The first amateur golf design competition was likely held in 1914 when Country Life Magazine asked readers to submit suggestions for a theoretical hole. Actual architect C.B. Macdonald, one of the ...

Lost Rail, a private, stand-alone golf club near Omaha, earned second-place honors in Golf Digest’s 2023 Best New Private Course awards. It’s a remarkable property of uplands and ravines, prairies and ...

Beau Welling first met Pete Dye in a swampy area of Kiawah Island, S.C. The World Golf Hall of Fame architect yelled at him. Welling said there might have been some choice language involved. That ...

Jack Nicklaus is just as well known for his influence on course design as he is for his legendary playing career. With 18 ...

One of the most accomplished architects in the world of modern golf, Gil Hanse is bringing his creative design to the TGL ...

The professionals talked about how playing the sport can influence the way they conceive and interpret design projects. By Mark Ellwood This article is part of our latest special report on ...

In this edition of Travel Punch Shots, TravelGolf.com senior writers Mike Bailey and Brandon Tucker debate which living golf course architect is most worth traveling for. By MIKE BAILEY When I was ...

Not long after Bobby Jones retired near the end of 1930, speculation began over what he would do next. It wasn't long before the public found out. In July 1931, banner headlines in newspapers across ...

His golf course design business flourishing, Bobby Weed was sailing smoothly into the turn of the century. Gradually, and then suddenly, he and his family lurched into uncharted waters. Born in 1998, ...

McLemore Resort has come a long way in a short time, its ascent as steep as the cliff above which it sits atop Lookout Mountain. Already home to the Highlands Course, ranked by Golfweek’s Best as the ...

Southern California’s Riverside County – to play a couple of courses that are owned by the Pechanga Band of Indians. The ...