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.

A potential classic close to Stanley Thompson's famed Highland Links.

KPMG survey compares golf course development costs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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.

The 36-hole St Patrick's Golf Links complex in Donegal, Ireland, is to be redesigned by Nicklaus Design.

Construction is under way at Verdura, architect Kyle Phillips's new design in Sicily.

Royal Birkdale is to undergo significant alterations in preparation for the 2008 Open, the ninth time the championship will have visited the Lancashire links.

Martin Ebert discusses the importance of taking a sensible approach to designing a golf course.

Jayne Leyland considers how using different turfgrasses can create more sustainable golf courses.

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.