NEW
GOLF COURSES

While new golf designs may not be appearing at the same pace as in the 1990s and early 2000s, there continues to be a steady flow of new courses, both in established and new golf markets. Projects can range from simple short course and practice-orientated facilities to multi-course complexes that form part of a large resort or real estate development.

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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

Mackenzie & Ebert designs new course for Puerto Rico resort
The Boundary
News | Tue 04 Mar, 2025

Mackenzie & Ebert designs new course for Puerto Rico resort

Shaping is in progress at Moncayo, a luxury development that covers 1,100 acres

Construction continues on new Andrew Green course in Tennessee
Andrew Green
News | Wed 26 Feb, 2025

Construction continues on new Andrew Green course in Tennessee

Firefly, a luxury golf and residential community, is expected to open in spring 2026

Twelve-hole The Commons course is growing in at Sand Valley
Brandon Carter
News | Wed 19 Feb, 2025

Twelve-hole The Commons course is growing in at Sand Valley

Former Coore & Crenshaw associate Jim Craig has designed the latest layout for the Wisconsin resort

Plans for long-awaited Feddinch layout in St Andrews gets approved
Alvarez & Marsal Golf
News | Mon 17 Feb, 2025

Plans for long-awaited Feddinch layout in St Andrews gets approved

Fife Council approves Alvarez & Marsal application for the first new course at the home of golf since 2008

LATEST
MAGAZINE

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

GOPHER
WATCH

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?

FEATURE
ARTICLES

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

The Keep: On top of the world
Evan Schiller
On site | Richard Humphreys

The Keep: On top of the world

Richard Humphreys reports on a new layout that is destined to catch the eye. Designed by Bill Bergin and Rees Jones, McLemore’s second course occupies a spectacular setting on a mountaintop plateau

Stonehill: A new level for Thai golf
Jason Michael Lang
On site | Richard Humphreys

Stonehill: A new level for Thai golf

Kyle Phillips has transformed some desolate mud land north of Thailand’s capital into one of the country’s best golf courses

Sedge Valley: A break from tradition
Brandon Carter
On site | Richard Humphreys

Sedge Valley: A break from tradition

Tom Doak’s newest creation at Sand Valley might convince American golfers that courses do not need to be long to be great

The Inspiration Club: Many hands make links work
The Inspiration Club
On site | Adam Lawrence

The Inspiration Club: Many hands make links work

A new course is opening in west London after having a complicated and, at first glance, not very promising birthing process

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