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 ...

Bill Coore is a big name in golf-course architecture. But he wasn’t always destined for a life in design. In college at Wake Forest, he studied the classics. Not Golden Age layouts. Actual classics.

For most of us, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are still two years away, but for golf course landscape architect Gil Hanse of Hanse Golf Course Design, it’s already an Olympic year. That’s ...

I grew up playing and loving golf but was always interested in course architecture and the strategy behind the game – I just never really saw it as a potential career. I went to college at Brown ...

In its globetrotting work in golf design, Nicklaus Design has built courses virtually everywhere. Now comes its first virtual course. Nicklaus Companies announced Wednesday a partnership with a New ...

A cadre of design critics claims that golf course architecture slipped into a dark place from 1945 to 1975, emerging only when Pete Dye began to hit his stride. Others extend the time period another ...

Gil Hanse has joined the roster of golf architects for Season 2 of the TGL indoor simulator season. Gil Hanse, one of the most admired figures in the modern era of golf course architecture, built his ...

Along Florida's stunning coastline sits a world-class golf course that values precision and difficulty — and insiders say ...

Jack Berry, legendary Michigan golf writer, had a nickname for famed architect Jerry Matthews. He called him our state's "Johnny Appleseed." Matthews, after all, spread his seeds of golf-course design ...

Golf architecture had a big year in 2025. Joe Passov reviews golf's top additions and hands out his annual awards.

Golf course renovation projects can be messy and expensive; however, nothing lasts forever. This axiom is easily understood if you consider a car or golf course maintenance equipment, but it equally ...

PARK CITY, Utah — Tiger Woods is coming to Park City and he's bringing a golf course with him. The Marcella Club announced the legendary golfer, considered one of the best to ever play the game, will ...