Throwing caution to the wind
Are blind par threes a relic of golf's past, or are they still relevant?
Lost in time?
Are blind par threes an unacceptable hangover or a pleasing throwback to the past? Mike Kraker investigates.
Golf design’s biggest challenge
How to challenge the good player while remaining fun for the hacker is the central problem of golf design.
Better by design
GCA looks at the financial benefits of course renovations.
Money men
Golf course developers are the key to the future of the industry.
Investigating hazards
Hazards define the game of golf, and a course on which they are poorly placed is a frustrating, joyless place.
Black Sand Golf Project
Is Royal Dornoch about to lose its status as the most northerly great golf course?
Inspired design
Are holes, and entire courses, that are based on someone else’s design themes somehow a lesser type of architecture? Adam Lawrence investigates.
Career development
How do budding architects get started? We talked to a number of relative newcomers to the business to find out.
How to beat slow play
Slow play is one of the curses of modern golf and one solution to the problem lies in the hands of course architects.