When Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus shook hands on the Ailsa's eighteenth green after the Open of 1977, members of the R&A must have been rubbing theirs in glee.

For a creative process, golf design requires a remarkable degree of problem-solving skills.

The first course at Lough Erne Golf Resort in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is now close to being finished, in preparation for a 2008 opening.

One of the most eagerly awaited course openings of 2007 is set to take place in June in Washington, USA.

The latest big money golf development in Dubai is to involve not one but three highprofile signature designers.