The Golf Digest 100 Greatest Courses lists (GDG100) rank the stars of the golf course world.

California-based architect Kyle Phillips is busy at home but his highest profile work is on this side of the Atlantic. Toby Ingleton recently met Phillips at The Grove to talk design.

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.