9 CONTENTS 12 This issue’s Tee Box begins with news of a new Faldo course opening in Pakistan, and includes reports of recent projects from around the globe 38 Icelandic golf course architect Edwin Roald says that some golf facilities may already be carbon positive 40 With players hitting the ball ever-further, Adam Lawrence asks what should be the role of a par five, and what can designers do to challenge the big hitters 48 Twin greens and a fresh design provide options galore at the Shizuoka Country Shimada course on Japan’s south coast 54 Adam Lawrence visits Real Las Palmas to find out how the oldest golf club in Spain is planning to improve its course 58 Coore and Crenshaw’s Wicker Point, the pair’s first design in Alabama, is being built with the aim of bringing top class golf to the state 64 A Texas municipal plans to redesign its short course and practice facilities to cater for the entire town ON THE COVER The par-three third on the Shizuoka Country Shimada course in Japan. Read more on page 48. Photographed by: Shizuoka Country
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