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Heritage Links begins work on $10m renovation at Desert Highlands
Desert Highlands
News | Fri 16 May, 2025

Heritage Links begins work on $10m renovation at Desert Highlands

Nicklaus Design oversees design changes, rebuild of course features, revegetation and regrassing

Golfplan begins renovating greens and bunkers at California’s El Macero
Troon
News | Wed 14 May, 2025

Golfplan begins renovating greens and bunkers at California’s El Macero

Project includes softening shapes of putting surfaces and improving maintenance, access and playability of sand hazards

Kipp Schulties completes East course renovation at Wycliffe G&CC
Evan Schiller
News | Mon 12 May, 2025

Kipp Schulties completes East course renovation at Wycliffe G&CC

Florida club updates irrigation and drainage systems, regrasses playing surfaces and installs new bunker liner

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

Beau Welling completes renovation of Pete Dye’s Oak Marsh course on Amelia Island
Beau Welling Design/Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa
News | Wed 30 Apr, 2025

Beau Welling completes renovation of Pete Dye’s Oak Marsh course on Amelia Island

Architect protects original 1972 features while modernising the layout

Giulia Ferroni reaches halfway point of 10-year renovation at Cirencester
Leeds Golf Design
News | Tue 29 Apr, 2025

Giulia Ferroni reaches halfway point of 10-year renovation at Cirencester

Architect is reinstating elements of the original James Braid design while addressing future needs

Dumbarnie reopens for 2025 season with redesigned tenth hole
Dumbarnie Links
News | Mon 28 Apr, 2025

Dumbarnie reopens for 2025 season with redesigned tenth hole

Scottish club fills in burn following player feedback to make par-four hole more playable

Olde Eight is on track to reopen in October 2025 with ‘new architectural identity’
Drew Rogers
News | Tue 22 Apr, 2025

Olde Eight is on track to reopen in October 2025 with ‘new architectural identity’

Drew Rogers is overseeing a renovation of the former Links at Stoney Point course in South Carolina

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

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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