What design elements challenge athletic people with well-grooved, powerful swings? What features get inside their heads? An ...

Golf is often described as a game of precision and patience, but for those who seek the ultimate test, some courses push the boundaries of challenge and skill. These epic golf courses are not just ...

Clayton, DeVries & Pont (CDP) has been appointed to design a new 18-hole course at Club de Golf Val de Rois, south-west of ...

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 ...

Golf course design is now in an era of star architects, but professional golfers are still bringing their name and vast playing knowledge to projects. By Paul Sullivan Ernie Els, a four-time major ...

With the arrival of each new Top 100 ranking, the world’s premier course architects peek to see where their work stands — even as they’re skeptical about this business of calling something “the best.” ...

It's been 25 years since the man known as Club Pro Guy played his last competitive round on the Mexican Mini-Tour, a forgettable second-round 91 at the Los Mochis Masters that included a two-stroke ...

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 ...

Golfers at Bent Creek Country Club begin their rounds with a mildly scary sight. Looking down the par-4 first hole from the tee, it’s hard to miss the out-of-bounds stakes, menacingly close, all along ...