Tyler Rae’s restoration of Donald Ross’s 1920 design of the North course at Detroit Golf Club is complete and ready to host ...

24 Tobacco Road in Sanford, North Carolina, is to open a 12-hole short course, The Matchbox, in August 2026. The par-three layout is by Lee Marshall and Justin Carlton of Carlton Marshall Golf Design.

72 ON SITE Levelling up INTERLACHEN COUNTRY CLUB, FLORIDA, USA Fazio Design has led a project at the Interlachen club near Orlando that will help its course withstand extreme weather events, while ...

38 INSIGHT AARON GAGNON Built to perform Österåkers Golfklubb has worked with Hunter Industries to elevate aesthetics, playability and sustainability across its facilities. In eastern Sweden, the golf ...

84 REPORT The tenth hole on the South course at Carmel CC, where Rees Jones has been working for more than four decades Photo: Carmel CC Never standing still For more than four decades, Rees Jones has ...

34 Early agronomic input in a golf course project is vital to protect both the budget and architect’s vision, as John Clarkin from Turfgrass explains. The most expensive mistakes are rarely the ones ...

18 TEE BOX THE BIG PICTURE The par-five fourth at Carne Golf Links, on the northwest coast of Ireland, photographed by Kevin Markham. Eddie Hackett designed the original 18-hole layout in the early ...

60 CASHEN COURSE, BALLYBUNION GC, IRELAND Diamond in the rough ON SITE Team Niblick and Tom Watson Design have collaborated on renovation work to fulfil the potential of Robert Trent Jones’ 1982 ...

50 Getting established in golf course design is a hit-and-miss business, but the one thing that can generally be said is that it takes a long time. The small size of the industry means that, despite ...

78 OUIDAH GOLF CLUB, BENIN, WEST AFRICA Benin has long relied on the export of raw agricultural commodities, particularly cotton, to drive its economy. In the pursuit of diversification, the country ...

Australia’s latest bucket-list layout, The Cliffs Kangaroo Island, photographed by Jacob Sjöman, features on the cover of the July 2026 issue of Golf Course Architecture. The course was designed by ...