The iconic third hole at Tralee Golf Club, photographed by Ian Cronin, features on the cover of the October 2026 issue of Golf Course Architecture. Graeme Webster has recently completed eight years of phased renovation work at the Irish club. His goal was to instil more links character to the front nine, while also to improving and harmonising the overall presentation of the course. What was already an enormously enjoyable golf course is now even more striking and strategic. Also in our latest release, Brad Klein reports on the transformation of the legendary Donald Ross design at Seminole in Florida, by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, which constitutes what he describes as “the single greatest sustained change in appearance since it opened in 1929”. For our main feature article, Adam Lawrence asks, is strategy dead? With statistical analysis changing the way elite golfers  approach the game, we consider the implications for strategic design. Golf course architects Steve Smyers, Keith Cutten, Rees Jones and Tim Lobb share their thoughts. Our feature interview is with Andrew Green. We find out how his career evolved, from his start at McDonald & Sons, to establishing his own firm, and now his position as one of the industry’s most in-demand names. There’s much more, too!