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 ...

Beau Welling, Founder and CEO of Greenville-based Beau Welling Design, is a renowned golf course architect, having worked on over 120 golf course design projects for major tournament venues. He grew ...

AI is impacting the way we live in virtually every industry and across all platforms. In golf course design, however, the capability of AI to help develop ideas and craft new courses has only begun to ...

The April 2026 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now. The iconic Teeth of the Dog course at Casa de Campo Resort, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...