Golf Course Architecture

Golf Course Architecture is an international magazine dedicated to the design and development of golf courses. Released four times a year, it offers readers the latest news and perspectives on golf course architecture. The journal features interviews with top professionals in the field, reports on recent advancements, and in-depth articles covering important topics in the industry.

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Steve Smyers designs new course for Reynolds Lake Oconee

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

Golf course architect Steve Smyers has designed a new course for the Reynolds Lake Oconee community, southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Fenmoor will become the community’s eighth course when it opens in autumn 2026, joining the Preserve, Great Waters, National, Oconee, Landing, Creek Club and Richland layouts. Located in the northeast corner of the 12,000-acre community, the Fenmoor site features marshy land, native grasses and rolling hillsides.
Trump Turnberry set to reopen Ailsa course following Ebert renovation

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

Trump Turnberry in Scotland will reopen its Ailsa course on 1 June following a renovation by Martin Ebert of Mackenzie & Ebert. Construction began in October 2024, with Ebert renovating the seventh and eighth holes. Work on the par-five seventh includes relocating the green to a new position close to the site’s coastline, while the par-four eighth has had its tees relocated to the right in order to straighten the fairway from the tee and eliminate the blind approach shot.
CC Harrisburg hires Jim Nagle for Flynn-inspired renovation

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

The Country Club of Harrisburg, in the state capital of Pennsylvania, has hired Nagle Design Works to develop a long-term masterplan to return the course closer in style to that designed by original architect, William Flynn. “The club was founded in 1896, but Flynn built the golf course in 1917 – it was one of his first designs,” said Jim Nagle.
South course at Apogee Club: New scenery for second act

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Toby Ingleton

Amidst all the new private clubs emerging in south Florida, there are several aspects that combine to make Apogee Club unique: an absence of real estate, extensive practice facilities, a template short layout and, leading the list, a choice of three eighteen-hole courses. The first of those, Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner’s West course, was completed in 2023. Its strength is subtlety (several spectacularly bold greens aside), occupying gently contoured ground with only a few feet of elevation change.
BallenIsles approves plan for 10-hole short layout by Rees Jones

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Laura Hyde

Members at BallenIsles Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, have approved a plan for a new 10-hole short layout and putting course, both designed by Rees Jones. The short course will be located in the southwest portion of the BallenIsles community and is expected to open for member play in autumn 2026. It will comprise holes ranging from 80 to 160 yards, which will have multiple tees.
Gary Johnston named president of EIGCA at meeting in Dornoch

2 weeks ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Toby Ingleton

Gary Johnston of European Golf Design (EGD) has become the new president of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EIGCA), following a ceremony at the institute’s annual meeting and 25th anniversary celebrations in Dornoch, Scotland. Johnson has been with EGD for over 20 years, collaborating with Ian Woosnam for the Pirin CC and Lighthouse Golf Resort designs in Bulgaria, and Colin Montgomerie for newbuilds in Morocco and Turkey.
Casa Verde Golf begins North course renovation at Boulders resort

2 weeks ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Laura Hyde

Casa Verde Golf has started a renovation of the North course at the Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale in Arizona, USA. The North course was originally designed by architect Jay Morrish and opened for play in 1985. The resort is also home to the Morrish-designed South course, with both built into the desert foothills and include ancient boulder formations and natural desert terrain.
The International will reopen Pines course for member play in June 2025

2 weeks ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

The International, in the greater Boston area of Massachusetts, is set to reopen its Pines course to members on 6 June 2025 following a redesign by Coore & Crenshaw. The New England club opened the Geoffrey Cornish-designed Pines in 1956 and the Tom Fazio-designed Oaks in 2001. Escalante Golf acquired the club in 2021 and has invested over $40 million into the 36-hole club. The first major project was a renovation of the Oaks by Tripp Davis.
The art of golf

2 weeks ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Adam Lawrence

We can argue until we are blue in the face whether a golf course is a work of art. The Oxford English Dictionary defines art as ‘the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination… producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power’. In architecture, whether buildings or golf, there is obviously creative skill and imagination, but the works are appreciated primarily for their function – as an office, a home… or a golf course.
California's Poppy Ridge set to open following Jay Blasi redesign

2 weeks ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

Poppy Ridge Golf Course near Livermore, California, will reopen on 31 May following a 13-month renovation by Jay Blasi. The public facility is owned and operated by the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA), which also operates Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach. Previously, Poppy Ridge operated as a 27-hole municipal course made up of the Merlot, Chardonnay and Zinfandel nines. Blasi’s work includes a redesigned 18-hole course, and a new nine-hole, par-34 layout called The Ridge 9.