With an increasing number of mixed golf, housing and leisure developments springing up in Britain and Europe, masterplanning of sites is becoming ever more important.
A potential classic close to Stanley Thompson's famed Highland Links.
KPMG survey compares golf course development costs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Scotland's Royal Dornoch is probably the world's most northerly great links, but that might not be the case in a few years' time.
The 36-hole St Patrick's Golf Links complex in Donegal, Ireland, is to be redesigned by Nicklaus Design.