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.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? I’m thinking: “I’m a damn good golfer. I should go pro! Then I’d have my own endorsements and golf carts and mountains of cash, not to mention groupies!” ...

It was the dreaded walk of shame. You’ve been there; we all have. You waltz up to the green with a wedge and a putter — your penalty for missing the putting surface from the fairway — and return to ...

Even all beloved decisions, like Sunlight Mountain Resort’s decision to retire two of the longest-running chairlifts in Colorado, can have unintended consequences. The impact of the celebrated ...