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Following more than three years of planning, construction has finally started at Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, some three hours drive east from Vancouver, in British Columbia's unique, desert-like interior.

The best way to find a solution to your water quality problems is to obtain a better understanding of the components that impact the delicate balance of a pond's ecosystem.

The traditional approach to golf housing has been to line the fairways with as much housing as possible to maximise the bottom line.

A year after formally retiring and passing most of his interests in course design to his long-time associates Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert, veteran British golf architect Donald Steel has begun a new project.

Golf clubs, golf shoes, passport! Well, not quite, but playing on a golf course that spans two countries must be quite an exciting and unusual experience.

Golf courses rarely remain unchanged for many years. But should courses be altered to match the modern game?

The influence of CAD has touched most parts of the design process.With computerised flythroughs and 3D visualisations commonplace, Mark Alexander looks at pros and cons of going digital.

On the southwest coast of Ireland, Dooks GC has gained a reputation amongst the lucrative American tourist market as something of a hidden gem.

Renaissance Golf Design, the firm of American architect Tom Doak, is well under way with construction on his first course in Britain.

As happens often throughout the creative process, an idea that starts out as a lark will often become a fortunate set of circumstances.

How should aspiring golf architects go about getting into the industry?

Harry Colt's course at Golf de Saint-Germain, to the west of Paris, which opened back in 1922, is being restored by an exceptional fourball of contributors.

Don't be fooled into thinking that Donald Ross's legacy to the North Carolina Sandhills region lies just at the Pinehurst resort itself.

Irish golf architect Jeff Howes has started construction on a new 18 hole course at Carigglas in County Longford.

Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros's design firm has largely completed its first course in the UK.

Designed in 1935 by Fred Hawtree, Hill Barn GC, on the Downs above the south coast of England, has recently been enhanced by Fred's grandson Martin.

European Golf Design has signed a deal with Papillon Hotels to build a Colin Montgomerie signature course in the Belek region of Turkey, near Antalya.

Architect firm Robert Trent Jones II is designing Hungary's first masterplanned golf resort at Zala Springs in the west of the country.

Frankfurter Golf Club, one of only two courses in Germany designed by Harry Colt, and host to 12 German Opens, is being remodelled by architect Christoph Städler.

French-based architect Jeremy Pern has recently been appointed project designer for Andorra's first full length nine hole course.

Editor Malcolm Peake is one of the great advocates for traditional golf in the UK.

The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects' annual review of the course design industry continues to go from strength to strength.