Royal Dornoch has become the first golf course in Europe to install Toro's new GDC-controlled irrigation system.

Pat Ruddy's self-published memoir of his years spent creating his course at the European Club, is everything anyone who has ever had contact with the man would expect.

Golf architect Richard Mandell (author of this month's Pioneer piece on Donald Ross, see p26) has put together something truly monumental with this volume.

Canada's greatest golf architect richly deserves this tribute from the leading lights in his country's golf industry today.

On 27 June, the Texas Hill Country region was subjected to as much as 19 inches of rain in just a four-hour period.