Renaissance Golf Design, the firm of American architect Tom Doak, is well under way with construction on his first course in Britain.

As happens often throughout the creative process, an idea that starts out as a lark will often become a fortunate set of circumstances.

How should aspiring golf architects go about getting into the industry?

Harry Colt's course at Golf de Saint-Germain, to the west of Paris, which opened back in 1922, is being restored by an exceptional fourball of contributors.

Don't be fooled into thinking that Donald Ross's legacy to the North Carolina Sandhills region lies just at the Pinehurst resort itself.