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KPMG's Golf Advisory Practice has recently published a raft of new research on the golf market.

Golfers at Faldo's newest course need strength of mind, discovers Toby Ingleton.

British firm Swan Golf Designs (SGD) has been busy around the Asian golf market.

Construction is nearing completion at the new Donnafugata Golf Resort, in the Sicilian province of Ragusa.

French Lick Resort's Pete Dye golf course is almost complete, with the opening scheduled for April 2009.

Many good judges would argue that Harry Shapland Colt, with his key role in the evolution of Golden Age design and the list of great links and heath courses that bear his name, is golf's greatest ever architect.

British niche publisher Oleander Press has reprinted this wonderful nineteenth century volume by the Scottish barrister and golf obsessive Sir Walter Simpson.

The three hole, par nine 'RJL National' course at the international headquarters of turf equipment manufacturer Ransomes Jacobsen in Ipswich has been officially opened.

Another Harradine course has been approved for construction in the Emirate of Sharjah.

The third European Golf Course Owners Association conference attracted a total of 240 delegates from 25 different countries.

German architect Holger Rengstorf has completed an expansion project at the Golf Gut Glinde course at Schwerin in the north of the country.

Efficient water use and management can be positively influenced by golf course design, according to ASGCA president Bruce Charlton.

2008 US Senior Open Champion Eduardo Romero and developer Platinum Grupo Brazil have announced a deal that will see Romero, known as 'El Gato,' designing a number of signature courses in Brazil.

Sportcrete sees a big rise in uptake of its sand erosion prevention system.

Architect firm Thomson Perrett & Lobb has unveiled its design for a golf course on hills overlooking the ancient Pyramids of Egypt.

World number one golfer Tiger Woods may still be unable to play competitively as he recovers from his recent knee operation, but his fledgling course design business is moving forward.

A £500,000 flood alleviation scheme at the Nicklaus-designed Machynys Peninsula Golf Club in Llanelli is nearing completion, despite one of the wettest summers on record.

Architect Roy Bechtol has struck a partnership with golf management and consulting firm Southern Golf Properties.

US-based Kiawah Development Partners has announced a new 18 hole golf development on the Caribbean island of St Kitts.

Illinois-based architect Rick Jacobson is to design his third golf course on the Chinese mainland.

The first new course to be built on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu in a decade opens in January.

Justin Leonard talks about his nascent design career.