The most important golf course at Candyroot Lodge may not be the first one. That is not a knock on the 18-hole course being ...

GOLF’s Top 100 course panelists are among the most respected and well-traveled course evaluators in the game. They’re also keen to share their opinions. In this GOLF.com series, we’ll unlock their ...

A cadre of design critics claims that golf course architecture slipped into a dark place from 1945 to 1975, emerging only when Pete Dye began to hit his stride. Others extend the time period another ...

"Golf courses are the worst use of land next to data centers." ...

When you play a course ranked on the Golf Digest America’s 100 Greatest and Second 100 Greatest Courses lists, you are not only playing one of the most architecturally refined layouts in the country, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott Kramer covers golf and luxury technology. Fun fact: As a golf course ages, its greens and bunkers tend to shrink ...

Built within view of the clubhouse, this new par-3 course features three-hole loops and a shot at bonus golf.

In the common telling, golf-course design has moved from being punishing to player-friendly. Forget forced carries and narrow, tree-pinched targets — architects now favor width and ground-game options ...

In 2019, while speaking to the American Society of Golf Course Architects at their annual meeting, I remarked, “OK, I get that folks love Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and their courses. Who doesn’t ...

Scottie Scheffler really struggled during his opening round at The Memorial Tournament on Thursday. Scheffler was nowhere ...