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Royal Drottningholm set to open two short courses by Johan Benestam
Johan Benestam Golf Course Design
News | Tue 20 May, 2025

Royal Drottningholm set to open two short courses by Johan Benestam

Swedish architect designs four-hole reversible course and three-hole par-three layout

Fox Harb’r in Nova Scotia unveils reimagined Ocean course
Fox Harb’r Resort
News | Thu 08 May, 2025

Fox Harb’r in Nova Scotia unveils reimagined Ocean course

Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom combine nine new holes with an existing nine that has been reshaped

Royal Dornoch appoints King Collins Dormer to develop masterplan
Royal Dornoch
News | Wed 07 May, 2025

Royal Dornoch appoints King Collins Dormer to develop masterplan

Designers plan to create a new 18-hole layout, new holes for the Struie course and a new par-three layout

Pinehurst hires Coore and Crenshaw to design No. 11 course
Pinehurst Resort
News | Tue 22 Apr, 2025

Pinehurst hires Coore and Crenshaw to design No. 11 course

New layout is to be built on site near to Doak’s No. 10 design and is expected to open in autumn 2027

Construction of new Andrew Green course begins at Kawonu
Kawonu GC
News | Thu 17 Apr, 2025

Construction of new Andrew Green course begins at Kawonu

Greenville’s first private club in more than three decades is being built on a 290-acre site

Tiger Woods’ TGR Design to create new Augusta short course
Augusta National
News | Tue 08 Apr, 2025

Tiger Woods’ TGR Design to create new Augusta short course

The nine-hole Loop will join The Patch at Augusta Municipal Golf Course in April 2026

New Faldo Design course opens at Silk Path club in Vietnam
PGA Silk Path Dong Trieu Golf & Country Club
News | Fri 04 Apr, 2025

New Faldo Design course opens at Silk Path club in Vietnam

Eighteen-hole public layout has been created as part of a US$60m development east of Hanoi

Mandarina opens new short course by Greg Norman’s design firm
Mandarina
News | Wed 12 Mar, 2025

Mandarina opens new short course by Greg Norman’s design firm

Nine-hole layout at ultra-luxury resort is open to the public, as well as its residents and guests

Construction begins on new golf course in Hong Kong
Courtesy of Plover Cove
News | Fri 07 Mar, 2025

Construction begins on new golf course in Hong Kong

Plover Cove, a Fry/Straka design, is being built on 53 hectares of restored landfill

The Third, a new course by Love Golf Design, is set to open at Watersound Club
Kurt Lischka
News | Thu 06 Mar, 2025

The Third, a new course by Love Golf Design, is set to open at Watersound Club

New layout has been designed to contrast with the club’s Camp Creek and Shark’s Tooth courses

The April 2025 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now!
Magazine, News | Wed 16 Apr, 2025

The April 2025 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now!

Includes reports from Maggie Hathaway and Apogee, interviews with Martin Ebert and Dave Axland and a feature on golf art

Spring 2025 issue of ASGCA’s By Design magazine is out now
Magazine, News | Fri 14 Mar, 2025

Spring 2025 issue of ASGCA’s By Design magazine is out now

New issue asks whether the golf boom has led to an increase in municipal golf investment

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A masterplan of masters’ plans
Cohasse CC
Report | Mark Wagner

A masterplan of masters’ plans

Mark Wagner writes about the Tim Lewis-led renovation of Cohasse, a course that includes the work of Donald Ross and the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted

Quail Hollow: An interview with Tom Fazio
PGA of America/ Gary W. Kellner
Interview | Richard Humphreys

Quail Hollow: An interview with Tom Fazio

The architect talks about how this year’s PGA Championship venue has evolved over the past 30 years

Bringing golf to Benin
Afrikafun Production Stephane Brabant
Report | Richard Humphreys

Bringing golf to Benin

Jeremy Pern and Gregori International are creating the first 18-hole course in the West African country, on an ‘almost perfect’ site that also includes a sacred grove and voodoo shrines

The future of vegetation management on Melbourne’s Sandbelt
Lukas Michel/CDP
Opinion | Mike Clayton

The future of vegetation management on Melbourne’s Sandbelt

Mike Clayton discusses Alister MacKenzie’s transformative impact on Australian golf and how clubs can avoid repeating previous mistakes by establishing a long-term plan focused on indigenous plants

Maggie Hathaway: A force for good
Stephen Barton – Second Collective
On site | Adam Lawrence

Maggie Hathaway: A force for good

The reconstruction of the nine-hole course in Los Angeles is the golf industry at its best, says Adam Lawrence

Designs for the big screen
Pizá Golf
Interview | Richard Humphreys

Designs for the big screen

Chad Goetz and Agustin Piza discuss their design decisions for the virtual holes that featured in the first season of TGL

The ties that bind
Crooked Stick
Opinion | Justin Olmstead

The ties that bind

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

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz
Konrad Borkowski
Interview | Adam Lawrence

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz

The Australian designer has had a long career and, like many of his countrymen, has spent much of it away from home. Adam Lawrence listened to his tales from the road

Jim Wagner and Rusty Mercer discuss Kinsale design and build
Kinsale Golf Club
Interview | Richard Humphreys

Jim Wagner and Rusty Mercer discuss Kinsale design and build

Florida course is a tribute to the Golden Age designs of Raynor and Macdonald

Are bunkers getting too pretty for their own good?
Larry Lambrecht
Feature | Adam Lawrence

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

Good Read: The Prairie Raynor
Grant Books Ltd
Good Read | John Moran and Rand Jerris

Good Read: The Prairie Raynor

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

Gopher Watch Competition – April 2025
Gopher Watch, News | Wed 16 Apr, 2025

Gopher Watch Competition – April 2025

Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?

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