florida’s west coast.
7 November 2016
New holes to be built at Texas club, which will change its name to Tempest Golf Club.
4 November 2016
Gary Player Design Company leading work on track at resort in South Carolina.
4 November 2016
The Victory Course at Verrado Golf Club in Phoenix marks firm’s 30th project.
2 November 2016
GCA speaks to Brian Courcelle from Fazio Design about The Summit golf course.
2 November 2016
Seth Raynor-designed track at the Greenbrier Resort significantly damaged earlier this year by flooding.
1 November 2016
Bunkers reworked, tees expanded and fairways recontoured at course in Elmhurst, Illinois.
31 October 2016
Architect restoring elements of AW Tillinghast’s original design at Pennsylvania club.
28 October 2016
Renaissance architect called in to tweak five year old Robinson design.
28 October 2016
John Colligan and Trey Kemp lead renovations to Ralph Plummer design in Texas.
26 October 2016
Architect looks to reintroduce design originally created by Colt and Alison in the 1930s.
25 October 2016
We look at how clubs can better manage irrigation and report on the second Sand Valley course
We look at how clubs can better manage irrigation and report on the second Sand Valley course.
24 October 2016
Construction of 18-hole layout at site in province of Ontario now underway.
21 October 2016
Golf course architect discusses plans for new South Course at Michigan club.
20 October 2016
Architect to rework holes ten, eleven, twelve and thirteen at course in North Carolina.
19 October 2016
Architect to begin work on Lakes Course at Florida club in spring 2017.
19 October 2016
Tees, greens and bunkers to be restored at 1952 US Open venue in Dallas, Texas.
18 October 2016
Project led by McDonald and Sons to focus on bunkers and irrigation at Maryland club.
17 October 2016
Bunkering and irrigation enhancements central to project led by Key Golf.
14 October 2016
Changes being made to accommodate new practice range and short game area at Ohio club.
14 October 2016
New track designed by Schmidt-Curley to open later this year at Vietnam venue.
13 October 2016
Ecological motivation for Ebert-led project on historic links at Home of Golf.
13 October 2016
Hans Georg Erhardt’s design built on a sandy site at club in western Poland.
12 October 2016
Six holes redesigned as part of project led by Hawtree’s Russell Talley at Belgian club.
11 October 2016
Scottish International Golf Course Architects event takes place in Inverness, Scotland, next March.
10 October 2016
Architect James Wilcher discusses changes to six holes at course in Sydney, Australia.
7 October 2016
Tim Liddy and Pete Dye collaborate to develop new course at venue in Pennsylvania.
7 October 2016
Architect reworks original Ross-designed holes but keeps flavour of course intact.
6 October 2016
27 holes now available to members and guests at club in Yering, Australia.
6 October 2016
First completed new course for architect James Edwards at venue in Wiltshire, UK.
5 October 2016
65 bunkers to be either added or rebuilt at Willie Watson design in Wilmette, Illinois.
5 October 2016
Frank Pont of Infinite Variety Golf Design reworks course at club in the Netherlands.
30 September 2016
Organisation to highlight growth of game at this year’s HSBC Golf Business Forum.
29 September 2016
Richard Mandell converting 27-hole Minnesota course into new 18-hole layout.
28 September 2016
Huxley Golf designs and creates new additions to practice area at UK club.
27 September 2016
Six-hole short course designed by Bergin Golf Designs opens in North Carolina.
26 September 2016
Architect Lester George leads work at municipal course in North Carolina.
26 September 2016
Tributes pour in following death of seven-time Major winner and golfing legend.
20 September 2016
Architect Gaunt plans large-scale heath regeneration at historic English course.
20 September 2016
Retirement of former chairman Peter Thomson prompts TPL principal to start his own practice.
19 September 2016
Nines reversed and tees added to final holes at course in Atlanta, Georgia.
19 September 2016
Project on course at Florida club set to be completed a month ahead of schedule.
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16 September 2016
Architect overseeing extension project at club near Massu in south-west Finland.
15 September 2016
Architect speaks to GCA about converting parts of Pennsylvania course to Poa Annua
14 September 2016
Two-year project led by Coore & Crenshaw reaches completion at Japanese club.
14 September 2016
Golfers able to play selected holes of latest addition to Gull Lake View Resort in Michigan.
13 September 2016
Latest project at UK club to focus on course’s bunkering and the introduction of new tees.
12 September 2016
Theme of 2016 event to focus on ‘The BIG Opportunity’ available to the golf industry.
9 September 2016
US$2.2 million project focuses on bunkering and irrigation at Minnesota club.
8 September 2016
New berm put in place behind 15th green and bunkers added to the 18th hole.
7 September 2016
Architect Riley Johns speaks to GCA about project at municipal course in Florida.
7 September 2016
Bukit Pandawa G&CC to feature 18 par-three holes designed by JMP Golf Course Design’s Bob Moore
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6 September 2016
Architect oversees removal of two lakes on Desmond Muirhead-designed South Course.
5 September 2016
Firm returns to Texas club to oversee series of updates to course and practice facilities.
5 September 2016
Jim Wagner designs layout for short course at the Hong Kong Golf and Tennis Academy.
2 September 2016
Prestigious Australian club brings in architect as part of its ‘2030 strategy’.
2 September 2016
Dye Designs completes work on new track at hilly site near Westfield, Indiana.
1 September 2016
Eleventh and twelfth holes being reworked and new pond to be introduced to tenth hole.
30 August 2016
Nathan Crace to lead renovations to eighth hole as part of masterplan for Mississippi club.
26 August 2016
DURAbunker solution being added to bunkers across 18-holer at Swedish club.
23 August 2016
Architect Clive Clark leads membership-funded project at club in California.
22 August 2016
Golf course architect and ASGCA Fellow passed away on August 19, aged 76.
22 August 2016
Jack Nicklaus participates in opening celebrations at facility near Heber Valley, Utah.
19 August 2016
The new course, designed by Gil Hanse, is on track to open in Autumn 2017.
19 August 2016
Anaconda course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and has since become a popular public golf facility.
18 August 2016
Golf course architects across the world join sustainability experts to ensure best practices.
17 August 2016
Designer John Colligan says the rerouting of the course has allowed for breathtaking views during play.
16 August 2016
Rio course awarded for its commitment to improving the environment and golfing opportunities for local communities.
15 August 2016
Golf course architect Stuart Rennie has designed the course, which will be built by Coffey Construction and EGS Golf.
15 August 2016
The 86 year-old five times Open Championship winner has worked in golf course design for over 50 years.
11 August 2016
Peter McEvoy oversees work to make UK course more sympathetic to playing majority.
10 August 2016
Firm collaborating with FLC Group with construction expected to finish later this year.
9 August 2016
Routing adjustments and new irrigation system also introduced at Ron Kirby design in Fuerteventura, Spain.
8 August 2016
Kris Spence leads enhancements to the bunkers and greens on club’s Dogwood course.
4 August 2016
Architect to redesign and renovate elements of course at resort in New Brunswick, Canada.
2 August 2016
The return of golf to the Olympics and changes at Turnberry among topics covered in latest edition
The return of golf to the Olympics and changes at Turnberry among topics covered in latest edition
1 August 2016
Bunkers rebuilt and enhancements made to the green complexes on front nine at Atlanta course.
29 July 2016
Meadows, Stables and Pines nines to be upgraded at club near Atlanta, US.
28 July 2016
Nine has been designed by David Williams on sandy site at club in Kent, UK.
27 July 2016
Greg Norman Golf Course Design leading work at course near Brisbane, Australia.
27 July 2016
Five new holes to be built as part of proposed changes to course in New South Wales.
25 July 2016
Pond brought into play and reshaping carried out following consultation with Tom MacKenzie.
21 July 2016
Tom Weiskopf Designs redesigns the bunkering on Lewis and Clark and Tavern Creek layouts.
20 July 2016
Love Golf Design leading reconstruction of former Ocean course at South Carolina resort.
20 July 2016
Paul Albanese designing 18-holer in Michigan, with planting set to begin next month.
19 July 2016
Two new holes constructed at New Jersey course originally designed by Tom Bendelow.
15 July 2016
US architect overseeing work at course originally designed by Ralph Plummer near Montego Bay, Jamaica.
13 July 2016
Golfers able to tackle reworked Troon facility on Cape Cod from 3 August.
12 July 2016
Renovation work carried out and new practice facility introduced at club near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
11 July 2016
Links superintendent Sandy Reid speaks to GCA about recent and upcoming work at the Scottish club.
8 July 2016
Anthony Hodgson leading the creation of a new four-hole academy course at UK club.
7 July 2016
Architect’s latest project is the first course to be built in US state of Colorado for seven years.
7 July 2016
Lesser amounts of phosphate fertiliser, potash and nitrogen recorded between 2006 and 2014.
6 July 2016
Club aiming to begin development of new site at Weston Park later this year.
6 July 2016
Firm reworks layout following levee reconstruction at nine-hole course in Fargo, North Dakota.
5 July 2016
New Dimitri van Hauwaert design includes synthetic turf solutions from Southwest Greens Construction.
1 July 2016
Work on bunkers, drainage and tree removal is part of a master plan for entire 27 holes.
30 June 2016
Final landscaping work being done at Frankie Bunge’s design in Córdoba province.
29 June 2016
Elements of James Braid’s original design brought back into play at historic Scottish club.
29 June 2016
18-hole design at Rancho San Lucas resort community set to open by late 2017.
28 June 2016
Architect reintroduces original strategic intent of bunkering originally designed by Bill Diddel.
27 June 2016
Rick Robbins design near the city of Wilmington is the state’s first new build in six years.
22 June 2016
Changes at PGA Tour venue include restyled bunkers and improved drainage.
21 June 2016
Work on Championship course forms part of 10-year plan for North Carolina club.
20 June 2016
Firm to work with Ernie Els Design and leading professionals on work at UK club.
17 June 2016
Positive initial reaction to nine-hole course at FootGolf Chester facility in the UK.
16 June 2016
Architect returns to alma mater to lead project at course originally designed by Perry Maxwell.
15 June 2016
18-holer in South Carolina has been redesigned by Love Golf Design.
15 June 2016
Highlights include a discussion on golf’s return to the Olympics and an interview with Greg Martin.
15 June 2016
Project at resort in Indonesia led by Mark Lawson of Pro Links Construction.
14 June 2016
South African pro to work with the Matkovich Group to help hone his golf design skills.
13 June 2016
Attendees can benefit from expert tuition at event this July at Royal Troon.
10 June 2016
Bunkers expanded and fourth green rebuilt ahead of club’s bicentenary next year.
10 June 2016
Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore join Mike Keiser and Ben Cowan-Dewar for first official round.
10 June 2016
Renovation work helps boost environmental and economical sustainability of California facility.
6 June 2016
Water and archaeological issues surmounted at new hotel resort course in the German state of Hesse.
6 June 2016
Course expanded to 18 hole at facility designed for wounded and disabled veterans.
3 June 2016
Report from USGA and The R&A finds equal split between ‘long’ and ‘short’ hitting players.
2 June 2016
Bunker renovations and redesign of the thirteenth hole among highlights of project in Minnesota.
1 June 2016
Two new holes created and new greens for three holes on Dunluce Links course
1 June 2016
Architect Martin Ebert says new coastal holes ‘unmatched in the golfing world’.
31 May 2016
Bunkers redesigned and playability enhanced at course in Phoenix, Maryland.
27 May 2016
Original designer to reconstruct greens and greenside bunkers on Florida course.
26 May 2016
Architect Keith Foster leads project at Ohio course originally designed by Alec Campbell.
24 May 2016
Southwest Greens product to be installed at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club’s new facility.
23 May 2016
Work includes introduction of a new bunker programme and practice facilities.
23 May 2016
Tom Doak and Clyde Johnson combine EcoBunker revetting with ruggedness at South Wales club.
19 May 2016
Californian club to improve maintenance and course quality using local district’s treated wastewater.
17 May 2016
Document offers management, course set-up and player behaviour advice to golf facilities.
17 May 2016
The Loop at the Forest Dunes resort in northern Michigan to open for play 27 June.
16 May 2016
Lech course in the Arlberg region will be the highest course in Austria.
16 May 2016
Architect rebuilding par-54 course originally designed by Arthur Jack Snyder.
13 May 2016
Course manager John Bambury speaks on work to Old Course in the west of Ireland.
12 May 2016
2016 edition of ISEAL event looks at how the industry has helped drive innovation and evolution.
11 May 2016
Course improvements and land repurposing to take place at New Jersey club.
9 May 2016
Firm restores William Watson design in California using archive material and aerial photography.
6 May 2016
Initiative aims to encourage golfers to fit nine-hole rounds into their schedules.
6 May 2016
Architect Doug Carrick discusses completion of a project 20 years in the making.
5 May 2016
Architect Michael Hurdzan to advise on project commencing later this month.
4 May 2016
Andy Staples’ Community Links explores challenges and potential solutions to help facilities stay viable.
3 May 2016
Jeff Lawrence and Gary Player discuss project at resort in US state of Missouri.
3 May 2016
Interface from Bayer leads the way during test held at Thetford Golf Club, UK.
3 May 2016
John Colligan and Trey Kemp renovate Texas course originally designed by Ralph Plummer.
29 April 2016
18-holer to form part of luxury resort community under development in Los Cabos.
29 April 2016
Club owner Michael Stone speaks to GCA about project at club in Crosslake, Minnesota.
27 April 2016
Architect takes over from Steve Smyers at annual meeting in Washington D.C.
26 April 2016
Schmidt-Curley Design hired to lead development at site near Dong Hoi.
26 April 2016
Number of bunkers to be moved and reshaped at UK course designed by Frank Pennink.
25 April 2016
Architects to discuss historical and modern issues around the industry at UK event.
22 April 2016
Reuters reports that measures will be introduced to help boost participation.
22 April 2016
Firm works with JLPGA to rework course layout at facility in Shima, Japan.
21 April 2016
Project led by architect Martin Ebert has created unmatched run of coastal holes.
21 April 2016
New report finds playing numbers either leveling out or growing in more than half of local markets.
20 April 2016
Event for amateur players to be held at Royal Troon in July this year.
20 April 2016
Latest issue includes a discussion on fairness in golf and reports on Rees Jones’ new course in Mexico.
Latest issue includes a discussion on fairness in golf and reports on Rees Jones’ new course in Mexico
20 April 2016
Can you identify the course on which Sandy the gopher has been photographed?
20 April 2016
Two new holes planned as part of major renovation at west of Ireland links.
19 April 2016
Nine-holer designed by Jean-Claude Cornillot under construction in the south of France.
18 April 2016
Project led by Jacobson Golf Course Design sees creation of three new holes.
15 April 2016
Renovation of bunkers at 18-hole course near San Antonio, Texas, now complete.
13 April 2016
Golf resort in Northern Ireland adds six turf machines from distributor Johnston Gilpin.
11 April 2016
Project to focus on bunkers and greens at course near St Cloud, Florida.
11 April 2016
Detroit-area club celebrates centenary and breaks ground on major improvement project.
6 April 2016
UK club acquires nine mowers, four utility vehicles, two aerators, a top dresser and the latest MP5800 sprayer.
5 April 2016
Architect aiming to make course in Michigan more strategic and less penal.
1 April 2016
Architect reworks bunkering and creates a new green at course near Marbella, Spain.
1 April 2016
Dick Schmidt leading project at course designed by Robert Muir Graves in Washington State.
31 March 2016
Architect speaks to GCA about upcoming project at site in the United Arab Emirates.
31 March 2016
All 27 holes to be worked on as part of US4.4 million project at Joe Lee design in Florida.
31 March 2016
Work to take place on International Course this year and National Course in 2017.
30 March 2016
New layout to form centrepiece of US$40 billion leisure and entertainment facility.
29 March 2016
Firm to carry out review of all 36 links holes at club in Lossiemouth, Scotland.
24 March 2016
Tim Lobb advising on alterations to the bunkering on the New Course at UK club.
23 March 2016
Golf course architecture firms to collaborate on projects in the US, UK and Europe.
22 March 2016
Subtle alterations to be made to South Korea course originally designed by Ted Robinson.
21 March 2016
Upgrades made to holes two, nine and thirteen at Harry Colt’s design in Cornwall, UK.
21 March 2016
Improvements made to maintenance and drainage of bunkering at course in Kent, UK.
18 March 2016
Gil Hanse’s new design nearing completion at site near West Point, Mississippi.
17 March 2016
Range of speakers to discuss selected topics at event this April in Northern Ireland.
16 March 2016
Annika Course Design and Arnold Palmer Design Company brought in for project in Minnesota.
16 March 2016
Original designer Kyle Phillips oversees work at links course on Scotland’s west coast.
14 March 2016
Project aiming to improve safety and add variety to layout in California’s Orange County.
14 March 2016
Nine Brazilian golfers take part in event at venue as part of course inauguration.
11 March 2016
Firms working together to redesign course at Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club.
9 March 2016
Fones Cliffs resort to be built on the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
8 March 2016
Architect Ken Moodie and MJ Abbott reworking elements of UK course.
7 March 2016
Full 18-hole course set to open in late April at club in Montgomery, Texas.
3 March 2016
Latest installation supports water conservation principles at club in Dubai, UAE.
2 March 2016
Seminar event at Northwood Golf Club helps spread awareness latest set of laws
2 March 2016
PrimerSwing scheme seeks to use golf to build better society in Mexico.
2 March 2016
Department of Justice report says course ensured return to different species to degraded area.
1 March 2016
Waste bunkers added to layout designed by Clyde Johnston in South Carolina.
26 February 2016
Nicklaus Design returns to club in Thousand Oaks, California to oversee latest work.
23 February 2016
Lester George and Vinny Giles return to Virginia design to oversee latest enhancements.
17 February 2016
Architect to oversee work at Donald Ross-designed course in south-east Wisconsin.
16 February 2016
Golf & Water features more than a dozen examples of positive water management.
12 February 2016
Course to form part of Falesia D’El Rey Resort an hour’s drive north of Lisbon.
11 February 2016
Junior Golf Academy to have priority on new facility near Maryville, Missouri.
10 February 2016
Rees Jones’ firm brought in to oversee work on one of Colonial Williamsburg’s three courses.
9 February 2016
Team led by John Ashworth works to enhance facility in Oceanside, California.
3 February 2016
Tilander Golf Design hired for project at site near Tbilisi overlooking the Caucasus mountains.
2 February 2016
Architect revitalising Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay’s design on Florida’s east coast.
1 February 2016
European Golf Design’s latest project the first course to be given GEO Certified Development status.
29 January 2016
Work to commence after the Farmers Insurance Open at course in La Jolla, California.
26 January 2016
Donald Knott’s latest design lies on the coast of the Taiwan Straits near city of Zhangzhou.
25 January 2016
Architect’s work to have particular focus on revered Hotchkin Course at venue in Lincolnshire, UK.
21 January 2016
Ba Na Hills Golf Club to be the first Luke Donald signature design.
19 January 2016
Architect to create nine more holes at course in Lugazi, Uganda.
18 January 2016
Play commences at Greg Norman’s firm’s latest design on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
14 January 2016
Imaging firm enters the golf industry with new service for clubs to attract more customers.
13 January 2016
Senior writer at Sports Illustrated to be presented with award at association’s annual meeting.
13 January 2016
The Trilogy Golf Club at Ocala Preserve to be unveiled to the public next month.
12 January 2016
Our latest issue features the changes at Ballybunion and Le Golf National, and new courses in Scotland and Switzerland.
12 January 2016
Can you identify the course on which Sandy the gopher has been photographed?
12 January 2016
Architect returns to Rosapenna to lead latest work on course designed by Pat Ruddy.
8 January 2016
Transaction will not immediately effect the existing Real Club de Valderrama with lease running to 2050.
8 January 2016
Architect draws inspiration from work of AW Tillinghast for project at course in Phoenix, Arizona.
6 January 2016
MJ Abbott and Profusion brought in to carry out work at venue in Hertfordshire, UK.
5 January 2016
Architect Pirapon Namatra completes project at Denis Griffiths-designed course in Thailand.
4 January 2016
Architect Kipp Schulties reworks Karl Litten-designed course in Boca Raton, Florida.
23 December 2015
Best wishes to all of our readers, we will be returning on 4 January 2016.
18 December 2015
Gold Course sees introduction of Key Golf’s Linebacker liner ahead of Patriot All-America competition.
16 December 2015
Fairway widths and green edges to be restored at course in Hamilton, Ohio.
16 December 2015
The Shark’s firm to carry out work at luxury destination on Caye Chapel Island.
15 December 2015
US$5.7 million spent to update Connecticut course originally designed by Devereux Emmet
14 December 2015
Jim Fazio-designed course to be ‘completely reconstructed’ ahead of tournament.
11 December 2015
Renaissance Golf Design leading work on sixth course at Michigan Resort.
10 December 2015
Paul Albanese hired to design 18-holer on hilly site near Harris, Michigan.
9 December 2015
Architects to work alongside agronomists, scientists and researchers to provide consulting services.
9 December 2015
New irrigation system, bermuda greens and views of coastal marsh from Lowcountry course
8 December 2015
Work underway to improve facilities at course in Northamptonshire.
7 December 2015
New design makes it easier to find and read the content you want, on the device of your choice.
2 December 2015
Architect speaks to GCA about project at course in North Carolina.
2 December 2015
Superintendents using nearly 22 per cent less water in 2013 than 2005.
1 December 2015
27 November 2015
Famed Welsh links is adding Ecobunker revetting solution course-wide
25 November 2015
KPMG’s Golf Advisory Practice survey finds increased year on year bookings.
25 November 2015
Neil Haworth and Stéphane Talbot collaborate on new desert-style course.
24 November 2015
Subtle changes also made to the layout of course in Osprey, Florida.
24 November 2015
Attendees use NASA 3D glasses to view turf recovery and see product’s benefits in action.
20 November 2015
Dominican Republic course was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
20 November 2015
New development at Soma Bay to embrace natural desert landscape.
20 November 2015
Fort Myers course reopens following project led by its original designer.
19 November 2015
19 November 2015
Greens recontoured and bermudagrasses introduced across 18-holer in Tampa, Florida.
19 November 2015
Work of organisation members at nine US courses highlighted.
18 November 2015
Work on fifteenth hole complete with two more holes soon to follow suit.
17 November 2015
Bunker area to be halved as part of TPL-led renovation project.
17 November 2015
Architect works with Derek Dirksen to restore character of bunkers at Indiana course.
13 November 2015
‘There’s nothing like it in central Africa’ says architect Kevin Ramsey.
13 November 2015
Nine holes to be refreshed each winter at venue of Bond/Goldfinger match.
11 November 2015
Country described as having ‘a strong foundation to take itself forward’.
10 November 2015
Architect oversees work to greens and bunkering at course near Houston, Texas.
9 November 2015
Work to take place ahead of 2016 Fiji International tournament.
5 November 2015
Architect aiming to bring layout ‘in line with the top golf courses in Ireland’.
4 November 2015
Forest clearance hindering predators of endangered fairy terns
4 November 2015
Architect uses Ellis Maples’ materials from Dogwood Course’s original construction.
4 November 2015
Work on Steve Smyers design commences at site in suburban Dallas.
3 November 2015
Delegates discuss broad range of current topics at event in Shanghai, China.
3 November 2015
The course at Cypress Head Golf Club in Port Orange, Florida, has reopened following a renovation project.
2 November 2015
Ernie Els has paid a visit to the Lido Lakes golf course in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is currently undergoing a significant renovation.
2 November 2015
A redesign of the University of Central Missouri’s Keth Memorial Golf Course has reached completion.
30 October 2015
Two new golf courses open for play today on King Island, Australia.
29 October 2015
The Solheim Cup will head to Scotland in 2019, with the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles selected to host the tournament.
29 October 2015
29 October 2015
A series of upgrades have been made to the practice facilities at the PGA Catalunya Resort near Girona, Spain.
29 October 2015
Nicklaus Design has been hired to create Legacy Point, a new golf course in the US state of Kentucky.
28 October 2015
A golf course renovation project has been completed at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
28 October 2015
A new golf destination is to be developed in Qatar, according to reports.
23 October 2015
Atlas Turf International has become a Merit Leadership Partner of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA).
22 October 2015
Ground has been broken for the development of a new course at The Greenbrier Sporting Club in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
22 October 2015
Architect tells GCA work on existing Dunluce Links holes is nearing completion.
21 October 2015
A series of upgrades will be made to the three golf courses at Wentworth Club next year.
20 October 2015
Huxley Golf has helped to create a new leisure area at The Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, UK.
20 October 2015
The R&A has confirmed that The Open will be played at Royal Portrush in 2019.
19 October 2015
Greg Norman has officially opened the new course at the Eastern Golf Club in Yering, Australia.
19 October 2015
A new golf experience will open at Petco Park, the home of the San Diego Padres baseball team, next month.
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Terrain Aeration has recently helped improve the drainage of a selection of the greens on the course Newport Golf Club in Wales, UK.
5 October 2015
A renovation of the golf course at the Kiva Dunes Golf and Beach Resort is nearing completion.
23 September 2015
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22 September 2015
Project at course in Santa Barbara to be led by Nicklaus Design.
22 September 2015
Roy Bechtol leads project at course he originally designed near San Antonio.
22 September 2015
Phil Mickelson has paid a visit to the site of the currently under-construction Mickelson National Golf Club near Calgary, Canada.
17 September 2015
Architect Keith Foster advises on project at course in Dayton, Ohio.
15 September 2015
Bill Coore returns to South Carolina design to advise on recent project.
14 September 2015
California course to benefit from drought-tolerant landscaping.
10 September 2015
Paul Albanese’s design at Nebraska resort draws inspiration from Santee Sioux culture.
10 September 2015
Sunningdale, Royal St George’s and Royal Cinque Ports on itinerary for 2015 event.
9 September 2015
Scot Sherman discusses reworking of George Cobb’s design on Hilton Head Island.
9 September 2015
Stephen Kay leads work on Donald Ross’ design at former Torresdale Frankford CC.
8 September 2015
Course in Savannah, Georgia set to reopen for play on 10 October.
8 September 2015
36 holes designed by Kyle Phillips converted to bermudagrass at destination in Sicily.
7 September 2015
Green complexes rebuilt at course in Lexington, South Carolina.
7 September 2015
Greg Norman’s firm designs new course in Patagonia region of Argentina.
4 September 2015
Golf development and tourism to be discussed at event from 9-11 September.
3 September 2015
Cynthia Dye leads design of 18-hole course at Sheraton New Caledonia Deva Resort.
28 August 2015
Work aims to improve agronomic conditions and playability at course in Arizona.
27 August 2015
Greg Norman’s firm reportedly approached for design of 18-holer on island off Australia.
25 August 2015
Ambience Greens has been designed by Hawaii-based Nelson & Haworth.
24 August 2015
New tee, green and fairway mowers among additions to UK club’s maintenance arsenal.
20 August 2015
Architect returns to Minnesota course to redesign twelfth hole and rework bunkering.
20 August 2015
Four greens to be rebuilt at course on Hawaii’s Big Island.
18 August 2015
Architect tells GCA about project at club in Monroe, Louisiana.
18 August 2015
The Diamond Country Club course lies in steep terrain near city of Busan.
17 August 2015
Changes to the bunkering a key feature of work at course near Phoenix, Arizona.
17 August 2015
Tifdwarf bermudagrass introduced to greens at course in Austin, Texas.
14 August 2015
Landscapes Unlimited overseeing work at David Gill’s design in Hastings, Nebraska.
13 August 2015
Nicklaus Design’s layout is the first in the country to adopt a ‘twin green’ design concept.
13 August 2015
Project to be completed next month at Sea Pines Resort course designed by Pete Dye.
12 August 2015
GCA Green Pages 2016 to be distributed with January’s magazine.
12 August 2015
18-holer at Halcyon Retreat resort designed by Weller Designs.
11 August 2015
Layout drawn up by local golfers beginning to come together in Emerson, Manitoba.
5 August 2015
Martin Design to help create a more flood-resistant course at club in Illinois.
3 August 2015
Focus on tees, greens and storm water management during project at club in Illinois.
31 July 2015
Vegetative maintenance initiative launched at Pete Dye’s design in Michigan.
29 July 2015
Chipping area and putting green facilities the latest addition to club in Northern Spain.
29 July 2015
Conceptual plans accepted for project in Switzerland as companies team up.
27 July 2015
Alterations made to bunkering and thirteenth hole at historic Minnesota club.
23 July 2015
Alterations to four holes ahead of Aberdeen Masters tournament this August.
21 July 2015
27 major winners consulted for new course near Tianjin, China.
20 July 2015
Steve Smyers says clubs are taking advantage of new technology and architectural expertise.
17 July 2015
Thad Layton and Brandon Johnson to work with local team at Scottish Highlands resort.
17 July 2015
Greenkeepers at Ryder Cup venue to benefit from precise control over watering schedules.
15 July 2015
Esler Design and Wadsworth Construction complete project at course in Illinois.
14 July 2015
18-holer in the Spanish Basque Country was originally designed by Jose Gancedo.
13 July 2015
Andy Staples to work with Bradley S. Klein and Trey Rogers at club near Detroit.
13 July 2015
Golden Bear’s Joint Venture Group teams up with Wirral Council for project in the UK.
13 July 2015
First project for new partnership is total rebuild of 45 hole Stockholm complex.
10 July 2015
Kevin Norby leads work at Colorado course that suffered storm damage in August 2013.
9 July 2015
New nine-holer scheduled to open in 2017 at resort in Pennsylvania.
8 July 2015
Architect returns to Kentucky course he designed back in the early 1980s.
6 July 2015
Architect Brian Silva works on project at Donald Ross design in North Carolina.
2 July 2015
October reopening scheduled for Donald Ross designed course in Savannah, Georgia.
2 July 2015
New development at Utah community to complement existing 18-hole course.
1 July 2015
South African architect Theo Geertshuis completes Orli Las course at Polish resort.
1 July 2015
Quartet of architects brought in for novel project at resort in West Virginia.
30 June 2015
Arnold Palmer-designed course set to reopen in September following project’s completion.
30 June 2015
First stage of project completed at community golf course in Queensland, Australia.
29 June 2015
Tee boxes expanded and marsh removed at Mike Morley and Dan Helbling’s design.
26 June 2015
Beekeeping initiative is part of the course’s eco-friendly policies.
25 June 2015
Graeme Grant’s design on Tasmania’s King Island set to open in full early next year.
25 June 2015
Course relocated following devastating floods in 2011 is unveiled in North Dakota.
24 June 2015
Architect aims to enhance strategic character of 18-holer at club in Tyler, Texas.
24 June 2015
Club staff work with maintenance partner IGM to introduce new grasses.
23 June 2015
Course on New Zealand’s North Island to open for member play this October.
22 June 2015
Tees rebuilt and fairway grasses relaid at club near Lisbon, Portugal.
19 June 2015
Architect hired for project at course designed by Denis Griffiths in Pattaya, Thailand.
17 June 2015
Four greens rebuilt and more receptive to run-up approaches introduced at LA course.
17 June 2015
Jonathan Davison leads development of nine-hole Tošovice course at Heipark resort.
15 June 2015
Architect speaks to GCA about work at Robert Trent Jones Sr. design in North Carolina.
12 June 2015
Former RTJ II architect aims to ‘design courses with an array of strategic options’.
11 June 2015
Architect pays homage to Thomas and Tillinghast with work at New Jersey course.
11 June 2015
Mid-October deadline for parties interested in institute’s golf design course.
10 June 2015
New course to form centrepiece of ‘Harmony’ community near Calgary, Canada.
9 June 2015
Top Canadian course returns greens to original Stanley Thompson designs.
5 June 2015
David McLay Kidd hired to redesign the 18-hole layout at club in Palos Verdes, California.
2 June 2015
Roadrunner layout built on top of club’s existing Quail Run course.
1 June 2015
Tom Mackenzie welcomed as institute’s new president at event in North Berwick, Scotland.
28 May 2015
Company one of only ten globally authorised for putting green materials programme.
21 May 2015
Work carried out ahead of the Carrick Neill Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship.
20 May 2015
Nicklaus Design’s Chris Cochran oversees expansion of former Westham GC course.
18 May 2015
The golf architect redesigned the green during a visit to the course last year.
15 May 2015
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s design will be open for limited play during 2015.
13 May 2015
Andrew Mair’s firm leading project at course near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
12 May 2015
Two-year project improves playability and drainage at course in Edmonton, Canada.
12 May 2015
Follow-up release includes Greg Norman course creator app and collectible e-book.
11 May 2015
Country’s government signs letter of intent with Beijing Enterprise Group.
8 May 2015
Jerry Pate’s firm to oversee improvements, which will be carried out this summer.
7 May 2015
Nicklaus Design leading work at site in Ohio with new golf course set to open next year.
5 May 2015
Project to focus on improving green conditions at course in Peoria, Illinois.
30 April 2015
New design part of initiative from Pacific Links International to grow presence in China.
30 April 2015
Forum later this year presents opportunity to discuss findings and current issues.
29 April 2015
Original architect leads enhancements to course at club in Fort Myers, Florida.
27 April 2015
Project includes renovated tees and bunkers, plus new fairway features.
24 April 2015
Architect hints at ‘exciting plans’ for the future of the organisation.
23 April 2015
Par-3 layout now open to the public on site of former Colwood National course.
22 April 2015
‘The brief is how good can we make it?’ says architect, who plans nine new greens.
21 April 2015
Architect works with agronomist Julie Stachecki to remedy series of issues.
20 April 2015
Zoysia grasses used as primary turf at course near San Antonio, US.
17 April 2015
Minimal impact to play during project at one of the world’s oldest golf courses.
16 April 2015
Tiger Woods firm finalises design for course at AKOYA Oxygen development.
14 April 2015
Donald Ross design in South Florida to undergo six-month enhancement project.
10 April 2015
Tom Doak’s Renaissance Golf Design firm to lead development of Stoatin Brae course.
9 April 2015
Club in Hampshire, UK, celebrates its centenary year with new practice facilities.
8 April 2015
Tom Mackenzie leading architectural work at course designed by James Braid.
7 April 2015
Work underway at Billy Johnson-designed course near San Antonio, Texas.
2 April 2015
Work follows on from improvements to the club’s Bay Course last year.
1 April 2015
Third course to be added at resort in Ridgedale, Missouri.
1 April 2015
Architect calls for greater collaboration among partners in the industry.
31 March 2015
Record numbers set to head to North Berwick in Scotland to hear from industry experts.
30 March 2015
New course in Gurgaon, India, to open to the public in the next few weeks.
27 March 2015
Pacific Coast Design draws up plans to improve course near Bangkok, Thailand.
26 March 2015
Hale Irwin and Todd Schoeder leading development at club in Colorado.
24 March 2015
Rockwind Community Links to feature two courses designed by architect Andy Staples.
24 March 2015
New additions to golf facilities at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort set to open in 2017.
23 March 2015
Tom Fazio returns to lead enhancements at Florida course he originally designed.
20 March 2015
Owner Mark Parsinen reveals group to invest in Scottish Highlands resort.
16 March 2015
Work at Valspar Championship host course to reinstate Larry Packard’s design intent.
11 March 2015
Original architect to oversee introduction of Better Billy Bunkers at course in Kentucky.
11 March 2015
The European Tour gives its backing to proposed new development near Doncaster.
10 March 2015
Additions to club’s Golf Academy designed to help players practice a range of disciplines.
9 March 2015
Original designer David McLay Kidd advises on work at course in Oregon.
4 March 2015
Revised layout to include 13 new holes and five from the existing course.
4 March 2015
Associates reflect on life of architect and designer, who has died aged 78.
2 March 2015
South Wales club could save as much as £400k in maintenance costs over 20 years.
2 March 2015
Jeff Blume speaks to GCA about project at Jay Riviere design near Houston, Texas.
27 February 2015
Course to close for work in October with view to September 2016 reopening.
26 February 2015
Living Legends course to form centrepiece of new Tanmiyat Global development.
23 February 2015
Proposal submitted to carry out renovations in exchange for 99-year lease.
20 February 2015
Logan Fazio discusses progress of project in New York State.
19 February 2015
Course designed by Jack Nicklaus’s firm to be made entirely from synthetic turf.
18 February 2015
Local council gives green light for project led by the SAS Golf Design firm.
18 February 2015
Short course for junior play planned for former US Open host club in Dallas.
18 February 2015
Star US architect’s first European course, near Bordeaux, will debut in May.
16 February 2015
Project aims to maximise use of natural terrain at Washington state nine-holer.
16 February 2015
Work to begin February 17 at Joe Finger-designed course in Austin, Texas.
12 February 2015
Course designed by Rees Jones’ design firm scheduled to open in February 2017.
11 February 2015
Donald Ross’ only surviving Texas course undergoing major improvement work.
9 February 2015
Architect says course now in ‘full grow-in mode’ and pleased with progress.
4 February 2015
Arlington Lakes to see new short tees and flexible routing in US$2m project.
4 February 2015
Project manager Michael Cohen discusses Hudson County’s first public course.
2 February 2015
Golf du Kintélé to form part of new sporting development in Brazzaville.
30 January 2015
‘Delighted to see the progress’, says R&A development committee chairman.
29 January 2015
English club renovates 60 bunkers in ten days with help from contractor.
28 January 2015
Clifton, Ezell & Clifton Golf Design Group behind Country Club Golf Course layout.
28 January 2015
Pete Dye-designed course to close for work following April’s RBC Heritage tournament.
28 January 2015
British grinder manufacturer partners with aeration and moisture control supplier.
28 January 2015
Architect unveiled for project at Robert Trent Jones Sr design in Canada.
27 January 2015
Architect to restore design intent at Willie Park Jr. layout in Toledo, Ohio.
27 January 2015
Hollinger and Costello aim to recapture character of course near San Francisco Bay.
26 January 2015
Clyde Johnston design includes six hole course and multi-use practice facility.
23 January 2015
Milton Hoosic master plan to identify lost historic elements of 1921 course.
23 January 2015
Architect Clark plans zoysia fairways to reduce maintenance and aid playability.
22 January 2015
Grand Canyon University invests in the future of course in Phoenix, Arizona.
22 January 2015
Study event will include a visit to the first 100 per cent zoysia course in the US.
22 January 2015
Trust rewarded for waste reduction, rainwater harvesting, composting and other projects.
20 January 2015
Under brushing project results in fewer lost balls and a superior golfing experience.
20 January 2015
Streamsong Black set to open in autumn 2017 at Florida venue.
19 January 2015
Renovation completed at Achimota course with work at Kumasi to begin shortly.
16 January 2015
US$3.5 million renovation and zoysia greens for Bechtol-designed San Antonio course.
16 January 2015
New course, completed in October, will debut at start of Canadian golf season.
13 January 2015
Nicklaus firm’s design in the Bahamas to become latest addition to global TPC network.
12 January 2015
Architect Rees Jones to return to Illinois course to advise on work.
8 January 2015
Reversed front and back nine part of series of upgrades to course in Thailand.
2 January 2015
Adam Lawrence reports on project at Tom Simpson’s design in northern France.
18 December 2014
Durabunker method used at course originally designed by Greg Norman’s firm.
17 December 2014
‘We need a roadmap for future boards to use’, says Philadelphia club president.
16 December 2014
Work to improve bunkers and drainage at club’s Lewis and Clark course gets underway.
16 December 2014
David Williams recreates challenging par three hole at Seve’s home course.
11 December 2014
Waterfront Hobart course could be top ten in Australia, says architect Crafter.
11 December 2014
Four month project is latest in 16 year relationship with Lake Charles club.
10 December 2014
Architect Lobb leads Garden City golf project in Nigerian oil capital.
10 December 2014
Ceremony marks the completion of Jack Nicklaus’ sixth design at Mexican destination.
9 December 2014
Groundbreaking to take place early next year at planned multi-course resort in Wisconsin.
9 December 2014
Architect revealed for 18-hole development at AKOYA Oxygen resort in the UAE.
4 December 2014
Grassing to begin later this month at 18-hole course at new Texas residential development.
3 December 2014
Campaign refused permission to appeal to Supreme Court in long-running legal battle.
2 December 2014
Architect Moroder to lead rebuild of Carezza course, first opened in 1904.
1 December 2014
Architect Pont and shaper Waters rebuild Colt bunkers on four holes of Surrey course.
1 December 2014
April event to return to Scotland and ‘wonderful town with a rich golfing legacy’.
28 November 2014
Ron Kern helps revitalise aspects of original design at Indianapolis course.
28 November 2014
Club and community come together to mark golf’s role in Highland success.
28 November 2014
Judge rejects 400m environmental corridor plan, which could have killed off project.
27 November 2014
Architect discusses alterations to ninth, tenth and sixteenth hole on Scottish links course.
26 November 2014
Brett Hochstein discusses Netherlands project and collaborating with Frank Pont.
25 November 2014
Duininck Golf completes project at RTJ-designed course within two months.
19 November 2014
Architect speaks to GCA about project at Gordon G. Lewis design in Florida.
18 November 2014
Historic Indiana club plans greens recapture, tree removal and consistent bunkers.
18 November 2014
Martin Hawtree completes work on four holes at course designed by James Braid.
17 November 2014
Lassi Pekka Tilander’s Pärnu Bay design first of its kind in Estonia.
17 November 2014
Architect Paul Jansen leads renovation at pioneering integrated Thai golf resort.
14 November 2014
Unfinished 18-holer in North Carolina now likely to open in its entirety in 2015.
14 November 2014
Strong results after four years of renovation work at Bakker Crossing.
13 November 2014
ASGCA to present writer and former caddie with award at ceremony next March.
12 November 2014
Club members vote in favour of sale; planning app for new EGD course in spring
11 November 2014
Expanded practice areas and new artificial hitting stations introduced at Florida club.
11 November 2014
Firm’s first task is to oversee the redesign of practice facilities at Australian club.
11 November 2014
Straka-led project at Oaks Club will provide shorter tees and ground game options.
11 November 2014
Architect O’Callaghan advises at Glendora; club aims to reduce water use by 25 per cent.
10 November 2014
First course built on Hilton Head to get touch up from PGA Tour star’s practice.
5 November 2014
Architect breathes new life into Donald Ross-designed course in Florida.
4 November 2014
Pure Seed and Atlas Turf’s Pure Dynasty being used at golf projects around the world.
31 October 2014
Event to take place at Barcelona’s Real Club de Golf El Prat from 4-6 November.
30 October 2014
Robert Walker oversees second phase of three-year restoration at Florida club.
30 October 2014
Development at resort in Nebraska set to open for play next year.
29 October 2014
GCA speaks to John Ashworth about project to make enhancements to Californian muni.
29 October 2014
Course on Langwaki first of three Els Club developments set to open in country.
28 October 2014
Course becomes first in state to feature Zoysia grasses throughout.
28 October 2014
Bournemouth course plans multi-year rebuild and expansion of practice facility.
28 October 2014
Training and practice centre located within existing racecourse in city of Baku.
27 October 2014
‘True links’ could rank among world’s best, says Aussie golf legend.
24 October 2014
James Wilcher discusses additions at course near Sydney, Australia.
23 October 2014
HB Studios’ The Golf Club being adopted by design firms for day-to-day use.
22 October 2014
Some existing holes also rerouted as part of major project at Indian club.
21 October 2014
12 projects recognised at courses across the US and Asia.
17 October 2014
Course to reopen for play on 14 November following work by original architect.
17 October 2014
Niall Cameron’s debut design unveiled at resort near city of Marrakech.
16 October 2014
Irish architect leads project to bring course near Dublin up to full 18.
15 October 2014
Architect looking to boost membership through renovation of ‘golden age’ course.
13 October 2014
Report indicates architect appointed but unlikely to make ‘big, big changes’ to course.
9 October 2014
Song Tan and Chris Huang to lead company’s efforts in growing golfing market.
9 October 2014
Project includes design alterations to two holes at Florida course.
8 October 2014
Prof. Brian Horgan discusses building scholarship into the renovation process.
8 October 2014
Swan firm reappointed at Slovenian course after several years’ hiatus.
8 October 2014
Architects continuing long-term restoration programme at Colt’s La Mer.
7 October 2014
Ken Moodie supervises on range of improvements at historic London club.
6 October 2014
Improved drainage and custom soil profile part of work at South Carolina course.
2 October 2014
Prominent elevation changes feature at Utah resort’s 18-hole addition.
30 September 2014
Architect Casey O’Callaghan discusses redesign and upgrades to California course.
26 September 2014
Water brought into play and new bunkers on hole leading into the Bear Trap.
26 September 2014
Peter Matkovich to design nine hole course at The Sea Cliff Resort & Spa.
25 September 2014
New irrigation ponds also introduced at club in Canadian province of Alberta.
24 September 2014
Troy Vincent works with agronomist Jim Evans to carry out project.
23 September 2014
Greens enlarged and surrounds and contours softened at South Carolina course.
22 September 2014
Course to form part of DAMAC’s AKOYA Oxygen development.
18 September 2014
Fought’s renovation work close to completion at Donald Ross design in North Carolina.
18 September 2014
EGD architect Hiseman breaks ground on £30 million development in Staffordshire.
18 September 2014
20 September date set for reopening at Van Kleek and Stiles design in Florida.
18 September 2014
New 18-holer in Virginia opens alongside rerouting of Keswick GC course.
18 September 2014
Architect worked alongside Bobby Weed on 2001 rerouting of Donald Ross design.
18 September 2014
Project forms part of new family community being developed in state of Alberta.
10 September 2014
Architects return to help enhance features of Texas 18-holer.
9 September 2014
Gold Course reopens with improvements to greens, fairways and irrigation.
9 September 2014
Chavasse VC House benefits from six-hole putting green and double bay cage net.
8 September 2014
Championship golf course near Edinburgh is being designed by Scott Macpherson.
5 September 2014
Work completed at Rees Jones’ design at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort.
5 September 2014
New contouring and improved bunkers part of work at Willard C. Byrd design.
5 September 2014
Ryder Cup captain McGinley to open Welling-redesigned Portugal course.
5 September 2014
Two month closure after Opens; greens ‘firm, smooth and consistent’ says Farren.
4 September 2014
Maintenance team makes number of adjustments to turf care practices.
3 September 2014
Work completed in 30 days at Scott Miller-designed course in Scottsdale, Arizona.
3 September 2014
Georgia course regrasses with Champion and restores closely-mown surrounds.
29 August 2014
Course to reopen next spring following redesign of 18-holer in Oklahoma.
27 August 2014
Ten week project completed by Champion Turf Farms at course in North Carolina.
22 August 2014
Significant bunkering work carried out at Robert Trent Jones II-designed course.
21 August 2014
Presentations aim to help golf clubs grow revenues and reduce costs.
20 August 2014
New offering developed by Pure Seed and distributed by Atlas Turf International.
20 August 2014
Upgrades made to tees, bunkers, drainage and irrigation at Florida course.
18 August 2014
Memorandum of understanding entered with developer for series of plans.
18 August 2014
Layout of India’s first public course near New Delhi set to change.
18 August 2014
Tenth green rebuild and extensive bunkering work to begin this autumn.
13 August 2014
Pinehurst-based architect also redesigns three holes at North Carolina course.
13 August 2014
Inert landfill help manage costs at Grey’s Green course in Oxfordshire.
12 August 2014
Putting and chipping green complements existing facilities at Scottish institution.
11 August 2014
Bob Gibbons and Bruce Twaddle discuss plans for nine-hole course.
8 August 2014
Revised course, with five new holes, at Lido in Java to open in early 2016.
8 August 2014
Superintendent Roger Meier prepares course with ECLIPSE walking green mowers.
7 August 2014
Company’s Arthur Parkin speaks to GCA about project on Cecil Peak.
7 August 2014
Four-time US Open host regrasses, restores greens to Ross’ original shapes.
6 August 2014
New greensmowers and rotary help improve cutting quality and after-cut appearance.
5 August 2014
Shaping to begin next month on latest project from Renaissance Golf team.
5 August 2014
Rees Jones makes changes at course on New Zealand’s North Island.
4 August 2014
First stage sees clearing and grading of front nine at new course in Texas.
1 August 2014
The Falls at Grand Falls & Casino Golf Resort progressing well.
31 July 2014
European Club architect to build new championship tees and extend greens.
30 July 2014
How some golf architects are able to design to fit the style of their employers.
28 July 2014
Brett Hochstein speaks to GCA about project and collaborating with Michael McCartin.
25 July 2014
Improvements being made to fairways, tees and greens at Illinois course.
25 July 2014
Former Major winner to offer advice and assistance at site in Buckinghamshire, UK.
25 July 2014
Architect discusses work at Indianapolis course with personal significance.
24 July 2014
Architect explains thinking behind Minnesota course renovation work.
23 July 2014
Two year vocational programme to start next April at annual meeting in Scotland.
22 July 2014
18-holer to form part of development in the Summerlin area of the city.
22 July 2014
New owners commit to series of enhancements at North Carolina club.
21 July 2014
Government of Alberta commits to repairing Robert Trent Jones Sr design in Canada.
21 July 2014
New facility at Archerfield Links provides golfers with expert fitting and tuition.
17 July 2014
Barbaron firm helps introduce Tif Eagle to green complexes at Florida course.
16 July 2014
Architect using 1931 aerial photograph to shape work at course in Michigan.
16 July 2014
Recent work complements renovation work at Charles Maddox design near Chicago.
15 July 2014
East Lothian club, five times Open qualifying venue, to host first big pro event.
15 July 2014
Greg Martin discusses improvements to drainage and playability at Illinois course.
14 July 2014
R&A announces returns to famed courses; St Andrews likely for 2020.
14 July 2014
Architect garners positive feedback for changes to routing at New Hampshire course.
11 July 2014
Scottish-based firm sends topdressing material for championship prep.
10 July 2014
The EGCOA event is due to be held in Barcelona, Spain from 4-6 November.
8 July 2014
Frank Pont-led project sees dramatic bunkering reintroduced at English course.
4 July 2014
Architect explains focus on environmental factors and sustainable golf development.
3 July 2014
Jason Straka returns to Ohio course for project, which includes bunker redesign.
3 July 2014
Project in Portland, Oregon, set to be completed by April next year.
1 July 2014
Work across course follows master plan drawn up by architect Richard Mandell.
30 June 2014
Design firm to assist UK club on plans for move to new site.
27 June 2014
18-hole Marco Martin and Blake Stirling design in Morocco opens to public.
27 June 2014
Bridgedown Group’s latest development to be unveiled to the public next weekend.
26 June 2014
Work likely to begin later this year at William Francis Bell design in California.
26 June 2014
Course near Toronto to reopen for play this weekend following ten-month closure.
25 June 2014
Architect restores tees and bunkers ahead of next month’s US Senior Open.
24 June 2014
Champion Turf Farms to begin work this week at course in North Carolina.
24 June 2014
Work completed on holes 16, 17 and 18 at Boyne-owned course in Michigan.
24 June 2014
Trump Organization selects design firm following purchase of Scottish resort.
23 June 2014
Architect helps Canadian course recover from extensive storm and cold damage.
20 June 2014
Architect discusses project at Tweedie-designed and Ross-redesigned course.
20 June 2014
Work being carried out on greens and bunkers at course in Florida.
18 June 2014
US$6.5 million rebuild for first course at historic Chicago country club.
18 June 2014
Jonathan Gaunt-designed Cathedral Course to open on 5 July in County Durham.
16 June 2014
Lester George project at Independence GC transforms popular daily fee course.
13 June 2014
R&A confirms details of Open’s return to Northern Ireland.
12 June 2014
Esler Design hired to evoke architectural roots of Illinois course.
10 June 2014
Architect Agustin Pizá discusses renovation and new layout of course in Mexico.
5 June 2014
New holes complement original Harry Colt nine at Dutch club.
5 June 2014
Project aims to return classic Canadian course to original Stanley Thompson design.
5 June 2014
Hole revamped over winter under supervision of original architect Pat Ruddy.
4 June 2014
English architect Jonathan Davison coming home to design Woolsington course.
4 June 2014
New design in Inner Mongolia will introduce Chinese golfers to the joys of links.
2 June 2014
PGA professionals to provide tuition at 2014 Open Championships using facility.
30 May 2014
Work on front nine holes part of major project at club in Idaho.
29 May 2014
Schmidt-Curley and Fred Couples return to course in Arizona for latest project.
28 May 2014
Tim Lobb helps recreate par-three at historic UK course.
27 May 2014
Architect heads to Mexico to see progress at new 18-holer near Loreto.
23 May 2014
18-hole Waterside course designed by IMG Design opens at resort near Pattaya.
22 May 2014
Work finalised ahead of next week’s Shoprite LPGA Classic at New Jersey course.
22 May 2014
Architect Jim Nagle discusses project on Findlay-designed course in Pennsylvania.
21 May 2014
Tom Weiskopf oversees renovations at one of his original designs.
21 May 2014
Architect Cam Tyers assists Canadian club with revitalisation project.
20 May 2014
Firm to phase work at Southern California resort over coming three to five years.
19 May 2014
Firm hired in advisory capacity for project at Harry Colt-design in Canada.
19 May 2014
Nine hole Vetlanda course project aims to help new golfers learn the game.
16 May 2014
Harrison Michew part of project team for PGA Tour winner’s first signature design.
15 May 2014
Cary Bickler, Keith Evans and Michael Hurdzan granted honour at event.
14 May 2014
Adam Lawrence visits the historic Scottish course to view the work being carried out.
14 May 2014
Improved green surfaces and bunkering part of work at club in Georgia, US.
13 May 2014
Robert Walker overseeing work on East nine holes at course in Florida.
13 May 2014
Principal of Schmidt-Curley Design calls for problem solving designs.
9 May 2014
Improvements at German club include reconstructed greens and enhanced fairways.
9 May 2014
Project at historic UK site to be led by Golden Age Golf Architecture’s Guy Hockley.
8 May 2014
Swede re-elected as EIGCA president for second year at institute’s annual meeting.
8 May 2014
Jerry Sarvadi discusses his Scottish project with Adam Lawrence.
7 May 2014
Firm introduces Golf Premier Tee Turf 2 to practice facility at historic Scottish site.
7 May 2014
Developers to proceed with exclusive club at former Beaverbrook estate.
6 May 2014
Designer describes The Proving Grounds near Dallas as his ‘most unique design’.
6 May 2014
New course the sixth Nicklaus design to open at Mexican resort.
2 May 2014
Developing a new course in EMA region costs 6 million euros, says consultancy firm.
1 May 2014
After many delays, Bluejack National set to be first US Tiger-branded course.
30 April 2014
Course to be first publicly accessible Jack Nicklaus signature design in the area.
30 April 2014
Acquisition makes Trump’s ambition to host an Open a close reality.
29 April 2014
Architect Dave Druzisky finalising design for front nine holes of Idaho course.
25 April 2014
Latest routing replaces existing Fred Findlay design at site in Charlottesville.
24 April 2014
MyPinPoint solution provides ‘far better service’ says GM of Scottish club.
24 April 2014
Greens to be rebuilt and new bunkers added at course in Mississippi.
24 April 2014
Grand opening for Greg Norman design in Vietnam set for later this year.
23 April 2014
Adam Lawrence looks at how the Swedish golf resort is staying ahead of the game.
22 April 2014
John Fought discusses project at original Donald Ross design on Atlantic coast.
17 April 2014
Prestigious international sustainability award for Baltic golf course.
17 April 2014
Thad Layton and Brandon Johnson are leading a new era for Arnold Palmer’s firm.
16 April 2014
Staples Golf assists in project with focus on irrigation at course in Albuquerque.
16 April 2014
Florida club replaces two existing 20-year-old models with aluminium version.
15 April 2014
Back nine now open with front nine soon to follow at Long Island club.
15 April 2014
Royal Montenegro owner seeks to promote golf among youth of Balkan country.
10 April 2014
Doug Carrick discusses work at course on shore of Lake Ontario.
10 April 2014
Extensive bunker remodeling carried out on The Ballesteros Masters Course.
9 April 2014
Hills Forrest design in Morocco to be managed by Braemar Golf.
9 April 2014
Spring 2015 opening planned for course designed by Nicklaus Design and Tom Clark.
8 April 2014
Work on Fazio-designed course in Virginia part of club-wide expansion project.
7 April 2014
Billy Fuller works closely with original designer Tom Fazio on project in Georgia.
4 April 2014
The Endeavour School uses SNAG kit to help develop golfing and social skills.
3 April 2014
Work at 100 year old Harry Colt course to focus on restoring the bunkers.
3 April 2014
27-holer to be completely rerouted with aim of hosting international tournaments.
31 March 2014
Malaysian course ready for play following project led by South African’s design firm.
28 March 2014
Rounds to take less than an hour at par 31 course near Des Moines, Iowa.
27 March 2014
Historic New Jersey course suffered damage during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
25 March 2014
Nine holer in Northolt developed by team behind The Shire and Dye London.
24 March 2014
Sequoia Greenscapes leading project at course in League City, Texas.
21 March 2014
Course in California to host the Champions Tour Nature Valley Open this September.
20 March 2014
Jacobsen Hardy firm to work on 18-holer designed by Robert Cupp Jr.
19 March 2014
Event in Portugal to look at increasing participation across a wider demographic.
18 March 2014
Terrain Aeration’s product helps course in Suffolk clear build-up beneath greens.
17 March 2014
Work to begin on course at former Concord resort following purchase by EPR Properties.
13 March 2014
Open Championship host resort achieves prestigious ecolabel across 800 acre property.
13 March 2014
Pacific Gales could start construction this summer after county grants initial permits.
12 March 2014
Big names announced for April event, taking place at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
10 March 2014
Latest project follows 2013 work on Robert Trent Jones Sr. design in Texas.
7 March 2014
April reopening expected following work on numerous holes at Australian course.
5 March 2014
Mandalay Myotha Golf Club to feature 8,000-yard course and golf academy.
4 March 2014
Modern Golf near Graz offers all-round play and will host range of community events.
3 March 2014
Original architect working alongside Southeastern Golf on latest project.
27 February 2014
Jonathan Pendry to advise on soils management and hydrology on EGD project.
26 February 2014
‘Clearly one of the best in Australasia’, says R&A captain at grand opening event.
26 February 2014
Total Turf carry out work at 2014 ShopRite LPGA Classic host course.
26 February 2014
Fifth season to see addition of ‘championship course in miniature’, plus real estate.
25 February 2014
What is the future for the muni in today’s golf market? Adam Lawrence investigates.
25 February 2014
US$6 million Fort Myers project will create ‘a new golf course’, says architect.
24 February 2014
Scottish consultants Pendry and Le Sueur collaborate on private South Island project.
24 February 2014
Front nine and back nine to be switched at Hawaii 18 holer.
20 February 2014
Dave Thomas Limited developing par-27 course set to be completed this summer.
20 February 2014
Large natural sand dunes characterise site for course in town of Qurayyat.
19 February 2014
Historic public course to be transformed to accommodate city flood control programme.
18 February 2014
Project, on hold 18 months, will add private course to Lushan club in Jiangxi province.
17 February 2014
Some holes already grassed, others being shaped, as architect pays project a visit.
17 February 2014
New Jack Nicklaus Signature Design in Virginia described as a ‘masterpiece’.
14 February 2014
Costa Jama in Ecuador takes number of continents worked on by firm to six.
13 February 2014
Spring 2015 opening for new course replacing one lost to floods in 2011.
13 February 2014
Dick Rugge and Rhett Evans to speak at two-day event beginning 31 March.
13 February 2014
High water table creates engineering challenge for new holes at Golf Club Föhr.
12 February 2014
Iconic opening hole around castle’s moat will be reinstated by architect Walker.
11 February 2014
Staples Golf to help improve irrigation and reclaim lost areas at Albuquerque site.
11 February 2014
Norman-designed west of Ireland course acquired from receiver by US mogul.
10 February 2014
Former Merion superintendent Matt Stoy joins project team at Long Island club.
7 February 2014
Four holes currently being rebuilt at Swedish course to reopen later this year.
6 February 2014
Management firm Troon operating Velaa Private Island resort’s academy facility.
5 February 2014
Firm solves severe flooding problems which caused annual closures at India course.
3 February 2014
Environmental factors to be part of infrastructure at Erik Larsen-designed course.
31 January 2014
Rick Robbins describes Innisbrook’s Copperhead designer as a ‘pioneer’.
31 January 2014
Adam Lawrence reports on a visit to the planned JCB golf course in central England.
31 January 2014
Main eighteen to be accompanied by short nine-hole course at site in the south of France.
31 January 2014
US$9 million revamp for 27-year old course starts after Waste Management event.
31 January 2014
New ownership revitalising bankrupt Point at Polzeath with help from architect Tim Lobb.
30 January 2014
Robert McNeil to improve playability and pace of play at Dennis Pines and Highlands.
30 January 2014
Society president to be joined by Lester George and Jason Straka at Orlando event.
29 January 2014
Dye’s firm to carry out work on course at Purdue University campus in Indiana.
29 January 2014
GeoGolf will provide topo maps and aerial imagery of both courses at California club.
29 January 2014
SA architect O’Friel to design Port Harcourt course, part of huge new city development.
28 January 2014
Bryce Swanson discusses work to reroute and renovate Robert Trent Jones-designed course.
28 January 2014
Safety concerns drive changes but architect returns hole to similar strategy as in the past.
27 January 2014
Architect working on plans for further nine holes at resort in the Philippines.
23 January 2014
Architect to lead reconstruction of Joe Lee-designed course on Atlantic coast.
23 January 2014
All-weather putting green, pitching green and practice nets installed at Lanzarote resort.
21 January 2014
Ceri Menai Davis claims to be ‘very happy with how the application is proceeding’.
20 January 2014
Tenth hole at course in Queensland, Australia, ready for play after reconstruction work.
20 January 2014
Founder of Folds of Honor foundation to receive award at May’s annual meeting.
17 January 2014
Remote Florida golf resort completes major expansion with on-site accommodation.
17 January 2014
Near 50 per cent increase in rounds played by overseas visitors to Emirate in 2013.
16 January 2014
Renovation work at storm-damaged Colorado course could begin as soon as February.
16 January 2014
Scottish architect prepares landscape plan for Shenzhen club in advance of April event.
16 January 2014
Construction of new resort in India being overseen by family of the late Ashok Kumar.
15 January 2014
Shorter course part of project plan for resort on Egypt’s north coast.
15 January 2014
Carnoustie applauded for long-term restoration of links landscape and sward.
13 January 2014
Smartphone solution enables ‘greenkeeper to golfer’ automation of pin information.
13 January 2014
Architect Ebert and contractor Abbotts replicate Taylor ‘alpinisation’ at London club.
10 January 2014
Billy Fuller Golf completes project at Robert Trent Jones Sr. design in Florida.
10 January 2014
Sixty courses to achieve certification by end of 2014, says leading hotel and golf operator.
10 January 2014
European Golf Design’s Robin Hiseman to create Staffordshire parkland course.
9 January 2014
Matthew Dusenberry to work alongside Tad Burnett to rejuvenate Connecticut course.
8 January 2014
Construction of Mike Keiser’s project in Wisconsin set to begin later in the year.
7 January 2014
Work by Robert Trent Jones II firm includes softening doglegs and sand capped fairways.
6 January 2014
Architect works alongside Jeff Sluman to revitalise Joe Lee design in Florida.
20 December 2013
Spring Run Golf Club to undergo extensive work to irrigation and drainage systems.
19 December 2013
Architect describes holes eleven, twelve and thirteen as forming ‘our own Amen Corner’.
19 December 2013
European Court win could see years of VAT returned to member-owned clubs.
17 December 2013
Owner describes course as ‘brand-new’ following work by Olympic architect.
16 December 2013
Danish architect Caspar Grauballe aims to introduce heathland feel at sandy Falkenberg.
16 December 2013
Course at The Country Club of Winter Haven reopens with five new holes.
13 December 2013
Adam Lawrence looks into the innovations clubs are using to increase business.
13 December 2013
New green designed to direct play away from recently constructed lifeboat station.
10 December 2013
West nine open to public at Florida course originally designed by Ed Seay.
10 December 2013
Signs of long-awaited growth in country’s golf industry, according to local sources.
9 December 2013
Kipp Schulties leads US$5 million project on original Joe Lee design in Florida.
5 December 2013
Adam Lawrence looks at the benefits the new nine at Carne Golf Links is yielding.
4 December 2013
Tree removal, dune building, new tees and bunker changes as club plans for ninth Open.
2 December 2013
Local authority hopes to announce partner for 300 acre development site at 2014 Open.
2 December 2013
Golf historian Erhardt publishes study of designer of El Saler, Neguri & Club de Campo.
2 December 2013
Burnett and Dusenberry improve drainage, tees and fairways at Florida course.
28 November 2013
Lundin wants to speed play and make Örebro course more flexible for families.
28 November 2013
Greens, bunkers and tees to be rebuilt as part of project at resort in the Algarve.
27 November 2013
Architect to have access to original Donald Ross sketches and notes.
26 November 2013
Course designed by Notah Begay III and Ty Butler to open on 12 December.
22 November 2013
Eighteen holer forms part of complex featuring short course and golf academy.
22 November 2013
Abbey Hill one of first daily fee courses to win prestigious sustainability ecolabel.
22 November 2013
Move of army camp will free up land for expansion of Pahalgam course in Kashmir.
21 November 2013
Flat and open course near Turin complements existing Robert Trent Jones Sr design on site.
21 November 2013
Straka reinvention of former Indian Bend will use 50 per cent less chemicals and fossil fuels.
21 November 2013
Nicklaus-designed Royal Blue course will be completed in new year for December opening.
21 November 2013
Pacific Gales project launched as Keiser wins approval for Bandon Links land swap.
20 November 2013
Christoph Städler draws out plans for new holes at club in Bytom, Poland.
20 November 2013
537-acre Little America development in Flagstaff could be derailed by water concerns.
20 November 2013
Course design trainees visit St Andrews and Elie as part of vocational qualification.
19 November 2013
Equipment gift from manufacturer Jacobsen aids golf development in Kentucky city.
19 November 2013
Project funded by Chinese government with course part of new resort near Mattala.
18 November 2013
Yellow Sea views will go with bump and run favouring conditions at windy Dalian site.
15 November 2013
New grassed tees and ‘sand scrape’ greens replaced as part of project in Australia.
15 November 2013
Topography of Danish course ‘reminiscent of Sunningdale’, says architect Spogárd.
14 November 2013
Kyle Phillips' much-awaited clifftop course has hints of Pebble Beach and Cypress Point.
14 November 2013
Extensive renovation at Toronto club will connect course to legendary architect.
13 November 2013
Bad weather during 2012 caused long delays for now-finished improvement project.
13 November 2013
Practice tee and caged nets installed as part of London’s Olympic legacy programme.
13 November 2013
Time par, catch-up tees and early slots for fast players improve pace at Hawaii course.
12 November 2013
Pascuzzo and Brauer complete their second major overhaul at southern California resort.
12 November 2013
Eighteen hole putting course at Dubai Creek club to challenge all levels of golfers.
11 November 2013
Mountainous course in western Sichuan province will be part of Banyan Tree resort.
8 November 2013
New short course will help The First Tee to teach essential life skills to local youngsters.
8 November 2013
Three hours from Seoul, American architect Jim Engh opens his first course in Korea.
7 November 2013
Heritage Links to carry out construction work at course in New Braunfels, Texas.
7 November 2013
Water purification equipment supplied by Laguna Lang Co at work in local schools.
7 November 2013
Ten new holes completed at Alberta golf club, eight more to come next year.
6 November 2013
Long-range plan will see complete refresh of Vestavia course in Birmingham.
6 November 2013
Irrigated turf reduced by 20 acres as part of total renovation of NCGA home course.
5 November 2013
Two-green layout converted to single greens and new Toro irrigation system implemented.
5 November 2013
Fairway corridors to be cleared this winter at new resort in capital of Russian republic.
4 November 2013
Golf architect Robin Hiseman profiles his hero, the Maverick designer of Tobacco Road.
4 November 2013
Developer Menai Davis files planning application for course at Edgware site.
4 November 2013
President Craig Valassis discusses the recent restoration project at Michigan club.
1 November 2013
US Golf Association working with city of Waco to re-establish prairie vegetation.
31 October 2013
Significant alterations made to West Nine, with South Nine work about to begin.
30 October 2013
Atlanta investor acquires Snake River and plans 2014 revival after US$2m renovation.
30 October 2013
Full eighteen set to open next summer at course near New Delhi.
30 October 2013
Already 100 villas sold on first golf course to be built in Iran for over thirty years.
29 October 2013
18-hole near Hamburg Airport set to open for play in spring 2015.
28 October 2013
Thirteen holes rerouted and two holes added at course in Arlington, Texas.
25 October 2013
Architect Philip Spogárd discusses work on original Tom Simpson design in Ireland.
25 October 2013
New firm aims to bring classical principles of golf design to the African market.
24 October 2013
Work taking place or recently completed in Argentina, Colombia, UK, US and China.
24 October 2013
Resellers can attract new customers to clubs, but need to beware of over-discounting.
22 October 2013
Roy Case-designed course at Jersey City scheduled to open in summer 2015.
22 October 2013
Architect Matt Maryon adding four new holes to 1896 English course.
22 October 2013
English architect’s course at Slovakia resort does justice to remarkable sandy property.
18 October 2013
Project will allow golfers to step back in time at New Jersey course, says architect.
18 October 2013
Delegates from Slovakia, Scotland and Spain travel to Hampshire for event.
18 October 2013
GEO-led Ryder Cup Green Drive funds environmental projects across Perthshire.
18 October 2013
Leeds course to be renovated in keeping with design style of legendary architect.
17 October 2013
Course design incorporates elements of Native American culture and history.
16 October 2013
Ribbon-cutting ceremony held at Nicklaus-designed course in New York City.
14 October 2013
Landscapes Unlimited to oversee twelve hole project at site of former country club.
10 October 2013
Alabama course operator hopes to keep rounds to three and a half hours.
9 October 2013
MacCurragh Golf Construction starts work, as Tim Liddy oversees restoration project.
8 October 2013
Work to begin on tees, fairways and green complexes at Robert Trent Jones design.
7 October 2013
US$5.2 million project scheduled for historic Donald Ross design in Florida.
7 October 2013
Signet Golf Associates complete work at Dave Bennett-designed course in Pharr.
4 October 2013
Architect Steel and club crew rebuild home green at historic heathland course.
3 October 2013
Design firm’s Chinese entity to provide services and support to 13 courses.
2 October 2013
Crown’s Pine Ridge course tests Greeni app, which informs pro shop of golfers’ pace.
1 October 2013
Turf management specialists champion ‘go in green, to come out clean’ approach.
30 September 2013
Company will continue working alongside KPMG as part of both golf marketing projects.
26 September 2013
(re)GOLF’s project on Långe Jan course at Swedish resort set to be ready for October.
25 September 2013
Gary Player Design course offers ‘links-style shot making’ and ‘fast and firm conditions’.
25 September 2013
Robert Berthet close to finishing work at clubs in Languedoc-Roussillon and Val-d’Oise.
24 September 2013
Second list of its kind highlights examples of industry innovation and problem-solving.
23 September 2013
Lawrie to work alongside Team Niblick’s Graeme Webster on plans for Scottish course.
20 September 2013
Reduced turfed areas and water requirements will better reflect State Park surroundings.
19 September 2013
New model features better bumpers, upgrading seating and larger bagwells.
19 September 2013
Arizona course design complete with focus on environmental factors prominent.
18 September 2013
Time on site was key to success of Tianjin project, says American architect.
18 September 2013
American architect says connecting with communities key to success of public courses.
18 September 2013
Longshot joined by Mole Valley District Council in appeal against high court ruling.
17 September 2013
Extensive work to bunkers and greens as US$1.2 million project reaches completion.
16 September 2013
Construction soon complete at new-look Preserve at Boulder Hills, near Atlantic coast.
16 September 2013
Leading architects partner at historic Canadian club to preserve design legacy.
16 September 2013
North Highland College golf management students help installation of putting facility.
13 September 2013
The Players course at club in Texas reopens for play as part of ongoing restoration project.
12 September 2013
Hugh Alison’s 1930 design will form core of proposed composite course at Tokyo club.
11 September 2013
Rees Jones directs project in North Carolina that sees Tifgrand bermuda introduced.
9 September 2013
October closure planned ahead of extensive changes as part of US$4 million project.
6 September 2013
Bermuda greens introduced, as well as bunker and tee changes on selected holes.
5 September 2013
Part of New York course redesigned and redeveloped following hurricane damage.
4 September 2013
Famed architect to be presented with award at 2014 Golf Industry Show next February.
4 September 2013
Ten holes rebuilt or rerouted and renovations on remaining eight at course in Missouri.
3 September 2013
Drone-flown image helps greenkeeper Nutter preserve mowing lines and cut input costs.
3 September 2013
Conversion almost complete at Pete Dye design in southern Louisiana.
2 September 2013
Extensive redesign of course in Uruguay sees tees, bunkers and greens rebuilt.
2 September 2013
Parks Legacy Project aims to help increase sustainability of underfunded golf courses.
30 August 2013
Historic Wimbledon Park Golf Club completes bunker and course renovation.
29 August 2013
High Court ruling overturns plans to turn Cherkley Court into golf course.
29 August 2013
Former Ryder Cup player and renowned course designer passes away aged 79 years.
27 August 2013
New management will improve club experience and increase membership levels.
23 August 2013
Palmetto Greens club opens under original name following drainage and bunker work.
22 August 2013
Academy facility, plus new holes and short course are major investment for High Legh.
22 August 2013
Earthquake-devastated Christchurch to get NZ$160 million residential estate and course.
22 August 2013
Architects asked to contribute own history to build comprehensive overview of profession.
21 August 2013
Player firm’s new course at huge Carolina development to open on 26 September.
21 August 2013
Swan Golf Designs finalises design; John Greasley Ltd appointed for construction.
21 August 2013
Virginia course ‘among most northerly in US’ to convert greens to Champion bermuda.
21 August 2013
South Carolina course cuts trees and expands greens to return to vision of original architect.
20 August 2013
Staff at Scottish course reflect on remarkable resurgence following extensive sea damage.
20 August 2013
AssamRifles open 18-hole course in north east India, furthering golf’s profile in the region.
19 August 2013
New greens and irrigation system part of plans for Golf Preserve of Atascocita.
19 August 2013
Lester George helps Virginia course switch from bent and return to original Wilson feel.
16 August 2013
Construction of Erik Larsen’s design in Florida set to begin this December.
15 August 2013
Work to be carried out on three holes at course in Michigan by Hills Forrest team.
15 August 2013
New owner Paul St. Pierre selects architect to help with club-wide improvements.
14 August 2013
Improvements to be made to bunkers and greens on Dye-designed North course.
14 August 2013
Sharon Bruce and Sylvain Duval explain the benefits of lab analysis.
12 August 2013
Nova Scotia government lends C$8.25m in support of Cabot Cliffs construction.
9 August 2013
Wilczynski’s design one of two new projects in US state involving C.W. Golf Architecture.
7 August 2013
Developer Damac introduces ‘Dubai’s first golf condos’ on planned Hanse course.
7 August 2013
Macpherson-led £500,000 project continues growth of north-eastern golf destination.
7 August 2013
William Bradley Booth redesigns original course’s lower nine and upgrades Blue course.
6 August 2013
Former landscape gardener Lars Aarup will lead venture from Malaga base.
5 August 2013
Fazio’s work nears completion at Wells Fargo Championship host course.
5 August 2013
Developer Grupo Empresas Matutes identifies three potential locations on Balearic island.
31 July 2013
Architect McIntosh adds more holes to Irish course in some of golf's biggest sand dunes.
31 July 2013
Laguna International club extends lease to 2040 via agreement to build luxury hotel.
29 July 2013
Jeff Blume’s design nearing completion as turf grows in on university campus course.
26 July 2013
Different cultivars of bermudagrass across course at the Reynolds Plantation in Georgia.
24 July 2013
KPMG report highlights shift to 'casual golfers', but growth in emerging markets.
23 July 2013
Las Vegas course closes temporarily as part of major project to prevent flood damage.
19 July 2013
22,000 people took advantage of coaching grants in one year.
19 July 2013
DeVries relocates family to Australia to build island course among huge coastal sand dunes.
18 July 2013
Read the report of our survey of the world's golf course architects.
18 July 2013
65,000 rounds targeted as architect Garl reconstructs greens at Florida course.
18 July 2013
Golfplan-designed seaside course, first golf project for developer Ayala, nears completion.
17 July 2013
October opening date set to be met as final stages reached.
17 July 2013
August date set for completion of building and seeding on nine new holes.
16 July 2013
Hawtree lengthens course, but bouncy turf will test best as Open returns to East Lothian.
16 July 2013
North Dakota club to rise again after river flooding destroyed original course.
12 July 2013
LET and machinery supplier continue successful partnership from 2011 event.
12 July 2013
Cypress Point places second in the GCA list of the world's top courses.
12 July 2013
Find out which course tops our Architects’ Choice Top 100 Golf Courses ranking.
12 July 2013
Pace of play is central to renovation of Orlando-area RTJ Sr course.
12 July 2013
Download our free report on the Top 100 Golf Courses in the world.
11 July 2013
National Golf Links of America comes in at No.5 in our countdown.
11 July 2013
No. 4 on our Architects’ Choice list is Augusta National.
11 July 2013
Pine Valley reaches No. 3 in our Architects’ Choice Top 100 countdown.
10 July 2013
We enter the top ten of our countdown, with No. 10-6 revealed.
10 July 2013
Zavidovo PGA National Russia becomes design firm's fiftieth course.
9 July 2013
No. 20-11 are revealed as we edge ever closer to the top ten.
9 July 2013
Graham Papworth's design nearing completion at site in Australia.
8 July 2013
As we edge closer to the top ten, we reveal No. 30-21.
8 July 2013
Pete Dye completes shaping and grading, with regrassing next.
7 July 2013
No. 40-31 are profiled as part of our Architects’ Choice rankings.
6 July 2013
We reveal which courses feature in positions 50-41 on our list.
5 July 2013
Take a look at course 60-51 on our Architects’ Choice Rankings list.
4 July 2013
Find out which courses feature at 70-61 on our Architects' Choice list.
3 July 2013
We reveal the next ten courses to make our Architects’ Choice survey.
3 July 2013
Architect McIntosh builds holes with local crew, in spirit of Hackett.
3 July 2013
Simon Gidman design opens on former landfill site near St Albans.
3 July 2013
Hearn's renovation of Chicago course is proving a success.
2 July 2013
Municipalities aim to supply all the golf courses within their areas.
2 July 2013
The second set of results from our Architects’ Choice Rankings survey.
2 July 2013
Course survey complete, with team now working on recommendations.
2 July 2013
Nine month EGD-led renovation prepares Lake Geneva course.
1 July 2013
We reveal the first ten courses to make it into the Top 100.
1 July 2013
Golf resort on Caribbean island attracts US$50 million investment.
28 June 2013
Find out which golf courses are the architects’ favourites.
27 June 2013
Municipal course near Bandon Dunes step closer after negotiations.
27 June 2013
European Golf Course Owners event to be held from 23-25 October.
25 June 2013
Course will be leading facility in West Africa, says state governor.
17 June 2013
Colt & Alison original design modernised by Keith Foster.
14 June 2013
Improved bunkers and new chipping areas at Los Angeles Course.
13 June 2013
Florida resort awarded National Women's Golf Alliance certification.
12 June 2013
Architect to develop 'prairie course' at Grand Falls Casino Resort.
11 June 2013
Future secured for Cypriot project and second course plans finalised.
6 June 2013
Canadian club opens practice facilities designed by Tom McBroom.
6 June 2013
DG Group appointed as company's authorised distributor for region.
5 June 2013
Project in Yunnan Province will focus on traditional golfing themes.
3 June 2013
Newest additions designed by Kurt Rossknecht and takes total to 27.
31 May 2013
Design company proposes US$4.3 million restoration project.
31 May 2013
Range of topics covered in 'Course Brains' by Forrest Richardson.
31 May 2013
Work to introduce bermuda will begin following 2014 US Open.
24 May 2013
Former ASGCA president discusses Merion course and event's history.
22 May 2013
Management change sees Texan club join Troon Privé group.
21 May 2013
Jacobsen event gives exclusive opportunity to next generation.
16 May 2013
New greens and bunkers following US$1.6 million upgrade in Virginia.
15 May 2013
Statistics indicate record number of overseas rounds for gulf hotspot.
15 May 2013
Describes The Bluffs site as having quality and character of Doonbeg.
14 May 2013
Construction begins on Graeme Grant's design on Australian island.
13 May 2013
Lightweight model provides clean cutting and consistency for fairways.
10 May 2013
Help for Heroes Recovery Centre putting green and net unveiled.
10 May 2013
New additions bring total membership number close to 180.
9 May 2013
Final designs for 18-hole course revealed at event in Mexico.
8 May 2013
US Open host course installs extra greens drainage from XGD.
8 May 2013
Now six oceanfront holes, plus new pub, at Cape Breton resort.
8 May 2013
Extension of nature reserve might end dispute over lakeside holes.
2 May 2013
Former honorary secretary takes over reins from Rainer Preissmann.
30 April 2013
Jeremy Pern design opens in the newest hub of Moroccan golf.
30 April 2013
Comprehensive record will identify architects' links to past greats.
29 April 2013
Accessibility of the game is key priority for new society leader.
26 April 2013
18-hole Nova Scotia course due to be ready by June 2015.
25 April 2013
Qizhong Garden and Phoenix Hill work complete and ready for 1 May.
24 April 2013
Course completion a step closer at Nicklaus design in Richmond, VA.
23 April 2013
Four Texan courses acquired from The Redstone Companies.
22 April 2013
Local knowledge key to Colligan Golf Design's project at Amarillo, Texas.
22 April 2013
Construction underway on unique beginners course in Lund, Sweden.
19 April 2013
New green for par three twelfth heralds changes at German club.
18 April 2013
Exclusive new private club under way after planning battle resolved.
18 April 2013
Regulations will force new developments to change tack.
18 April 2013
Free introductory courses for juniors around the world during May.
18 April 2013
Spring programme covers three mowers and offer runs until May.
17 April 2013
Century-old club in New Zealand capital now has 27 holes.
16 April 2013
European Turfgrass Laboratories now accredited till April 2015.
16 April 2013
Eclipse 322 hybrid mower praised by Irish club's greenkeeping staff.
15 April 2013
Ontario club hopes to attract PGA Tour, maybe even Canadian Open.
15 April 2013
Five new courses planned by Jammu and Kashmir state government.
15 April 2013
All-Weather greens and natural grass fairways at Ambasadori resort.
12 April 2013
North Carolina course to implement Champion hybrid bermuda grass.
12 April 2013
Rees Jones's firm hired by owners Greenway to redesign South Course.
11 April 2013
Sydney club starts more work with Ogilvy Clayton; hires new super.
11 April 2013
Gaunt finishes 15 month redevelopment of Yorkshire course.
11 April 2013
1930s Chicago parks course to receive thorough modernisation.
11 April 2013
KPMG survey reveals price most important for travelling golfers.
11 April 2013
Quarter of a million pound machinery investment for UK club.
10 April 2013
Dorset pay and play to expand to eighteen in £250,000 investment.
10 April 2013
Architect Edwin Roald seeks developer to finish Borg project.
10 April 2013
EIGCA programme to debut at Malmo meeting; webinars to follow.
9 April 2013
Canadian design company continues construction and renovation work.
8 April 2013
Golf designers complete phase two in time for season-opening.
5 April 2013
Congressional boss Mike Leemhuis discusses the US club world.
5 April 2013
R&A boss Dawson will also address KPMG event in St Andrews.
5 April 2013
Filly course reno and spectacular reworking of home hole in progress.
5 April 2013
Bad weather delays spring projects, but Porthcawl system almost done.
4 April 2013
IAGTO report indicates nine per cent average growth across the world.
4 April 2013
Manufacturer enhances XUV 855D Gator, elongating usage times.
4 April 2013
Construction of private six-green course completed on Greek island.
4 April 2013
Prestigious Irish club chooses Eclipse diesel-electric hybrid mower.
3 April 2013
35 per cent water reduction helps National GC earn enviro award.
27 March 2013
“Future plans on hold till proposal defeated”, says Trump statement.
27 March 2013
Kirby builds short course at exclusive 1,200m mountain retreat.
27 March 2013
Christian Lundin's Volkswagen Golfarena in Halmstad could be replicated anywhere.
27 March 2013
Blume's renovation harks back to early American style of design.
26 March 2013
Rebuild and rerouting of ten holes and the renovation of other eight.
22 March 2013
Major change to Oregon's course's tough home hole is unveiled.
22 March 2013
Course in Branson, Missouri, sees re-routing and lowered rough.
22 March 2013
Superintendent Beaver says conditions 'perfect' for Palmer event.
21 March 2013
Faldo celebrates firm's 26th course with ceremony and golf event.
21 March 2013
First top courses list to be chosen exclusively by golf architects.
20 March 2013
Robert Trent Jones II project expected to be completed early 2014.
20 March 2013
Hand work only for now, but relief at Olympic course breakthrough.
19 March 2013
Development in the Bay of Kotor to be designed by Steve Marnoch.
19 March 2013
New irrigation system and green recapture at iconic Dubai course.
18 March 2013
150-room development set for IBB International in Abuja.
15 March 2013
Ten years in planning, Eurotunnel project should start next year.
15 March 2013
Consultants association chooses golf architect as its new leader.
15 March 2013
LED technology could be used to extend playing hours.
15 March 2013
June date set for new driving range, practice green and short-game area.
14 March 2013
First time the golf course architects event will be held in Scandinavia.
14 March 2013
Norman course is part of first 'Vegas-style' resort in Vietnam.
14 March 2013
International Turf Company will focus especially on Eastern Europe.
13 March 2013
Moarhof project wins approval after four year planning battle.
13 March 2013
Pascuzzo, Pate, Brauer collaborate again on South course project.
12 March 2013
New Nicklaus signature will be contractor Diamond's 300th project.
12 March 2013
Proprietary turf producer strikes partnership with new distributors.
11 March 2013
Petition receives almost six times anticipated number of signatures.
8 March 2013
Thai club aims to significantly improve its golfing experience.
8 March 2013
Synthetic firm to increase presence in Slovakia and Czech Republic.
7 March 2013
“Now the real work begins,” says Hanna; site work underway soon.
7 March 2013
New Toro GreensPro 1200 roller sharpens green speed.
7 March 2013
Starting New at Golf project launched in Lagos, Nigeria.
7 March 2013
Mach Dunes developer hopes to build on site next to Irish Sea.
6 March 2013
Proposed course facing criticism from environmental groups.
6 March 2013
Leo J. Martin and Ponkapoag courses to be redeveloped.
5 March 2013
Course designed by Greg Norman Golf Course Design announced.
5 March 2013
Californian course to open after three-year closure.
5 March 2013
Spain to be overhauled as world's leading destination, says tour firm.
4 March 2013
Scaled-down project will go ahead if windfarm axed, says developer.
4 March 2013
Courses in high-end residential complexes will boost game.
1 March 2013
Swan's alternate twelfth to allow play on cliff holes in all conditions.
28 February 2013
Loreto course will have views of Sea of Cortez from every hole.
28 February 2013
Bunker firms combine to offer 'truly maintenance free solution'.
28 February 2013
Municipality uses European Tour event to bring golf to local kids.
28 February 2013
New Jacobsen mower solves dilemma for Yorkshire golf club.
27 February 2013
PGA of America supports scheme helping courses serve women.
27 February 2013
More than 180,000 European jobs depend on golf, says survey.
27 February 2013
Caribbean resort renames main lodge after legendary architect.
27 February 2013
National Trust loses appeal, but Kidd hopes to win objectors round.
26 February 2013
Economy has regained pre-revolution dynamism, says architect.
25 February 2013
A1 bentgrass greens for Delmarva's only Trent Jones Sr design.
25 February 2013
Texas-based course operator seeks to attract more women to play.
25 February 2013
Dramatic rise in rounds played signals better times for US courses.
25 February 2013
New format aims to make practice competitive and fun.
25 February 2013
Coastal sites for sovereign wealth fund's golf developments.
21 February 2013
Reservoir-side site creates risk-reward opportunities at White Stone.
11 February 2013
Named after Trump's mother, course to include three seafront holes.
7 February 2013
New shorter format aims to emulate success of Twenty20 cricket.
6 February 2013
UK firm selected to design the country’s second course.
31 January 2013
Moor Hall improves trueness of greens with new Toro roller.
31 January 2013
Mining company develops new resort on dramatic sandy site.
30 January 2013
Glow in the dark clubs, targets and balls aim to light up learning.
30 January 2013
NH Hoteles courses invest in new buggy fleets to boost service levels.
29 January 2013
New sustainability programme will debut in April at Malmo AGM.
28 January 2013
Sixth Open for historic NY club, but will USGA flatten slopey greens?
23 January 2013
US-based nine hole promotional programme grows by 60 per cent.
22 January 2013
Chambers Bay project architect leaves RTJII to set up own firm.
22 January 2013
Staples' new app calculates water and energy saving possibilities.
22 January 2013
One-hole-at-a-time approach minimises construction footprint.
16 January 2013
Pompano Beach course is design group's first municipal project.
16 January 2013
Most clubs need members, but junior golf top priority, says survey.
7 January 2013
Australian architect Ryan adding more holes to community course.
28 December 2012
Furman alumni hail new facility for university golf teams.
28 December 2012
Ross's green shapes returned at Blue Ridge Mountains club.
24 December 2012
Nine hole Siglufjordur will be among most northerly in Iceland.
24 December 2012
Nicaraguan resort, on hold since 2009, restarts construction.
22 December 2012
'An incredible piece of land,' says architect Young of oceanfront track.
19 December 2012
'Largest golf resort in construction' will debut later this year.
18 December 2012
Practice facility to be followed by 27 holes, plus course elsewhere in city.
18 December 2012
'Hard bump and run surfaces' for first zoysia-based course in country.
18 December 2012
New Deere 2500E gives quality without hassle for Trefloyne.
11 December 2012
Blasi-led restoration of MacKenzie's San Francisco muni closer?
7 December 2012
$10m transaction eliminates need for new pipeline in Arizona city.
7 December 2012
Exclusive: GCA tours controversial renovations with R&A boss.
5 December 2012
Resort aims to build course on plot 10km from World Heritage Site.
4 December 2012
‘Bandon feel’ at isolated lakeside site, says architect Dana Fry.
4 December 2012
More than 70,000 introduced to golf, despite record wet summer.
4 December 2012
Continuing development programme to help architects learn more.
30 November 2012
Largest course operator aims to make courses more welcoming.
30 November 2012
Designer of many courses in Hawaii and Asia dies at the age of 61.
30 November 2012
Adam Lawrence profiles the designer of Walton Heath and Saunton.
29 November 2012
'Our members complain when the courses get soft,' says US exec.
29 November 2012
Operator to audit environmental performance of all its 140 courses.
29 November 2012
Architects institute seeks members views before responding.
29 November 2012
GEO and IAGTO promote eco-sensitive golf holidays.
29 November 2012
Housing component to Churston renovation by Hawtree firm.
27 November 2012
Leading European golf conference visits St Andrews next June.
27 November 2012
Casey family acquires neighbouring St Pat's and considers options.
26 November 2012
Doak leads campaign against extensive alterations to home of golf.
26 November 2012
Architect Lundin starts multi-year project at Göteborgs club.
14 November 2012
Corporate development not the only way forward, as Thai clubs show.
13 November 2012
PGA/ASGCA-backed programme funds course review for NY club.
11 November 2012
Historic look for Essex heath course courtesy of English architect.
9 November 2012
Ladies European Tour home course hires TPL for renovation.
7 November 2012
Only internship, not employment, required to qualify for new course.
2 November 2012
Black Sea-side course to host first European Tour event in Bulgaria.
2 November 2012
Palmer firm refreshes South Carolina course with wider fairways.
1 November 2012
New-look Derrick will be 'among best in Alberta', says architect.
30 October 2012
Beginner golf programme to reach up to five million at ACA camps.
30 October 2012
‘Better deal without compromising results’: Open FQ course super.
30 October 2012
Architect Webster and signature Clarke plan Scottish resort.
30 October 2012
Open venue producing own topdressing with Campey screener.
30 October 2012
Pasarell brothers complete seafront Royal Isabela community.
30 October 2012
Reduced water consumption at Dubai course after Lynx installation.
30 October 2012
European Tour back to Denmark on Spogárd & VanderVaart course?
29 October 2012
Old Palm switches to TifEagle on greens and practice areas.
29 October 2012
Historic NY club moves forward with multi-year renovation plan.
29 October 2012
Troon to manage Tucson-area Native American developed property.
29 October 2012
SAP-backed Heidelberg club announced as host by LET.
29 October 2012
Construction start at Diamante sees reboot of Tiger's design career?
29 October 2012
Aqaba-area resort will be country's first eighteen hole grass course.
29 October 2012
Only six months to build Slovak heathland course on pure sand.
29 October 2012
27-hole course designed by Chinese practice to open next year.
11 October 2012
‘Shaping greens and tees, that's it’, says Norman on Ho Tram course.
8 October 2012
New MiniVerde greens for Houston-area Champions Tour host.
8 October 2012
Almouj course ‘aims to be among world's top 100’, says developer.
8 October 2012
Hurdzan and Fry plan 40 per cent turf reduction at Camelback.
5 October 2012
Lead associate on Trump course to start own Danish-based firm.
3 October 2012
Garnant joins scheme offering cheap lessons to newcomers to game.
26 September 2012
Architect Johnston rebuilds greens at lowcountry Fazio course.
26 September 2012
New owner files planning forms for Ury Estate Nicklaus course.
26 September 2012
Council searches for partner to develop site near Royal Liverpool.
26 September 2012
Strong junior programme will be aided by Staples-led renovation.
25 September 2012
New management firm BCG regrasses 27-hole Tampa club
25 September 2012
Architect Fazio adds four acre practice facility to Florida club.
25 September 2012
Thompson bunkers back but work remains at Cape Breton course.
25 September 2012
Project aims for one of US's best campus courses at Texas college.
25 September 2012
Eighteen holes for Arctic course, including iconic oceanside par three.
24 September 2012
Joe Lee-designed Florida courses gets new TifEagle greens.
24 September 2012
Eastern Europe focus for November Leadership Golf event.
24 September 2012
Royal Cromer expects '33 per cent' water savings with new system.
24 September 2012
Discount starter courses for beginners at courses across America.
24 September 2012
Koga club is first course in Japan to grass with MiniVerde.
24 September 2012
Remodel for first hole of RTJ2-designed Trail Creek course.
19 September 2012
2013 debut for South Carolina course, but no news on Tiger project.
19 September 2012
Famous old Royal Aberdeen links to host European Tour event.
18 September 2012
Architect Schmidt completes rebuild of lakeside Nanlihu course.
18 September 2012
Spring start planned for second course at new Canadian resort.
10 September 2012
First fourteen holes of new-look Ramside should open next year.
10 September 2012
Australian architect Ryan hired by Iranian firm for Tehran course.
31 August 2012
Real estate firm bSafal to develop golf community in Ahmedabad.
31 August 2012
Golf Management Asia event to be held at Mission Hills resort.
31 August 2012
'100 new urban golf facilities' as part of 2018 Ryder Cup buildup.
29 August 2012
Central Otago tourist hotspot to get another lakeside golf course.
29 August 2012
City to invite proposals for potential new eighteen hole course.
29 August 2012
Parks Canada seeks management firm as restoration comes to end.
29 August 2012
System 'allows us to water better', says superintendent Shaffer.
29 August 2012
Liddy plans to naturalise Virginia course and cut maintained turf.
28 August 2012
Last phase of restoration works at New York Tillinghast course.
28 August 2012
Shorter par three planned for heathland classic by architect Lobb.
22 August 2012
Senior tees key part of projects for Dallas-based architect.
22 August 2012
Wider fairways and new back tees for Florida Fazio course.
21 August 2012
New alliance promotes sustainability across the English game.
21 August 2012
Olympic architect to speak at KPMG conference in Italy next month.
20 August 2012
New sand and drainage improves playability at Stonecreek.
20 August 2012
September date for Nuremberg exhibition and conference.
20 August 2012
Former Haig course lengthened, regrassed and rebunkered.
20 August 2012
Hanse builds Road hole, Valley of Sin and Himalayas in Tennessee.
20 August 2012
Coastal path erosion forces creation of new par three at English club.
17 August 2012
Venture capitalist buys famed Ryder Cup venue at bargain price.
15 August 2012
NYC Sticks for Kids programme taught golf to 3,800 kids last year.
15 August 2012
19-strong UK golf group hires Essex-based architecture firm.
10 August 2012
Gas exploration traffic causes problems for Pennsylvania club.
10 August 2012
Seed supplier publishes guide to help architects pick best grasses.
9 August 2012
Former Nicklaus executive Kenny launches Signature Golf Partners.
8 August 2012
Course manager Haspell grateful for machinery and technical help.
8 August 2012
British all-weather firm finds local partner for growing market.
8 August 2012
Amphitheatre finish for new ladies Major, says architect Sampson.
8 August 2012
Jura site is 'the best I have seen', says Aussie architect Harrison.
7 August 2012
Club cuts water and power use, and moves to biological pest control.
7 August 2012
Project manager IGRM hands Laguna Lang Co over to operators.
7 August 2012
SEK 24 million reconstruction complete at historic Swedish club.
7 August 2012
Heathland club engages Dutch architect to recapture Colt style.
1 August 2012
Erin Hills architect is 2013 Old Tom Morris award recipient.
1 August 2012
Project includes new par three ninth and elimination of old 18th hole.
31 July 2012
Adam Lawrence reports on Donald Trump's new Scottish links.
31 July 2012
Greenkeepers invited to discuss future of turfcare at STRI event.
30 July 2012
Open venue running out of native sand so buys in from local firm.
30 July 2012
Amicable separation for partners; new Fry Straka firm announced.
30 July 2012
Troon offers golfers midnight sun or Northern Lights at Lofoten.
30 July 2012
Housebuilder Taylor Morrison developing new Naples community.
25 July 2012
New Buenaventura course to anchor large Pacific coast development.
24 July 2012
Player firm to design Luštica Bay course; Braemar to lead agronomy.
12 July 2012
Championship returns after 11 years to Ebert-overseen course alterations.
12 July 2012
Architect works on 'confidential' book 15 years from previous edition.
11 July 2012
Troon to manage IDG-designed course in Baku; tourism a key goal.
11 July 2012
Hails 'world's greatest course' but wildlife group lobbies guest Monty.
11 July 2012
Great Turf Company supports environmental organisation's work.
10 July 2012
Schmidt-Curley to create fantasy icons at Mission Hills’ Hainan Island.
9 July 2012
Organisers of Gleneagles event in Scotland ensuring green focus.
3 July 2012
Greens improved at von Hagge and Baril-designed Cinnamon Hill.
2 July 2012
Design firm audits UK-based Corhampton and Spalding courses.
28 June 2012
Colt classic adjusted by architect Ebert as pro golf returns to NI.
27 June 2012
Mastergolf-designed course ready for debut next week.
27 June 2012
First of two courses at Venus Rock to be finished by end of year.
27 June 2012
English club celebrates centenary of course with sustainability accolade.
27 June 2012
Green nine, formerly Colt's eighteen hole New course, to be renovated.
27 June 2012
Architect Hiseman working on course for Rabat development.
27 June 2012
American clubhouse architect takes first steps into Chinese market.
27 June 2012
Sports surge as Olympics approaches and golf reaps the benefits.
20 June 2012
Mungeam-designed nine holer makes debut at Lyman Orchards.
20 June 2012
Low-lying New Seabury solves puddling problems with XGD.
20 June 2012
America's oldest golf club announces 2013 celebrations in NYC.
20 June 2012
Kent links completes project to add accommodation to its facilities.
14 June 2012
Course could be among 'greatest in Northern Europe', says contractor.
14 June 2012
Architect Lobb finishes two year bunker project at London golf club.
13 June 2012
All five courses to be rebuilt in US$200m refresh for Florida resort.
12 June 2012
National Trust seeks judicial review of NI links planning decision.
12 June 2012
Contractor Keltbray to start Chipping Norton rebuilding project.
11 June 2012
New maintenance agreement part of club's improvement programme.
11 June 2012
New par three eighth is most striking of Love's changes to Olympic.
6 June 2012
Hawtree oversees modifications of Old and Cashen courses.
29 May 2012
Oman course hopes better practice facilities will help local golfers.
29 May 2012
'Resort profitable despite failure of owner' according to agents.
29 May 2012
Architect Moodie leads multi-year renovation of Braid course.
28 May 2012
'Too steep' greens softened, fairways widened at Springfield.
28 May 2012
California course to host championship for the first time.
28 May 2012
Barwa's Lusail estate to include eighteen hole Norman course.
28 May 2012
Tampa club aims for more consistent greens in hot weather.
28 May 2012
Washington-based designer of Gold Mountain course passes away.
28 May 2012
Scottish firm to manage Segales-designed course; more golf planned.
28 May 2012
Fully restored Rountree illustrations make new e-book noteworthy.
24 May 2012
A1 bentgrass for greens at RTJ Sr-designed Ocean Pines course.
24 May 2012
Architect Hollinger opens new course alongside Yangtze estuary.
23 May 2012
Insurance giant MetLife buys lakeside Georgia development.
23 May 2012
English club improves green conditions as a result of grass switch.
22 May 2012
New tees and bunkers plus storm drainage to enhance Castle Stuart.
22 May 2012
Schmidt-Curley clearing new viewing areas on Olazabal course.
21 May 2012
Fewer holes on new routings for Ray Hearn redesign of Michigan course.
21 May 2012
Nine holes at PGA National to debut in July; rest this autumn.
18 May 2012
Seven public courses enrolled on GEO sustainability programme.
15 May 2012
Rolf Krueger and InfraCore forge links with the institute.
15 May 2012
Official debut for Ted Robinson Jr.’s new loop in South Korea.
14 May 2012
Ogilvy and Clayton complete first phase of Sydney course redesign.
11 May 2012
Spanish resort chosen for European Tour qualifying school.
9 May 2012
Free online tool from Syngenta highlights potential cost savings.
8 May 2012
Architect Moroder hired to oversee renovation of Colli Berici club.
8 May 2012
New owners spend $700k softening greens at Washington course.
3 May 2012
Aixam Mega signs distribution deal with turfcare equipment firm.
2 May 2012
Bouskoura and Atlas projects expand management firm's portfolio.
2 May 2012
European Tour academy and EGD-designed nine holer planned.
30 April 2012
Mexican developer plans to start second course at resort this year.
30 April 2012
No architect named for remodel and expansion of Stone course.
30 April 2012
Golf course certified by Seattle-based salmon protection scheme.
27 April 2012
All projects by Scottish firm will aim for GEO certification.
26 April 2012
Major changes to home hole finished at 2014 Ryder Cup venue.
26 April 2012
Reduction to nine holes enables firm to solve design problems.
25 April 2012
Strong numbers reported by tour operators around Europe.
25 April 2012
Management contract renewed for Pan Pacific Indonesian resort.
20 April 2012
Centreville project to mix offices, leisure, retail and housing.
20 April 2012
Los Micos course, designed by Player firm, currently in construction.
14 April 2012
Mumbai firm to represent US grass provider in growing market.
11 April 2012
Yeoju course aims to provide 'member for a day' experience.
10 April 2012
Two new holes planned to aid playability at Gothenburg course.
10 April 2012
'Superintendents role in design is crucial' say leading architects.
30 March 2012
Mingay already underway with bunker renovation at Toronto club.
30 March 2012
Wyndham host joins US transition zone courses moving to bermuda.
30 March 2012
Turf reduction and better drainage key to RTJII Monterey project.
30 March 2012
Survey shows strong growth over 2010 for UKGCOA members.
30 March 2012
Architect Spence leads green renovation at Fazio-designed course.
30 March 2012
Councillors to vote on plan to convert Surrey estate to golf course.
30 March 2012
Royal Óbidos course includes twelve holes overlooking Atlantic Ocean.
26 March 2012
Melbourne club relocating to former strip mine near original site.
26 March 2012
Long-awaited GEO document launched in English and Chinese.
19 March 2012
Total of 63 holes under construction for state-owned developer.
19 March 2012
New bunkering strengthens closing holes at Buckinghamshire club.
14 March 2012
'The least invasive project I've done', says architect Layton.
13 March 2012
Black Mountain opens Ryan-designed Dragon's Breath course.
13 March 2012
Scottish Executive supports centre of excellence at Perthshire club.
13 March 2012
Carolina course will abandon overseeding after greens regrassed.
13 March 2012
Foster to upgrade bunkers and regrass greens at Golden Age course.
13 March 2012
1,200 hectare Lombok project to incorporate golf and F1 track?
12 March 2012
Pompano Beach redesign job will be firm's first municipal project.
12 March 2012
Architect Morgan and unnamed signature to work on Ocean Dunes.
8 March 2012
Green and bunker restoration plus shift back to fescue at French links.
7 March 2012
Species exchange produces year-round improvements at Irish links.
7 March 2012
First eighteen at Liuzhou project expected to open this October.
7 March 2012
Clubs turning attention to course renovation, says president Phelps.
7 March 2012
'Honoured and humbled' minimalist in surprise Olympic project win.
7 March 2012
Grant programme to help modify courses to attract new players.
6 March 2012
IOC inspection visit today and tomorrow; will designer be named?
6 March 2012
FirstGolf centre in Khayelitsha to bring golf to new audience.
6 March 2012
Turf firm appoints irrigation provider as Mexican dealer.
6 March 2012
Massachusetts club to create society in honour of 'forgotten architect'.
5 March 2012
FFG to discuss Ryder Cup '100 courses' initiative at Nice event.
5 March 2012
Conference aims to create education programme for central Europe.
29 February 2012
Robin Hiseman visits Sitwell Park in search of MacKenzie's lost green.
29 February 2012
Adam Lawrence explains why Harry Colt is golf's greatest designer.
28 February 2012
Oldest course in Central American country recognised for sustainability.
28 February 2012
'Eighteen untouched Ross greens' at Roseland, says architect Albanese.
28 February 2012
‘Gil has the right aesthetic; his gifts go well with Doral’, tycoon tells GCA
27 February 2012
Golf 2.0 programme leads Texas club to try family tees and big cups.
27 February 2012
Bird life returning to restored stream at Millbrook in Queenstown.
27 February 2012
Three year renovation coming to an end ahead of June showdown.
24 February 2012
Guilin course permitted by central government under tourism plan.
23 February 2012
Construction to start soon on course near Cambodian capital.
23 February 2012
Front tees should be shorter than 4,500 yards, according to research.
22 February 2012
Tucson-based Pascua Yaqui tribe's Sewailo now under construction.
22 February 2012
Plan now for water restrictions this summer, says Syngenta.
21 February 2012
Kidd promises 'world top 50 course' on site near Giant's Causeway.
21 February 2012
Less time to mow steep cliff-edge slopes at iconic Irish course.
20 February 2012
Corpus Christi course to save $300k with effluent from naval base.
20 February 2012
Planning approval for new resort in Hunter Valley wine region.
18 February 2012
St Andrews International boss slams university's windfarm proposal.
16 February 2012
Kalhaar project in Ahmedabad part of large housing community.
16 February 2012
New IMG-designed course will take Pattaya club to 63 holes.
16 February 2012
Architects Crafter and Mogford plan new duneland holes at Bicheno.
16 February 2012
Architect Hearn finishes major rebuild at Chicago-area course.
16 February 2012
Developer Mosaic appoints Chicago firm to run Doak/C&C courses.
15 February 2012
Developer Orascom expects to finish Andermatt golf build in 2012.
15 February 2012
New course in Calabar will be engine for economic development.
10 February 2012
Educator, author and last link with Golden Age passes peacefully.
10 February 2012
Renovation of Bay Area club sees new membership sales improve.
9 February 2012
Newly-formed SAS partnership extends Westbury to eighteen holes.
9 February 2012
Visage-equipped cart fleet is revenue source for Qatar Masters host.
9 February 2012
Long-term commitment to education recognised by award.
8 February 2012
Tuscan resort expands to 27 holes in spring; nine more could follow.
7 February 2012
Nine hole course renovation for owner of Knight Riders cricket team.
7 February 2012
Polish club adds nine holer, plus new academy and accommodation.
7 February 2012
Private club to go public after acquisition from bankruptcy.
6 February 2012
Troon to operate floodlit nine holer at Meydan Racecourse site.
6 February 2012
Five year renovation project begins at 108 year old Leatherhead club.
6 February 2012
Central European turf event will host guests from several countries.
6 February 2012
Course has zero impact on major Portuguese mineral water source.
2 February 2012
Announcement sure to fuel more speculation about Open return.
2 February 2012
Bunker project turns into large-scale rebuild at Indian Creek.
2 February 2012
Equipment supplier supports worldwide sustainability campaign.
1 February 2012
North course at Coachella Valley development embraces desert feel.
1 February 2012
Improving turf and playability at historic Liffey-side club.
1 February 2012
Course 'could be one of Mexico's best' says architect Curley.
1 February 2012
Ground source heat and a grass roof planned for London clubhouse.
31 January 2012
Construction of 180 houses will fund rebuild of course and clubhouse.
31 January 2012
System to help heathland course use less water, says consultant.
30 January 2012
Final presentations this week in race to design Olympic golf course.
30 January 2012
Large-scale three year rebuild of NZ course reaches first milestone.
25 January 2012
Revamped Eclipse2 is 'most productive walk mower available'.
25 January 2012
Tee rebuilding project rewarded with 2013 English Women's event.
24 January 2012
21-acre spa complex at Chinese resort 'one of the world's largest'.
24 January 2012
New consultant partner status created by European Institute.
24 January 2012
Construction under way on last tranche of real estate at Cypriot site.
24 January 2012
'No earthworks' done to build nine hole Lake Tekapo course.
23 January 2012
Syngenta study shows UK players not so obsessed by green speed.
23 January 2012
September opening planned for Turkey's first golf residential estate.
23 January 2012
Landfill use makes renovation self-financing at English club.
20 January 2012
Bill Kubly named as 2012 Donald Ross Award recipient.
20 January 2012
JMP's Hollinger designs 'tropical links' on coast of China golf hotspot.
20 January 2012
Neighbours object to plan to move Stowe course out of historic park.
19 January 2012
Coore and Whitman lead bunker and academy work at French resort.
19 January 2012
Deal 'not in best interests of NYC taxpayers', says city comptroller.
19 January 2012
TPL-designed El Ein Bay in Red Sea resort city is open for play.
18 January 2012
Environmental specialist Johns Associates reports business booming.
18 January 2012
Dune restoration central to design of Turtle Dunes in Acapulco.
18 January 2012
'All plans on hold' pending decision on offshore wind farm project.
18 January 2012
Florida resort spends big on upgrades both on and off-course.
16 January 2012
Hilltop resort to host GBF in new September time frame.
11 January 2012
Architect Tilander creates plan to take Nokia River to 36 holes.
11 January 2012
Scottish architect Glen has long-term plan for East Lothian club.
9 January 2012
Much-delayed course plan moving ahead in Balkan country.
6 January 2012
Pinehurst-based architect to work on two-time PGA host course.
6 January 2012
GCA-run event enables Living Golf to cover Marrakech water plant.
4 January 2012
Syngenta event to help clubs learn more about ecology management.
4 January 2012
£15m project is one of few new courses currently being built in UK.
4 January 2012
New ownership to build hotel at Weiskopf-designed Michigan course.
3 January 2012
Greens to be returned to original size on 1980s Nicklaus course.
22 December 2011
Exisiting Copperleaf estate gets signature facility from SA legend.
21 December 2011
Survey of industry professionals says 2011 a buoyant year.
19 December 2011
Stormwater drainage and rainwater capture at heart of renovation.
15 December 2011
Developer TDIC opens the first Westin resort in emirate.
15 December 2011
Dutch firm behind floating course says decision expected in new year.
14 December 2011
Water meter specialist ready to meet the challenge of rising costs.
14 December 2011
Use of forward tees is making golf more fun, say PGA and USGA.
13 December 2011
Platinum paspalum proves a success at Rousseau-designed course.
13 December 2011
Architect Meagher solves bunker washout problems at California club.
13 December 2011
Faldo makes site visit to see progress at oceanfront Vietnam course.
12 December 2011
Event will focus on role of the golf course as a living organism
8 December 2011
Developer aims to complete first phase of Al Zorah project by 2014.
7 December 2011
Rick Jacobson course in major Chinese resort to open spring 2012.
5 December 2011
Unique par three hole to serve as marketing tool for Chinese club.
5 December 2011
Superintendent describes huge maintenance operation at new links.
4 December 2011
Huxley turf chosen for practice tee at 2014 Ryder Cup host.
2 December 2011
Local professional Goggin plans eco-friendly 'golf preserve'.
30 November 2011
Moroccan city gets first sewage plant with help from golf projects.
30 November 2011
Appeal of simulators proves Chinese appetite for golf, says observer.
30 November 2011
Richardson and Fine lead project at Robert Hunter's only design.
30 November 2011
First nine holes of Norman firm's design to debut on 1 December.
30 November 2011
Nicklaus team reworking much-criticised home hole for Ryder Cup.
29 November 2011
Jacobsen units cut surrounds tight, despite undulating links terrain.
29 November 2011
Course changes planned by son and grandson of original designer.
29 November 2011
$10m project to fix drainage and upgrade famed California venue.
28 November 2011
English club invests in second trencher to maintain drain lines.
28 November 2011
Hainan property will be hotel brand's first Asian golf resort.
28 November 2011
Developer Rose Hall plans estate near Cinnamon Hills golf course.
28 November 2011
Four more greens to be restored to original design in new year.
28 November 2011
Trent Jones Jr firm restores father's work at Puerto Rico resort.
24 November 2011
Dry summer leads UK clubs to water management investments.
24 November 2011
Foreign investors plan courses as property regulations are loosened.
18 November 2011
North Carolina course closed last July for extensive green work.
18 November 2011
Emirate announces promotional platform for golf tourism.
17 November 2011
Firm's 2011 work included major project in Chinese city of Tianjin.
16 November 2011
Architect Urbina restores Tillinghast's design at Paramount.
16 November 2011
Implementation of environmental plan reaps rewards in Spain.
15 November 2011
Firm cut its emissions by 18 per cent after adopting new 10:10 initiative
15 November 2011
LNR make final purchase on land that is part of US$1.5 billion project
15 November 2011
Two weeks until Golf Business Conference opens in Marbella
15 November 2011
Kwinana first course to buy diesel-electric hybrid model in region
8 November 2011
Home of golf is first Open venue to be given GEO status
2 November 2011
Clubhouse build to start next year at Andermatt golf and ski resort.
31 October 2011
Banyan Tree-developed Vietnam resort will open next year.
31 October 2011
Palmer firm adds Road, Redan and Alps templates to Carolina course.
31 October 2011
Seattle architect aims to revive Macan-designed Kelowna course.
31 October 2011
Green alterations, new tees and bunker reshaping at Scottish links.
30 October 2011
Architect Hearn returns to course for major renovation project.
30 October 2011
Syngenta herbicide takes out weed grasses at top UK club.
27 October 2011
Pairing with architect Boissonnas wins Le Touquet and Hardelot jobs.
27 October 2011
Developer Terra Incognita creating new resort in north of country.
27 October 2011
New-look Ugadale and Royal will open in first quarter of 2012.
6 October 2011
Orascom reports CHF10 million of reservations at Chbika.
6 October 2011
Bypass road means new holes for Reno course; no architect named.
6 October 2011
'Environmental Approach' book now available for popular e-reader.
5 October 2011
Pensacola course refreshed by former Palmer architect Minchew.
5 October 2011
English club is first to sign up for new Syngenta habitat initiative
3 October 2011
Tilander-designed course near St Petersburg aims for 2013 opening.
3 October 2011
Construction signoff at new Russian course; will open next year.
3 October 2011
Macpherson will design Kersewell course along with Sandy Lyle.
3 October 2011
Jacobson nearing completion of Ibaraki Kokusai project.
2 October 2011
Schmidt-Curley collaboration with Dye will host 2012 China Open.
27 September 2011
27-hole Whistling Rock includes dramatic mountain scenery.
27 September 2011
RTJ2-designed Bay course to anchor second resort on Greek coast.
27 September 2011
Superintendents' association partners with Chinese golf shows.
27 September 2011
Eleven years in planning, but build now underway at Belgian course.
22 September 2011
Extra length and bunker changes for Heritage host course.
21 September 2011
Old irrigation heads replaced to ensure efficiency at Ryder Cup host.
20 September 2011
Granite design to echo existing estate house, say architects.
20 September 2011
Inbound visitors to contribute US$2 billlion to Thai economy in 2012.
20 September 2011
Orascom's Jebel Sifah development takes a step nearer completion.
20 September 2011
New unit is firm's first diesel-powered midsized utility vehicle.
19 September 2011
Long range masterplan for Atomic Energy Commission-built course.
19 September 2011
Architect Tilander removes lake and creates scrub on seventeenth.
19 September 2011
RTJ2 firm completes reconstruction project at Hawaii resort.
19 September 2011
New Kukui'ula course is centrepiece of luxury residential estate.
19 September 2011
Second course at giant DLF development will open in two years.
9 September 2011
Davison to start construction next March on 'architect's dream' site.
9 September 2011
Height of cut not only key to fast, true greens, says UK agronomist.
9 September 2011
Congressional GM to present at European owners conference.
8 September 2011
Jinji Lake is 'a model for golf course management in Asia'.
8 September 2011
English Colt course installs over 10,000 sq m of turf during project.
8 September 2011
1,200 members signed up since June opening at Stippelberg.
7 September 2011
Central government provides property for nine hole Lima project.
7 September 2011
Cuisinart billionaire buys Caribbean course to expand his own resort.
7 September 2011
All 54 holes done at North Carolina club, host to Champions Tour.
7 September 2011
Plan to rebuild Palos Verdes course on sand quarry site approved.
6 September 2011
Architect aims to restore native heathland on sandy Dutch site.
31 August 2011
Norman's Oman course set for end-of-year debut.
31 August 2011
Beijing-based investor seeking to buy huge tract of wilderness land?
31 August 2011
Whitehead saving money after £100k investment in wind turbines.
31 August 2011
US$1 million project at Belfair completed in less than four months.
30 August 2011
'Not just about bird feeders', says Nacka course manager.
30 August 2011
A$42m compensation on offer for Horton Park in proposed move.
30 August 2011
Scottsdale resort improves visibility on Hills-designed Padre course.
30 August 2011
Renovations completed at Casper-operated Georgia club.
30 August 2011
Economic challenges demand better planning, says architects' society.
30 August 2011
Once a week charging for Citrus Hills' 125-strong cart fleet.
17 August 2011
Construction of huge resort's first golf course to start next year.
17 August 2011
Playability the focus of Schmidt-Curley design at Hainan club.
17 August 2011
Finnish course spends €500k on bunker works and new machinery.
17 August 2011
Chicago architect creating master plan for former PGA host venue.
17 August 2011
Vietnam course moves toward ecologically sound management.
15 August 2011
Greens, tees and bunkers to be reconstructed at Himmerland.
11 August 2011
Doak team adding four more holes to East Lothian venue.
4 August 2011
Scottish resort mulls £500k project in advance of 2014 Ryder Cup.
4 August 2011
Seattle-area course at casino resort one of few 2011 US openings.
29 July 2011
Architect McNeil leads renovation at New Jersey municipal course.
29 July 2011
£1.25m asking price for South Downs Park country club.
29 July 2011
Educational event to take place in Slovakia and Czech Republic.
29 July 2011
Seventeen year restoration project at Chicago-area club.
29 July 2011
UK designer wins long-term contract to oversee Dutch course.
29 July 2011
Feddinch course may start soon, but local opposition persists.
26 July 2011
'Virtual paths' created by system reduces cart impact on course.
26 July 2011
Redesigned golf course will host first LPGA-sanctioned Evian in 2013.
26 July 2011
NZ$160m project aims to bring new jobs to earthquake-hit city.
25 July 2011
Invitation-only event to address development of North African golf.
25 July 2011
State government to choose partner for Mangalore golf project.
25 July 2011
New owners hire original architect to update Michigan course.
25 July 2011
NI government pledges financial support to event; Open to follow?
25 July 2011
Cape Breton golfers enjoy ten hole preview loop on island links.
25 July 2011
Yorkshire architect restores MacKenzie style at riverside course.
21 July 2011
Harradine to design again in capital of Russian republic.
13 July 2011
New tees and softening of doglegs on Herbert Strong-designed course.
13 July 2011
Doak team to create new eighteen at Nebraska sandhills club.
13 July 2011
Course must break ground next year to be ready, says R&A chief.
6 July 2011
Planning ministry suggests upward revision of national golf blueprint.
6 July 2011
New owners plan refurbishment of hotel and clubhouse at Islay course.
6 July 2011
Six hole 'Colt tribute' par three track at historic Canadian club.
6 July 2011
British design house teams up with Shenzhen-based firm.
6 July 2011
Lehman completes $3.4m renovation project at Edina.
6 July 2011
Tornado-damaged RTJ Trail course will reopen in September.
5 July 2011
Vietnamese developer to create new course and urban area in capital.
5 July 2011
Furesø course considering draft masterplan from British firm.
30 June 2011
Joint venture with CGI to provide boost to North African industry.
30 June 2011
Canadian legend and design partner to remodel Montreal course.
30 June 2011
Philippine project ‘the best site of my career,’ says architect Ramsey.
30 June 2011
New owner to transform 27-hole UK venue into stronger eighteen.
30 June 2011
Construction almost done on Doak course at Florida mining site.
27 June 2011
Phoenix design firm embraces sustainability process.
23 June 2011
Visage GPS system helps resort manage larger Club Car fleet.
17 June 2011
Council gives go-ahead to plan for expansion in Forth-side dunes.
16 June 2011
Absence of hydraulic oil is boon for Warren superintendent.
16 June 2011
Hawaii Marriott resort and Nicklaus plan upgrades to two more nines.
16 June 2011
Swiss firm planning residential golf community in valley near Kiev.
16 June 2011
Swan team adds new tee to par five at Senior Open qualifying course.
16 June 2011
£1.15m price tag put on golf facility in British midlands.
15 June 2011
Marbella to be the venue for sixth iteration of owners' event.
15 June 2011
Faldo course will be part of Vietnam's first Banyan Tree resort.
15 June 2011
Historic course to host championship for the fifth time.
15 June 2011
27-hole transformation of Portugal course is a success for RTJII.
14 June 2011
Norman firm involved in Sydney real estate deal; golf club to move.
9 June 2011
Veteran architect recognised for long service to golf industry.
6 June 2011
Why golf development has moved slowly in south-eastern Europe.
6 June 2011
Harradine-designed Pravets to host European PGA championship.
30 May 2011
Migaa estate to include thousands of homes, plus a golf course.
29 May 2011
Prestige Golfshire project aims to be Indian city's finest.
25 May 2011
Operators currently being sought for £55m Scottish development.
25 May 2011
Bunker work plus two new greens for prestigious London club.
24 May 2011
Construction to start September on major Brazilian golf project.
23 May 2011
Tourism strategy heralds major golf growth in North African country.
23 May 2011
EGD-designed course debuts, despite losing out in Ryder Cup race.
20 May 2011
Historic venue will host centennial in 2018 and senior event in 2013.
17 May 2011
Matches to be played at Le Golf National course near Paris.
11 May 2011
Shorter courses aim to break the mould of Chinese golf.
11 May 2011
Brand new El Encin will host Madrid Masters this October.
10 May 2011
Construction firm yet to be selected for August start date.
9 May 2011
2013 opening planned for Norman course at Mexican resort.
6 May 2011
Facility will be 'unique in Europe', according to Spanish resort.
6 May 2011
New Zealand resort is on the market for the third time since 2007.
4 May 2011
Scottish testing lab renews key certification for another two years.
4 May 2011
Reservoir investment to eliminate mains water use at Aldwickbury.
4 May 2011
Royal Golf hopes Player renovation will earn European Tour event.
4 May 2011
British architect to lead five year renovation of Chandigarh course.
4 May 2011
Turf reduction and introduction of Miniverde at Carolina course.
4 May 2011
Spectacular Thracian Cliffs set for official opening festivities.
30 April 2011
Doak associate to take lead role on second eighteen at Colorado club.
30 April 2011
Scott Warren reports on the first joint project for Ogilvy and Clayton.
30 April 2011
Mobile site now available to aid UK greenkeepers and agronomists.
30 April 2011
Dutch developer claims $500m project could be finished by 2015.
30 April 2011
Golf course planned as part of 400 hectare Golden Hills development.
30 April 2011
Makaha course, designed by Billy Bell Jr, to be renovated.
30 April 2011
Project aims to solve drainage problems at former Tour venue.
13 April 2011
Military base plans new 36-hole venture to replace existing courses.
11 April 2011
Second Player course at Mogador resort will debut later in 2011.
11 April 2011
Online courses for club managers introduced by owners' association.
11 April 2011
Turf Solutions builds hitting bays and chipping area for golf teams.
11 April 2011
Golf Convergence aims to promote use of benchmarking tools.
4 April 2011
Support from national federation sees 23 courses certified by GEO.
4 April 2011
Dataw Island members approve 18-month, US$5.4million project.
4 April 2011
Flood prevention prompts rebuild at historic Langford/Moreau course.
4 April 2011
Survey shows modern priorities not so different from Golden Age.
4 April 2011
Consultant teams up with St Andrews college on future projects.
4 April 2011
Renovations at White Horse, Fircrest and Manito for Seattle designer.
31 March 2011
Ryder Cup captain joins presenters at Golf Business Forum in Dubai.
28 March 2011
Two new par fours currently growing in at classic Fowler course.
16 March 2011
Ownership change and a return to Tillinghast at historic NY club.
15 March 2011
American architect replaces Hawtree as advisor to Australian club.
14 March 2011
TPL to break ground on nine hole course at Moscow World Cup venue.
10 March 2011
Mungeam-designed executive course a part of new learning centre.
10 March 2011
Fought to design 'links-like' course in Columbia Gorge.
10 March 2011
Belas is first course in country certified by environmental group.
10 March 2011
PGA National Russia getting ready for July 2012 debut.
10 March 2011
Dominican Republic resort announces development plans.
10 March 2011
EGD Caribbean project slated for opening in late 2012.
5 March 2011
New pro centre for visitors means loss of first hole on Scottish course.
3 March 2011
Wexford Plantation course to get comprehensive renovation.
3 March 2011
Pakistan Golf Federation endorses development plan for capital.
2 March 2011
Much-travelled UK firm to visit Royal Golf Club in African nation.
1 March 2011
Twin-signature development on island's coast finally starts up.
1 March 2011
Application to UK government could see course accepted in five years.
1 March 2011
Mexican project marks debut for Norman/Ochoa partnership.
1 March 2011
Society aims to help clubs source renovation support more easily.
1 March 2011
Enhanced member experience and new sports facility at Tascosa.
1 March 2011
Coore & Crenshaw design near Pinehurst confirms it's open for play.
1 March 2011
Conditional approval for A$950m resort, golf and housing project.
1 March 2011
Public/private partnership at Los Micos seeks to boost tourism.
1 March 2011
Former assistant Apel takes on leadership role from retiring Foley.
25 February 2011
Golf business professionals given the opportunity to meet investors.
24 February 2011
Slow growing turf captures more carbon dioxide than woodlands.
23 February 2011
Second US course certified sustainable by global body.
23 February 2011
Royal Liverpool's Dowie demonstrates how golf has changed.
23 February 2011
Braemar to take on running of Oman golf and country club.
23 February 2011
Toby Ingleton looks at restoration of MacKenzie's first course.
23 February 2011
Howard Swan asks how golf architects can prove their value.
22 February 2011
Two new greens, one built with no earthworks, at Scottish links.
22 February 2011
Australian legend to develop island's south coast.
18 February 2011
Courses built in early stages of boom now need attention, says firm.
16 February 2011
Scottish firm retains relationship with Volvo Champions host course.
16 February 2011
Golf Resources Group and partner offer Carbonsave product.
16 February 2011
36-hole project proposed for undeveloped Spanish region.
16 February 2011
Courses can thrive without the support of real estate says Larsen.
16 February 2011
New resort to open shortly in west of England town.
15 February 2011
Maples course joins eight more as part of resort's roster.
15 February 2011
Design firm forms China-focused golf construction business.
15 February 2011
Trump project cited as precedent in planning application.
15 February 2011
Restoration of Pinehurst No. 2: the most important project in golf?
12 February 2011
Three bidders respond to state invitation for course project.
10 February 2011
First of five planned courses at Croatian Dream to start up in 2011.
10 February 2011
Golfer could have earned almost $100m from failed project.
10 February 2011
GCA visits the site of the new Streamsong resort in Florida.
9 February 2011
Turf expert predicts pace of play problems if app becomes popular.
9 February 2011
London course to be renovated by Thomson Perrett & Lobb.
8 February 2011
Three year renovation programme for historic NZ course.
8 February 2011
Johnny Miller oversees project on course he part-owns.
7 February 2011
Comporta site visit reveals classic sandy seaside property.
7 February 2011
DivotPack pays for itself in labour savings, says test superintendent.
7 February 2011
1,000 hectare development could include hotel and wakeboard park.
7 February 2011
Site tracks restoration progress; course will reopen on 4 March.
4 February 2011
Ferry will enable golfers to link Machrihanish and Portrush trips.
4 February 2011
Real estate giant Ayala adds golf to Anvaya Cove beach resort.
4 February 2011
Pont leading dramatic bunker project at Surrey course.
2 February 2011
Wanakah renovation is first solo project for former Hills designer.
2 February 2011
RTJ2 firm leading renovation at Puerto Rico RTJ Sr course.
2 February 2011
'No architect chosen' for course project next to Maharaja's palace.
2 February 2011
Top-ranked course closed till summer for planned alterations.
31 January 2011
KPMG event to take place in April at Dubai hotel.
31 January 2011
Inequalities between membership and proprietary courses slammed.
31 January 2011
Strong performance during club's debut year may accelerate plans.
31 January 2011
Resort will be built around four remaining holdout properties.
31 January 2011
Design firm putting its name to new-look Tennessee course.
31 January 2011
Norman-designed course blazes a trail in water management.
31 January 2011
Course improvements plus hotel and housing planned for Woodham.
31 January 2011
Designer hopes to make Boyne Tannum among best in state.
31 January 2011
Adam Lawrence previews Canada's forthcoming links marvel.
31 January 2011
Adam Lawrence delves into the archives to profile Harry Colt's long-time design partner.
31 January 2011
Homes, hotel and golf planned for Ayr site, but will it go ahead?
30 January 2011
UN-approved soil fertility products launched into UK market.
30 January 2011
Irish design firm making moves on fast-growing Chinese golf market.
30 January 2011
Greens and bunkers refreshed at Orlando semi-private course.
27 January 2011
Ocean course to be set up to replicate championship conditions.
27 January 2011
£30 million conversion into luxury apartments for iconic building.
26 January 2011
Sunningdale courses manager creates enviro-friendly liner product.
24 December 2010
Beijing Clover gets exclusive rights to Sea Spray in China.
23 December 2010
Amsterdam International course to bear Ian Woosnam's signature
22 December 2010
Planned relocation to Yering overturned by tribunal.
22 December 2010
Danish golf pro Ole Pedersen will help lead new business.
22 December 2010
Rugged bunkering for Schmidt-Curley's Liaoning Gold Time.
22 December 2010
Report captures the 'why' and 'how' of sustainable golf development.
21 December 2010
Revised sixth and seventh holes now open, new fifth coming soon.
21 December 2010
New flyer focuses on golf course maintenance costs.
2 December 2010
Chinese resort offers wannabe architects chance to build golf holes.
30 November 2010
High desert environment will make Yulin course unique says architect.
29 November 2010
Pont to start construction on De Swinkelsche course in January.
26 November 2010
New public course to replace club closed by racecourse development.
25 November 2010
Historic Royal Jersey undertaking course audit and bunker work.
23 November 2010
Leading firm wins presidential consent for golf development.
23 November 2010
GCA visits German tour operator TUI's new Tuscan hilltop resort.
23 November 2010
Friends of the Earth seeks to block Eastern GC move from Melbourne.
23 November 2010
Council gives outline consent for golf and region's first five star hotel.
22 November 2010
£100,000 investment in Sussex club by hotel chain proprietor.
22 November 2010
Top sports college Millfield School installs Huxley synthetic green.
22 November 2010
Sale of WCI project part of troubled developer's debt paydown plan.
22 November 2010
Building products firm Jeld-Wen selling out of resort business.
22 November 2010
Adam Lawrence visits Thompson's Cape Breton masterpiece.
19 November 2010
City looks for proposals for drainage and bunker renovation project.
19 November 2010
New management plans to upgrade Norman-designed Bali course.
19 November 2010
Investment grouping buys Timacuan from owners Kitsons.
19 November 2010
New owners taking Buffalo Valley public and plan housing on site.
19 November 2010
Convention centre project to include 'international standard' course.
19 November 2010
Larnaca resort will begin construction in early January.
19 November 2010
Rees Jones-led renovation lengthens North Carolina course.
18 November 2010
Architect Lundin creates large scale complex to make practice fun.
18 November 2010
Anthony Pioppi profiles the short but stellar career of Seth Raynor.
17 November 2010
RTJ2 hired to rebuild course; permitting process now underway.
17 November 2010
New Black Stone course in Korea to host Ballantine's Championship.
17 November 2010
Red Sea resort El Ein Bay will have nine holes in play in 2011.
17 November 2010
Kyle Phillips's Yas Links course is a true game-changer for Gulf golf.
17 November 2010
Crenshaw: former phosphate mine 'naturally conducive to great golf.'
16 November 2010
1940s-era community to be rebuilt; golf course is part of plans.
16 November 2010
Fraudster conned £400,000 from businessmen with fake course plan.
16 November 2010
Developer Parsinen gets special prize at Golf Tourism Scotland awards.
15 November 2010
Banyan Tree resort will be first course in country's former capital.
15 November 2010
Bobby Weed looks to revitalise prospects for Ross-designed muni.
15 November 2010
2011 staging of KPMG event at Park Hyatt hotel in April.
15 November 2010
2,100 unit development in British Columbia to open in spring 2012.
15 November 2010
Courses provide economic and environmental value: ASGCA prez.
15 November 2010
New owner Ronto Group seeks to revitalise Florida golf community.
13 November 2010
Flexi-Pave surface will enhance green credentials, says club.
12 November 2010
Good news for developer Nakheel as Race to Dubai nears climax.
12 November 2010
Colligan-led project will see switch to recycled water for irrigation.
12 November 2010
Bunker work and tree removal feature in Seaview renovation plan.
10 November 2010
Roatan resort opens to cruise passengers ahead of January debut.
10 November 2010
Black Knight and Lorena Ochoa jointly open oceanfront course.
10 November 2010
Radical restoration is transforming Ross's most famous course.
9 November 2010
EGD to design Woosnam signature course; buyers can get citizenship.
9 November 2010
Hallett makes improvements to historic Le Phare course.
9 November 2010
As one course finishes, another starts for French-based architect.
9 November 2010
54-hole Schmidt-Curley Kunming complex is 'among world's best'.
8 November 2010
Cambodian developer Vattanac to build resort close to Phnom Penh.
8 November 2010
Homes on former Dún Laoghaire course go on sale at less than cost.
8 November 2010
US$50,000 offered by irrigation giant to support water conservation.
8 November 2010
Bahia Beach resort in Puerto Rico also includes RTJ2 golf course.
3 November 2010
WW2 legacy calls for specialist equipment at Domburgsche links.
3 November 2010
Microchipped balls will speed play for golfers of all standards, says firm.
3 November 2010
'Tillinghast character had faded', says Jones of Oklahoma course.
2 November 2010
Kidd-designed golf course at Guacalito will start up in new year.
1 November 2010
Poellot builds first course in Central American country's west.
1 November 2010
RTJ2 and Landscapes team creating course in south Texas city.
1 November 2010
Kidd course on SSSI is first UK eighteen to win environment award.
23 October 2010
TPL to design nine hole course plus practice facility at Olympic venue.
22 October 2010
Luštica project will include Greg Norman golf course.
22 October 2010
Bates-designed course near Seattle now fully seeded and growing in.
22 October 2010
Macpherson's Colt is a fine course on a tough site, says Adam Lawrence.
20 October 2010
Monty course planned for Krabi project; owners want US$41m.
20 October 2010
Launch of Portuguese bid sees five countries competing for matches.
19 October 2010
Relocation of runway is catalyst for redesign of Columbus course.
19 October 2010
Research institute launches region's 'first objective assessment scheme'.
19 October 2010
Flood control project to force renovation at Billy Bell Sr course.
19 October 2010
Player and Piras courses feature at new NH-developed Donnafugata.
18 October 2010
New rotors offer backward compatibility with older equipment.
18 October 2010
Need for new irrigation system is spur for US$3 million project.
18 October 2010
Ten year renovation scheme at Holywood reaches next stage.
18 October 2010
Construction of first eighteen almost finished at Yunling resort.
18 October 2010
Scot Moodie is restoring bunkers at Alister MacKenzie's first course
13 October 2010
Conference speakers to present initiatives for attracting new golfers.
13 October 2010
New ownership for Doak-designed Mornington Peninsula course.
13 October 2010
More mature course for second Dubai World Championship.
13 October 2010
Royal St Georges’ Maiden used to be a much more intimidating hole.
12 October 2010
Dalat Palace, believed designed by Hugh Alison, sold to Saigon firm.
12 October 2010
Russian capital to get new planning code for golf development.
12 October 2010
China Golf aims to build country's largest chain of courses.
12 October 2010
New course taking shape in resort area inland from Shanghai.
12 October 2010
Developer blames bureaucracy for delays to Norman course.
11 October 2010
Firm behind Ryder Cup TV coverage introduces package for courses.
11 October 2010
Agency says property sales strong; new golf resorts coming on stream.
11 October 2010
Wave course to showcase saltwater lakes and sand dune features.
7 October 2010
Wolf Point designer celebrates tenth anniversary of his firm.
7 October 2010
Extra locker room space required at 2017 US Open venue.
6 October 2010
Anthony Pioppi visited Pete and PB Dye's new course in Curaçao.
6 October 2010
Desert Star course to be part of movie studio complex and resort.
6 October 2010
New money safeguards California resort after failure of original lender.
5 October 2010
Potential ownership change could see resort construction under way.
5 October 2010
€35 deal to close shortly; fate of proposed 'new Valderrama' unclear.
5 October 2010
Senior Players offsets emissions, recycles and uses biodiesel.
5 October 2010
Investment fund acquires homes on golf course at Poipu Beach resort.
4 October 2010
Five year schedule for new Russian nine hole course.
4 October 2010
Autumn is right time to plan changes, says ASGCA president.
1 October 2010
Mexican resort now taking bookings; golf course next month.
1 October 2010
Famous MacKenzie course turns to goats to restore historic look.
30 September 2010
Orlando club seeks Audubon to add to appeal of renovated course.
30 September 2010
Jacobsen hybrid mower resolves neighbour dispute for UK club.
30 September 2010
Four year planning process over; new reservoir to be built next year.
29 September 2010
Russian golfing estate 'rivals greatest in the world' says Troon's Glasco.
28 September 2010
Controversial eighth and eighteenth to be softened, says club CEO.
28 September 2010
Annual event precedes conference at Royal Horticultural Halls.
28 September 2010
Gulf courses need social inclusivity and less turfgrass, say leaders.
27 September 2010
Workshop series will help clubs learn about tournament preparation.
27 September 2010
James Hansen explores the complex history of the Twenty Ten course.
25 September 2010
Renovation of 27-hole Japanese club is Jacobson's latest challenge.
24 September 2010
New tees, plus softening of greens and landing areas at Florida course.
24 September 2010
US$600m sales in twelve months show strength of model, says CEO.
24 September 2010
Agreement on piping trout streams should see construction restart.
24 September 2010
Olazabal design will be second real estate play in Turkish golf hotspot.
23 September 2010
First ever detailed census of US golfers to help industry promotion.
23 September 2010
Hawaii firm buys Bay course after sale of Plantation in 2009.
23 September 2010
Pro golfer and tournament organiser launches speed-up game drive.
23 September 2010
Boutique four star property planned for Queenstown Harbor course.
23 September 2010
Castlewood and Broadmoor to be returned to classic stylings.
23 September 2010
Local firm to take responsibility for Montgomery munis.
23 September 2010
Three more openings takes total to six at Chinese mega-resort.
21 September 2010
Extra length wins NCAA competition for LSU home course.
21 September 2010
Eight pay and play facilities to be sold by UK's largest golf group.
19 September 2010
Florida course changes hands in US$30 million deal.
17 September 2010
GEO-led programme aims to reduce environmental impact of event.
15 September 2010
Canadian golf executive Cronk to present at London event.
15 September 2010
Phillips-designed Abu Dhabi course breaks the mode for Gulf golf.
15 September 2010
Reconstructed bunkers and tree management key at Dorset course.
13 September 2010
Indian state has potential to match Thai golf tourism, says minister.
13 September 2010
'More rustic' look planned for second course at luxury French retreat.
9 September 2010
£2.5 million project will provide new restaurant and changing rooms.
9 September 2010
Phillips's renovations to Colt's course aim to test the best.
9 September 2010
New golf course will help to preserve historic Golconda Fort.
9 September 2010
Army-owned Lugalo to be country's first high spec golf course.
9 September 2010
Developer Orascom agrees deal for Egypt and Oman hotels.
8 September 2010
Oklahoma architect to build courses in Guangdong province.
8 September 2010
Inteco owner acquires property for golf; Nicklaus design rumoured.
8 September 2010
Back tees on long courses are rarely played, concludes panel.
7 September 2010
Sixty per cent sales increase so far in 2010 for Carolina resort.
7 September 2010
Logistics firm and property developer buy Fazio-designed track.
7 September 2010
New composite materials reduce carbon emissions, says Dutch firm.
6 September 2010
'Highly profitable' Nottinghamshire golf complex changes hands.
3 September 2010
Architect plans American vernacular interior at Nicklaus course.
3 September 2010
Former dump next to Amsterdam airport to be transformed.
2 September 2010
China may be golf's hotspot, but is its boom built on solid foundations?
1 September 2010
Dutch joint venture invests more in Kidd-designed Oregon course.
1 September 2010
Club switches from walk mowers to ride-ons with new Jacobson kit.
1 September 2010
Phillips’ Sicilian sojourn produces something special, but will it pay?
1 September 2010
Phoenix course removes ponds to save millions of gallons each year.
1 September 2010
Swan to return to complete fifteen year evolution of Eriska project.
31 August 2010
RTJ II team turns former military base into ultra high-end golf club.
31 August 2010
Forrest Richardson profiles his mentor's key role in Hawaiian golf.
25 August 2010
Historic Colt and Alison course to be renovated by Michigan architect.
25 August 2010
American architect Nugent starts build after ten years of planning.
25 August 2010
Enhanced Colt course named as regional qualifying venue for 2013 champs.
25 August 2010
27 of 36 holes now in play at Jacobson-designed course in Guangzhou.
25 August 2010
Swan-led project includes rebunkering, heather and forest enhancement.
25 August 2010
Creating landscape for Vietnamese course has taken two years of work.
25 August 2010
Architect Mandell plans event to help US industry reduce cost of playing golf.
25 August 2010
Document helps clubs and developers source design services.
11 August 2010
Tom Hoch completes interior design work at Boston golf club's new clubhouse.
6 August 2010
New course at Tribute resort in Dallas is patterned after classic US holes.
6 August 2010
Rolex sponsors global effort from publishers of European Peugeot Guide.
6 August 2010
Strong growth across Continent, but fall-off in interest continues in British Isles.
5 August 2010
Recent US rains demonstrate importance of golf courses, says ASGCA.
28 July 2010
California resort wraps 'links enhancement' project on Hills-designed course.
28 July 2010
KPMG joins force with European club managers to improve golf operations.
28 July 2010
Politicians of all colours approve new Städler project in city of Paderborn.
27 July 2010
Temporary course to be created almost 2,000m up Swiss mountain.
27 July 2010
Spain and Portugal courses targeted by new grouping of consultants.
26 July 2010
Royal Horticultural Halls to host fifth annual owners' conference.
26 July 2010
High heat, humidity and rainfall prove perfect breeding grounds for disease.
23 July 2010
Trimax Mowing Systems to launch first rotary mower for golf roughs and fairways.
21 July 2010
Schmidt-Curley designed Amanali opens front nine and practice facilities.
9 July 2010
'First UAE course on connoisseur's must play list, says architect.
9 July 2010
New Trueness Meter aids St Andrews greenkeepers in Open preparation.
9 July 2010
New Lynx system helps superintendents act more quickly, says supplier.
9 July 2010
British golf resorts earn certification for environmental projects.
9 July 2010
Acclaimed Polish course will also launch 150 eco-homes during 2011.
9 July 2010
Environmental responsibility key at New York venue, says US design firm.
9 July 2010
CMAE launches training courses along with EGCOA and Dutch hotel school.
8 July 2010
US Open champ says lay-up the most sensible approach to new, longer hole.
2 July 2010
Troon-managed course to 'set benchmark for golf developments in Egypt'.
2 July 2010
California course aims to become more environmentally friendly.
2 July 2010
New plan calls for less environmental impact at South Carolina project.
2 July 2010
Architectural firms team up to provide holistic clubhouse design service.
29 June 2010
Full planning permission granted by Aberdeenshire Council.
17 June 2010
Michigan Palmer course changes hands and gets major upgrade.
14 June 2010
Irriplan busy with system rebuilds to deliver fast and firm conditions.
2 June 2010
Ten sites in Balkan country to be evaluated for development potential.
2 June 2010
Prototype house to be built alongside newly-renovated Bayonet course.
2 June 2010
New fleet to support Ryder Cup bid at French national golf centre.
1 June 2010
Five star property will complement four time Portuguese Open host course.
1 June 2010
September date and Nuremberg venue for Deutsche Golfplatztage.
1 June 2010
Leading golf bodies meet to discuss business benefits of sustainability agenda.
1 June 2010
Elea course aims to offer club feel for local golfers as well as resort play.
1 June 2010
Interest in golf development in Eastern Europe at a high, say organisers.
1 June 2010
Three hole course plus short game area for first Indian golf training facility.
24 May 2010
Scottish course aims to increase playability with better water management.
19 May 2010
It’s a mistake to assume the markets are inherently similar, says Kevin Ramsey.
18 May 2010
Golf Investment & Development Conference takes place in September.
18 May 2010
Swan-led project sees new bunkers and changes to green surrounds.
14 May 2010
Jerry Kilby says a business model built solely on tourism is difficult to sustain.
13 May 2010
Hall of Fame golfer to partner with EGD on new golf resort in Belek.
13 May 2010
Tom Mackin visits the new TPC San Antonio, host of this week's Texas Open.
13 May 2010
Newly-formed association becomes member of European owners group.
11 May 2010
Modern methods of draining bunkers can result in better results at lower cost.
10 May 2010
Howard Swan chronicles the history of the abandoned Kolar Gold Fields course.
6 May 2010
New short par four at Arizona resort to complement ballroom development.
6 May 2010
EGD project at Rowallan Castle course officially opens for play.
4 May 2010
Thomas firm designs new Scottish course at historic castle resort.
28 April 2010
New public in DC region is ready for opening of full eighteen holes.
28 April 2010
New sister course to successful Nine Bridges hits booming Korean golf scene.
28 April 2010
Burhill-owned venue invests in upgrades but keeps courses open.
28 April 2010
Swan aims to rejuvenate century-old Braid designed course.
27 April 2010
Richard Mandell profiles the work of one of golf’s most enduring dynasties.
24 April 2010
Can the glory days return for Kent’s other Open venue?
19 April 2010
Ryder Cup captain Monty recommends tweaks to course in advance of events.
15 April 2010
Mark Alexander discovers more about the original opening holes of the fourth course.
31 March 2010
Clubhouse designer partners with Jerry Kilby to facilitate entry into new markets.
29 March 2010
Desalination and effluent treatment to grow in importance for golf irrigation.
29 March 2010
Research shows extra 100m increases maintenance bill by up to two per cent.
26 March 2010
The Berkshire Golf Club and The Richmond Golf Club are to be renovated.
25 March 2010
The Kittocks course resumes play after a £17m refurbishment at the resort.
23 March 2010
Design firm owner surveys work at Danang Golf Club, due to open in April.
22 March 2010
Palmer architect to promote golf’s integrity, competitiveness and fellowship.
19 March 2010
Construction on Ferry Point, the golf course on a former landfill, has begun.
18 March 2010
New Web site goes live featuring golf market intelligence, analysis and news.
17 March 2010
Enhancements at Makaha Resort & Golf Club are aimed at improving playability.
15 March 2010
North Shore course to play in original configuration for centenary weekend.
11 March 2010
Warsaw conference to focus on investment and development in the area.
10 March 2010
Thomas Hoffman Jepsen describes his experience of the EIGCA’s diploma.
10 March 2010
Troon Golf to manage SunRidge Canyon Golf Club in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
9 March 2010
Coore and Crenshaw to renovate Ross's legendary Course No. 2.
8 March 2010
Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa files for bankruptcy protection from its lender.
5 March 2010
Development company's new Web site showcases services and successes.
5 March 2010
Adam Lawrence investigates what place synthetic turf has in the game of golf.
4 March 2010
Century-old New Jersey club becomes part of Troon Golf portfolio.
3 March 2010
UK firm introduces alternative product for control of submerged plants and algae.
3 March 2010
Swan begins remodelling project at Surrey course; bunker rebuild will follow.
3 March 2010
Synthetic greens firm appoints distributor for fast-growing emerging golf market.
1 March 2010
Norman-designed course at the heart of Colorado mountain community.
26 February 2010
Benjamin Warren discusses how the industry can recover from the downturn.
24 February 2010
Performance of Sportcrete bunker system impresses course architect.
24 February 2010
August/September debut for first course of two at TUI-owned Castelfalfi.
24 February 2010
New sandhills destination to offer two full courses plus ten hole par three.
23 February 2010
Spanish golf development releases villas for timeshare exchange programme.
23 February 2010
Sanyosoo resort will also include Kyle Phillips and Tom Weiskopf courses.
23 February 2010
Toby Ingleton takes in a small sample of the courses on offer in Arizona.
22 February 2010
Emirate's first all-grass course gets new fairways, greens and golf carts.
22 February 2010
Olivion will be Turkish destination's first course with freehold property for sale.
19 February 2010
Recruitment firm to publish information on pay and conditions in golf industry.
18 February 2010
Norman and Sorenstam top bill at golf conference to be held in Turkey in May.
17 February 2010
Final planning application will be determined by Aberdeenshire Council.
17 February 2010
US's second largest golf operator commended for environmental practices.
17 February 2010
Leadership role for architect who has pioneered golf development in China.
17 February 2010
New scheme aims to recognise the world's best-loved golf holes.
16 February 2010
R&A announces twelfth championship to be played at Royal Liverpool.
10 February 2010
Jeff Mingay profiles the designer of many of western Canada’s best courses.
10 February 2010
Adam Lawrence was one of the first golf journalists to see the Gulf seaside course.
10 February 2010
£2m invested at Welsh resort to build bridge for use during Ryder Cup week.
9 February 2010
2014 Ryder Cup venue aiming to achieve GEO certification this year.
9 February 2010
Troon Golf to help with redesign of key holes at Spanish course.
9 February 2010
Remote working saves time and money for Zavidovo clubhouse project.
8 February 2010
Adam Lawrence takes a look at the new course at Barnbougle Dunes, Tasmania.
6 February 2010
Weibring-designed Metamora Fields hires Turf Solutions to manage build.
4 February 2010
'Classic architectural look' planned for rebuild of prestigious Texan track.
3 February 2010
Scholarships from course builders help students get into the golf industry.
3 February 2010
Nine hole Nuolen course earns props for low fertiliser and chemical use.
3 February 2010
California course uses less turf and promotes sustainable agronomy.
3 February 2010
Revealed: new bunkering scheme for Dubai Desert Classic host course.
2 February 2010
Is revival of stalled Summit Rock project a harbinger of better times?
1 February 2010
Tree & Woodland Company to offer arboricultural support to golf courses.
1 February 2010
Development plan for UK course calls for relocation of eighteenth green.
1 February 2010
Brauer's firm re-hires former technical advisor and project architect.
1 February 2010
'Multi-million pound' contract awarded to Irish golf construction firm.
29 January 2010
Abu Dhabi course opens with news of plans for 18,000 sq m clubhouse.
28 January 2010
Ras al Khaimah-based developer to build golf village within 25km of Tbilisi
27 January 2010
New course in Nevada retirement community will debut in late January.
27 January 2010
Norman's firm builds course in dunes by the sea in southeast Asia.
27 January 2010
First part of Greek mega-resort to play host to Major winner's junior event.
26 January 2010
Historic US club goes sustainable with green roof and water recycling.
26 January 2010
Marnoch and van Hauwaert to design 27 hole complex next to Royal Zoute.
25 January 2010
Historic links looks to achieve environmental certification before Open.
22 January 2010
Toro has upgraded its Reelmaster 3100-D mower with dual point adjustment blades.
22 January 2010
Rain Bird has introduced new hose-end nozzles and quick connect couplers.
22 January 2010
Course renovation accompanies major upgrade to hotel at Kauai resort.
22 January 2010
Marnoch looks to restore heath and add strategy to Dutch course.
20 January 2010
US firm launches service to help courses across the world acquire turf equipment.
13 January 2010
Golf authorities launch simplified scheme to attract more women into golf.
13 January 2010
Irish Open host invests in electric carts; says are a significant income stream.
13 January 2010
British designer says careful investment in course redesign pays dividends.
13 January 2010
Original developer sells St Johns after completion of residential build.
12 January 2010
OB Sports Golf Management to manage Arizona-based golf club.
7 January 2010
Design firm to renovate Tulsa Country Club clubhouse.
6 January 2010
Dragon Valley is Schmidt-Curley's second course on popular resort island of Hainan.
6 January 2010
More young people will be able to play golf thanks to the Sticks for Kids programme.
5 January 2010
Tim Finchem has been awarded the 2010 Donald Ross Award by the ASGCA.
5 January 2010
Phoenix-based golf course has been bought by local firm, JSH Time.
5 January 2010
Florida golf club announces the completion of its renovations.
4 January 2010
Branton Woods and Pine Hill join NY entrepreneur's list of golf courses.
10 December 2009
Toby Ingleton escapes from the UK for a week of Arizona sunshine
7 December 2009
American tycoon plans to restore historic hotel but will consult on possible uses.
7 December 2009
Anglo-Aussie firm wins renovation contract at home of Dubai Desert Classic.
7 December 2009
Inflammatory media coverage complicated Forbes situation, says Hobday.
3 December 2009
Hanbury Manor hotel applies for environmental certificate.
24 November 2009
Courses in Morocco, Italy and Nigeria sign up with golf services division.
23 November 2009
Renovation at Surrey club focuses on sustainability and value for money.
23 November 2009
Masters of Design to cover Colt, Alison, Morrison and MacKenzie.
23 November 2009
Supplier says new 007 creeping bent offers performance with lower inputs.
23 November 2009
Council decision 'paves the way for the destruction of a priority ecosystem'.
23 November 2009
A look at the Lincolnshire landowner who created the fabled Woodhall Spa.
23 November 2009
BTME debut for new mower as firm returns to UK greenkeeping show.
19 November 2009
Three Scottish contractors chosen for preliminary dune stabilisation phase.
19 November 2009
'Mile of golf' closes Earth course, home of troubled Dubai World Championship.
19 November 2009
Graz firm is new distributor for UK-based all weather turf supplier.
18 November 2009
First of two seaside courses now open at resort near historic port of Essaouira.
18 November 2009
Westhaven course shows real estate driven golf can still succeed.
18 November 2009
Swan to help Donaghadee rise to fore of Northern Ireland junior golf development.
17 November 2009
Tour-owned design firm to involve environment body in all future projects.
17 November 2009
Summer 2010 debut planned for new Begay/Brauer course.
13 November 2009
Fourth edition of course construction guide now available in English.
13 November 2009
Original architect Pat Ruddy reworks Northern Irish course bunkering.
12 November 2009
Sanford Golf Design selected to renovate the Kona Country Club’s Ocean course.
12 November 2009
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierra selects fleet of 40 electric RXV golf cars.
11 November 2009
Clifton, Ezell and Clifton renovation to be managed by KemperSports.
11 November 2009
Ransomes Jacobsen mowing products selected to maintain unusual course.
11 November 2009
Can Kidd's lifelong dream course overcome environmental restrictions?
10 November 2009
Scottish club wins waste management gong in Golf Course Environment Awards.
10 November 2009
Architect firm TPL begins bulk construction at New Giza course in Egypt.
10 November 2009
Anfi Tauro Golf & Luxury Resort to host tournament on 28 November.
4 November 2009
Second Barnbougle course to maintain Aussie resort's world-class image.
4 November 2009
Golf vehicle manufacturer signs major deals with Bonalba and Alicante courses.
4 November 2009
Hertfordshire club sees member increase with course quality attributed as factor.
3 November 2009
Seventh annual Golf Business Forum set to take place in Belek, Turkey.
3 November 2009
GCA finds out what's needed for Italy to fulfil its golfing potential.
2 November 2009
Mike Keiser explains his influences as Old Macdonald readies for opening.
29 October 2009
Complete renovation and expansion planned for Portuguese course.
29 October 2009
Designer of Pacific Dunes and Barnbougle to address owners' conference.
28 October 2009
Council committee approves dune work; Trump: 'course will be world's best.'
28 October 2009
Schoeder and Irwin collaborate on new course in Maryland mountains.
27 October 2009
Golf legend says Rio developers have made approaches about 2016 course.
26 October 2009
Aiming at wealthy elite can only take industry so far, says US club guru.
26 October 2009
Shortage of suitable land close to cities makes affordable golf tough, says panel.
26 October 2009
Indian government plans to develop up to 600 golf training facilities.
23 October 2009
2011 Amateur host course gets new owner; golf carts to be banned.
23 October 2009
New general manager oversees changes at Scores preparing for 2010 Open.
23 October 2009
Pinehurst-based architect uses old aerials to return Carolina course to original feel.
22 October 2009
Remaining partners reaffirm commitment to show; Vegas to be venue for 2012.
21 October 2009
California Nicklaus course is bought out by local golf industry veterans.
21 October 2009
Swedish and Dutch surveys on future of golf take centre stage at conference.
21 October 2009
Killarney's Killeen course to host event, moved to two weeks after the Open.
21 October 2009
More than 500 delegates to gather in Kuala Lumpur; GCA will report live.
21 October 2009
Property mapping solution helps course operator boost environmental programme.
21 October 2009
American design firm and Indian pro hook up for subcontinental design projects.
20 October 2009
Lohmann and Bruce create accessible short course at Randall Oaks in Illinois.
20 October 2009
More firms earn full membership in builders' association.
19 October 2009
Bahai course to join original Nicklaus design at oceanfront Mexican resort.
16 October 2009
R&A teams with RSPB to provide advice on managing habitat to course operators.
16 October 2009
Will new tee on practice ground restore challenge of St Andrews' hardest hole?
15 October 2009
Public access to be retained and locals to get cheap green fees, say developers.
15 October 2009
Danish Golf Union aims to make country Europe's greenest golf nation.
14 October 2009
EPA seeks to complete phase-out of methyl bromide; GCSAA calls foul.
14 October 2009
Manchester course expands with help of Le Sueur and contractor Souters.
14 October 2009
Van Hauwaert fixes drainage at Antwerp club; now on site at Dutch project.
14 October 2009
Torrance signature will go alongside Monty course currently in build.
13 October 2009
IMG signs agreement to design two new courses in Hebei Province.
13 October 2009
Owners association announces new speakers for December conference.
12 October 2009
Tour-owned design firm renews agreement with Golf Environment Organisation.
12 October 2009
Fazio firm completes $7.7m renovation of Georgia island course.
9 October 2009
Switch from bermuda to paspalum to improve green quality and sustainability.
9 October 2009
Overseeding with browntop bent is key to keeping down poa at Vicars Cross.
9 October 2009
Swan Golf Designs contracted to redesign ninth hole at the Old Conna Golf Club.
7 October 2009
Architect Robin Hiseman to lead Golfplatz Anif project near Salzburg.
6 October 2009
Bunker renovation and tree removal key to success at California course.
6 October 2009
Saadiyat Beach will be first part of US$28 million Abu Dhabi island development.
2 October 2009
TPC Prestancia is set to reopen its Club Course following a four month closure.
2 October 2009
Scottish architect moves to US in search of Asian and South American work.
23 September 2009
Chicago-born architect debuts in native city with Bowes Creek course.
22 September 2009
Huge Spanish development is close to completing eight course Nicklaus Trail.
21 September 2009
Management and design firm adds two new courses to its Far Eastern portfolio.
21 September 2009
Ireland's oldest club adopts modern mowing technology to cut severe slopes.
16 September 2009
Popular Phoenix muni continues renovation by planting mature trees.
16 September 2009
Bouncy bermuda presents new test for Tour after three weeks of soft bent greens.
14 September 2009
Leading event for European greenkeepers to take place at Slovenian course.
14 September 2009
St Andrews team and Minchinhampton greenkeeper take environment awards.
14 September 2009
Dye-designed Black Pearl course at Pristine Bay resort will be open next year.
14 September 2009
Three year project to reshape greens and bunkers at De Hoge Kleij.
10 September 2009
Rees Jones-led renovation makes its Tour debut as FedEx Cup reaches week three.
9 September 2009
Tree clearing allows repositioning of home green at German club.
9 September 2009
New grasses and tree management central to refresh of Portuguese course.
9 September 2009
'China is leader of the pack,' says two-time Major champion and golf designer.
8 September 2009
Royal Aberdeen, Old Course, Turnberry are first subjects for renowned painter.
8 September 2009
Berkshire course saves water with new computer-controlled irrigation system.
7 September 2009
Deutsche Bank tournament is carbon neutral for the second year.
7 September 2009
Swan leads bunker rebuild and heather regeneration project for century-old club.
4 September 2009
Texas course converts its greens to TifEagle bermuda grass.
4 September 2009
Nicklaus group breaks ground on Texas course after new owners take control.
4 September 2009
Moon course is first of two to open at Lion Lake resort near Guangzhou.
3 September 2009
New-look site shows off governing body's work on environmental management.
3 September 2009
GCBAA-backed development scheme teaches golf to 5,000 Chinese children.
3 September 2009
'Hidden gem' beachfront golf course, part of 2000-bed resort, to open in 2012.
3 September 2009
Arizona course reduces water use and improves efficiency with high-tech system.
2 September 2009
Nuzzo designs state of the art practice facility 'that plays more like a course'.
2 September 2009
Eckenrode hopes to provide top class facility for young golfers to learn the game.
30 August 2009
Adam Lawrence considers the implications of today's US Amateur final.
28 August 2009
New Trent Jones course at North Carolina resort will open on 1 September.
28 August 2009
Spectacular coastal course is testament to the success of golf in Korea.
27 August 2009
Adam Lawrence reports on the Clandon Club project near Guildford in England.
26 August 2009
Golf development in central and eastern Europe to be centrepiece of new event.
26 August 2009
New operator and big investment for century-old Wilmington course.
24 August 2009
Drainage at the heart of five year project at historic Norwegian club.
24 August 2009
Alison's Dutch jewel has been brought back to the forefront of European golf.
24 August 2009
Top course operator takes reins at Kent links, host to Open qualifying in 2011.
24 August 2009
Superintendent Shaffer using new sensor technology to dry out course for matches.
24 August 2009
Leading architect to bring minimalism to Asia with course on Hainan.
24 August 2009
ASGCA president Carrick calls for better planning to preserve water resources.
24 August 2009
A visit to Faldo Design's new course amid the sand and pine of the Belek strip.
17 August 2009
Adam Lawrence reckons Yang Yong-eun’s PGA Championship win came at an opportune moment for golf.
17 August 2009
Green fee golfers to play Chicago course set up for pros, one day later.
17 August 2009
Belgian architect begins expansion project at Golf Club Meerssen.
17 August 2009
New course in historic Oxfordshire park heading for September soft opening.
14 August 2009
Irrigation firm says IC System reduces complexity and saves money.
13 August 2009
Golf will be part of the Olympic Games from 2016 onwards.
13 August 2009
Egyptian development announces hotel operator for Pyramid-neighbouring project.
11 August 2009
Golf Course Architecture is a new media partner of the Asia Pacific Golf Summit.
11 August 2009
Hackett-designed Irish course to renovate second nine holes with architect Howes.
11 August 2009
New history of Dyes' first course design, venue for recent US Senior Open.
11 August 2009
Andorra course, the highest in Europe, buys new maintenance equipment.
11 August 2009
Buyer aims to build membership; troubled housing development not part of deal.
7 August 2009
New golf resort plus EU money to lead development of central Portuguese region.
7 August 2009
Restored Macdonald course will test professionals in Greenbrier Classic.
5 August 2009
Developer Sir Rocco Forte has opened Verdura, his new golf resort in Sicily.
5 August 2009
Journalist Anthony Pioppi trying to build public course in Connecticut home town.
4 August 2009
Bandon Dunes founder discussing future development of Old Tom's Hebridean gem.
29 July 2009
Proposed Islandikane resort 'disregards principles of sustainable development'.
29 July 2009
A visit to Budersand and Föhr left Adam Lawrence excited about golf in Germany.
28 July 2009
Scottish lab retains privileged testing status, one of only ten in the world.
27 July 2009
Patiño confirms work is expected to start on Castellar Golf in near future.
27 July 2009
Renaissance Club hopes to add three holes on dunes acquired from Muirfield.
24 July 2009
'Install and forget' is not an option, says leading synthetic greens manufacturer.
23 July 2009
Mark Parsinen talks about Scotland, design, development and the Open.
23 July 2009
Extreme weather can't hide the drama of Kidd's new links.
19 July 2009
Adam Lawrence reflects on an Open close to offering sport's greatest story.
16 July 2009
Release of new site masterplan will be part of detailed planning application.
15 July 2009
Nicklaus visit means preview play now available on lakeside Michigan course.
15 July 2009
Black Knight to brand Caribbean resort hotel and villas as well as its golf course.
14 July 2009
The renovation of the Olde Mill golf course in Virgina is almost complete.
10 July 2009
Myrtle Beach course to get a bunker upgrade and a new marketing strategy.
10 July 2009
Signature designer to open coastal Bulgarian course on 18 July.
10 July 2009
Three year initiative to cut environmental impact of European Tour event.
8 July 2009
Red Ledges is Golden Bear's firm's 200th course in the United States.
8 July 2009
Sponsor pledges to plant trees for every birdie scored during Championship.
8 July 2009
Environmental award for Clyde Johnston-designed course in Jacksonville.
8 July 2009
Golden Mountain, another Chinese course by architects Schmidt-Curley, opens.
8 July 2009
Green regrassing, changes to surrounds and bunkers on track for October opening.
8 July 2009
Architect spends less than US$3m to build DFW course.
6 July 2009
American developer to build waterside Caribbean course.
6 July 2009
Architect Griffiths turns developer at Georgia mountain course.
3 July 2009
November opening for Kyle Phillips course located near to Marrakesh.
2 July 2009
Scottish photographer to put on Turnberry show during Championship.
1 July 2009
Lavasa course and city to embrace New Urbanism design principles.
1 July 2009
Bunker and landscape refurbishment for London club built in Repton park.
1 July 2009
First golf course at 30,000 bed resort to be operated by American firm.
1 July 2009
Golf course owners' event returns to its original home.
29 June 2009
Much-travelled British architect to advise on golf strategy for Mongolian government.
26 June 2009
Six countries will bid for the right to host the 2018 Ryder Cup.
24 June 2009
Architect Kris Spence finishes renovating the Country Club of Spartanburg.
24 June 2009
Second Nicklaus design for British Columbia resort.
23 June 2009
South Carolina club hires ex-Augusta super Fuller for upgrading project.
20 June 2009
Adam Lawrence says no course is tough when the greens are sodden.
19 June 2009
Dimitri van Hauwaert builds country’s first golf course with synthetic greens.
18 June 2009
Victorian home of man who set up the Open has been rescued from ruin.
18 June 2009
Gary Player to inaugurate Modry Las along with Polish sports minister.
18 June 2009
The USGA has announced that the 2016 US Open will be played at Oakmont.
18 June 2009
Seminars introduce clubs to environmental management programme.
18 June 2009
Notah Begay III and architect Jeff Brauer building Firekeeper course in Kansas.
16 June 2009
Welsh resort certified in Environmental Planning by Audubon International.
16 June 2009
Chicago course to close for greens rebuild ahead of 2012 Ryder Cup matches.
15 June 2009
The 2010 Ryder Cup will pioneer sustainability in sporting events.
15 June 2009
Charleston course restores famous oceanside finishing hole with Fazio.
15 June 2009
Kyle Phillips creates links from farmland in Kingsbarns-like transformation.
15 June 2009
American architects body adds new members at annual meeting.
12 June 2009
Richardson plans Swedish course with three short holes in succession.
12 June 2009
After only seven years, the US Open returns to Bethpage Black next week.
12 June 2009
New Jersey course reaps the benefit of extensive renovation by architect McNeil.
11 June 2009
Jockey Club course to cut emissions and save money with SolarDrive cells.
11 June 2009
Owner gives UK's first Nicklaus course a refresh, and a new hotel.
11 June 2009
Major South Pacific resort development opens its doors.
10 June 2009
Connecticut Trent Jones course renovated by architect Mungeam.
8 June 2009
No-Till greens renovation aids quick switch to paspalum at North Carolina course.
8 June 2009
Major upgrade for Georgia course includes new grass species and reshaping.
8 June 2009
New Missouri course designed by Chuck Smith honours triple Major champion.
4 June 2009
Golf courses looking for a more natural look may enjoy a new UK product.
4 June 2009
Forsgårdens and Ljunghusens achieve GEO Certified status.
4 June 2009
Adam Lawrence reports on a visit to an amazing new German links.
4 June 2009
Construction has begun on the PGA National Russia course at Zavidovo Lake.
1 June 2009
Welsh golf resort has carried out a number of alterations to its two courses.
1 June 2009
Schmidt-Curley builds seventeen acre monster practice green at Mission Hills.
1 June 2009
New grouping aims to to promote the profession in the home of golf.
29 May 2009
Architect Howard Swan is elected to board of Asian Golf Industry Federation.
28 May 2009
Celtic Manor’s golf academy has added a new short game practice area.
27 May 2009
The famous Woodhall Spa course in the UK has upgraded its groundscare fleet.
26 May 2009
Pete Dye’s first new European course in over twenty years has opened.
26 May 2009
UK municipal venue invests in new equipment from Ransomes Jacobsen.
26 May 2009
E-Z-GO vehicles perform well for prestigious Spanish club.
26 May 2009
Forward Management Group is builders' association's first non-US charter member
26 May 2009
Troon Golf is to manage the course at new Kerzner resort in Morocco.
26 May 2009
Middlesbrough course is in the midst of a long-term upgrading project.
26 May 2009
Veteran Morrish is named fellow of American architects' society.
26 May 2009
Two different renovation projects on courses old and new.
25 May 2009
Max Behr course in California reopens after comprehensive alterations.
25 May 2009
Palm Hills course will be Nicklaus's first Egyptian project, with views of Pyramids.
22 May 2009
New website makes GEO certification available to all golf facilities.
22 May 2009
RTJ2 president Bruce Charlton says golf is getting rid of the fat.
21 May 2009
Author and historian James Hansen explores the legacy of Robert Trent Jones.
20 May 2009
Course improvement project now well underway.
20 May 2009
Tripp Davis design is inspired by the United States' Golden Age courses.
20 May 2009
Home of Golf agrees partnership deal with insurance firm Allianz.
18 May 2009
Architect Craig Schreiner talks about the ‘Old Granddaddy’ of Myrtle Beach.
18 May 2009
Toby Ingleton would like the European Tour to spend more time in England.
15 May 2009
Jonathan Smith appraises golf’s path towards a more sustainable future.
14 May 2009
South America’s longest golf course is taking shape in the foothills of the Andes.
13 May 2009
Billy Casper Golf is to manage the new 1757 Golf Club in northern Virginia.
13 May 2009
Developer McConnell Golf has bought the Tom Fazio-designed Old North State Club.
13 May 2009
Crofters and golf club reach agreement over restoration of Hebridean course.
12 May 2009
Could first large-scale golf resort fuel a development boom on the island?
12 May 2009
Course owners and maintenance giant partner for mutual benefit.
12 May 2009
Mark James won Mallorca Senior Open, but the course came out well too.
12 May 2009
Adam Lawrence hails this week's return of the Irish Open to the links.
12 May 2009
Gene Bates-designed course wins award for environmental stewardship.
11 May 2009
Adam Lawrence finds the obsession with hard and easy holes annoying.
11 May 2009
Large equipment contract signed by soon-to-open Danish venue.
11 May 2009
Signage manufacturer Eagle has secured a number of prestigious new contracts.
11 May 2009
Alistair Beggs' Open preview hails Turnberry's long-serving greenkeeper.
9 May 2009
September opening for RTJ2-designed North Carolina course.
8 May 2009
Cart manufacturer ClubCar has formed an alliance with Danish firm SolarDrive.
8 May 2009
Canadian architect hopes to promote social and environmental benefits of golf.
8 May 2009
Ground has been broken on the first PGA Village development outside the US.
8 May 2009
A year's use of a Toro Pro Force debris blower is on offer for filling out a survey.
8 May 2009
GEO is working on a set of guidelines for sustainable golf development.
8 May 2009
Golf will emerge from the global recession stronger than ever, says Arnold Palmer.
7 May 2009
Kingsfield, a new nine hole golf course facility in Scotland, has opened.
6 May 2009
Only two per cent of golfers prefer to play courses of more than 7,000 yards.
6 May 2009
Famous Chicago course to reopen on 15 May after Rees Jones renovation.
5 May 2009
US golfers are dealing with the downturn by trading down to cheaper courses.
5 May 2009
The Open Championship will return to Muirfield in 2013, after an eleven year gap.
5 May 2009
Addressing environmental concerns can be a marketing spur for courses.
5 May 2009
2009 conference to take place from 2-4 December in the Netherlands.
5 May 2009
New Jersey nine holer to be renovated by architect Robert McNeil.
5 May 2009
USGA director discusses course changes and preparation for the coming US Open.
30 April 2009
With Fream taking a back seat, will Golfplan continue its pioneering work?
30 April 2009
St Andrews, Texas? Adam Lawrence visits a linksy heaven on the Gulf Coast.
29 April 2009
Edinburgh course has been renovated by local architects Lumsden and Tait.
28 April 2009
Date set for debut of new Kyle Phillips course outside Malmö.
28 April 2009
As opening nears, Gary Player has paid a final examination visit to Saadiyat Beach.
27 April 2009
South Carolina is new home for Aussie teaching institute.
27 April 2009
Management company KemperSports has launched a new environmental initiative.
24 April 2009
Second course at Dubai resort done; will open alongside World Championship.
24 April 2009
New Pete Dye golf course at French Lick Resort officially opens for play on 24 April.
24 April 2009
Architect Gary Koch visits the course he created almost eight years ago.
24 April 2009
The Shivas Irons Society invites public to annual fundraising tournament.
24 April 2009
Barenbrug sows first amenity trial plots at UK research site in Worcestershire.
24 April 2009
Jeff Puchalski sets up FORE Golf Asia to tackle golf development issues.
23 April 2009
Audubon International commends course for environmental efforts.
23 April 2009
EGCOA backs recruitment solution from Colt Mackenzie McNair.
23 April 2009
Success for first Southwest and Nicklaus Design project.
23 April 2009
Ailsa Course prepares for Open Championship by enhancing holes.
22 April 2009
Robert McNeil leads renovation project at Sunset Valley Golf Course in New Jersey.
17 April 2009
First course at Al Madina A’Zarqa to be designed by Anglo-Aussie firm.
16 April 2009
Lester George-designed Virginia retreat is in final stages of grow-in
16 April 2009
Padraig Harrington has confirmed he will play this year’s Irish Open.
16 April 2009
The Robert Trent Jones II-designed Patriot course will open in August/September.
15 April 2009
Ransomes Jacobsen and its American affiliate launch a range of new products.
15 April 2009
Southworth takes control of anticipated Scottish links ahead of July opening.
15 April 2009
Management company provides help for golf clubs struggling to survive downturn.
15 April 2009
Leading management company takes on historic La Crosse course.
15 April 2009
Greenkeeping students head to Outer Hebrides to see lost Old Tom course.
9 April 2009
UK operator Burhill Golf is aiming to enrich the environments of its ten courses.
9 April 2009
BIGGA's Golf Environment Competition has been relaunched.
8 April 2009
New Jersey National has been certified by the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary programme.
7 April 2009
The Golf Environment Organisation has become a patron of EIGCA.
3 April 2009
Rick Jacobson has completed the design on his firm’s fourth new layout in China.
1 April 2009
Adam Lawrence looks at the top quality golf courses springing up across Sweden.
31 March 2009
Management company American Golf is trying to conserve water on its California courses
30 March 2009
Central America’s first Pete Dye golf course opened on 28 March.
1 January 2009
The Golf Environment Organisation (GEO) is gearing up to release its online certification system this month, with a pioneering group of golf facilities currently testing the system in Europe and beyond.
1 January 2009
The highest golf course in Europe is being expanded from nine to 18 holes.
1 January 2009
Thracian Cliffs Golf and Spa Resort has hired British contracting and management firm Braemar Golf to complete construction of its 18 hole Gary Player designed course.
1 January 2009
Golf Club Föhr, located on the German island of the same name, is being extended to 27 holes by design firm Städler Golf Courses.
1 January 2009
KPMG's Golf Advisory Practice has recently published a raft of new research on the golf market.
1 January 2009
Golfers at Faldo's newest course need strength of mind, discovers Toby Ingleton.
1 January 2009
British firm Swan Golf Designs (SGD) has been busy around the Asian golf market.
1 January 2009
Construction is nearing completion at the new Donnafugata Golf Resort, in the Sicilian province of Ragusa.
1 January 2009
French Lick Resort's Pete Dye golf course is almost complete, with the opening scheduled for April 2009.
1 January 2009
Many good judges would argue that Harry Shapland Colt, with his key role in the evolution of Golden Age design and the list of great links and heath courses that bear his name, is golf's greatest ever architect.
1 January 2009
British niche publisher Oleander Press has reprinted this wonderful nineteenth century volume by the Scottish barrister and golf obsessive Sir Walter Simpson.
1 January 2009
The three hole, par nine 'RJL National' course at the international headquarters of turf equipment manufacturer Ransomes Jacobsen in Ipswich has been officially opened.
1 January 2009
Another Harradine course has been approved for construction in the Emirate of Sharjah.
1 January 2009
The third European Golf Course Owners Association conference attracted a total of 240 delegates from 25 different countries.
1 January 2009
German architect Holger Rengstorf has completed an expansion project at the Golf Gut Glinde course at Schwerin in the north of the country.
1 January 2009
Efficient water use and management can be positively influenced by golf course design, according to ASGCA president Bruce Charlton.
1 January 2009
2008 US Senior Open Champion Eduardo Romero and developer Platinum Grupo Brazil have announced a deal that will see Romero, known as 'El Gato,' designing a number of signature courses in Brazil.
1 January 2009
Sportcrete sees a big rise in uptake of its sand erosion prevention system.
1 January 2009
Architect firm Thomson Perrett & Lobb has unveiled its design for a golf course on hills overlooking the ancient Pyramids of Egypt.
1 January 2009
World number one golfer Tiger Woods may still be unable to play competitively as he recovers from his recent knee operation, but his fledgling course design business is moving forward.
1 January 2009
A £500,000 flood alleviation scheme at the Nicklaus-designed Machynys Peninsula Golf Club in Llanelli is nearing completion, despite one of the wettest summers on record.
1 January 2009
Architect Roy Bechtol has struck a partnership with golf management and consulting firm Southern Golf Properties.
1 January 2009
US-based Kiawah Development Partners has announced a new 18 hole golf development on the Caribbean island of St Kitts.
1 January 2009
Illinois-based architect Rick Jacobson is to design his third golf course on the Chinese mainland.
1 January 2009
The first new course to be built on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu in a decade opens in January.
1 January 2009
Justin Leonard talks about his nascent design career.
1 January 2009
Richard Mandell observes how competitors at the US Amateur approached Pinehurst's famous greens.
1 January 2009
Peter Wroe of Senior Golf Construction discusses the new first tee at Royal Liverpool.
1 January 2009
CAD has made the process of designing golf courses easier and more accurate.
1 January 2009
Are blind par threes an unacceptable hangover or a pleasing throwback to the past? Mike Kraker investigates.
1 January 2009
The first golf and housing project in Denmark represents an impressive debut.
1 January 2009
The long and winding road to Perry Dye's amazing course is well worth following.
1 January 2009
William Swan asks what the global economic downturn means for golf architects.
1 January 2009
Alfonso Erhardt profiles Spain’s little-known premier golf architect.
1 January 2009
Are blind par threes a relic of golf's past, or are they still relevant?
1 October 2008
Lübker Golf Resort, the first integrated golf and housing development in Denmark, held its official opening in late September.
1 October 2008
Richard Wax reviews Pete Dye's new course in upstate New York.
1 October 2008
Golf on a human scale from RTJII in the heart of Denmark. Adam Lawrence reports.
1 October 2008
Manhattan's masters of the universe can now complete a deal in the office and celebrate on the golf course ten minutes later. Toby Ingleton finds out more.
1 October 2008
Although it is obvious that golf is a large and successful sport, no-one has, up to now, been able to put a figure on its exact worth to the global economy.
1 October 2008
GCA looks at the financial benefits of course renovations.
1 October 2008
Architect Tom Mackenzie is building a golf course in one of the most important historic parklands of England. Adam Lawrence paid a site visit.
1 October 2008
A round at Pine Valley would surely make any golfer happy? Toby Ingleton describes why his first reaction was angst.
1 October 2008
How to challenge the good player while remaining fun for the hacker is the central problem of golf design.
1 October 2008
With the recent announcement that the European Tour's English Open will be returning to St Mellion from 2009-2013, operator Crown Golf has embarked on a major revamp of the Cornish resort.
1 October 2008
Peter Harradine explains why he thinks the renovation of existing courses must be the most nerve-racking and thankless commission bestowed on any golf architect.
1 October 2008
Adam Lawrence travelled to Messinia, Greece, to see a massive new golf development.
1 October 2008
A residential first and a golf course to match. Adam Lawrence reports.
1 October 2008
The Pine Lakes Country Club restoration project is on schedule for its March 2009 unveiling.
1 October 2008
The refurbishment of the Torrance course at Fairmont St Andrews is progressing well.
1 October 2008
Butterfield Country Club has engaged architect Steve Smyers for a full renovation of its William Langford-designed course.
1 October 2008
British design practice Swan Golf Designs has won a major new contract in Germany.
1 October 2008
Architect Neal Meagher recently completed an extensive course renovation project for the Belmont Country Club in California.
1 October 2008
Author Joel Zuckerman has produced a reverential tribute to the work of golf's greatest living designer.
1 October 2008
Robert Sidorsky's new book promises to give golfers a quick view of some of the important events in the evolution of the game.
1 October 2008
Access programme becomes official golf development scheme for South Africa's Western Cape province.
1 October 2008
Harradine Golf has completed the subgrading phase of the Mudon Golf Course in Dubai, UAE.
1 October 2008
A 100-acre £20m Playsport complex combining golf, football, tennis and swimming is planned for East Kilbride in Scotland.
1 October 2008
The major topics to be covered at the upcoming third annual European Golf Business Conference have been revealed.
1 October 2008
The newly-renovated Moody Gardens course on Galveston Island off the coast of Texas is the first golf facility to use the Sea Spray seeded variety of paspalum grass, recently introduced by turf supplier Scotts.
1 October 2008
The New Kuta Golf Course has revealed all 18 holes of its Golfplan-Fream, Dale & Ramsey design, on the Indonesian island of Bali.
1 October 2008
Rick Jacobson's golf course design practice is expanding into the European market with a new resort project in Southern Italy.
1 October 2008
Architect Mike Dasher has completed a total renovation of the historic Dubsdread course in Orlando.
1 October 2008
Wilfried Moroder discusses the challenges of building golf courses in mountain regions.
1 October 2008
The sustainability of golf is a high profile issue at the moment, and it's not likely to get any less so in the future. Golf courses around the world are under pressure to become more environmentally-friendly, which generally means using less wate
1 October 2008
Leading American golf architect Tom Doak recently gave this year's Toro Design Lecture to students on the European Institute of Golf Course Architects diploma programme.
1 October 2008
The World Atlas of Golf might just be the most important golf architecture publication of all.
1 October 2008
Seattle-based architect John Harbottle has had a busy summer with two major openings.
1 October 2008
Irish design practice Jeff Howes Golf Design has been to redevelop Newlands Golf Club in Dublin.
1 October 2008
The golf industry must trumpet its record of good environmental stewardship more loudly, says double Major champion Nick Price.
1 October 2008
Mungo Park details the life and work of his illustrious ancestor.
1 July 2008
Has the golf world finally begun to embrace synthetic products in courses and practice facilities?
1 July 2008
After a decade, the restoration of MacKenzie's beloved course is now complete, reports Richard Green.
1 July 2008
A refresh for a Golden Age classic.
1 July 2008
High hopes for Krause's stadium layout.
1 July 2008
Weed brings the blowout look to the public golfer.
1 July 2008
Golfers at the upcoming Open Championship will face a Royal Birkdale course that has been lengthened and altered since Mark O'Meara's victory there ten years ago.
1 July 2008
With some of the most radical shaping seen on a golf course, achieving good grass coverage on the newly-opened Castle course in St Andrews was a challenge for the construction and grow-in team.
1 July 2008
Syngenta has expanded the scope of the UK and Ireland version of its Greencast Web service for greenkeepers and turf managers.
1 July 2008
Richard Goodale travels the byways of Ireland in search of the legacy of the country's most important golf designer.
1 July 2008
All golfers know of the Old Course but only a lucky few people actually visit St Andrews and play it.
1 July 2008
Schmidt-Curley Design is constructing a four-course project at the Maravia Golf Club in La Paz, Mexico.
1 July 2008
Pete Dye is back in 'Greater Europe' for the first time in 20 years.
1 July 2008
Tetherow Golf Club in Bend, Oregon, USA has set the opening date of its course for 26 July.
1 July 2008
Italian architect Wilfried Moroder has secured a contract to design and construct a 36-hole golf resort in the country's Piedmont region.
1 July 2008
Irish firm Jeff Howes Golf Design has expanded its operations in central Europe.
1 July 2008
A century since Rev WW Tulloch published the only previous biography of the Victorian age of golf's defining character, David Malcolm and Peter Crabtree have completed a detailed study of Old Tom's life, works and influence.
1 July 2008
Kiwi architect Scott Macpherson has given us the most detailed picture yet of how golf's most famous landscape came to be how it is.
1 July 2008
American architect Tom Fazio is constructing a mid-length, par four number 18 at Corales Golf Club at Puntacana Resort & Club in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
1 July 2008
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and city comptroller William Thompson have announced that the city has entered into negotiations with Sanford Golf Design for the design and construction management of a golf course at Ferry Point Park in the Bronx.
1 July 2008
The days of developments in which golf holes are strung out with rows of houses either side are largely behind us, according to an eminent panel of architects and consultants.
1 July 2008
The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) has released guidelines detailing the issue of pace of play from a design perspective.
1 July 2008
Ben Hogan famously brought the 'monster' of Oakland Hills to its knees in the 1951 US Open.
1 July 2008
Vasatorp Golfklubb in Sweden has opened its new tournament course, the latest design from Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates.
1 July 2008
Co-designer Tony Jacklin gave Adam Lawrence a tour of America's best new private golf course.
1 July 2008
Architect Chris Pitman describes how he restored Alistair MacKenzie's 'pleasurable excitement' at Titirangi.
1 July 2008
The Rock Golf Club's 18-hole Nick Faldo design has reopened after undergoing a series of refinements.
1 July 2008
The Water's Edge Golf Course, Chicago, USA has reopened following a US$5 million renovation by golf architect Richard Mandell and Aspen Corporation.
1 July 2008
According to a panel of international golf experts assembled by Club Car, international golf operations are becoming increasingly 'westernised' and changing from a social club situation to performancebased businesses.
1 July 2008
Construction has started on a sustainable pay-and-play golf course in Leigh, north of Manchester, UK.
1 July 2008
Bernhard Langer tells GCA he enjoys old-style golf, but prefers it without too much randomness.
1 July 2008
Whoever first thought of building golf courses on Madeira was ambitious indeed.
1 July 2008
The greatest golfer the world has seen, now running the world’s most successful course design firm.
1 July 2008
Golf course developers are the key to the future of the industry.
1 April 2008
Every golfer knows that the world's oldest courses are in Scotland, the home of the game.
1 April 2008
Some concepts just seem to fit together perfectly; others, by contrast, appear completely at odds.
1 April 2008
Dubai is like nothing else on earth.
1 April 2008
Parkland has become a catch-all term for golf courses that don't fit into any other category. Adam Lawrence reports on a new, genuine parkland track.
1 April 2008
The poor old punter. You can see the frustration.
1 April 2008
It has taken eight years, but Mark Parsinen is on the cusp of making a much-anticipated return with his second Scottish links offering.
1 April 2008
Architect Simon Gidman has completed a nine-hole addition to Stonebridge Golf Club in Coventry, England.
1 April 2008
Royal Antwerp's Championship course, consistently voted the best golf course in Belgium and, after Pau in France, the second oldest course in mainland Europe, has just completed a major bunker restoration overseen by Dimitri van Hauwaert of Diamon
1 April 2008
A well-known name is returning to the European Tour schedule from next year.
1 April 2008
Design firm Harradine Golf has expanded into yet another new territory, in this case Khartoum in Sudan, where the company has recently started the construction of the country's first grass golf course.
1 April 2008
Golf architect John Sanford has started work on Hacienda Bay, a new golf course located on the Mediterranean coast of northern Egypt.
1 April 2008
Arizona-based architect Gary Stephenson has started a programme of renovation works at the Fairmont St Andrews resort (formerly known as St Andrews Bay).
1 April 2008
Architect Rick Jacobson is to include an island green as part of his renovation of the East Course at the Hilton Indian Lakes Resort outside Chicago.
1 April 2008
German architect Rolf-Stephan Hansen has finished the build of the Budersand golf course on the island of Sylt, close to the country's border with Denmark.
1 April 2008
The late Fred Hawtree, a golf architect since 1938, edited the second volume of this anthology in 1999, towards the end of his life.
1 April 2008
Not a golf architecture book, it's true, but Bob Labbance, who has coauthored this volume with Brian Siplo, has written extensively on the subject in the past, as, for example, in his history of golf course management, Keepers of the Green.
1 April 2008
Plans are in place for a new golf and country club in County Cork, Ireland.
1 April 2008
The Indoor Golf Arena, the world's largest indoor golf centre, is expected to be open in the Netherlands by 2010, with a number of local councils showing interest.
1 April 2008
After a few years being held on the Roman Road course at Celtic Manor, this year's Wales Open will be the golfing public's first chance to see the new Twenty Ten course, built at great expense specifically to hold the Ryder Cup.
1 April 2008
Mississaugua Golf & Country Club will unveil its most significant renovation project in club history this spring with the reopening of its newly transformed greens.
1 April 2008
After a decade of work, the restoration of the Donald Ross-designed Essex Golf & Country Club (G&CC) in Canada is complete.
1 April 2008
Of all the professional golfers who have sought, as their playing careers wound down, to reinvent themselves by using their name and reputation to drive other business opportunities, surely none have been as successful as Greg Norman.
1 April 2008
Yes, you read the headline correctly: I said par-FREE, not par three.
1 April 2008
Following last year's launch of the Golf Benchmark Survey, I am delighted that we can again partner with Golf Course Architecture to bring you the results from our second survey.
1 April 2008
Golf gets a poor rap from a wide variety of sources.
1 April 2008
Forrest Richardson profiles the life and works of the eccentric British architect.
1 April 2008
Adam Lawrence talks to the veteran American architect about beauty.
1 January 2008
Never short of an opinion on screen in his role as one of Sky Sports’ voices of golf, Scotsman Ewen Murray is just the same away from the TV.
1 January 2008
Thomas Himmel moulds golfing drama into a Mallorcan hillside.
1 January 2008
An innovative design for practice or play.
1 January 2008
Hawtree builds a replacement for Colt.
1 January 2008
The architect of Whistling Straits, Kiawah Island and TPC Sawgrass spills the beans about his life, his golf courses and his love for messing with pros' minds.
1 January 2008
Hazards define the game of golf, and a course on which they are poorly placed is a frustrating, joyless place. Adam Lawrence investigates their use.
1 January 2008
The majority of golf shots are played on or around greens, so green design is central to the
success of any course. But, as the pressure to increase green speeds grows, so the ability of
architects to build interesting greens is reduced. Or is it?
1 January 2008
An English eccentric who built many of the best courses of continental Europe, Tom Simpson is a true unsung hero of course design, says Tom Mackenzie
1 January 2008
Malcolm Peake visits Askernish in its infancy and gives his verdict.
1 January 2008
David McPherson visits Doug Carrick's latest seaside creation.
1 January 2008
One of the world’s longest golf courses and without doubt the most spectacular par three.
1 January 2008
Jeremy Pern reckons Croatia will become an important market for golf development in the near future.
1 October 2007
Golf is experiencing significant growth across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
1 October 2007
Construction is the missing link between designer and golfer.
1 October 2007
Isolated communities are struggling the world over.
1 October 2007
British architect Martin Hawtree has been hired by developer Donald Trump to design the proposed Trump Golf Scotland course amid the dunes of Menie Links, north of Aberdeen.
1 October 2007
Like a marriage, a successful partnership is all about accentuating the positives.
1 October 2007
The first time GCA visited the Renaissance Club was in the spring of 2006, when the course was in the relatively early stages of construction, with playing corridors cleared and a few greens shaped, but no grass on the course.
1 October 2007
Senior Tour star Romero tells GCA of his plans to build his own design business.
1 October 2007
Golf courses have changed tremendously in my lifetime – and while there have been many positive developments, there are also some aspects of modern golf course design and maintenance I am not so keen on.
1 October 2007
Iam sure that all architects' offices are now fully computerised and produce incredible images with the help of the latest computer aided design systems.
1 October 2007
Both times I have visited The Shire, the first course in the UK to be designed by Trajectory, Seve Ballesteros' design practice, I went thoroughly prepared to hate the place.
1 October 2007
The island of Cyprus is beginning to emerge as a credible golf destination for tourists from across Europe.
1 October 2007
Project near St Andrews offers golfers a taste of how the game used to be.
1 October 2007
The flood of development money that has washed through Irish golf in the last decade has made a dramatic impact on the golfing outlook of the Emerald Isle.
1 October 2007
Denmark's first Robert Trent Jones II (RTJII) designed golf course was formally unveiled recently at the Skjoldenæsholm Golf Centre.
1 October 2007
British firm Swan Golf Designs has been appointed to design the new 27 hole Mysore Golf Community in southern Indian by developer Sastry Development Group of Companies.
1 October 2007
The 18-hole course at Sportsman's Country Club in Northbrook, Illinois, reopened this summer after being restored by architect Rick Jacobson.
1 October 2007
The ConCan Country Club course in southwest Texas was designed by the Austin-based duo of Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell.
1 October 2007
Tony Jacklin's newly-established design practice is to design a second golf complex in Cyprus, replacing the existing 18 holes at Secret Valley with two completely new 18-hole golf courses.Combined, the courses will form a 36- hole golf complex in
1 October 2007
The European Golf Business Conference will return to Amsterdam from November 28-30 at the five-star Renaissance Hotel.
1 October 2007
Mass grading is underway at Hasley Canyon, where Arnold Palmer's company is creating the first Arnold Palmer signature course in greater Los Angeles.
1 October 2007
The same team that created the highly rated Kinloch Golf Club in Virginia has reunited to produce a golf facility in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside Roanoke, in the same state.
1 October 2007
Jeff Howes Golf Design (JHGD) has completed its redevelopment project at Wexford Golf Club, Ireland, with the official launch planned for late September.
1 October 2007
The Red Leaves golf resort in Ontario, Canada has undertaken a series of alterations to its Rock course.
1 October 2007
Royal Dornoch has become the first golf course in Europe to install Toro's new GDC-controlled irrigation system.
1 October 2007
Pat Ruddy's self-published memoir of his years spent creating his course at the European Club, is everything anyone who has ever had contact with the man would expect.
1 October 2007
Golf architect Richard Mandell (author of this month's Pioneer piece on Donald Ross, see p26) has put together something truly monumental with this volume.
1 October 2007
Canada's greatest golf architect richly deserves this tribute from the leading lights in his country's golf industry today.
1 October 2007
On 27 June, the Texas Hill Country region was subjected to as much as 19 inches of rain in just a four-hour period.
1 October 2007
This year's annual Thanksgiving weekend Skins Game will showcase a new design by a British architect in the US.
1 October 2007
Course construction is well underway here amid the tropical dunescape of Vietnam's fastest growing resort destination, where a Colin Montgomerie signature design will soon stand as the area's first 18-hole layout.
1 October 2007
Kingennie Country Resort in Scotland has opened a new nine-hole course designed by architect Graeme Webster of Niblick Golf Design.
1 October 2007
Donald Ross may well be the most
misunderstood golf architect of all time, says Richard Mandell.
1 October 2007
Is Royal Dornoch about to lose its status as the most northerly great golf course?
1 August 2007
Few will have heard of him, but many have played the holes he laid out. Richard Goodale argues that Archie Simpson deserves far more attention.
1 July 2007
The pretty lakeside resort of Bled in Slovenia has a slight aura of faded grandeur to it.
1 July 2007
If the current minor vogue for 'classic' styles of golf design that has seen courses such as Pacific Dunes, Sebonack and Erin Hills grab attention among architectural buffs and golfers alike can be dated to one particular point in time, it
1 July 2007
Fifteen students currently working their way through the European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EIGCA) diploma programme, three tutors, a visiting lecturer and a number of observers, including one from GCA, descended on the Victoria Golf Club in
1 July 2007
The 1999 Open, held at the Carnoustie links on the north-east coast of Scotland, was one of the most memorable, and controversial, in the Championship's long history.
1 July 2007
With an ever-increasing supply of destinations to tempt the golfing tourist, building a successful golf resort has never been more difficult/
1 July 2007
The process of developing a successful high-end golf resort is well-understood.
1 July 2007
The new golf course at Gary Player's former South African residence, Blair Atholl, opened on Saturday 21 April.
1 July 2007
Nick Faldo and project architect Guy Hockley are close to completing Faldo Design's first golf course project in Portugal.
1 July 2007
Architect Gene Bates has finished the first phase of a major renovation of Bayonet Golf Course in Monterey, California.
1 July 2007
The famous winter resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, host of the 1956 Winter Olympics and home to the Italian jet set and glitterati, is finally to acquire an 18 hole golf course.
1 July 2007
What are golf travel guides for?
1 July 2007
If Links of Heaven makes one want immediately to jump on a plane and head for Ireland, what effect must this book have?
1 July 2007
One of American golf architecture's key early works, the Old Course at the Bedford Springs resort in southern Pennsylvania is to reopen after a restoration by architect Ron Forse.
1 July 2007
Scotland-based property developer FM Group has unveiled plans for a £682 million (US$1.35 billion) golf resort in the Cape Verde Islands, located in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
1 July 2007
Charles Blair Macdonald – the man who originally coined the term 'golf course architect' – will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on 12 November.
1 July 2007
A new golf course in Michigan, USA, is to incorporate the myths of the Native American tribe on whose land it is being built as part of its design.
1 July 2007
PowerPlay Golf is to build its first course in the Scottish town of East Kilbride, as part of Playgolf Holdings's new public sports complex in the town.
1 July 2007
The fifth playing of Seve Ballesteros's 'mini Ryder Cup', pitting Great Britain and Ireland against a team representing continental Europe, will take place this September on a course he helped to design.
1 July 2007
The final nine holes at Faldo Design's new Cottonwood Hills course in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA, have just opened.
1 July 2007
Marketing golf course architecture was the theme of the annual conference of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EIGCA), held recently in Portmarnock, Ireland.
1 July 2007
Swan Golf Designs is progressing with its two-year renovation plan at the Karnataka Golf Association in Bangalore, India.
1 July 2007
KPMG's fourth annual Golf Business Forum brought over 250 delegates from 40 countries leading golf companies to Budapest in May.
1 July 2007
Only Severiano Ballesteros can rival Tony Jacklin's importance in the development of European golf.
1 July 2007
Sustainable development is a problematic phrase.
1 July 2007
Numerous times over the last few years I have heard that Stanley Thompson's original design for Allandale Golf Club in Canada was still completely intact.
1 July 2007
Like other Eastern European countries, Poland is currently something of a blind spot on the European golf map.
1 July 2007
Today, one can rarely read an article about a golf course without seeing the word 'minimalism' somewhere in the description.
1 July 2007
Are holes, and entire courses, that are based on someone else’s design themes somehow a lesser type of architecture? Adam Lawrence investigates.
1 July 2007
Lester George has recaptured the glories of old by restoring the Greenbrier's Old White course, says Bruce Matson.
1 April 2007
Golf marketing professionals tend to have a fairly free and easy way with words.
1 April 2007
Three of the most famous golf images in the world originate from my home club, Conwy in north Wales. The three paintings are entitled 'Difficult Bunker', 'The Drive' and 'Putting Green', but as their locatio
1 April 2007
When Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus shook hands on the Ailsa's eighteenth green after the Open of 1977, members of the R&A must have been rubbing theirs in glee.
1 April 2007
For a creative process, golf design requires a remarkable degree of problem-solving skills.
1 April 2007
The first course at Lough Erne Golf Resort in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is now close to being finished, in preparation for a 2008 opening.
1 April 2007
One of the most eagerly awaited course openings of 2007 is set to take place in June in Washington, USA.
1 April 2007
The latest big money golf development in Dubai is to involve not one but three highprofile signature designers.
1 April 2007
If a 300 acre parcel of shorefront land bordered on one side by Shinnecock Hills and on the other by the National Golf Links of America wasn't destined one day to become a golf course, it's hard to imagine what is.
1 April 2007
Richard Latham, author of the definitive guide to Woodhall Spa's Hotchkin course, has done it again.
1 April 2007
Golf course management professionals have long benefited from advances in research supported by funding from the Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organisation of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).
1 April 2007
Of all the monstrously difficult golf courses to which the US Open pays a regular visit, only one has the reputation of slowing down its greens when America's national championship comes to town.
1 April 2007
Pete Dye's Mountain course at La Quinta in California has just been extensively renovated by the resort, with the assistance of the architect and his son Perry.
1 April 2007
Golf architect and writer Dr Michael Hurdzan has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the American Society of Golf Course Architects' (ASGCA) highest honour, the Donald Ross Award.
1 April 2007
The craze for signature courses is being driven too much by marketing, designer Peter Harradine has claimed.
1 April 2007
'Golf Development in the Emerging Markets' will be the theme of the fourth annual KPMG Golf Business Forum, which brings together golf and real estate developers, investment groups, banks, equity funds, master planners, course architects,
1 April 2007
Ewen Murray, former PGA tournament professional and now a journalist and the principal golf commentator for Sky TV, has begun to work with Howard Swan and his team at Swan Golf Designs.
1 April 2007
Valderrama Golf Club owner Jaime Ortiz-Patiño is close to obtaining final planning consents to start work on another golf course, only a couple of miles away from the famous Spanish track.
1 April 2007
Architect Tom Doak has broken ground at Wicked Pony, part of the new Remington Ranch development outside Bend, Oregon.
1 April 2007
Golf development in southern Portugal is continuing apace.
1 April 2007
Five years of planning and construction work have come to fruition for architect Jonathan Gaunt, who has completed a new 18-hole pay-and-play course at Burstwick Country Golf in East Yorkshire.
1 April 2007
World number three golfer Phil Mickelson is the latest top pro to get into the signature design business.
1 April 2007
It's ironic that last year's Ryder Cup, the biggest golf event to be held on the island of Ireland since the Open Championship made its one foray to Royal Portrush in 1951, should have been held at the K Club, an unabashed American-style p
1 April 2007
For those with a flair for the melodramatic, the story might read: "The green that may have seen the final putts of some of the first Open Championships is to be destroyed to make way for an expansion of a horse racing track.
1 April 2007
1775: Musselburgh Golf Club formed
1 April 2007
Golf remains unknown to many Italians, but for some years, the profile of the game has been increasing.
1 April 2007
We are treading a well worn path when we discuss innovations in golfing technology and the reciprocal effect that recent shifts have had on the game, but this could be the most serious issue that golf has ever had to deal with.
1 April 2007
At Caldicott Hall in Norfolk, we're developing a site for 48 Svenskabin Swedish timber homes from KDM.
1 April 2007
One only has to read the pages of Golf Course Architecture, with its regular announcements of new courses being built, to understand that golf development continues to grow at a rapid rate.
1 April 2007
Slow play is one of the curses of modern golf and one solution to the problem lies in the hands of course architects.
1 April 2007
How do budding architects get started? We talked to a number of relative newcomers to the business to find out.
1 January 2007
The game of golf continues to develop around the world. Which golf markets will be the hotspots of the future?
1 January 2007
It might have been one of the mildest autumns on record, but it didn't feel like it teeing off at The Carrick in October.
1 January 2007
Time, we are continually told, is one of the biggest single obstacles to the growth of golf.
1 January 2007
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has come a long way since its formal inception in the USA over 35 years ago.
1 January 2007
Tiger Woods has taken his presence in the golf industry a stage further by launching Tiger Woods Design – a golf course design company that plans to embark upon projects around the world.
1 January 2007
Bandon Dunes, the Oregon, USA, golf resort, is to add a fourth course to its portfolio.
1 January 2007
Colin Montgomerie, along with architecture practice European Golf Design, has been signed up to design an 18-hole tournament golf course and nine hole short course for the Riffa Golf and Residential Development Company in Bahrain.
1 January 2007
This reissue of golf journalist – and former PGA Tour caddy – Brad Klein's collection of essays on golf, courses and design is not just a good read, but a terrific one.
1 January 2007
OK, it's a coffee table book, but it's a very, very good one.
1 January 2007
Computer Aided Design (CAD) has revolutionised the way golf courses are designed and most golf architecture firms now use a CAD system.
1 January 2007
KPMG's newly published Golf Benchmark Survey in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) should revitalise an international business starved of quality information and provide industry stakeholders with essential performance and financial benchma
1 January 2007
Some articles write themselves.Occasionally as a golf writer you visit a course that is either so overwhelmingly wonderful, or so horrific, the response is almost automatic.
1 January 2007
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales, a regular host for prominent events including the Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup, Curtis Cup, and the Home Internationals, has been refurbished by Welsh architect David Williams.
1 January 2007
The first World Golf Championship (WGC) event of the year, the Accenture Match Play, is moving from its previous home in California to the newly constructed South Course at the Gallery club near Tucson, Arizona.
1 January 2007
British design firm Mackenzie and Ebert is starting 2007 with a busy roster of new projects and renovations.
1 January 2007
The Karnataka Golf Association course in Bangalore, India, is to be renovated by British firm Swan Golf Designs.
1 January 2007
Developed by Macdonald Hotels & Resorts and situated adjacent to the recently refurbished Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort, the Spey Valley golf course has opened for limited play, and will be open for full membership in Spring 2007.
1 January 2007
The Ladies European Tour (LET) has awarded the 2011 Solheim Cup to an as-yet unbuilt course at Killeen Castle, County Meath, Ireland.
1 January 2007
US golf architects Coore and Crenshaw have opened their latest creation, the Saguaro course at the We-Ko-Pa resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
1 January 2007
The BTME and Clubhouse event 'Harrogate Week' will be taking place from 21-25 January, featuring over two hundred exhibitors covering the whole of the groundcare industry.
1 January 2007
KPMG has conducted its first Golf Benchmark Survey in the EMEA region, collecting comparable information regarding the operational and financial performance of 800 golf courses in 27 countries.
1 January 2007
Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, the location of Stanley Thompson's legendary Highlands Links is to be the site for a new course designed by Nick Faldo's company.
1 January 2007
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland has filed its outline planning application to Aberdeenshire Council for proposed resort facilities including the hotel, clubhouse, golf practice facilities, holiday homes and golf lodges as well as additional resor
1 January 2007
Architect Rolf-Stephan Hansen has completed shaping 17 holes of the Budersand project on the German island of Sylt.
1 January 2007
Golf architecture aficionados often bemoan the negative impact that club and ball technology has had on classic golf courses.
1 January 2007
Howard Swan, who has worked on many of Braid's courses, describes the life and legacy of the Scottish member of the Great Triumvirate.
1 January 2007
Routing "It is both necessary and desirable that the holes should be laid out as suggested by the lie of the land, every natural obstacle being taken advantage of"
1 January 2007
Golf course design, grass choice, and turf management are all intimately linked and unless they co-exist harmoniously the way a golf course plays and looks can be adversely affected for generations.
1 January 2007
If golf was once a good walk, spoiled or otherwise, for many it is now a ride. Has the golf cart, and the infrastructure that goes with it, changed the game for good or ill?
1 October 2006
With the Open Championship having returned to Royal Liverpool for the first time in 40 years in 2006, attention has naturally been drawn to some of the other links that have hosted the championship in the past.
1 October 2006
A recent site visit by GCA revealed good progress on the construction of St Andrews' new Course Number 7.
1 October 2006
The restoration of the 18 hole golf course at Askernish in the Western Isles of Scotland, originally designed by Old Tom Morris in 1892 (GCA issue 4), is to go ahead this winter.
1 October 2006
One of the most ambitious golf courses in Germany is currently under construction at Wittenbeck on the Baltic coast.
1 October 2006
Anthony Edgeworth is one of golf's bestrespected photographers.
1 October 2006
Veteran golf architects and historians Geoffrey Cornish and Michael Hurdzan, between them the designers of hundreds of courses and the authors of dozens of books, have produced this bibliography with the backing of all the world's four major group
1 October 2006
The tenth anniversary edition of the Peugeotbacked guide to Europe's 'top 1,000' golf courses follows the well-proven format established by the previous books – a Michelin guide for golf courses, if you like.
1 October 2006
Thomson Perrett & Lobb is designing a heathland style course on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.
1 October 2006
At the recent Golf Business Forum, KPMG's Andrea Sartori invited visitors to look at the website www.golfbenchmark.com for information on the firm's golf benchmarking survey.
1 October 2006
Golf in Scandinavia is on the up.
1 October 2006
Set on a hillside a few miles inland of the Home of Golf, the Duke's Course has, since its opening a decade ago, been something of an outlier in St Andrews' golfing circles.
1 October 2006
Turf manufacturer Ransomes Jacobsen has signed a three-year agreement to become the official supplier of turf maintenance equipment and vehicles to Golf Environment Europe.
1 October 2006
Site clearance has started at Cabot Links on the Canadian island of Cape Breton (see GCA issue 3), the proposed course at Inverness, which stands to be one of the most important developments in the history of Canadian golf.
1 October 2006
The first conference of the recently established European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA) will take place in Amsterdam from November 23-25.
1 October 2006
Faldo Design is starting work on a new course at Ponta do Pargo on the north western tip of the Portuguese island of Madeira.
1 October 2006
The Golf Consultants Association says that it expects the 2006 Business of Golf conference, being held at Celtic Manor in Wales from 29-31 October, to be its biggest event yet.
1 October 2006
UK Architect Simon Gidman has recently completed a project to rebuild all 18 greens at Northenden GC in Manchester.
1 October 2006
Italian magazine Il Mondo del Golf has voted Le Madonie in Sicily the best new course in Italy.
1 October 2006
UK-based golf simulation specialist Sports Coach Systems has recently completed simulating two courses for Oceanico Developments in Portugal.
1 October 2006
Having completed a rebunkering project last year, Swan Golf Designs has started work on the second phase of renovation at Bundoran Golf Club in County Donegal, Ireland.
1 October 2006
Sanctioned by both the Australasian and European Tours, the New Zealand Open heads back to Gulf Harbour, on the Hibiscus Peninsula near Auckland, at the end of November.
1 October 2006
A new handheld GPS device for golfers has been launched by joint developers Golf Plus and the Australian firm Tee2Green Technologies.
1 October 2006
Roger Jones Golf Design is starting a 30-week programme of upgrading to Balcarrick Golf Club outside Dublin."
1 October 2006
Along with Peter McEvoy and a little further back Michael Bonallack, Gary Wolstenholme is among the greatest amateur golfers Britain has produced in the modern era.
1 October 2006
Born in 1901, Bernhard von Limburger learned the game of golf as a young boy in Scotland.
1 October 2006
Following more than three years of planning, construction has finally started at Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, some three hours drive east from Vancouver, in British Columbia's unique, desert-like interior.
1 October 2006
The best way to find a solution to your water quality problems is to obtain a better understanding of the components that impact the delicate balance of a pond's ecosystem.
1 October 2006
The traditional approach to golf housing has been to line the fairways with as much housing as possible to maximise the bottom line.
1 October 2006
A year after formally retiring and passing most of his interests in course design to his long-time associates Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert, veteran British golf architect Donald Steel has begun a new project.
1 October 2006
Golf clubs, golf shoes, passport! Well, not quite, but playing on a golf course that spans two countries must be quite an exciting and unusual experience.
1 October 2006
Golf courses rarely remain unchanged for many years. But should courses be altered to match the modern game?
1 October 2006
The influence of CAD has touched most parts of the design process.With computerised flythroughs and 3D visualisations commonplace, Mark Alexander looks at pros and cons of going digital.
1 July 2006
On the southwest coast of Ireland, Dooks GC has gained a reputation amongst the lucrative American tourist market as something of a hidden gem.
1 July 2006
Renaissance Golf Design, the firm of American architect Tom Doak, is well under way with construction on his first course in Britain.
1 July 2006
As happens often throughout the creative process, an idea that starts out as a lark will often become a fortunate set of circumstances.
1 July 2006
How should aspiring golf architects go about getting into the industry?
1 July 2006
Harry Colt's course at Golf de Saint-Germain, to the west of Paris, which opened back in 1922, is being restored by an exceptional fourball of contributors.
1 July 2006
Don't be fooled into thinking that Donald Ross's legacy to the North Carolina Sandhills region lies just at the Pinehurst resort itself.
1 July 2006
Irish golf architect Jeff Howes has started construction on a new 18 hole course at Carigglas in County Longford.
1 July 2006
Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros's design firm has largely completed its first course in the UK.
1 July 2006
Designed in 1935 by Fred Hawtree, Hill Barn GC, on the Downs above the south coast of England, has recently been enhanced by Fred's grandson Martin.
1 July 2006
European Golf Design has signed a deal with Papillon Hotels to build a Colin Montgomerie signature course in the Belek region of Turkey, near Antalya.
1 July 2006
Architect firm Robert Trent Jones II is designing Hungary's first masterplanned golf resort at Zala Springs in the west of the country.
1 July 2006
Frankfurter Golf Club, one of only two courses in Germany designed by Harry Colt, and host to 12 German Opens, is being remodelled by architect Christoph Städler.
1 July 2006
French-based architect Jeremy Pern has recently been appointed project designer for Andorra's first full length nine hole course.
1 July 2006
Editor Malcolm Peake is one of the great advocates for traditional golf in the UK.
1 July 2006
The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects' annual review of the course design industry continues to go from strength to strength.
1 July 2006
GCA contributor Richard Goodale has produced a second in OptimizeGolf's series of upmarket course companions, to go with his earlier volume on Royal Dornoch (a third, on Carnoustie, is in production).
1 July 2006
The new 36-hole complex being built by architects Hawtree for Dun Laoghaire GC in Ireland is progressing.
1 July 2006
Open qualifying venue Gullane Golf Club in Scotland has installed a new irrigation system, designed by UK consultants Irriplan.
1 July 2006
Nick Faldo has opened the Old Links course at Ballyliffin Golf Club in County Donegal, after it was renovated by his design company, Faldo Design.
1 July 2006
Jack Nicklaus visited Croatia in May for the official signing and announcement of the republic's first Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course.
1 July 2006
Citing a lack of water resources, the design firms of Ernie Els and Jack Nicklaus have withdrawn from a planned golf course development at Waterberg in South Africa.
1 July 2006
The R&A Golf Course Committee is funding two projects to examine different aspects of sustainable course management
1 July 2006
Was Old Tom really the first great golf architect, or is his reputation inflated by those who redesigned his courses? Richard Goodale tries to find out.
1 July 2006
Slovenia's ninth golf course, designed by Ljubica Jovetic of UK firm Swan Golf Designs, opens its first nine holes for play in July.
1 July 2006
Construction of De Vere Hotels' new Carrick course on the banks of Loch Lomond is expected to be finished during August.
1 July 2006
Features that we love on old golf courses are too often criticised when built today, says US Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman.
1 July 2006
One family involved in the renovation, design and construction of three different courses at the same location, over three generations and over a period of 81 years.
1 July 2006
Forrest shares his thoughts on working with a linksland site.
1 July 2006
Until someone comes up with a more preferable option, initial specifications for environmentally friendly golf greens will continue to be a fescue/bent mix.
1 July 2006
Earlier in the year I had a couple of days to spare in Cancun,Mexico.
1 July 2006
Roberto de Vicenzo's win in the 1967 Open Championship was the first – and, to date only – major championship victory by a South American player.
1 April 2006
American property tycoon Donald Trump wants to build the latest addition to his string of top-end golf courses in Scotland.
1 April 2006
Linna Golf, the latest member of the PGA European Tour Courses Group, has opened in Finland.
1 April 2006
The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales is making progress with over £4m worth of improvements to accommodate the Ryder Cup.
1 April 2006
A new golf resort, designed as a memorial to Donald Ross, is set to open in 2008.
1 April 2006
Golf architects Forrest Richardson and Mark Fine have written a comprehensive guide to the history, design and theory of hazards.
1 April 2006
Nicklaus Design has been chosen to create a golf course at Palm Hills in Egypt.
1 April 2006
Stephen Goodwin's story of how the resort and its three courses came into being is inspiring on many levels.
1 April 2006
The second annual Golf Consultants Association Business of Golf conference will be held at the Celtic Manor resort in Newport,Wales, from October 29-31.
1 April 2006
In February 2005, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus announced its Policy for Encouraging Investments in Golf Courses.
1 April 2006
Paul Albanese has taken over from Mike Wood as head of Edinburgh College of Art's postgraduate golf course architecture courses.
1 April 2006
Karnataka Golf Association course is about to receive an upgrade in the hands of Swan Golf Designs.
1 April 2006
Former PGA of America boss Jim Awtrey has been honoured with the prestigious Donald Ross Award from the ASGCA.
1 April 2006
Mission Hills Golf Club in China has added floodlights to its Duval and Sorenstam courses to facilitate nightime golf.
1 April 2006
Plans for a new hotel and two golf courses at Castle Stuart, Dalcross, near Inverness are to go ahead.
1 April 2006
A new course currently under construction on the island of Sylt will be Germany's first true links course, according to architect Rolf-Stephan Hansen.
1 April 2006
Double Major champion Mark O'Meara tells GCA he thinks the best courses should offer strong visuals and be open to the wind.
1 April 2006
Canadian golf architect Jeff Mingay profiles his fellow countryman, the larger than life designer of Banff Springs, Jasper Park and Highlands Links.
1 April 2006
Jason Straka looks at the most important aspect of the golf course architecture business.
1 April 2006
John Fought discusses how to design a golf course in Arizona.
1 April 2006
Few things stir up more debate among golf course architects than the vexed question of signature designers. When touring pros, or indeed other marquee names, put their seal of approval to a golf course, say some architects, the quality and value for money
1 April 2006
Adam Lawrence had the opportunity to accompany golf course architect Martin Ebert and consultant Gordon Irvine as they sought to restore the old links of Askernish in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.
1 April 2006
The Muskoka Bay Club in Gravenhurst, Ontario is a spectacular new semi-private golf course built on the rugged and wild landscape of the Canadian Shield.
1 April 2006
The Golf Digest 100 Greatest Courses lists (GDG100) rank the stars of the golf course world.
1 April 2006
California-based architect Kyle Phillips is busy at home but his highest profile work is on this side of the Atlantic. Toby Ingleton recently met Phillips at The Grove to talk design.
1 April 2006
With an increasing number of mixed golf, housing and leisure developments springing up in Britain and Europe, masterplanning of sites is becoming ever more important.
1 January 2006
A potential classic close to Stanley Thompson's famed Highland Links.
1 January 2006
KPMG survey compares golf course development costs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
1 January 2006
Scotland's Royal Dornoch is probably the world's most northerly great links, but that might not be the case in a few years' time.
1 January 2006
The 36-hole St Patrick's Golf Links complex in Donegal, Ireland, is to be redesigned by Nicklaus Design.
1 January 2006
Construction is under way at Verdura, architect Kyle Phillips's new design in Sicily.
1 January 2006
Royal Birkdale is to undergo significant alterations in preparation for the 2008 Open, the ninth time the championship will have visited the Lancashire links.
1 January 2006
Martin Ebert discusses the importance of taking a sensible approach to designing a golf course.
1 January 2006
Jayne Leyland considers how using different turfgrasses can create more sustainable golf courses.
1 January 2006
For some, irrigation may be to blame for too-green grass, but properly used such a system can deliver firm conditions while protecting the golf course, says Adam Lawrence.
1 January 2006
Adam Lawrence spoke to Loch Lomond GC chief executive Keith Williams about the club's development.
1 January 2006
From a rubbish dump to a seventeenth century fortification.
1 January 2006
Golf architects Weed Design have completed the renovation of Brookville GC, near Tampa in Florida.
1 January 2006
The Isle of Eriska is a fantasy retreat.
1 January 2006
The TPC at Sawgrass in Florida is being renovated to improve spectator viewing facilities and to make the course more resilient to bad weather.
1 January 2006
The life of American architect AW Tillinghast, designer of courses such as Winged Foot and San Francisco Golf Club, is chronicled in Philip Young's new book.
1 January 2006
Richard Latham is director of golf at Woodhall Spa and, as such, is well placed to dissect the architecture and history of the famous Lincolnshire course.
1 January 2006
Success for the inaugral Business of Golf conference, hosted by the Golf Consultants Association.
1 January 2006
Frontier Construction has used GPS technology to complete a green renovation/restoration project at Hidden Valley Country Club.
1 January 2006
Davis Love III worries about the increasing cost of golf and would like to see a return to a more sustainable model, he tells GCA.
1 January 2006
CB Macdonald, the creator of the National Golf Links of America is renowned as the father of American golf, says Jim Noyes.
1 January 2006
American architect Tim Liddy has redesigned Peter Thomson's 1995 course at the home of golf.
1 January 2006
The most free draining golf course?
1 January 2006
The need to find a balance between housing and golf in Middle Eastern developments causes particular problems for architects, says Niall Glen of Harradine Golf.
1 January 2006
What is the cost of a well designed course?
1 January 2006
Going back as far as CB Macdonald’s ill-fated Lido, there have been expensive golf courses. But recently, the trickle of such projects has become a flood.
1 October 2005
Designer of Alwoodley and Moortown in the UK, Cypress Point and Augusta National in the USA, and Royal Melbourne in Australia, Alister MacKenzie created some of golf’s most revered courses. Mark Rowlinson investigates his legacy.
1 October 2005
Can golf course architects design courses suitable for both professional tournaments and everyday play?
1 October 2005
Intelligent design in golf is the subtle selection and evolution of golf courses, comments Jeremy Pern.
1 October 2005
Triple major champion Ernie Els has strong views on course design, founded on the experience of his 15 years touring the globe. Adam Lawrence learns more.
1 October 2005
Architect Gary Roger Baird says that Haenam Pines might just be the pebble beach of Korea.
1 October 2005
Kyle Phillips says that developers should engage an architect first, then use his skills to select a good site for their planned course.
1 October 2005
Golf’s relationship with the environment is a touchy subject. The game may not always get the fairest press, but needs to be able to show it is whiter than white, says Adam Lawrence.
1 July 2005
Palmer Design has opened its first course in Portugal, The Victoria Clube de Golfe in Vilamoura.
1 July 2005
The Education Board of the European Institute for Golf Course Architects has admitted sixteen candidates as student members.
1 July 2005
David McLay Kidd builds his first full 18 hole course in Scotland.
1 July 2005
Bovey Castle in Devon, UK, has been returned to pristine condition.
1 July 2005
Nine holes of the new Hotel/Club course at PGA Golf De Catalunya in Girona, Spain are now open for play.
1 July 2005
The famous links of St Enodoc in Cornwall, UK, has been renovated by course designers Weller McEvoy.
1 July 2005
The members of Wetherby Golf Club in West Yorkshire, UK have voted to alter the classic layout.
1 July 2005
Gleneagles' Jack Nicklaus-designed PGA Centenary course is currently being modified by David McLay Kidd.
1 July 2005
May 2005 saw the opening of a junior academy par-three course at the Stockwood Park Golf Centre in Luton, UK.
1 July 2005
Ladies European Tour is moving from its previous home at Royal Porthcawl to Machynys.
1 July 2005
Four-day programme of education, training, golf and celebration marks the fifth anniversary of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects.
1 July 2005
The Golf Consultants Association is to stage its first annual conference in October 2005, at the St Andrews Bay Hotel, Scotland.
1 July 2005
Swan Golf Designs has recently completed the remodelling of Blakes GC in Essex, UK.
1 July 2005
The Committed to Green Foundation has launched the European Forum for Sustainable Golf.
1 July 2005
Ian Woosnam is working alongside European Golf Design on two new courses in Bulgaria that are due to open in Spring 2007.
1 July 2005
Now in its eighth year, the annual journal from the Society of Australian Golf Course Architects continues to attract readers from across the globe.
1 July 2005
Proving it's more than the ultimate coffee table book, Scottish Golf Links profiles more than fifty courses with stunning photographs.
1 July 2005
Littlestone GC has become the first club in the world to successfully complete a test of its management procedures against guidelines set out by the R&A.
1 July 2005
Monty favours the penal.
1 July 2005
Bruce Critchley describes the work of the man who set the standard for the UK's inland courses.
1 July 2005
Adam Lawrence looks at Colt's work and how Martin Hawtree is dealing with a restoration project at Toronto Golf Club.
1 July 2005
Jonathan Smith discusses the importance of maximising opportunities for habitat and species conservation when designing a golf course.
1 July 2005
Author Geoff Shackelford looks at golf's current technology debate.
1 July 2005
We look at St Andrews' importance to the student of golf history and its continued greatness today.
1 July 2005
GCA takes a look at the virtue of the short par four.
1 July 2005
Tom Simpson's design at Morfontaine in France is still regarded as one of Europe's finest courses, here we find out why.
1 July 2005
True heathland courses are rare outside the UK, but this new Portuguese development could be an exception.
1 July 2005
Sand and water combine to spectacular effect at this Robert Trent Jones II course.
1 July 2005
A course on the bonny bonny banks that you can actually play.
1 July 2005
The longest sea level course in the world? Hills GC might just be that.
1 July 2005
Nick Faldo gives us his thoughts on first and last holes.