June 24, 2020 By: Scott Allen — In February 2019, Washington natives and accomplished golf course designers Michael McCartin and Will Smith founded National Links Trust, a privately funded nonprofit dedicated to promoting and protecting affordability, accessibility and engaging architecture at municipal […]
This dream team of golf course architects is tackling D.C.’s munis (for free!)
June 23, 2020 By: Dylan Dethier — When our Michael Bamberger visited East Potomac Park last year, he described the scene as such: “There are two nine-hole courses beside the Blue Course, plus a tired driving range and a clubhouse and snack bar […]
How the National Links Trust hopes to revitalize golf and community in Washington, D.C.
June 23, 2020 By: Derek Duncan — There’s an old saying, particularly appropriate in these times, that proclaims “be the change you want to see.” Mike McCartin and Will Smith, golf course shapers and designers turned public golf advocates, have done […]
The new value of golf’s green spaces
June 14, 2020 By: Syngenta Growing Golf — The opportunity for golf now is to think about how it can improve course environments for the benefit of customers – and the planet. Bland golfing landscapes with lollipop trees and limited biodiversity […]
This golf course has been neglected for two years, but there’s hope Gil Hanse could save it
June 13, 2020 By: Derek Duncan — The long-term consequences of golf courses sitting fallow for extended periods of time was a very real concern this past spring, as people around the world retreated indoors into quarantine. The thought of courses being […]
The Shack Show With Guest Gil Hanse
June 9, 2020 — While the Colonial focus for this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge is rightfully on the “challenge” of putting on the first major COVID-19 era golf tournament, the course is always an integral part of Colonial week. So I […]
An inside look at the progress of PGA Frisco — the biggest public golf course project North Texas has ever seen
June 5, 2020 By: Mark Kazlowski — FRISCO — Mark your calendars. Two years from now, if all goes as planned, the biggest public golf course project North Texas has ever seen will be unveiled. PGA Frisco, the $520 million mixed-use […]
Feed the Ball Salon Vol. 6, ft. Gil Hanse
May 21, 2020 — In this volume of the Salon, architect Gil Hanse sits with Derek Duncan and Jim Urbina to discuss how he and design partner Jim Wagner build golf courses. They talk about the sanctity of being on machinery, if routing is more vital to a good […]
With Southern Hills in place for 2030, here’s a look at the next 15 PGA Championship venues
May 13, 2020 By: Kyle Porter — We aren’t positive about when the 2020 PGA Championship is going to be played (although it’s currently scheduled for Aug. 6-9), but on the bright side we do have a date for the 2030 PGA […]
Southern Hills to host 2030 PGA Championship
May 12, 2020 By: Joel Beall — Southern Hills was awarded a future PGA Championship in 2017, although the date was not specified. On Tuesday, the PGA of America cleared up the ambiguity, as the Wanamaker Trophy will visit the Oklahoma […]
“Our new courses have an eye towards the past and the traditions of the game”
May 11, 2020 By: Richard Wax — In the second of Richard Wax’s two-part interview with Gil Hanse, we hear how Hanse became a golf course architect, his work on the Olympic course in Rio de Janeiro, as well as his […]
Reinvigorated Pinehurst No. 4 Vaults into Top 10
April 17, 2020 — Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s No. 4 course re-opened to rave reviews in the fall of 2018. Members of the North Carolina Golf Panel saw it for the first time last summer and were duly impressed as […]
Field guide: Go inside Pinehurst Resort, the cradle of American golf
April 16, 2020 By: Christian Hafer — As GOLF’s chief photographer and visual editor, Christian Hafer visits some of the most gorgeous and exclusive golf courses and properties in the world. Here, in his Field Guide, he’ll take you along for […]
In With The New
April 2020 — Richard Wax speaks with architect Gil Hanse about his design of the new course at iconic Les Bordes in France. To view a digital copy of the magazine, click here. To view the article online, click here. Back […]
Stealing the scene: 10 of Ireland’s most scenic golf courses
March 12, 2020 By: Kevin Markham — From the mountains of Kerry to the islands off Donegal, Kevin Markham lists the 20 most scenic golf courses in Ireland … of which there are many. 1. Dooks, Co Kerry — Dooks, for me, boasts Ireland’s […]