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Royal Sydney opens Bay course following Gil Hanse renovation
The Royal Sydney Golf Club
News | Fri 27 Jun, 2025

Royal Sydney opens Bay course following Gil Hanse renovation

The club modernised infrastructure and completed extensive landscape and environmental work

Royal St David’s updates irrigation with a focus on long-term sustainability
Toro
News | Mon 24 Feb, 2025

Royal St David’s updates irrigation with a focus on long-term sustainability

Toro collaborates with Reesink Hydroscapes and Green Irrigation on the project at Welsh club

Woodhall Spa to 'embrace innovation’ with new agronomy programme
Woodhall Spa
News | Fri 17 Jan, 2025

Woodhall Spa to 'embrace innovation’ with new agronomy programme

Golf consultancy Turfgrass will begin work on Hotchkin and Bracken courses in spring

Renaissance completes renovation at Melbourne’s Commonwealth club
Gary Lisbon
News | Thu 16 Jan, 2025

Renaissance completes renovation at Melbourne’s Commonwealth club

Latest work has included significant architectural changes to southern end of the course

Red Sea Global’s Shura Links on track to open in 2025
Red Sea Global
News | Wed 09 Oct, 2024

Red Sea Global’s Shura Links on track to open in 2025

Grassing and landscape work is underway at the Brian Curley-designed course

Second layout at Trump Aberdeen to open in summer 2025
Jacob Sjoman
News | Mon 07 Oct, 2024

Second layout at Trump Aberdeen to open in summer 2025

MacLeod course has been built over rugged coastal terrain with priority on sustainability

Golf de La Grande Motte reduces water consumption with new irrigation system
Golf de La Grande Motte
News | Mon 30 Sep, 2024

Golf de La Grande Motte reduces water consumption with new irrigation system

Toro installation gives French club precise control tailored to real-time weather data

IDG designs three courses for planned development in Cape Verde
International Design Group
News | Thu 19 Sep, 2024

IDG designs three courses for planned development in Cape Verde

Tarafo Bay project has planning consent and is now in the funding stage

Construction begins on Benin’s first ever golf course
Jeremy Pern
News | Fri 17 May, 2024

Construction begins on Benin’s first ever golf course

Jeremy Pern routes West Africa design around sacred grove and voodoo shrines

Castiglion del Bosco reduces water consumption by 20 per cent
Steve Carr
News | Fri 22 Mar, 2024

Castiglion del Bosco reduces water consumption by 20 per cent

Phil Smith leads project to overhaul Tuscany course’s irrigation and drainage

The October 2025 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now!
Magazine, News | Fri 17 Oct, 2025

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

We report from Rock Golf, Seminole, Trump Turnberry and The Wisley, ask if collaboration works in golf course design and talk to Bill Coore about his career

Fall 2025 issue of ASGCA’s By Design magazine is out now
Magazine, News | Wed 10 Sep, 2025

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

New issue covers desert golf course design, David Fay’s career and the Fazio renovation at Interlachen in Florida

FEATURE ARTICLES

Rock Golf: Finnish flourish
Jacob Sjöman
On site | Adam Lawrence

Rock Golf: Finnish flourish

A new nine-hole course just outside Helsinki, Finland, trumpets itself as an attempt to be the world’s best par-three layout. Adam Lawrence visits to find out more

Rees Jones: One big adventure
Rees jones Inc
Interview | Adam Lawrence

Rees Jones: One big adventure

From working for his father, to going his own way and building a reputation as a preparer of tournament courses, Rees Jones's life has been an adventure. He spoke to Adam Lawrence about past, present and future

Honouring a historic gem
Kansas City Parks & Recreation
Opinion | Ron Whitten

Honouring a historic gem

Ron Whitten discusses the work to recapture AW Tillinghast’s original vision for Swope Memorial in Kansas City

Not for a long shot?
USGA/Fred Vuich
Feature | Adam Lawrence

Not for a long shot?

Why are players, who can comfortably reach a 600-yard ‘par five’ in two, so hostile to long one-shotters? Adam Lawrence investigates

La Moye: A new direction
Mackenzie & Ebert
Report | Richard Humphreys

La Moye: A new direction

Jersey club takes first step to balance nines, add variety and make the most of its duneland site

Ryder Cup 2025: Five holes to look out for at Bethpage Black
Michael Reaves/PGA of America
Opinion | Richard Humphreys

Ryder Cup 2025: Five holes to look out for at Bethpage Black

GCA picks out holes that could prove critical in this year’s contest

Moon Palace: New moon in the Dominican Republic
Wallgrow International
Report | Richard Humphreys

Moon Palace: New moon in the Dominican Republic

Greg Norman’s firm has designed an 18-hole course for a luxury resort in Punta Cana

Farm Neck: Reestablishing a sand-and-scrub identity
Patrick Koenig
Interview | Hal Phillips

Farm Neck: Reestablishing a sand-and-scrub identity

Hal Phillips speaks with golf course architect Mark Mungeam about creating more cohesion between the nines at the Martha’s Vineyard club

Wichita CC: Set for the future
Tripp Davis
Report | Richard Humphreys

Wichita CC: Set for the future

Tripp Davis oversees renewal of infrastructure and subtle design changes to Bill Diddel layout

Ryder Cup 2025: An interview with Bethpage’s director of agronomy
Heritage Landscape Supply Group
Interview | Richard Humphreys

Ryder Cup 2025: An interview with Bethpage’s director of agronomy

With the US-Europe contest fast approaching, GCA speaks with Andrew Wilson about how the Black course is well set to host “golf’s biggest tournament”

Bethpage Black: Getting ready for the Ryder Cup
PGA of America/Gary W. Kellner
Interview | Richard Humphreys

Bethpage Black: Getting ready for the Ryder Cup

Rees Jones speaks to GCA about his work at the New York course and preparations for golf’s biggest contest

Gopher Watch Competition – October 2025
Gopher Watch, News | Fri 17 Oct, 2025

Gopher Watch Competition – October 2025

Which course has Sandy the gopher visited this month?

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