RIDGEDALE, Mo. -- It was half past 7 a.m. CT as I strutted into the clubhouse perched atop Payne's Valley looking for a bite to eat before playing 18. Three tables were already occupied -- all golf ...

Inside every avid golfer is a golf-course architect. Or at least a little voice that says, “I could so build a cool par-3 on that empty parcel.” But daydreaming is not the same as doing. A new program ...

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 ...

Like an abstract painting splattered on a canvas, the skill of golf course design is easy to dismiss. A tee box, a green, a fairway and some bunkers in between. The whole time you think, Hell, I could ...

After decades of masterfully restoring some of America’s most storied golf courses, Andrew Green is finally getting his chance to create something entirely from scratch. The renowned golf course ...

David McLay Kidd designed the forthcoming fourth 18-hole golf course at Streamsong Resort. And the architect of Bandon Dunes, Mammoth Dunes and Gamble Sands says this might be his most fun course ...

No one can say for certain what tomorrow will bring, but it doesn’t hurt to take an educated guess. As golfers, we can gaze into the crystal ball and wonder: Is this the future of course design? The ...

When TPC Sawgrass opened in the fall of 1980, it represented something entirely new in professional golf. Built on 415 acres ...

Getting into the family business wasn’t something Cynthia Dye McGarey ever planned on doing. Many of her family members had become involved in golf course architecture. Most famously, her uncle is ...

When TPC Sawgrass opened in the fall of 1980, it represented something entirely new in professional golf. Built on 415 acres of northeastern Florida swampland about a mile west of the Atlantic Ocean, ...