I’ve lost count of the number of times I had to clarify that it was the nation, rather than US state, of Georgia I was ...

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 ...

The new River Ranch Golf Resort will feature nine holes on cliffs above the Snake River.

“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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The American golf landscape is about to get even more interesting. In 2026, five highly anticipated projects from some of golf’s most celebrated architects will debut across the country.

The Fall Line in Georgia was rated the Best New Private Course in the United States by our course panelists ...

Cape Cod Country Club. East Falmouth, Massachusetts. In today’s day and age, it is exceedingly rare to find an almost untouched, golf course from the “Golden Age” of golf course architecture, ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of intellectual property law, a new federal bill has emerged to address the unique challenges faced by golf course designers and architects. The Bolstering Intellectual ...