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New short course to open at Chester Valley in summer 2025
Nagle Design Works
News | Mon 13 Jan, 2025

New short course to open at Chester Valley in summer 2025

Jim Nagle designs six-hole layout and short-game area for Pennsylvania club

Rees Jones completes $24m renovation of 27 holes at Addison Reserve
Gideon Heller
News | Fri 10 Jan, 2025

Rees Jones completes $24m renovation of 27 holes at Addison Reserve

Redemption, Salvation and Trepidation nines now offer ‘distinct challenge and character’

Bill Bergin to renovate The Golf Club at Crown Colony in Florida
The Golf Club at Crown Colony
News | Thu 09 Jan, 2025

Bill Bergin to renovate The Golf Club at Crown Colony in Florida

Architect will oversee $12m project to the golf experience at Fort Myers club

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'

Four courses set to officially open at Cabot Citrus Farms
Matt Majka
News | Tue 07 Jan, 2025

Four courses set to officially open at Cabot Citrus Farms

Kyle Franz and Mike Nuzzo lead design work at former World Woods property in Florida

Ten golf course designs to look out for in 2025
Jacob Sjoman
News | Thu 02 Jan, 2025

Ten golf course designs to look out for in 2025

GCA highlights five new layouts and five renovations that are due to open this year

Happy holidays to all Golf Course Architecture readers!
News | Mon 23 Dec, 2024

Happy holidays to all Golf Course Architecture readers!

We look back on some of our most popular articles from the 2024 issues of GCA

Zinkand nears completion of Golden Age-inspired renovation at Knollwood
Zinkand Golf Design
News | Mon 23 Dec, 2024

Zinkand nears completion of Golden Age-inspired renovation at Knollwood

Architect emphasises ground game on 1925 layout at Michigan club

New par-three course at Big Cedar Lodge to open in summer 2025
Big Cedar Lodge
News | Thu 19 Dec, 2024

New par-three course at Big Cedar Lodge to open in summer 2025

The 18-hole ‘Cliffhangers’ layout will feature substantial elevation change and highly contoured greens

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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