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.

Time, we are continually told, is one of the biggest single obstacles to the growth of golf.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has come a long way since its formal inception in the USA over 35 years ago.

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.

Bandon Dunes, the Oregon, USA, golf resort, is to add a fourth course to its portfolio.

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.

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.

OK, it's a coffee table book, but it's a very, very good one.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) has revolutionised the way golf courses are designed and most golf architecture firms now use a CAD system.

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