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.” ...

Hundreds of new courses were opening annually, including dozens of stand-alone, upscale daily-fee facilities (sometimes termed “country clubs for a day”), a segment of new construction that’s all but ...

There have been two greatest decades for course design, as judged by data of the top Golfweek's Best courses in the U.S.

GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com took a spin around the globe last year, with our 2023 iteration of the World’s Top 100 Courses list. But our focus in 2024 is on the U.S. It starts with the type of course ...

Pondering an interesting angle from which to view golf course architecture, I realised that for most of my many years of playing I have had a firmly-held belief that courses designed by nature are ...

The inaugural Golf Digest March Madness Architects of Golf tournament, born out of desire for the actual NCAA basketball tournaments never played and inspiration from a course-enthusiast on Twitter, ...

Most golfers believe course architects spend their time at drafting boards devising elaborate strategies and vexing ways to thwart a good score. Certainly, that’s an important part of the job, the fun ...

Designing golf courses that are enjoyable and challenging for all golfers has long been an ideal in golf course architecture. Alister Mackenzie said that “the ideal hole is one that affords the ...