Earlier this week, the St Andrews Links Trust announced that it will take over control and management of the Duke’s Course. The group that currently manages seven public courses in St Andrews, including the Old Course, will take over a long-term lease on the Duke’s Course starting January 5, 2026 and will rename it the Read more…
Great holes don’t just check a bunch of architectural boxes. Of course, strategy, risk/reward and beauty are all important, but more than anything else, great golf holes produce great memories. These are the holes you remember long after a round … or a season. That’s why when we asked our own staffers to identify their Read more…
Tom Fazio has designed more than 200 new golf courses. None of them have been quite like the one set to open in Dubai. Tom is based in Florida. As you know, that is nowhere near Dubai. In fact, it’s almost exactly on the other side of the globe from where the 80-year-old lives. That Read more…
Perched hundreds of feet above the lower Hudson River Valley, with never-ending views of the Hudson River and Golden Age architecture beckoning, Sleepy Hollow Country Club is one of golf’s most breathtaking settings. It’s likely your social-media feeds have flashed photos from the 16th tee with the iconic thumbprint green sitting in the fore of Read more…
Made-for-TV golf is back—and a venue new to most of us will host the players on Friday. Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., will host the Skins Game on Amazon Prime with the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schaufelle, Keegan Bradley and Shane Lowry. This’ll be a rare opportunity to get a peek inside Read more…
So many new golf courses are opening these days, it can be tough to keep track. Trout National has had the attention of the industry for more than two years since it was announced perennial MLB All-Star and three-time MVP Mike Trout and Tiger Woods were partnering together to build a new course. RELATED: America’s 25 Read more…
Golf course superintendents spend all season trying to avoid and curb criticism from nit-picking golfers. What’s their reward? Well, at many clubs, the end of the season is the traditional time for “Superintendent’s Revenge” tournaments, where the goal is flipped. How can I set up the course in the most brutally unforgiving way possible? That’s Read more…
It’s been a big couple of weeks for those seeking out the next middle-of-nowhere golf destination. Just a few weeks after the preview opening of Rodeo Dunes in Colorado, the next project by Michael Keiser, co-owner of Sand Valley, has been announced with the soft opening of Wild Spring Dunes. RELATED: Texas is booming with some Read more…
What aspect of a golf course’s condition do you remember most? For many golfers, it’s the speed of the greens. But for superintendents, keeping greens in great condition is about far more than speed.
Bill Coore felt something familiar. As he walked Rodeo Dunes—a massive 2,000-acre site with six planned courses 30 minutes north of the Denver airport—the legendary architect couldn’t help but reminiscence on his first time exploring Sand Hills. Sand Hills, built by Coore and his design partner Ben Crenshaw 30 years ago on an incredibly natural Read more…
Ben Cowan-Dewar needed to see Castle Stuart. This was 2008, a year before Castle Stuart would open then go onto host four Scottish Opens and become a mainstay on most top-100 lists (it’s #51 on our most recent World 100). Cowan-Dewar admired Mark Parsinen’s work at Kingsbarns, and now Parsinen had partnered with Gil Hanse Read more…
When major golf resorts like Bandon Dunes, Pinehurst and Sand Valley began opening innovative short courses a decade ago, they scratched an itch that golfers didn’t realize they had. These sporty diversions of mostly par 3s (Bandon Preserve, The Cradle and The Sandbox) were instantaneously fan favorites, serving bite-size helpings of surprisingly rich architecture that Read more…
With vital points and half-points at stake, the deciding hole should be one that rewards heroic action and makes the players execute brave shots in pressure-packed situations.
Bethpage Black’s unforgettable par-5 fourth hole zigzags uphill around enormous bunkers, a curious and beautiful ‘objet d’art’ amid a menagerie of torture devices.