News

The Education Board of the European Institute for Golf Course Architects has admitted sixteen candidates as student members.

David McLay Kidd builds his first full 18 hole course in Scotland.

Bovey Castle in Devon, UK, has been returned to pristine condition.

Nine holes of the new Hotel/Club course at PGA Golf De Catalunya in Girona, Spain are now open for play.

The famous links of St Enodoc in Cornwall, UK, has been renovated by course designers Weller McEvoy.

The members of Wetherby Golf Club in West Yorkshire, UK have voted to alter the classic layout.

Gleneagles' Jack Nicklaus-designed PGA Centenary course is currently being modified by David McLay Kidd.

May 2005 saw the opening of a junior academy par-three course at the Stockwood Park Golf Centre in Luton, UK.

Ladies European Tour is moving from its previous home at Royal Porthcawl to Machynys.

Four-day programme of education, training, golf and celebration marks the fifth anniversary of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects.

The Golf Consultants Association is to stage its first annual conference in October 2005, at the St Andrews Bay Hotel, Scotland.

Swan Golf Designs has recently completed the remodelling of Blakes GC in Essex, UK.

The Committed to Green Foundation has launched the European Forum for Sustainable Golf.

Ian Woosnam is working alongside European Golf Design on two new courses in Bulgaria that are due to open in Spring 2007.

Now in its eighth year, the annual journal from the Society of Australian Golf Course Architects continues to attract readers from across the globe.

Proving it's more than the ultimate coffee table book, Scottish Golf Links profiles more than fifty courses with stunning photographs.

Littlestone GC has become the first club in the world to successfully complete a test of its management procedures against guidelines set out by the R&A.

Monty favours the penal.

Bruce Critchley describes the work of the man who set the standard for the UK's inland courses.

Adam Lawrence looks at Colt's work and how Martin Hawtree is dealing with a restoration project at Toronto Golf Club.

Jonathan Smith discusses the importance of maximising opportunities for habitat and species conservation when designing a golf course.

Author Geoff Shackelford looks at golf's current technology debate.