With golf season teeing off in the High Country we started to wonder where golf courses come from and who decides things like hole placement and course length. It turns out, it’s a lot more ...

As the golf calendar turns to 2026, there’s no shortage of projects capturing the imagination. From new layouts built on ...

REUTERS - Gil Hanse was chosen in 2012 to design the golf course for the return of the sport to Olympic competition after an absence of more than 100 years. In winning the prestigious assignment, the ...

Photo by mk. s on Unsplash Golf courses are hardly neutral battlegrounds. The relationship between a player’s skills and a ...

Beau Welling, Founder and CEO of Greenville-based Beau Welling Design, is a renowned golf course architect, having worked on over 120 golf course design projects for major tournament venues. He grew ...

Golf architecture had a big year in 2025. Joe Passov reviews golf's top additions and hands out his annual awards.

George Clifton, ASGCA fellow, left an indelible mark on Florida golf with over 90 design projects, including 801 holes at The Villages. His unique blend of horticultural expertise and architectural ...

Former Dubai Desert Classic champion is behind The Torre Course in Portugal Former Dubai Desert Classic champion Sergio Garcia can’t wait to unveil his first major golf-course design project, with The ...

In Pinehurst, N.C., a place that’s technically a village but fancies itself as a cradle, there’s long existed this deep desire to be the motherland of American golf. It’s why a town founded by a ...

Jack Nicklaus is free to design golf courses as himself and to compete with his former company after an arbitrator ruled he was no longer under obligation to Nicklaus Companies LLC, which the golf ...

Ultimately, Midland County Commissioners selected Staples Golf Design out of five bids that made it to the final selection ...

South Australia has reached a deal to keep LIV Golf until at least 2028, the state government says. But it says under an agreement with Greg Norman Golf Course Design, the tournament could move to an ...