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.

The highest golf course in Europe is being expanded from nine to 18 holes.

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.

Golf Club Föhr, located on the German island of the same name, is being extended to 27 holes by design firm Städler Golf Courses.

KPMG's Golf Advisory Practice has recently published a raft of new research on the golf market.

Golfers at Faldo's newest course need strength of mind, discovers Toby Ingleton.

British firm Swan Golf Designs (SGD) has been busy around the Asian golf market.

Construction is nearing completion at the new Donnafugata Golf Resort, in the Sicilian province of Ragusa.

French Lick Resort's Pete Dye golf course is almost complete, with the opening scheduled for April 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.