Features

Bethpage State Park

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08 September 2025

Past as prologue: Ryder Cup at Bethpage casts light on golf history

Mark Wagner speaks with Bethpage's super Michael Hadley and three architects about the Black's Ryder Cup role, WPA roots and impact on public golf

Steve Carr

Opinion

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13 August 2025

Camiral: Designed for the Ryder Cup

Golf course architect David Williams talks about the Spanish resort’s origins and how the Stadium course was created to host golf’s biggest event

Gary Lisbon

Good Read

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04 July 2025

Good Read: Great Golf Courses of the World

Gary Lisbon tells us about his new book, featuring over 100 courses he has photographed during his travels

RTJ II

Opinion

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01 July 2025

Destination design

Mike Gorman and Trent Jones explain how the Robert Trent Jones II approach to resort golf has evolved, driven by a resurgence in remote golf development

theberkshire.co.uk, The R&A World Golf Museum and National Galleries of Scotland

Feature

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21 May 2025

The art of golf

Adam Lawrence profiles some of the best illustrators of golf courses in the game’s history – both full-time artists and architects who draw or paint

Lukas Michel/CDP

Opinion

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28 April 2025

The future of vegetation management on Sandbelt courses

Mike Clayton discusses Alister MacKenzie’s transformative impact on Australian golf and why clubs should establish a plan focused on indigenous plants

Crooked Stick

Opinion

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07 April 2025

The ties that bind

Justin Olmstead of Profile Products talks about the relationships behind the renovation of Crooked Stick in Indiana

Larry Lambrecht

Feature

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26 March 2025

Are bunkers getting too pretty for their own good?

Is the beauty of bunkering being over-emphasised at the expense of its function, asks Adam Lawrence

Grant Books Ltd

Good Read

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24 March 2025

Good Read: The Prairie Raynor

John Moran and Rand Jerris share insight into their book about Seth Raynor’s design at Chicago Golf Club

Caspar Grauballe

Opinion

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30 January 2025

Caspar Grauballe: Winter is coming

Danish architect considers how Norway’s clubs can maximise the playing season to help keep pace with growing demand

Inwood Country Club

Opinion

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19 December 2024

Taking time to recapture character

Inwood’s Daniel Friedman talks about how the New York club has spent the last 20 years trying to make up for the previous 80 years of change that had slowly eroded the character of its Herbert Strong-designed course

Cobbs Creek

Opinion

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16 December 2024

A masterpiece comes into view

Mark Wagner provides an update on progress of the revival of Cobbs Creek

ASGCA

Feature

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29 November 2024

The triumph of the Dyeciples

Adam Lawrence asks why architects who trained with Pete Dye are so dominant in today’s golf design business

Kevin Murray

Feature

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01 October 2024

Birdie Act: An end to templates?

Legislation before the US Congress would extend the copyright protection that currently exists for buildings architecture to golf course design. But would that preclude the construction of classic hole designs?