A great golf escape needs a stay as impressive as the course you choose to play. Al Mouj Golf and the Kempinski Hotel Muscat hit the spot.Continue Reading
QUICK SHOT: Sleepy Hollow Country Club
Trump Dubai designer Gil Hanse leaves his thumbprint on an American classic.Continue Reading
Masters 2019: We redesigned Augusta National*
*Actually, we asked some of the leading architects in golf how they would change the home of the Masters if they had the opportunity. Their answers, in sketches and words, ranged from tweaks to overhauls By Ron Whitten How can Augusta National be improved? That may seem like a frivolous ...Continue Reading
Tiger Woods, Gil Hanse announced as architects of two planned Hawaiian golf courses
By Alex Myers Tiger Woods is currently busy prepping for next week’s Masters, but he’ll also have his hands full with a major project in the near future. The 14-time major champ and Gil Hanse were announced as the architects of two upcoming Hawaiian golf courses by Pacific Golf Links ...Continue Reading
Travel: Vietnam’s new KN Golf Links is an award winner already
Less than a fortnight after its official opening, Greg Norman’s latest Vietnam creation won a coveted gong at the 2018 Asian Golf AwardsContinue Reading
Jebel Ali’s new opening gambit adds lustre to Dubai’s 9-hole icon
The opening three holes at JA The Resort Golf Course have undergone a dramatic transformation to accommodate a new hotel currently under construction.Continue Reading
Wimbledon buys historic neighbouring golf club from members for big bucks in order to expand
Tennis. . . everyone?Continue Reading
A Regular Golfer’s Quest To Play America’s 100 Greatest Courses In One Year
“Completing the 100 is a major logistics problem. You’re always juggling so many balls in the air—the schedules of different hosts and your own, tournaments, outings, renovations, weather ... for someone to do that in 12 months is absolutely amazing.”Continue Reading
FIRST LOOK: Dubai Hills Golf Club is an instant icon
With a particularly spectacular outward nine, a strong finish and recurring views of the architectural wonder that is the Burj Khalifa, Dubai’s newest course is poised to become an irresistible lure for locals and tourists alike.Continue Reading
Amazing drone footage of New Zealand’s stunning Tara Iti Golf Club
Expect to continue hearing about Tara Iti. This is one of the world’s hottest emerging golf destinations.Continue Reading
Bellerive’s greens, suffering from Midwest heat wave, are burnt and patchy for the 2018 PGA Championship
Golf course conditioning has been a recent theme at majors, with a lack of watering wreaking havoc during the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills and burnt-out grounds of Carnoustie creating some curious dynamics, and optics, at the Open Championship. Continue Reading
PGA Championship 2018: Bellerive Country Club course tour
Bellerive Country Club, which opened in 1897 as The Field Club, will host its second PGA Championship in the 100th playing of the event.Continue Reading
The Open 2018: Carnoustie Golf Links: Course Tour
To most, Carnoustie Golf Links is known as the toughest test in the Open Championship rota. You know the Barry Burn—that snaking ribbon...Continue Reading
Oakland Hills Country Club’s South course to close for nearly two years to undergo significant Gil Hanse restoration
Oakland Hills Country Club’s South course will be the latest to undergo a significant renovation by Gil Hanse’s design team...Continue Reading
Harradine Golf poised to transform ‘cow dung’ splattered Swiss course
A course renovation in Switzerland wouldn’t normally register on our radar but when we discovered Harradine Golf were involved, well, we suddenly took a really keen interest in the media release announcing the project.Continue Reading
Ballyliffin Golf Club
Last year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open will take some beating and we’re not even factoring in Jon Rahm’s extraordinary golf, five birdies and two eagles in a closing 65 helping the Spaniard seal an historic six stroke victory.Continue Reading
U.S. Open 2018: Nobody wants to see the USGA cross ‘the line’ at Shinnecock. But where is ‘the line’ anyway?
There’s one thing absolutely not in doubt—that there is a line that has been crossed. Multiple times, too, as those who have witnessed any, some or all of what the British...Continue Reading
Mammoth Dunes at Sand Valley: How David McLay Kidd used Bandon Dunes as inspiration to bring fun back to golf
David Kidd’s Mammoth Dunes at Sand Valley opens Thursday, less than four years after having walked the site and being rewarded the design job.Continue Reading
