Rob Smith questions his own long-held belief that natural golf courses score heavily over more manufactured ...

We continue the series with a writer who worked his way into the job of traveling the world and playing golf, Martin Kaufmann ...

There have been two greatest decades for course design, as judged by data of the top Golfweek's Best courses in the U.S.

Doak calls his firm “Renaissance Golf Design.” He chose well. I’ll close with something Doak said in this recent interview he ...

GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com took a spin around the globe last year, with our 2023 iteration of the World’s Top 100 Courses list. But our focus in 2024 is on the U.S. It starts with the type of course ...

“Nothing rolls like a ball.” That's what a friend quipped as he watched my first putt trickle off the green on the 13th hole at the California Golf Club of San Francisco. While I wasn't amused at the ...

The first amateur golf design competition was likely held in 1914 when Country Life Magazine asked readers to submit suggestions for a theoretical hole. Actual architect C.B. Macdonald, one of the ...

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 ...

It was a great year for golf courses, and SI Contributor Joe Passov has awards for the best new courses and course modifications of 2024. For course connoisseurs who seek out stellar architecture and ...

The Mena House Oberoi Golf Club is set beside the Giza plateau, about 700 meters (about 0.4 miles) off the Great Pyramid.

The Florida golf community lost one of its most influential architects on November 4, 2025, when George Clifton, ASGCA Fellow, passed away in his hometown of DeLand, Florida, at the age of 72. I had ...

Plus, the new Six Senses residences are set to go on sale soon. By Allyson Portee Tucked away in the Umbrian hills of Italy is Antognolla Golf Course. The 1,000-plus square-foot estate, anchored by a ...