Computer Aided Design (CAD) has revolutionised the way golf courses are designed and most golf architecture firms now use a CAD system.

KPMG's newly published Golf Benchmark Survey in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) should revitalise an international business starved of quality information and provide industry stakeholders with essential performance and financial benchma

Some articles write themselves.Occasionally as a golf writer you visit a course that is either so overwhelmingly wonderful, or so horrific, the response is almost automatic.

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales, a regular host for prominent events including the Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup, Curtis Cup, and the Home Internationals, has been refurbished by Welsh architect David Williams.

The first World Golf Championship (WGC) event of the year, the Accenture Match Play, is moving from its previous home in California to the newly constructed South Course at the Gallery club near Tucson, Arizona.