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Reversible short course by RTJ II opens in Dubai
Robert Trent Jones II
News | Thu 09 Jan, 2025

Reversible short course by RTJ II opens in Dubai

Al Badia’s par-three layout has template features and can be lit for evening play

New Lobb + Partners course takes shape at Egypt’s Somabay
Lobb + Partners
News | Wed 08 Jan, 2025

New Lobb + Partners course takes shape at Egypt’s Somabay

Eighteen-hole layout has expansive Red Sea views and shaping philosophy is to ‘make it look like Mars'

Olazabal Design appointed to create new golf course in Bahrain
Olazabal Design
News | Tue 10 Dec, 2024

Olazabal Design appointed to create new golf course in Bahrain

Al Areen development will be built on the country’s west coast near the track used for F1 races

RTJ II to create new layout at Panama’s Buenaventura Resort
RTJ II
News | Wed 09 Oct, 2024

RTJ II to create new layout at Panama’s Buenaventura Resort

Course #2 will be routed through jungle and meadows, and have Pacific Ocean views

Red Sea Global’s Shura Links on track to open in 2025
Red Sea Global
News | Wed 09 Oct, 2024

Red Sea Global’s Shura Links on track to open in 2025

Grassing and landscape work is underway at the Brian Curley-designed course

IDG designs three courses for planned development in Cape Verde
International Design Group
News | Thu 19 Sep, 2024

IDG designs three courses for planned development in Cape Verde

Tarafo Bay project has planning consent and is now in the funding stage

Brian Curley begins new 36-hole project in Cambodia
Harris Kalinka
News | Thu 13 Oct, 2022

Brian Curley begins new 36-hole project in Cambodia

New club will have a parkland-style East course and more rugged and natural West

Heritage in Mauritius plans new course for 2023
Harris Kalinka
News | Thu 22 Sep, 2022

Heritage in Mauritius plans new course for 2023

Peter Matkovich and Louis Oosthuizen collaborate for design of La Réserve Golf Links

Construction begins on new nine-hole course by EGD in Kazakhstan
Sembol Construction
News | Wed 21 Apr, 2021

Construction begins on new nine-hole course by EGD in Kazakhstan

The par-34 layout is part of a master-planned community on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

Construction set to begin on second nine at Bangalore’s Zion Hills
Zion Hills
News | Wed 24 Mar, 2021

Construction set to begin on second nine at Bangalore’s Zion Hills

George Philpott designs new holes, nearly a decade after the first nine opened for play.

Winter 2024 issue of ASGCA’s By Design magazine is out now
Magazine, News | Wed 11 Dec, 2024

Winter 2024 issue of ASGCA’s By Design magazine is out now

Golf course architects take on the challenge of redesigning the Road hole at St Andrews

The October 2024 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now!
Magazine, News | Thu 17 Oct, 2024

The October 2024 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now!

The Keep at McLemore, a Bill Bergin-Rees Jones mountaintop design in northwest Georgia, features on the cover

FEATURE
ARTICLES

Taking time to recapture character
Inwood Country Club
Opinion | Daniel Friedman

Taking time to recapture character

Inwood’s Daniel Friedman talks about how the New York club has spent the last 20 years trying to make up for the previous 80 years of change that had slowly eroded the character of its Herbert Strong-designed course

A masterpiece comes into view
Cobbs Creek
Opinion | Mark Wagner

A masterpiece comes into view

Mark Wagner provides an update on progress of the revival of Cobbs Creek

Bill Amick: Long calling for short
ASGCA
Interview | Adam Lawrence

Bill Amick: Long calling for short

Adam Lawrence spoke to the designer about his life and his attempts to encourage golfers to play shorter courses

The triumph of the Dyeciples
ASGCA
Feature | Adam Lawrence

The triumph of the Dyeciples

Adam Lawrence asks why architects who trained with Pete Dye are so dominant in today’s golf design business

The Keep: On top of the world
Evan Schiller
On site | Richard Humphreys

The Keep: On top of the world

Richard Humphreys reports on a new layout that is destined to catch the eye. Designed by Bill Bergin and Rees Jones, McLemore’s second course occupies a spectacular setting on a mountaintop plateau

Goodwood: Down in the woods
Report | Richard Humphreys

Goodwood: Down in the woods

Golf At Goodwood has a new practice facility designed by James Edwards and built by MJ Abbott

Cedar Rapids: Blown away
Vaughn Halyard
On site | Adam Lawrence

Cedar Rapids: Blown away

After an acclaimed 2015 restoration by Ron Prichard, Iowa club thought it was set fair for the future. But Mother Nature had other ideas, says Adam Lawrence

North Ranch: Time for transformation
North Ranch CC
Report | Richard Humphreys

North Ranch: Time for transformation

Fifty years after it was originally laid out, the Ted Robinson layout has been re-envisioned by Jackson-Kahn Design and rebuilt by Landscapes Unlimited

Team building
Turfgrass
Interview | Richard Humphreys

Team building

Turfgrass has launched its US arm with the appointment of John Lawrence, Adam Moeller and Brad Owen. Richard Humphreys speaks with them, Turfgrass founder John Clarkin and director of agronomy Julian Mooney to find out more

Birdie Act: An end to templates?
Kevin Murray
Feature | Adam Lawrence

Birdie Act: An end to templates?

Legislation before the US Congress would extend the copyright protection that currently exists for buildings architecture to golf course design. But would that preclude the construction of classic hole designs, asks Adam Lawrence?

The art of project management
Leeds Golf Design
Opinion | Giulia Ferroni

The art of project management

Giulia Ferroni of Leeds Golf Design spells out the intricacies of executing a masterplan and the skills required from a golf course architect

Gopher Watch Competition – October 2024
Gopher Watch, News | Mon 21 Oct, 2024

Gopher Watch Competition – October 2024

Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?

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