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 ...

Best known for decades as America’s longest golf course, The Pines in Bolton was completely reimagined over the last few ...

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 ...

It was a great year for golf courses, and SI Contributor Joe Passov has awards for the best new courses and course modifications of 2024. For course connoisseurs who seek out stellar architecture and ...

In calculating Golf Digest's ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, more than 1,900 panelists judge a golf course’s architecture on six criteria: Shot Options, Challenge, Layout Variety, ...

Golf is often described as a game of precision and patience, but for those who seek the ultimate test, some courses push the boundaries of challenge and skill. These epic golf courses are not just ...

Golf rewards early dedication. Most elite players are prodigious talents who started young and stayed committed, progressing from the junior circuit to college programs and then on to the professional ...

Bill Coore is a big name in golf-course architecture. But he wasn’t always destined for a life in design. In college at Wake Forest, he studied the classics. Not Golden Age layouts. Actual classics.

Welcome to ‘THE Hole At’, where Golf Digest’s Derek Duncan, our go-to for all things golf course architecture, breaks down ...

“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 ...

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 ...