Golf Course Architecture

23/01/2025

Construction has started on a new David McLay Kidd course at Streamsong Golf Resort in Florida, which is operated by KemperSports

Construction work has begun on a new David McLay Kidd-designed course at Streamsong Golf Resort in Florida.  Established in 2012, Streamsong currently has three 18-hole courses – the Red, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, Blue, by Tom Doak, and Black, by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner – as wel...

23/01/2025

GCA January includes details and design insight about new golf courses in Cambodia, Egypt, Mexico, Vietnam, UAE and USA 🌍

View the digital edition: https://www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/digital/magazine/issue79/

22/01/2025

Attendees at can pick up a free copy of the January issue of GCA, which is hot off the press, from the European Institute of Golf Course Architects - EIGCA booth!

We are ready … if you are at , come along and say hello. The Tea and Coffee machine will be online in the morning 🫖 ☕️

22/01/2025

“It’s been a dream come true,” says Ben Cowan-Dewar, Cabot’s co-founder and CEO, on the development of the golf resort brand.

The Cabot brand debuted in 2011 with the Cabot Links course at Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, Canada.  When the Rod Whitman design was joined by Cabot Cliffs, a Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw layout, five years later, one might have considered its journey complete. But the Cape Breton courses were just t...

20/01/2025

Here’s just a small selection of some of the wonderful photography from the January issue of Golf Course Architecture 📸

• Sharon Heights in California, by Channing Benjamin Photography
• Ardfin on the island of Jura, by Konrad Borkowski
• Bandon Preserve at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
• The Karoo course at Cabot Citrus Farms, by Matt Majka

17/01/2025

The January issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now, which has Germany’s Föhr club on the cover.

We also have an on site report of Iceland’s Brautarholt, interviews with Australian designer Bob Harrison and Cabot’s Ben Cowan-Dewar, and a feature on bunker design 👇

The January 2025 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now! Our latest issue features Golf Club Föhr, photographed by Stefan von Stengel, on the cover. Adam Lawrence reports on a visit to the far north of Germany where architect Christian Althaus has completely rebuilt the 27-hole course over th...

17/01/2025

In spring 2025, Turfgrass will begin implementing a multi-year agronomy programme at Woodhall Spa Golf

Woodhall Spa Golf Club in Lincolnshire, England, has appointed golf consultancy Turfgrass to implement a multi-year agronomy programme for its Hotchkin and Bracken courses. The club’s Hotchkin course began as nine holes laid out by Harry Vardon, was extended to 18 by Harry C**t and then redesigned...

17/01/2025

Brandon Johnson develops comprehensive renovation masterplan for Jeremy Ranch Golf & CC

Brandon Johnson Golf Course Design and Turfgrass are collaborating on a renovation at Jeremy Ranch Golf and Country Club in Park City, Utah.  “Since 1981, Jeremy Ranch has sat virtually untouched,” said Johnson. “Now, the club and its membership realise it is time to reinvest back into the co...

16/01/2025

Grassing almost complete on new Palms course at Chhun On Golf Resort in Cambodia, designed by Curley-Wagner Golf Design

Grassing is nearly complete on the Palms course at Chhun On Golf Resort, located north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The new course joins the Lakes, which opened in January 2024, with both layouts created by Curley-Wagner Golf Design.  The resort, which will soon be more easily accessed via a new highwa...

16/01/2025

Commonwealth Golf Club completes a comprehensive course renovation and vegetation project

Renaissance Golf Design has completed a restoration-inspired renovation of Commonwealth Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.  Tom Doak and Brian Slawnik created a concept plan for the club, with Slawnik leading the work.   A first phase of work was completed in 2022, covering greens two to five, thi...

14/01/2025

Hanse Golf Course Design will work with Pebble Beach Resorts to renovate The Links at Spanish Bay

Hanse Golf Course Design will begin a renovation of The Links at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, California, in March 2026. Pebble Beach Company unveiled the timeline for the renovation that will see the course reopen in spring 2027, a few months before the US Open is held at Pebble Beach Golf Links. G...

13/01/2025

New six-hole par-three course by Nagle Design Works will open at Pennsylvania’s Chester Valley this summer

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A new six-hole par-three course designed by Jim Nagle will open in summer 2025 at Chester Valley Golf Club in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Plans for a short course have been in the works for nearly 30 years, since Forse Design developed a masterplan for the club. A par-three layout was proposed for an are...

10/01/2025

Rees Jones completes $24m, 27-hole project in Florida

Rees Jones and Steve Weisser have completed a renovation of the 27 holes at Addison Reserve Country Club in Delray Beach, Florida. The club’s three nines – Redemption, Salvation and Trepidation – were originally designed by Arthur Hills and built in the late 1990s. The $24 million renovation w...

09/01/2025

Bergin Golf Designs gets go ahead for $12m renovation of Florida’s Crown Colony

The Golf Club at Crown Colony, on the southern outskirts of Fort Myers, Florida, will undergo a $12 million renovation by Bergin Golf Designs. Bill Bergin’s masterplan has been approved by members – it does not alter the course’s routing, but the architect says, “everything else will be chan...

09/01/2025

Dubai’s newest course (designed by Robert Trent Jones II - RTJ2 Golf Design) is reversible, has template features and can be lit at night

A new reversible short course by Robert Trent Jones II (RTJ II) has opened at Al Badia Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  The project came about as the driving range was being repurposed for another use. This led RTJ II to explore alternative locations for the facility, ultimately landing o...

08/01/2025

Lobb + Partners has adopted a "make it look like Mars" shaping philosophy for the new Somabay, Red Sea course

A new course by Lobb + Partners is being built at Somabay Golf Club on the east coast of Egypt.  “Somabay as a destination has been growing in popularity both domestically and internationally for some years now,” said architect Tim Lobb. “Whilst there are miles of coastline and diving activit...

07/01/2025

Grand opening of Karoo, Roost, Squeeze and Wedge courses at Cabot Citrus Farms is set for 21 January

Cabot Citrus Farms in Florida, USA, is officially opening two new 18-hole courses, a nine-hole short layout and 11-hole par-three course on 21 January 2025. Kyle Franz designed the 18-hole Karoo course and co-designed the 18-hole Roost layout with Mike Nuzzo, a collaboration that also saw greens sha...

02/01/2025

GCA highlights five new golf courses and five renovations to look out for in 2025 👇

Golf participation continues to rise, as reported by the R&A and National Golf Federation, and with that comes new golf courses and renovation projects. To kick off the year, we are highlighting ten projects that we think are going to catch the eye of the golfing public in 2025. Five new courses tha...