Fashion often comes at the expense of style, and contemporary golf architecture, by and large, has gone lacking in style.

The last several editions of Golf Digest's ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, including the freshly released 2025-2026 list, reflect a growing shift toward more “option-friendly” designs.

Of today’s age, Tom Doak is one of the most sought-after names in golf course design. Having authored some of the top modern designs in the world such as Pacific Dunes, Ballyneal, Barnbougle Dunes, ...

Inside every avid golfer is a golf-course architect. Or at least a little voice that says, “I could so build a cool par-3 on that empty parcel.” But daydreaming is not the same as doing. A new program ...

Golf course design is now in an era of star architects, but professional golfers are still bringing their name and vast playing knowledge to projects. By Paul Sullivan Ernie Els, a four-time major ...

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 ...

The design team of Craig & Coyne has partnered with planning and construction firm Landscapes Unlimited to build a golf course at Lazy J Grand Lodge in Ideal, South Dakota. In rebranding to Lazy J ...

Tom Fazio, who has designed four courses that bear the Trump name, visited the president at the White House last month. The ...

It’s one of the Myrtle Beach area’s most respected golf courses. A rare design by a famed, late architect, the layout and ambiance of the south Grand Strand course helped build its reputation amongst ...

In Pinehurst, N.C., a place that’s technically a village but fancies itself as a cradle, there’s long existed this deep desire to be the motherland of American golf. It’s why a town founded by a ...

Building a golf course has become quite the technical undertaking. Take, for example, the Crazy Mountain Ranch Golf Course, an 18-hole championship course being built under the guidance of Coore & ...