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

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.

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.

The Golf Digest 100 Greatest Courses lists (GDG100) rank the stars of the golf course world.

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.

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.