Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.3, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.

# Golf Club Atlas

The Home of Golf Architecture, Since 1999

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://golfclubatlas.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Opinions

- [Blown Away in Bermuda at Mid Ocean Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/blown-away-in-bermuda-at-mid-ocean-club/) - Golf time is precious. Weekends are planned meticulously, target courses are chosen carefully and the weather is monitored obsessively. For me, getting the most out of these calendar moments means defining golf weather as broadly as possible. Rain, wind, cold---none of them are ideal, but I treat any two of them together as playable. In
- [A Sample of Scandinavia Golf in Six Swings, Part I](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-sample-of-scandinavia-golf-in-six-swings-part-i/) - My wife and I sat on the M/S Östanå looking out across the Stockholm archipelago, a refreshing cool breeze, cold drinks in hand, as I explained the intricacies of my previous two days playing golf in the area. I’m sure much to her delight, a little conversation to pass the time nonetheless, as the sun
- [Feature Interview with Connor T. Lewis](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-connor-t-lewis/) - Feature Interview with Connor T. Lewis May, 2021 Connor T. Lewis founded The Society of Golf Historians in 2018 and is the host of the popular TalkinGolf History podcast. Both are non-commercial ventures. 1. How did you veer into the study of golf history? Were there a few key events that helped propel you along
- [Feature Interview with Vaughn Halyard](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interview-with-vaughn-halyard/) - Feature Interview with Vaughn Halyard October 2016 Vaughn is the Golf Chairman and a board member at Cedar Rapids Country Club. As such, he was one of a core group of people that helped drive the outstanding Ron Prichard restoration of their Donald Ross golf course. What they accomplished is a celebration of achieving top results
- [The Desolate Wonder of Late Fall Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-desolate-wonder-of-late-fall-golf/) - The signs have been removed from the parking lot. Rather than grab your bag from the rack, you lift it from your trunk and lug it across the parking-lot yourself. It hasn’t rained in a week or so, yet the pavement is tinted dark-gray and the sparse and yellow grass surrounding it is sodden. It’s
- [Ran Morrissett, November 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ran-morrissett-november-2005/) - Feature Interview with Ran Morrissett November, 2005 Interviewer's Note: I have known Ran Morrissett for over five years now - long enough to appreciate that his knowledge of the world's finest golf courses ranks among the elite. Perhaps more importantly, however, I have always been hugely impressed with the open-mindedness of his opinions; in a
- [Royal Dornoch Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/dornochgoodale/) - Royal Dornoch Golf Club by Rich Goodale My home course is Royal Dornoch. An American, I first played the course in 1978, lived in the town for 3 months in the summer of 1981 (when I became a member), spent at least a month a year thereafter in Dornoch--including getting married there in 1991 (beating
- [Oldest Courses Outside Great Britain & Ireland](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/fream-ronald-oldest-courses-outside-the-united-kingdom-2/) - Oldest Courses Outside Great Britain & Ireland by Ron Fream August 2013 There has been a shortage of accurate information concerning the origins of golf beyond the shores of Great Britain & Ireland. It is recognized that the game originated more than four hundred fifty years ago along the seaside in the east of Scotland,
- [Feature Interview with Frederick Waterman](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-frederick-waterman/) - Feature Interview with Frederick Waterman August 2013 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Please share with us your background. What are you presently working on? I’ve worked as a writer since college, first as a reporter (which provided an excuse to interview Gene Sarazen, then to play golf with him), as a feature writer (talking to Stephen King for
- [Feature Interview with Chris Haspell](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-chris-haspell/) - Feature Interview with Chris Haspell October 2013 1. How did you originally get into the golf industry in Denmark? I started in Greenkeeping in 1984, actually in groundsmanship, looking after Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Bowling greens, Hockey and football. I then had two years of selling golf course maintenance equipment all over Europe, which is when I fell across Falster
- [Feature Interview with Chris Buie](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-chris-buie/) - Feature Interview with Chris Buie June, 2014 Tell us about growing up in the "Cradle of American Golf". As it happened, I was fortunate to be close to a number of memorable episodes. In a roundabout way, the articles on here were derived from the remnants of those experiences. Rather than bore you with a
- [The Original Pinehurst No. 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/buie-chris-the-original-pinehurst-no-3/) - The Original Pinehurst No. 3 Chris Buie March, 2013 Exhibition matches by the best players of the day were a key feature of the early American golf story. Although this appealing format has essentially gone by the wayside, at one time Pinehurst featured many of the finest examples of the style. Harry Vardon and Bobby
- [The Early Days of Pinehurst](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/buie-chris-the-early-days-of-pinehurst/) - "...seeing the mystery traced like a watermark beneath the transparent surface of the familiar world..." - Henri LeFebvre Unlike virtually all modern resort projects there was a noble dimension to the original Pinehurst concept. Certainly, commerce was a central concern but founder James Tufts was a man of uncommon character. Influenced in no small
- [A History of Pinehurst No. 4](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/buie-chris-a-history-of-pinehurst-4/) - A History of Pinehurst No. 4 Chris Buie January 2011 Just as No. 3 Course was being finished in 1910, it became apparent that 54 holes was not sufficient. Such was the allure of the playing fields Ross conjured up out of the desolate pine barrens. And so, work immediately began on yet another course.
- [Feature Interview with Dave Axland](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/dave-axland-january-2003-2/) - Feature Interview with Dave Axland January, 2003 A Kansas native, Dave Axland is a graduate of Kansas State Universitys turf grass management program. He began his career in golf course design and construction working under Bill Coore at Kings Crossing in Corpus Christi, TX during the mid 1980s. Since then, Axland has continued to work
- [Feature Interview with Josh Smith](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/josh-smith-april-2007/) - Feature Interview with Josh Smith April, 2007 Joshua CF Smith, age 30 years, has worked on almost twenty golf courses, most while under construction. He grew up loving golf and playing at a high level near Portland, OR. He graduated with a business degree from St. Marys College in California, then decided he wanted to
- [Feature Interview with Gary Lisbon](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/gary-lisbon-february-2007/) - Feature Interview with Gary Lisbon February 2007 Gary Lisbon is the owner and managing director of GOLFSelect. A chartered accountant by profession, Gary worked as a financial controller at a large Australian corporation before being approached to join with Ian Baker-Finch and Steven Bann in the Pure Golf Academy. During his time working at Pure
- [Feature Interview with Anthony Pioppi](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/anthony-pioppi-december-2006/) - Feature Interview with Anthony Pioppi December 2006 Anthony Pioppi is a freelance writer/author and a Contributing Editor for Golfdom magazine. From 1985 to 1998 he was a newspaper reporter in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. In 1998 he left the business and worked on golf course grounds crews in Florida and Connecticut until 2000 when
- [Feature Interview with Joe Robinson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/joe-robinson-january-2007/) - Feature Interview with Joe Robinson January, 2007 Joe Robinson, a native son of Ingonish, has been the head professional of Highlands Links for thirty- five years. Joe started as a caddy on the course at the age of twelve and his love of the game flourished. He especially enjoys teaching golf and established a "Future
- [Feature Interview with Sandy Tatum](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewtatum1/) - You learned the game growing up in Los Angeles. What memories do you have from those days? I attended LA High in the 1930's and interestingly enough we had a golf team. We had a vice principal who organized a team and we played a quirky little golf course in Orange County. He had a
- [Feature Interview with Gary Planos, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/gary-planos-december-2003/) - Feature Interview with Gary Planos December 2003 Gary Planos started working for the Kapalua Land Company in 1984 as the Head Golf Professional of Kapalua's Village Course. Since then, he has held numerous positions including Director of The Kapalua Club, Tournament Chairman of the Mercedes Championships and Vice President of Resort Operations. 1. How did
- [Feature Interview with Gary Planos](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/gary-planos-december-2003-2/) - Feature Interview with Gary Planos December 2003 Gary Planos started working for the Kapalua Land Company in 1984 as the Head Golf Professional of Kapalua's Village Course. Since then, he has held numerous positions including Director of The Kapalua Club, Tournament Chairman of the Mercedes Championships and Vice President of Resort Operations. 1. How did
- [In Conversation with Don Mahaffey](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/golfclubatlas-com-conversation-with-don-mahaffey-part-i/) - Founder of Greenscape Methods, Don Mahaffey is a leading contractor, agronomist, and builder in golf architecture.
- [Feature Interview  with Scott Macpherson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-scott-macpherson/) - Feature Interview with Scott Macpherson May, 2015 1. You grew up in New Zealand; what were the early influences on your life that drew you to golf and then golf architecture? I had an outdoor childhood, and sports were an omnipresent feature, but golf somehow latched onto me when I first started to play at
- [The Architectural Evolution of Royal Dornoch Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-architectural-evolution-of-royal-dornoch-golf-club/) - The Architectural Evolution of Royal Dornoch Golf Club by Rich Goodale In the 'In My Opinion'' piece about Dornoch I chose not to talk about architectural history, but rather playability. However, since spending some time on this site I have come to appreciate the importance of history, both to me and to many others who
- [Entrance Drives](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/entrance-drives-by-kevin-mendik/) - Entrance Drives Views From the Driver’s Seat by Kevin Mendik Anticipation is the one inevitable experience when visiting a course for the first time. Subsequent visits may provoke strong reactions, but that first time is always special. The entrance sign may come first, perhaps a gate and once through, the slow drive to the
- [Feature Interview with Richard Pennell, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-no-2-with-richard-pennell/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Richard Pennell August, 2024 1. Tell us about your recently published book Grass Routes. From where does the title stem? Grass Routes is a collection of my favourite blog post essays from late 2021 to the close of 2022, with a couple of new pieces in there. That year
- [Feature Interview with Richard Pennell](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-richard-pennell/) - Feature Interview with Richard Pennell July, 2019 1. You love books and worked in Central London selling books from 1997 to 2002. Is the book business as dire as people say? Is Amazon the culprit? Book-selling was starting to get tricky at that stage as the online options gathered momentum. Central London rents were so
- [Feature Interview with Jeff Mingay](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jeff-mingay-february-2003/) - Feature Interview with Jeff Mingay February, 2003 Based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Jeff Mingay is a student of the history of golf course architecture. Mingay most recently assisted fellow Canadian golf architect Rod Whitman with the design and construction of Blackhawk Golf Club in suburban Edmonton, scheduled to open for play in July 2003. Presently,
- [Feature Interview with Paul Daley, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/paul-daley-december-2002/) - Feature Interview No. 3 with Paul Daley December2002 The success of Paul Daley's first two books - Links Golf and The Sandbelt - ledhimto create Full Swing Golf Publishing in Victoria, Australia for the purpose of producing additional high quality books on the subject of golf course architecture.Full Swing Golf Publishing'sfirst effort is entitled Golf
- [Feature Interview with Paul Daley](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/paul-daley/) - Feature Interview with Paul Daley March, 2001 Paul Daley is the author of the recently self-published Links Golf - The Inside Story. He has developed a great appreciation of golf course architecture, in part by living near the famed sandbelt courses in Melbourne, Australia and in part by making regular visits to the United Kingdom.
- [Feature Interview with Gary Larrabee](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/gary-larrabee/) - Feature Interview with Gary Larrabee January 2001 Gary Larrabee has covered golf on the North Shore of Boston for over thirty years for The Beverly Times, The Salem Evening News, MassGolfer, the New England PGA Yearbook, and Golf World Magazine. In addition, he has authored club history books for Wenham Country Club and Salem Country
- [Feature Interview with George Peper, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/george-peper-december-2010/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with George Peper December, 2010 1. What was the genesis of True Links? In 2007 my friend and co-author Malcolm Campbell began to form something called The Links Association, a group dedicated to the promotion, protection and preservation of links courses around the world. As part of that project, he’d started
- [Feature Interview with George Peper](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/george-peper/) - Feature Interview with George Peper October, 2000 George Peper is the Editor in Chief of GOLF Magazine, the most widely read golf magazine in the United States. Based out of New York, he has played most of the classic courses throughout the northeast. At the same time, his position has taken him around the world
- [Feature Interview with Bob Labbance](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-labbance/) - Feature Interview with Bob Labbance November 2000 Bob Labbance is the editor-in-chief and staff photographer for the annual state golf magazines of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. He also has authored four centennial club history books in the region and his freelance work has appeared in numerous publications. His new
- [Feature Interview with Tim Liddy](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tim-liddy/) - Feature Interview with Tim Liddy August 2000 Tim Liddy, a resident of Indiana, has been in golf his entire life. He grew up working on a golf course and started working with Pete Dye over 13 years ago. He presently divides his time between working with Mr. Dye and his own firm, Tim Liddy /
- [Feature Interview with Mike Strantz](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-strantz/) - Feature Interview with Mike Strantz June 2000 No architect of recent times has polarized golfers' opinions as Mike Strantz's work has done. Indeed, a review of the Tobacco Road thread on this site's discussion group will provide views from players who love the course and those who will never play it again. After spending much
- [Feature Interview with Bob Harrison, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-harrison-july-2010/) - Feature Interview with Bob Harrison July, 2010 1. What are you doing right now? Since splitting from Greg Norman Design in October, 2009, I’ve set up my own company – Harrison Golf – to continue golf course design in my own right. It’s a great passion for me, as it is for many in the
- [Feature Interview with Bob Harrison](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-harrison/) - Feature Interview with Bob Harrison April 2000 Based in Sydney, Australia, Bob Harrison is the head architect for the Greg Norman Golf Course Design for Asia Pacific and has been involved with course design around the world. Common with most architects born in Australia, Alister MacKenzie was a particular influence and this manifests itself in
- [Canada's Lost Devereux Emmet Hides Under a Faux Stanley Thompson](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/canadas-lost-devereux-emmet-hides-under-a-faux-stanley-thompson/) - Read Time: 11 minutes Golf architecture in Canada has long been tied to the reputation of Stanley Thompson, even in modern times. Doug Carrick and Thomas McBroom both come from the Thompson family tree through Robbie Robinson, and even Rod Whitman, who studied under Pete Dye in the United States, is constantly drawing comparisons to The Toronto
- [Feature Interview with Andrew Harvie](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-andrew-harvie/) - Feature Interview with Ran Morrissett (RM): How did you first get into the study of golf course architecture? Andrew Harvie (AH): Growing up, I was fortunate to be exposed to Mike Mezei who played on the Canadian Tour for years. He was an ace player but more importantly, he was a huge golf course/golf architecture
- [The Routing and Design of Indian Hill Club’s Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/challenger-john-the-routing-and-design-of-indian-hill-clubs-golf-course/) - The Routing and Design of Indian Hill Club’s Golf Course by Harry Colt and H.H. Barker by John Challenger May, 2023 Indian Hill Club, referred to as Winnetka Country Club in its early records, has an early architectural history that involved four architects: H.H. Barker, Harry Colt, Donald Ross, and William Langford. In this paper,
- [The Top 20 Trackman Courses To Play This Winter](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-top-20-trackman-courses-to-play-this-winter/) - Winter is a great time to set aside the clubs and do other things, but for diehards, it means simulator season. Indeed, in recent years, the off-season is just the transition to indoor golf, with Trackman's technology leading the way when it comes to realistic playing experiences. It helps that the technology is better than
- [Musings on Society's Future in an AI World, Golf, & How They Intertwine](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/musings-on-societys-future-in-an-ai-world-golf-how-they-intertwine/) - Taking the hundred or so steps down the stairs from street level to the Toronto Transit Commission's subway line is, and likely the case on other public transit systems around the world too, a journey through the different factions of society. This particular Thursday morning has the usual droves of people heading south on the
- [Feature Interview with Johnson Wagner](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-johnson-wagner/) - Feature Interview with Johnson Wagner October, 2019 1. Tell us how you came to have an interest in golf course architecture, as distinct from your interest in playing golf. As a kid I loved playing golf but I didn’t pay attention to design. There were courses that I liked more than others but I wouldn’t
- [Feature Interview with Pete Dye, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interview-with-pete-dye/) - Below is a telephone conversation that Pete Dye had with Southern Pines resident Chris Buie in 2015. Chris was gathering information on Donald Ross for his book The Life & Times of Donald Ross. Back in the 1940s, Dye was stationed at Fort Bragg and he would come to Pinehurst where on multiple occasions, he
- [Who Was Hugh Wilson?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cirba-mike-who-was-hugh-wilson/) - “There was peculiar pleasure in revisiting Merion after an interval of years for I have known the course since its birth. Yet, with it all, there was keen regret that my old friend Hugh Wilson had not lived to see such scenes as the National Open unfolded over the fine course that he loved so
- [A History of Southern Pines Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/history-of-southern-pines-golf-club/) - A History of Southern Pines Golf Club Chris Buie September 2013 The club property has served the community as a park as well as a playground for followers of the old Scotch game, and as such has many fascinations. Glimpses through the close set trees to sunlit pools and shadow-dappled fairways, vistas through the tall
- [Feature Interview with George Thomas](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/george-thomas/) - Feature Interview with George Thomas September 2001 For many people, strategy lies at the heart of a golf course. Without it, a course has no enduring quality and eventually a golfer will grow weary of playing it. And for many, the architect who best imbued golf holes with strategy was The Captain, George Thomas. Geoff
- [Walter J. Travis “Dropped” at National Golf Links of America  Truth or Travesty?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cirba-mike-walter-j-travis-dropped-at-national-golf-links-of-america-truth-or-travesty-part-one/) - As an émigré to the United States in the 1800s, he was the closest thing to a golfing savant in the history of the game. In less than a year after picking up golf clubs in the fall of 1896 he was winning competitive events and soon became one of the premier amateur golfers in
- [George Arthur Crump: Portrait of a Legend](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/thomas-macwood-george-arthur-crump-portrait-of-a-legend/) - George Arthur Crump: Portrait of a Legend by Thomas MacWood March, 2005 As you near the tiny station, a lone figure standing on the platform can be seen from the train window. A medium-size man with a blocky build, he insists on greeting everyone out for a game. Wearing imported knickers and a white cap,
- [Magazine Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/magazine-architecture/) - Magazine Architecture by Tom MacWood In his book How Buildings Learn inventor/designer Stewart Brand explores how buildings adapt and evolve. Architecture has often been studied in the context of space and what the architect intended for that space, Brand looks at architecture and buildings over the course of time. That all buildings are forced to
- [The Dream Decision](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/macwood-thomas-the-dream-decision/) - The Dream Decision by Tom MacWood On July 14, 1931 at the Bon Air Vanderbilt in Augusta, Bob Jones addressed a group of reporters. Nine months removed from his historic Grand Slam, he announced the formation of the Augusta National Golf Club. He was bringing his ideal course to the South, 'my ambition in connection
- [Gliding past Fuji: C.H. Alison in Japan](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tom-macwood-gliding-past-fuji-ch-alison-in-japan/) - GlidingPast Fuji - C.H. Alison in Japan by Thomas MacWood "Gliding past Fuji, still snow-capped, the luxurious Asama Maru passes accurately among a thousand sampans and comes to a rest alongside a modern quay." This is how golf architect CH Alison described his entrance into Tokyo Bay. A disciple of a movement in golf design
- [The World's Finest Courses](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tom-macwood-the-worlds-finest-courses/) - The World's Finest Tests by Thomas MacWood Editor's Note: Though the following is pure fiction, Tom's research turns this enjoyable read into something that is also highly educational. My research led me to this fascinating article and list. The National Golf Review was a short lived magazine (maybe 3 or 4 years) that was created shortly after The American Golfer and
- [Feature Interview with Ben Cowan-Dewar](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/ben-cowan-dewar-june-2004/) - Feature Interview with Ben Cowan-Dewar June, 2004 Ben Cowan-Dewar is the President of GolfTI, a golf travel company based in Toronto, Canada, that he founded in 1999. GolfTI focuses on international luxury golf travel, which has taken him to some of the world's great courses and helped fuel his love for golf course architecture. Ben
- [Feature Interview with Mike Clayton, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interview-with-mike-clayton-ii/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Michael Clayton September 2016 What was it like caddying in the 2016 Rio Olympics? I’ve always enjoyed caddying - it's how I started in golf - and Su (Oh) and I have done about a dozen tournaments together now beginning with the 2014 Australian Open at Victoria - so it's very occasional
- [Feature Interview with Mike Clayton](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-clayton-october-2001/) - Feature Interview with Mike Clayton October, 2001 Mike Clayton turned Pro in 1981 and played in Europe until 1996 and still plays a little in Australia. Michael Clayton Golf Design was formed in 1995 with John Sloan and Bruce Grant and all three grew up playing and working on the Melbourne sandbelt. Mike also writes
- [Feature Interview with Kyle Franz, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-kyle-franz-2/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Kyle Franz August, 2016 Since his June 2011 GolfClubAtlas interview, Kyle Franz has worked for Gil Hanse on the Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course and completed his first solo work as an architect at Mid Pines, where he restored the course to acclaim - and increased foot traffic. Mid Pines now receives as many rounds as
- [Feature Interview with Kyle Franz](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/kyle-franz-june-2011/) - Pete Dye's influence is frequently cited on many great architects of today, including Doak, Coore, Liddy and Whitman. Yet, at age 30, you are of a different generation. Who have been your primary influences (and perhaps Dye is indeed one of them)? That's a good question that operates on two separate levels. If someone
- [Feature Interview with Martin Ebert](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/in-conversation-with-martin-ebert-on-criticism-hamilton-virtual-golf-more/) - There’s an excitement in Martin Ebert’s tone as he discusses his projects, standing just right of the 1st hole as Rory McIlroy launches driver down the first fairway at Hamilton Golf & Country Club during the second round of the 2024 RBC Canadian Open. Ebert is the architect behind the overhaul of Harry Colt’s Hamilton
- [Feature Interview with Chris Buie, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-no-2-with-chris-buie/) - The Life & Times of Donald Ross
- [Feature Interview with Samuel Ingwersen](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-samuel-ingwersen/) - Before we get into details, please provide an overview of your book and why you wrote it. First, I want to thank you for your work and its benefit to the game. I have read your GCA site for many years and consider it a significant contribution to the literature of golf. GCA’s course profiles
- [Feature Interview with Jeff Mingay, No. 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/in-conversation-with-jeff-mingay/) - Sitting down with architects, on paper, is an impossible task. More-often-than-not, they are on the road building golf, and when they're home, that time should be dedicated to friends, family, and mandatory obligations. Yet Jeff Mingay has always made time for me, as he did in January 2023. We decide to meet at 3PM at
- [Feature Interview with Jeff Mingay, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jeff-mingay-no2/) - You worked with a hero of mine, Rod Whitman, for nearly a decade at places like Blackhawk, Sagebrush and Cabot Links. What have you been up to since going out on your own in 2009? Mostly renovation and restorative-based work on existing courses. I was also fortunate to win the commission to rebuild the Derrick
- [Feature Interview with Keith Cutten](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-keith-cutten/) - Feature Interview with Keith Cutten February, 2019 Keith Cutten is a golf course architect and author. After starting on a shovel and rake in 2007 at Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, he has spent more than a decade working alongside (his mentor) Rod Whitman. Keith has participated in the construction of several of Canada’s highest-profile,
- [Feature Interview with Todd Eckenrode](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-todd-eckenrode/) - How were you introduced to the game and architecture? It’s interesting with all of the focus of late on par-3 or “short” golf courses that this was how I started in the game as well. My dad started me in lessons, around the age of 12 and I remember my early rounds on the course
- [Roads Less Travelled](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/june-feature-interview-roads-less-traveled/) - June Feature Interview Roads Less Traveled Three GB&I Regional Tours by Angela Moser, Robin Hiseman and Clyde Johnson Additional insight provided by Jeff Warne and Robin Down Donegal, Ireland by Angela Moser (7 courses separated by 156 miles) Preface by Jeff Warne You’ve played a few Open Rota courses in England and Scotland, made the pilgrimage
- [Feature Interview with Phil Young, No. 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-no-3-with-phil-young/) - Feature Interview No. 3 with Phil Young December, 2021 1. When and where Tillinghast first got into design? I believe that it was at least as early as 1898. In the January 1909 issue of The American Golfer, Tilly wrote, “Some years ago I was invited to run out to Frankford, a suburb of
- [Feature Interview with Wayne Morrison on The Country Club's Restoration](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-wayne-morrison-restoration-of-the-country-club/) - Feature Interview with Wayne Morrison Restoration of The Country Club Pepper Pike, Ohio July, 2023 1. Please provide a brief history of The Country Club in Pepper Pike, Ohio. The Country Club was founded in Glenville, Ohio, near Lake Erie in 1889. More than 130 years later, it remains true to its founders’ purpose –
- [Feature Interview with Connor Lewis, Vaughn Halyard, Ran Morrissett, Matt Smallwood, and Brad Beckon](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-lewis-halyard-becken-franz-smallwood-and-morrissett-march-2021/) - In a rare audio Feature Interview, listen to the Talkin' Golf Podcast, featuring host Connor Lewis alongside guests Vaughn Halyard, Ran Morrissett, Matt Smallwood, and Brad Beckon.
- [Thoughts on the 2025 Ryder Cup Setup & Musings on Conditioning Matching Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ryder-cup-setup/) - Following Sunday's impressive near-comeback from the United States, Captain Keegan Bradley was asked if he would do anything different in retrospect following Europe's win. He answered, "I think I would have set the course up a little differently." Indeed, Bethpage's famed sign warning of an "extremely difficult course" and "recommend[ed] for highly skilled golfers" seemed
- [A Historian's Dream Article: The Bethpage Mystery](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/geoff-shackelford-a-historians-dream-article-2/) - Geoff Shackleford decodes the Bethpage Black mystery of who designed the golf course: A.W. Tillinghast, or Joseph Burbeck?
- [The NYC Recap](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-nyc-recap-part-1-piping-rock/) - Part I: Piping Rock Just before noon, rather than sit in my comfortable yet overpriced hotel room and do school work, which I of course should have and for which I paid dearly upon my return home, I ventured down to Bethpage, with the intention to walk around, hit some putts, and drink a warm-up
- [The Great Hazard](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-great-hazard/) - A.W. Tillinghast's Great Hazard is a widely recognized template worldwide. Dive in now and see examples, diagrams, and a definition.
- [Burnham & Berrow Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/burnham-berrow-golf-club/) - Golfing the Warren - Burnham & Berrow Golf Club by Sean Arble, February 2010 H. S. Colt is often cited as the creator of Burnham and Berrow and rightly so. Colt's blue print used the natural contours of the land tellingly in creating eight new holes and is largely responsible for the reputation Burnham enjoys today. 
- [A Great Hole: the 16th at Cape Breton Highlands](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/jeff-mingay-a-great-hole-the-16th-at-cape-breton-highlands/) - "Sair Fecht" | 460 yards, par 5 By the time golfers reach the sixteenth tee at Highlands Links, they've encountered what have been recognized by golfing authorities as three of the world's best par 5s: the picturesque 532 yard sixth, played alongside the marshy mouth of the Clyburn River, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean; the
- [Banff: Still one of the World's Greats](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ben-dewar-banff-still-one-of-the-worlds-greats/) - Banff: Still One of the World's Greats by Ben Dewar Originally built in 1927 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Banff Springs Golf Course was expanded to 27 holes in 1992, when golf architect Bill Robinson added nine new holes to Stanley Thompson's original 18 hole course. While the Thompson 18 remains intact, a new
- [Golf In Australia](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/matt-cohn-golf-in-australia/) - Golf In Australia by Matt Cohn Australia represented a lot of things to me. It was my first time living in a great international city like Melbourne, and a time when I found my closest friends yet. I learned so much about myself, about the world, and about other people. And I had more fun
- [10th Revision Chronology of Dr. Mackenzie's Presence 1907-1934](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/bob-beck-nick-leefe-10th-revision-chronology-of-dr-mackenzies-presence-1907-1934/) - Chronology of Dr. Mackenzie's Presence Jan. 29th Leeds at Alwoodley Committee Meeting (AL) Feb. 5th Leeds at Alwoodley Committee Meeting (AL) Feb. 12th Leeds at Alwoodley Committee Meeting (AL) Feb. 19th Leeds at Alwoodley Committee Meeting (AL) Feb. 26th Leeds at Alwoodley Committee Meeting (AL) Mar. 5th Leeds at Alwoodley Committee Meeting (AL) Mar. 12th
- [Donald Ross Restoration Guidelines](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ross-society-ross-restoration-guidelines/) - Ross Restoration Guidelines (A Preparatory Checklist as Prepared by The Ross Society) June, 2005 The Donald Ross Society believes that the 400+ courses designed by the Scottish-born golf architect are works of art that merit close care and meticulous preservation. We realize that in some cases renovation work is needed, but we would emphasize, wherever
- [Fream, Ron - What Signature?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ronald-w-fream-what-signature/) - What Signature? By Ronald W. Fream February, 2006 Across the golf industry, signature design and the existence of a signature hole for a course are hot button topics. Why? What are the meaningful benefits of signature design or a signature hole? Often, "signature" equals dollars, euros, pounds, yen or whatever the local currency is. Hanging
- [Ralph Plummer, Golf Course Architect](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/lou-duran-jeff-brauer-ralph-plummer-golf-course-architect/) - Ralph Plummer, Golf Course Architect by Lou Duran &Jeff Brauer August, 2006 Part Iby Lou Duran Historically, golf course designers or architects have come to the profession from many different backgrounds. Their personalities, demeanors, training, and approach to their craft have varied considerably. Some practiced obscurely in limited regional areas with little promotion or fanfare.
- [Anatomy of a Rebuild](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/jeff-taylor-anatomy-of-a-rebuild/) - Anatomy of a Rebuild By Jeff Taylor & Louis Kiang Introduction Opened/Built in 1964, Crofton Country Club is an Edmund Ault design located in Crofton, Maryland. Although Ault designs can be found throughout the country, the majority of his work is found in the Mid Atlantic region from where he based his operations. Like many
- [MacKenzie & Woodside CC](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/gordon-ratliff-mackenzie-woodside-cc/) - Alister MacKenzie's DreamWoodside's Almost Famous Country Club by Gordon I. Ratliff December, 2006 For a fleeting moment in the Roaring 1920s, Woodside almost had its own top-quality golf course, designed by the famous Dr. Alister MacKenzie. The towering redwoods of Portola Valley would have made it spectacular. We know this due to the work
- [Mendik, Kevin - Challenges of Restoring a Classic American Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/kevin-mendik-challenges-of-restoring-a-classic-american-golf-course/) - The Challenges of Restoring a Classic American Golf Course by Kevin R. Mendik, National Park Service, Northeast Region March, 2007 Kevin R. Mendik is an Environmental Protection Specialist with the Northeast Region of the National Park Service where he has worked since 1990. Much of his work is in the area of environmental compliance and
- [Another Take on a World Top 100 Ranking](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/matthew-hunt-another-take-on-a-world-top-100-ranking/) - Another Take on a World Top100 Ranking by Matthew Hunt May, 2007 Please note: this is not a GolfClubAtlas.com ranking. Iconducted the worldranking belowbecausemany of the people that post within the GolfClubAtlas Discussion Groupcriticize Golf Digest's rankings. Because the GolfClubAtlas.com postersare more "educated" than the general golfing public, I thought we would get a very
- [A Framework for Considering Changes at Augusta National](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/kelly-blake-moran-a-framework-for-considering-changes-at-augusta-national/) - A Framework forConsidering Changesto Augusta National Golf Club by Kelly Blake Moran May, 2007 A golf course architect is not just a service provider. The service an architect provides should grow out of their philosophy and advocacy for particular ways they feel the game should be played. So, while every architect can provide design services,
- [A Round of Golf Courses: Bernard Darwin - 19th Hole](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tom-macwood-a-round-of-golf-courses-bernard-darwin-19th-hole/) - A Round of Golf Courses: Bernard Darwin as compiled by Thomas MacWood The 19th hole And so we have it, Darwin's round of eighteen, perhaps not the eighteen greatest courses judged by a cold emotionless standard, but that wouldn't be authentic BD. Darwin was a romantic. Certainly the golf was very important but so was
- [The Architectural Evolution of Stanley Thompson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/ian-andrew-architectural-evolution-of-stanley-thompson/) - The Architectural Evolution of Stanley Thompson by Ian Andrew May, 2007 Noted golf historian Geoff Cornish has a theory: if Stanley Thompson had been based in the United States or the United Kingdom instead of Canada, he would have received a lot more international acclaim. Cornish may have a bias - after all, he was
- [A Round of Golf Courses: Bernard Darwin - Inward Nine](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tom-macwood-a-round-of-golf-courses-bernard-darwin-inward-nine/) - A Round of Golf Courses: Bernard Darwin as compiled by Tom MacWood Inward Nine Portmarnock "It must be almost exactly nine and thirty years since I first took the boat a cross the narrow strip of water to Portmarnock and found myself in what was obviously a tract of wonderful golfing country. Not only that,
- [A Round of Golf Courses:  Bernard Darwin - Outward Nine](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tom-macwood-a-round-of-golf-courses-bernard-darwin-outward-nine/) - A Round of Golf Courses: Bernard Darwin as compiled by Tom MacWood August, 2007 'There are few people so modest that they have not some little accomplishment which they like now and again to show off. Mine is a particularly tiresome one, tiresome, that is, to other people, though full of intense pleasure to the
- [Feature Interview with Darren Kilfara](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/darren-kilfara/) - Feature Interview with Darren Kilfara October 2001 Darren Kilfara's first book, A Golfer's Education, has just been published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. He has written for Golf Digest magazine and worked for ESPN International as a soccer commentator. He graduated from Harvard University in 1997, with a year at the University of St.
- [The Missing Faces of Merion](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-missing-faces-of-merion-by-david-moriarty-2/) - In My Opinion The Missing Faces of Merion A Reexamination of the Origins of Merion East (1909-1912) Part One by David Moriarty April, 2008 Author's Note. When Hugh I. Wilson first built Merion East, the course was largely a "rough draft." The core of the course was in place, but the Construction Committee left many
- [Fream, Ron - Around the World in 76 Days](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/around-the-world-in-76-days-by-ron-fream/) - Around the World in 76 Days by Ronald W. Fream www.golfplan.com July, 2008 The image of golf architecture often is that of a name-brand pro golf designer disembarking the helicopter onto a plot of ground, followed by assorted clients, aides and photo op writers. A speech is made describing the grand vision for the course
- [The Early Architects: Beyond Old Tom](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/in-my-opinion-the-early-architects-beyond-old-tom-by-tom-macwood/) - In My Opinion The Early Architects: Beyond Old Tom by Thomas MacWood June 2008 Most of us are stubborn by nature. Once we get an idea in our head its very difficult to remove it, at least that has been my experience. In contrast to this human nature a good researcher should strive to keep
- [A Cry for the Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-cry-for-the-golf-course-by-gib-carpenter/) - A Cry for the Golf CourseThe Case for a Comprehensive Tree RemovalProgramAt the Philadelphia Cricket Club Flourtown (PA) Course, USA by Gib Carpenter November, 2007 I have been a member of the Philadelphia Cricket Club for sixteen years. My other Club memberships are at Waterville in Kerry, Ireland since 1997 and more recently (since 2005),
- [Feature Interview with Rick Wolffe](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/rick-wolffe/) - Feature Interview with Rick Wolffe June 2001 Richard C. ('Rick') Wolffe is Senior Vice President of Business Operations for the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, where his responsibilities include the $90 million renovation and modernization of the Historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and construction of the new $68 million Wildwoods Convention Center. Rick
- [Feature Interview with Dr. Henry Terrie](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/henry-terrie/) - Feature Interview with Dr. Henry Terrie May 2001 Born in 1921, Dr. Henry Terrie has taught english at Dartmouth College since 1952. He was the Chairman of the Department of English from 1967-1972 and the Dean of Humanities from 1972-1976. He is a member of Hanover CC in New Hampshire, Ekwanok in Vermont, and Yeamans
- [Feature Interview with Khristine Januzik](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/khristine-januzik/) - Feature Interview with Khristine Januzik April 2001 Khristine Januzik began working at The Tufts Archives in 1993, having never played golf in her life and still referring to the game as 'Pasture Pool.' Part of the job description included giving history programs and talks to various Pinehurst area groups. Donald Ross was very much a
- [Feature Interview with Dr. Bill Quirin](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bill-quirin/) - Feature Interview with Dr. Bill Quirin February 2001 Dr. Bill Quirin came to the MGA in 1987 and quickly became its historian as well as the editor of The Met Golfer. He has authored eight (and counting!) centennial books of area clubs including Ridgewood Country Club in New Jersey and Garden City Golf Club on
- [Feature Interview with Pete Dye](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/pete-dye/) - Feature Interview with Pete Dye December 2000 1. What courses that you played as a youth had the biggest influence on your design career? Urbana Country Club, Urbana, Ohio. 2. What specific design features impressed you the most from your 1960s trip to Scotland? Maintenance & the variety of grasses. 3. Many consider the low
- [Feature Interview Rod Whitman](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/rod-whitman/) - Feature Interview with Rod Whitman September 2000 Canadian Rod Whitman's name is not as familar with golfers as it should. Who does appreciate his expertise are Pete Dye and Coore & Crenshaw, the finest architects in the game, and his time is constantly in demand from both firms. Whitman's first solo effort at Wolf Creek
- [Feature Interview with Michael Fay](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/michael-fay/) - Feature Interview with Michael Fay July 2000 Michael Fay co-founded The Donald Ross Society in 1989 to help preserve Ross's courses and ideals. His recently published book Golf , As it was Meant to Played also highlights Ross's work and his design principles. 1. What inspired you to pursue your recently published book Golf, as
- [Feature Interview with Daniel Wexler](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/daniel-wexler/) - Feature Interview with Daniel Wexler May 2000 Daniel Wexler is a Los Angeles-based golf historian and writer. Formerly a golf professional, he is a 1985 graduate of Middlebury (VT) College and author of The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses And Holes.The book, published by Sleeping Bear, is due out in early July. 1.
- [Feature Interview with Lorne Rubenstein](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/lorne-rubenstein/) - Feature Interview with Lorne Rubenstein March 2000 Lorne Rubenstein is the long time columnist for Toronto's Globe and Mail and has contributed articles to virtually every major golf publication, including GOLF Magazine, Golf Digest, and Golf Monthly. He is a past winner of Golf Writer's Association of America award for the best feature article. Lorne
- [Feature Interview with Ron Whitten](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/ron-whitten/) - Feature Interview with Ron Whitten February, 2000 Ron Whitten is the co-author with Geoffrey Cornish of The Golf Course and The Architects of Golf, two cornerstone reference books for any student of golf architecture. In addition, he is the architecture editor for Golf Digest. His candid answers are a reflection of the strong opinions that
- [Feature Interview with Gil Hanse](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/gil-hanse-2/) - Feature Interview with Gil Hanse January, 2000 After working with fellow Cornell alum Tom Doak at noted courses like High Pointe and Stonewall, Gil Hanse started Hanse Golf Course Design in 1993. With the 1998 opening of the 18-hole Craighead Golf Links for the Crail Golfing Society, Gil became just the third American architect to
- [Feature Interview with George Bahto](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/george-bahto/) - Feature Interview with George Bahto December 1999 George Bahto came to golf architecture in a rather roundabout manner. Originally a baseball player, Bahto signed after high school with the then, Philadelphia Athletics farm team. Following the outbreak of the Korean War, he enlisted into the U.S. Navy. Trained as an airman, he logged over 2,000
- [Feature Interview with George Bahto, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/george-bahto-november-2002-2/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with George Bahto November, 2002 Please refer to George Bahto's December,1999 Feature Interview for biographical information. Since that Feature Interview, Bahto penned The Evangelist of Golf, which was published by Clock Tower Press in November, 2002. In addition, he has become hands-on involved in restorative projects at such courses as Essex
- [Feature Interview with Bill Coore](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bill-coore-november-1999/) - Feature Interview with Bill Coore November 1999 Bill Coore grew up in North Carolina and was graduated from Wake Forest, sowing the early seeds of his fondness for the work of Perry Maxwell (whose Old Town Club is in Winston-Salem). Like many of today's top designers, Coore cut his teeth in the architecture business by
- [Feature Interview with Geoff Shackelford](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/geoff-shackelford-1/) - Geoff Shackelford is the author of five golf books, not the least of which is the Definitive History of Riviera, which must rival Chicago GC's as the finest club history book. He has long held an appreciation for the innovative style employed by the old master architects like George Thomas. Geoff's new book entitled The
- [Feature Interview with David Eger, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-david-eger-january-2013/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with David Eger January 2013 David Eger has served in many varied capacities in the world of golf. He was a PGA Tour Rules Official, Director of Tournament Administration, Tournament Director-Administration, & Director of Tournament Operations from 1982 to 1991. He was the USGA’s Senior Director, Rules & Competitions from 1992
- [Feature Interview with David Eger](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/david-eger/) - Feature Interview with David Eger August 1999 No one today has been more involved with all aspects of competitive golf than David Eger. As a player his experiences range from playing on the PGA Tour for several years to winning the 1988 U.S. Mid-Amateur and representing the U.S. on two Walker Cup teams. As an
- [Feature Interview with Bradley S. Klein, No. 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bradley-klein-ii/) - Feature Interview with Bradley S. Klein No. II July 2001 Bradley S. Klein of Bloomfield, Conn., has just published Discovering Donald Ross: the Architect and his Golf Courses (Sleeping Bear Press, 415 pages). He is editor of Golfweek's Superintendent News and architecture columnist for Golfweek, where he runs that magazine's 'America's Best' lists of top-100
- [Feature Interview with Bradley S. Klein, No. 4](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-bradley-s-klein/) - Feature Interview No. 4 with Bradley S. Klein September 2013 1. What prompted you to write Wide Open Fairways? Very few golf architecture books have been published since 2008. It’s pretty scary what’s happening to the golf book market. There’s been a quick turnover of viable publishers. Readers are shifting to Web-based information or
- [Feature Interview with Bradley S. Klein, No. 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/brad-klein-noiii-november-2006/) - Feature Interview No. III with Bradley S. Klein November, 2006 GolfClubAtlas.com's first Feature Interview in July 1999 with Brad Klein revolved around his book Rough Meditations. Our second Feature Interview in July 2001 looked at Discovering Donald Ross. Since then, Brad has written, in order, Desert Forest Golf Club “ The First Forty Years; A
- [Feature Interview with Bradley S. Klein](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/brad-klein-1/) - Feature Interview with Bradley S. Klein No. I July 1999 Based in Connecticut with his family, Brad Klein enjoys a wanderlust that has taken him all over the world. Not content with just seeing mainstream courses by 'name' architects, Brad has always sought the tucked away gems. His book, Rough Meditations, is a great source
- [Feature Interview with Tom Doak, No. 7](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-no-7-with-tom-doak/) - Feature Interview No. 7 with Tom Doak June, 2020 Tom Doak's 9th book on golf course architecture, Getting to 18, ships this month and is available for purchase here: http://www.doakgolf.com/read. When did you first come up with an idea for a book on routing a golf course? Years ago, I tried to think what topics had
- [Feature Interview with Tom Doak, No. 6](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-no-6-with-tom-doak/) - Feature Interview No. 6 with Tom Doak November 2016 1. Far and away more Golden Age courses in North America are covered in Volume 3 than Volume 2 where population centers/golf languished before the air conditioner. As you drove across outposts like Maine and upstate New York, were you reacquainted with the work of a
- [Feature Interview with Tom Doak, No. 5](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-tom-doak-2/) - Feature Interview No. 5 with Tom Doak September, 2015 1. What was the most curious response to Volume 1? The limited edition of the Guide back in 1994 generated hundreds of letters from readers; the new book has hardly generated any. I guess people know what to expect. The most curious response to me was the
- [Feature Interview with Tom Doak, No. 4](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-tom-doak/) - Feature Interview No. 4 with Tom Doak September, 2014 Tell us the history of The Confidential Guide. Didn't Norm Klaparda show me a loose leaf binder from the early 1990s that preceded the infamous maroon leather version? The original book was printed and given to 40 friends as a Christmas gift in 1988. There were
- [Feature Interview with Tom Doak, No. 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-doak-june-2009/) - Feature Interview with Tom Doak June, 2009 1. You remarked two years ago that a true world class course could attract and hold a membership. Do you still believe that to be true in these uncertain economic times? I guess we'll find out over the next few years. For certain, some of the more "remote" destinations
- [Feature Interview with Tom Doak, No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-doak-2/) - Feature Interview with Tom Doak August 2001 1. How did you work together with your co-authors on the MacKenzie book? Actually, I still haven't met James Scott. Dr. Scott had already written the basis of a manuscript before I got involved with the project. He had done all the research on MacKenzie's life story, and
- [Feature Interview with Tom Doak](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-doak/) - Tom Doak is the president of Renaissance Golf Design in Traverse City, Michigan. Regarded as the leading golf course critic, Tom Doak is enjoying his finest year as a designer, with three courses opening in the middle of this year. Like his prior courses, each one is highly individualistic. His work is notable for the
- [Arts and Crafts Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/arts-and-crafts-golf-pg-i/) - Arts and Crafts Golf Part I by Thomas MacWood The Golden Age of golf-architecture, it is difficult to have a discussion with a serious student of golf design without it entering the conversation. The accomplished golf-architect Tom Simpson and his co-author Art historian Newton Wethered are said to have invented the term in their book
- [Spyglass Hill Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/spyglass-hill/) - Spyglass Hill Golf Course by Adam Clayman Sharing space with two of the country's most renowned golf courses is not an easy thing to do. However, for many, Spyglass Hill pulls it off, and does so tenaciously. Ask the average visitor to the peninsula which one of the company's courses they'd prefer, and most will
- [Feature Interview with Mark Amundson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mark-amundson-june-2006/) - Feature Interview with Mark Amundson June , 2006 1. What is your background? I have played golf all my life, having been introduced to the game by my mother when I was 3-4 years old. I grew up in Sioux Falls, SD first playing on a par 3 course and then as I got older
- [Feature Interview with Jim O'Neal](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jim-oneal-july-2006/) - Feature Interview with Jim O'Neal July , 2006 Jim O'Neal and his brother Rupert developed Ballneal as a private golf and hunting retreat in northeastern Colorado. The course opened for play in June, 2006 and its course profile can be read by clicking here. Designed by Renaissance Design, some consider this to be Tom Doak
- [Feature Interview with Dave Wilber](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/dave-wilber-august-2006/) - Feature Interview with Dave Wilber August , 2006 Dave Wilber is a turfgrass consultant and agronomic advisor. Since 1991 Dave has independently run Wilber Turf and Soil Services. Dave consults with over 200 existing golf facilities worldwide as well as providing service to construction and renovation/restoration projects working with architects, owners and golf course superintendents.
- [Feature Interview with Richard Goodale](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/richard-goodaleii-september-2006/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Richard Goodale September, 2006 Richard Goodale is a long time participant in, learner from and contributor to GolfClubAtlas.com. His biography hasn't changed a lot since his July 2005 interview here except to the extent that he is now almost fully employed in the business of writing and publishing golf books
- [Feature Interview with Jim Engh](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jim-engh-october-2006/) - Feature Interview with Jim Engh October, 2006 1. How did you get into golf design? My dad was a John Deere dealer in my hometown of Dickinson, North Dakota. He and some friends built a new nine hole 'grass green' course that opened in 1958. In fact, John Reuter Jr. was the pro at the
- [Feature Interview with David Baum](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/david-baum-march-2007/) - Feature Interview with David Baum March, 2007 David Baum is the owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of Golf Odyssey: The Insider's Guide to Sophisticated Golf Travel. Prior to purchasing the 15 year-old publication in 2005, David spent seventeen years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. A long-time subscriber to Golf Odyssey, David jumped at the chance
- [Feature Interview with Kevin Cook](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/kevin-cook-may-2007/) - Feature Interview with Kevin Cook May, 2007 Kevin Cook is the former editor-in-chief of Golf Magazine. In his tenure there he helped grow the circulation to 1.4 million, and also wrote for the magazine and edited writers ranging from Jack Nicklaus to Gore Vidal. He has also written for Sports Illustrated, GQ, Playboy, Details, Vogue,
- [Feature Interview with Rich Goodale](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/rich-goodale-june-2007/) - Feature Interview No. 3 with Rich Goodale June, 2007 Rich Goodale and his publisher, OptimizeGolf, have recently completed the third book of their series, "Experience Carnoustie Golf Links." Similar to the previous two books on Royal Dornoch and the Old Course, it features a unique combination of original text, world-class photography and superb imagery based
- [Feature Interview with Dana Fry](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/dana-fry-january-2009/) - Feature Interview with Dana Fry January, 2009 1. How did you get your start in golf course architecture? In 1983 while attending the University of Arizona in Tucson and I was on the golf team. During the summer break before my senior year I met Andy Banfield who was, and still is, one of Tom
- [Feature Interview with Ian Andrew](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewandrew/) - Feature Interview with Ian Andrew December, 2008 1. How did you get into golf course architecture? I used to watch the Bing Crosby Pro Am with my father. I would watch the tournament and draw out all the holes “ I was pretty infatuated with the course. Eventually I not only drew the holes but
- [The Evolution of a Classical Golf Course: Essex Golf & Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinionmingay/) - The Evolution of a Classical Golf Course: Essex G&CC by Jeff Mingay By the 1960s, the majority of classic golf courses designed and constructed during The Golden Age of Golf Design, between the wars, were suffering the effects of evolution. Putting surfaces had receded toward their centers, fairways had narrowed, sand bunkers were deteriorated or
- [Feature Interview with Bill Yates](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewyates/) - Feature Interview with Bill Yates, July, 2007 The acknowledged expert on pace of play, Bill has worked with managers to improve their operations for more than twenty years. His integrated systems approach has streamlined operations and increased profits on courses in the U.S., Canada, Asia and the U.K. Among these are Pebble Beach Golf Links,
- [Feature Interview with Masa Nishijima](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewmasa/) - Feature Interview with Masa Nishijima August 2007 Since 1989, Masa Nishijima has written for a variety of Japanese golf publications and has served as a design consultant for courses in Asia. He is the author of the award-winning book Analysis of a Golf Course, which was released in Japan in 2005. Masa was the sixth
- [Feature Interview with Randy Thompson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewrthompson667/) - Feature Interview with Randy Thompson September 2007 Randy Thompson is president of American Golf Course Design, LTDA based out of Santiago, Chile. During the past eleven years this company has evolved into South America's leading design firm with prestigious designs found throughout the southern cone of South America and more recently in Central America. Randy
- [Feature Interview with Scott Gummer](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-scott-gummer-october-2007/) - Feature Interview with Scott Gummer October, 2007 Scott Gummer has contributed to overforty magazines, including Sports Illustrated, LIFE, Fortune, Men's Journal, Robb Report, Vanity Fair, T+L Golf, Golf Digest, and GOLF, where he was a Senior Writer. He also ghostwrote portions of comedian George Lopez's New York Times bestseller "Why You Crying?" Gummer lives in
- [Feature Interview with Richard Mandell](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewmandell3/) - Feature Interview with Richard Mandell No. 3 November 2007 Richard Mandell, a golf course architect in Pinehurst, North Carolina, unveiled this summer his new book called Pinehurst ~ Home of American Golf (The Evolution of a Legend). Richard is a GolfClubAtlas.com regular contributor, but has been quiet here the past four yearsas he wasresearching, writing,
- [Feature Interview with Mark Frost](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewfrost/) - Feature Interview with Mark Frost December 2007 Bestselling author and award-winning writer-producer Mark Frost studied directing, and playwriting at Carnegie Mellon University. At the age of 20 he began his television career writing for the sci-fi classic The Six Million Dollar Man, after which he moved to Minneapolis and worked as Literary Associate at the
- [Feature Interview with Frank Pont](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewpont/) - Feature Interview with Frank Pont January, 2008 Frank Pont is a late arrival on the European golf course architecture scene. After careers in Offshore, Strategy Consulting, Investment Banking and Venture Capital this Dutchman with an American twist has progressively been making his mark in the European golf architecture world over the last 5 years. Originally
- [Feature Interview with Mark Rowlinson & Daniel Wexler](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewrowlinsonwexler/) - Feature Interview with Mark Rowlinson & Daniel Wexler November, 2008 Questions & Answers with Mark Rowlinson: What were the factors in deciding it was time to update and revise The World Atlas of Golf? I think it was generally agreed that the old book was creaking a bit, particularly with regard to the main artworks.
- [Feature Interview with David Scaletti](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewscaletti/) - Feature Interview with David Scaletti March, 2008 Born on February 24, 1957, David graduated from RMIT in Australia with a Bachelor in Arts (Photography) in 1988 and has been a freelance professional photographer ever since. The first nine or ten years were spent in the field of commercial and advertising photography carrying out assignments for
- [Feature Interview with Joel Zuckerman](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewzuckerman2/) - Feature Interview with Joel Zuckerman October, 2008 The Dye Family themselves selected veteran golf writer Joel Zuckerman to pen the recently-released Pete Dye ”Golf Courses: Fifty Years of Visionary Design, a 300+ page, 260-illustration, 65,000 word tribute to the game's pre-eminent modern architect. Dye was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in October,
- [Feature Interview with Roy Case](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewcase/) - Feature Interview with Roy Case February, 2008 Born in Great Britain, how did you come to live in Kingston, Jamaica for fifteen years? In the early 60's I had completed my studies in both Architecture and Town Planning, served three years as a Flying Officer in the RAF, and had placed third in an international
- [Feature Interview with Greg Tallman](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewtallman/) - Feature Interview with Greg Tallman July, 2008 How did a native from West Virginia become the Director of Golf at Cabo del Sol resort in Baja, Mexcio? Well, without consuming too much band width ¦ I have been rather fortunate to work at some fine clubs having started out in the Pittsburgh area before
- [Feature Interview with Bob Labbance and Kevin Mendik](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-labbance-and-kevin-mendik/) - Feature Interview with Bob Labbance and Kevin Mendik April, 2008 For more information on Bob Labbance, please read his Feature Interview from November, 2000 on this site. For more information on Kevin Mendik, please read his In My Opinion piece entitled The Challenges of Restoring a Classic American Golf Course on this site. How did
- [Feature Interview with Grant Spaeth](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewspaeth/) - Feature Interview with Grant Spaeth May 2008 Born June 27, 1932, in Oxford, England, C. Grant Spaeth has served the game - and society - for many years. Married to Lori, they have two adult children, Charlie and Shelly. Mr. Spaeth graduated from Palo Alto High School, Exeter, Stanford (BA) in 1954, and Harvard Law
- [Feature Interview with Scott Whitley and Richard Phinney](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interviewwhitleyphinney/) - Feature Interview with Scott Whitley and Richard Phinney June 2008 Who are Richard Phinney and Scott Whitley, and how did you decide to write a book on golf in Ireland in the first place? Richard is a journalist and documentary maker (and a member of Royal Montrose Golf Club), who produces work for the BBC
- [Feature Interview with Mark Rowlinson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mark-rowlinson-june-2003-2/) - Feature Interview with Mark Rowlinson June, 2003 Mark Rowlinson is the author of many books about golf courses and their architecture. It may be a surprise, then, to learn that he is a classical musician by profession. In his mid 50s, he lives with his wife and three children (aged 18 to 22) in Wilmslow,
- [The Six Holes to Watch For Match Play at Bethpage (Black)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-six-holes-to-watch-for-match-play-at-bethpage-black/) - Bethpage Black hosts its first-ever professional match play event at the 2025 Ryder Cup, and we have some thoughts on what holes to look out for.
- [147 Custodians of the Game (+6)](https://golfclubatlas.com/147-custodians/)
- [What If Seth Raynor Designed Cypress Point?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/what-if-seth-raynor-designed-cypress-point/) - Seth Raynor's untimely death in 1926 led to Dr. Alister MacKenzie's watershed moment in America at Cypress Point. What would've happened if Raynor had designed Cypress?
- [Cypress Point: To Paradise and Back](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cypress-point-to-paradise-and-back/) - “We might potentially be able to play Cypress in a couple days,” Andrew initially texted me, which I somewhat brushed off, although I knew from experience that there was a non-zero chance that his connection might pull through. Akin to one day going out to a bar, seeing Ana De Armas, chatting her up, getting
- [The Six Holes to Watch For Match Play at Cypress Point Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-six-holes-to-watch-for-match-play-at-cypress-point-club/) - Next month, The Walker Cup heads back to Cypress Point for the first time in 44 years when the United States won 15-9 over Great Britain in 1981. In the time since the premiere amateur event was last played at one of golf's most iconic venues, the sport has evolved---especially as distance has taken over
- [The St. George's Eclectic 18](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-st-georges-eclectic-18/) - An Eclectic 18 celebrating the layouts of St. George's Hill (England), St. George's (Canada), St. George's (New York), and Royal St. George's (England).
- [Comparing How Hanse/Wagner & Tom Doak Design For The Pros at PGA Frisco and Memorial Park](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/comparing-how-hanse-wagner-tom-doak-design-for-the-pros-at-pga-frisco-and-memorial-park/) - The finishing hole at Memorial Park is a brute of a finishing par 4, measuring slightly over 500 yards and playing to a tricky green working on an angle from the short-left side up the right. There's an abrupt collection area up short and up the right side, three bunkers left, and some rough as
- [The Oddities of Oakmont](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-oddities-of-oakmont/) - After three days watching the 2025 US Open at Oakmont Country Club, a variety of themes dominate the TV screens of those watching at home. For starters, the Henry C. Fownes layout is certainly as mean and as brutal as advertised, with a two-day, pre-cut total averaging close to +10 (just shy of 150), defined
- [The Tree Paradox](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-tree-width-paradox/) - Standing in the left-centre of the 13th fairway at Cabot Citrus Farms (Roost), it becomes obvious that, while this is a spacious fairway to hit in principle, anything up the left is less-than-ideal. Even though you might have hit the left-centre of the ~75 yard wide fairway, you're not exactly in position "A:" the approach
- [Early Thoughts From a Too-Early Visit to Jekyll Island (Great Dunes)](https://golfclubatlas.com/early-thoughts/early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-jekyll-island-great-dunes/) - The fast speeds of the I-95 South largely make up the snowbird residents from the northeast heading south to Florida, especially in January as the cold begins to set in for residents of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and more. U-Haul trucks and sports cars are scattered amongst the fleet of cars attempting to
- [A Masterclass in Routing: Old Town Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-masterclass-in-routing-old-town-club/) - Read Time: 20 minutesGolf architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw don’t often mince words when speaking of the brilliance of Old Town Club in Winston-Salem (NC). Crenshaw, for one, always touts Old Town for its extraordinary topography. “It’s the best land I’ve ever seen for golf,” says the twotime Masters champion repeatably, who has played
- [An "Early Thoughts" Followup From Pinehurst Resort (No. 10)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/an-early-thoughts-followup-from-pinehurst-resort-no-10/) - First impressions from Pinehurst No. 10, the newest course at the famed Pinehurst Resort from acclaimed American architect Tom Doak.
- [Early Thoughts From a Too-Early Visit to High Grove Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/early-thoughts/early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-high-grove-club/) - Driving from Miami Beach to Venus, Florida, much of the landscape is nearly as flat as the table dinner was served on the night before. Exiting the sprawling metropolis of Miami provides a stunning look into the sky sparkled with stars and an unobstructed view for miles on end... far different from the bright lights
- [A Celebration of The Squeeze: Mike Nuzzo's Solo Addition to Cabot Citrus Farms](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-celebration-of-the-squeeze-mike-nuzzos-solo-addition-to-cabot-citrus-farms/) - Mike Nuzzo's charming nine hole addition to Cabot Citrus Farms is a brilliant ride around the undulating Floridian terrain in a smaller dosage than its bigger siblings.
- [Ranking All Thirty Holes Designed for TGL](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ranking-all-thirty-holes-designed-for-tgl/) - Thirty holes were exclusively designed for the TGL... and we ranked them from best to worst.
- [The Secret Sauce: Cutten Fields](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-secret-sauce-cutten-fields/) - Classic golf courses in Canada are, at least compared to our US counterparts south of the 49th parallel/Great Lakes, work in progresses. For whatever reason, be it education or money or just a lack of appreciation for the product and its related history, they generally are less-than their opening iteration. Years of watering down the
- [2024's Eclectic 18](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/2024s-eclectic-18/) - December is the season of year-end lists: Pitchfork's best albums of 2024, OpenTable's Top 100 restaurants of the year, and so forth. Golf rankings, too, but rather than simply sitting down and tallying up how my notable golf courses one played, it is far more interesting, engaging, and informative to identify the standout holes of
- [Feature Interview with Josh McFadden](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-josh-mcfadden/) - Andrew Harvie (AH): As a current shaper for Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner, what have been some of the most interesting projects you’ve worked on? Josh McFadden (JM): For restorations, something like Southern Hills, or The Country Club in Cleveland. Southern Hills was interesting because going into it I had only seen the golf course
- [Colt, Park, and Tillinghast: The Last Remnants of Canada's Greatest Golfing Neighbourhood](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/colt-park-and-tillinghast-the-last-remnants-of-canadas-greatest-golfing-neighbourhood/) - Read Time: 11 minutesTo spend a 36 hole day split between Mount Bruno and Montreal’s Meadowbrook is, more or less, to venture to polar opposite ends of the Canadian golf club spectrum. Mount Bruno, among other rules, still requires knee-socks with shorts and forbids visitors from posting pictures of its Willie Park Jr. designed golf
- [Early Thoughts From a Too-Early Visit to Cabot Highlands (Old Petty)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-cabot-highlands-old-petty/) - Standing on the 13th tee at Old Petty—a par 4 tumbling down the hillside with a long view across the Moray Firth, Gil Hanse’s stunning northern Scottish layout, and the highland mountains in the distance—it is not hard to see why original developer Mark Parsinen wanted not only one, but two golf courses at Castle
- [When Did You First Notice Golf Course Architecture?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/when-did-you-first-notice-golf-course-architecture/) - Have you thought about the moment you first took notice of golf course architecture? If I had to guess, it took place on a golf course. Perhaps you didn’t quite understand what you were experiencing, but you knew it was something special that required further investigation. Sure, delving into the classics like The Links or
- [The Evolution of Pebble Beach Golf Links in Video Games](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-evolution-of-pebble-beach-golf-links-in-video-games/) - With the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am teeing it up this week at Pebble Beach Golf Links, I thought it would be fun to explore the evolution of Pebble Beach in the world of video games. As with many sports-based video games, the early examples were often a very limited abstraction of the real thing. If
- [The Oak Trees of Oak Hill Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-oak-trees-of-oak-hill-country-club/) - In the lead up to the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, the lore of the Oak Tree intrigued me. It was the first major championship I attended, and up until this point, my tournament experience consisted exclusively of the Canadian Open 100 miles north. The PGA at Oak Hill represented a more significant tournament
- [Build It And They Will Come: Inness Edition](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/build-it-and-they-will-come-inness-edition/) - Hidden away in Accord, New York is Inness, an “intimate country retreat” which just so happens to have one of the best 9 hole golf courses in North America. Following its opening in 2021, Inness' reputation has slowly begun to put itself on the map as a travel destination for those looking to escape. The
- [Something Outta Nothin': Walter Travis and Stiles & Van Kleek](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/something-outta-nothin-walter-travis-and-stiles-van-kleek/) - Too commonly, regionalism gets correlated with inadequacy, as if because a practitioner’s work was mainly restricted to a certain area, then there must have been something wrong with it. Had it been first rate, such a mindset decrees, then the practitioner’s services would have been sought far and wide. Such an outlook is, of course,
- [Pebble Beach's First Ten Years: From Amateur Architects to Crown Jewel](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/pebble-beachs-first-ten-years-from-amateur-architects-to-crown-jewel/) - This week, the LPGA heads to Pebble Beach Golf Links for a historic first time. The famed California coastal layout has notably hosted the US Open six times (including three times since 2000), though the US Women's Open is currently underway for the first time at America's #1 public golf course. It was not always
- [The Mystery of Stanley Thompson in Lethbridge, Alberta](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-mystery-of-stanley-thompson-in-lethbridge-alberta/) - Read Time: 14 minutes Stanley Thompson’s career was extremely prolific across Canada, but when it came to locations he built and clients he worked for, it was rather predictable. A majority of his golf courses were on the two major train routes: the CNR’s northern route—Jasper Park Lodge and Waskesiu, for example; and CP Rail’s
- [The Evisceration of Herbert Strong's Manoir Richelieu](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-evisceration-of-herbert-strongs-manoir-richelieu-2/) - Read Time: 48 minutesI have a draft I have not quite finished that outlines the trends of Canadian golf architecture, and why it seems to be looking forward to exciting days. Renovations are in proper hands now, whether that be Rod Whitman's firm at Brantford, Jeff Mingay & Christine Fraser at Beaconsfield, Ian Andrew at
- [Post-Round Reflection & Lessons Learned After Completing The Canadian Top 100](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/post-round-reflection-lessons-learned-after-completing-the-canadian-top-100/) - At about 6:13PM, I slam a putt into the back of the cup on Laval-sur-le-Lac's Blue course's finishing hole from about 15 feet. The pace is firm and it hits the cup, bounces up, and finishes at the bottom: I was coming up the hill, but as the day went on the greens got quicker,
- [What Would a Jasper Park Lodge Restoration Look Like?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/what-would-a-jasper-park-lodge-restoration-look-like/) - Read Time: 16 minutes Like pretty much everywhere else, golf in Canada boomed following World War One, with numerous architects designing some of the nation’s greatest golf courses in that period. Unfortunately, the effects of modernism following World War Two took a toll on many of the classic courses in the country. Most of those
- [Impressions From The Newly Renovated TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/impressions-from-the-newly-renovated-tpc-toronto-at-osprey-valley-north/) - Read Time: 42 minutesSkip to Part I: The Details Skip to Part II: Hole-by-hole Skip to Part III: Impressions & Overall Thoughts Skip to Part IV: Looking Ahead + 2025 Canadian Open Foreward Among the most impressive facilities in Canada, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley is a sprawling tribute to Doug Carrick's resume and
- [An "Early Thoughts" Followup with Shorty's, Bandon Dunes Newest Golf Course from Whitman, Axland, and Cutten](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/an-early-thoughts-followup-with-shortys-bandon-dunes-newest-golf-course-from-whitman-axland-and-cutten/) - Read Time: 20 minutesLike so many other golf trips heading to Oregon to play the coastal mecca with designs from Bill Coore, Tom Doak, and David McLay Kidd at the famed Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, it begins at Portland International Airport (PDX) landing on a cloudy, slightly rainy day. Sure, you might be able to
- [The Architect and The Engineer](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-architect-and-the-engineer/) - While reading Douglas Murphy’s The Architecture of Failure (Zer0 Books, 2016), a specific passage halted my attention. In turn, I applied it to a golfing context, somewhat unconsciously perhaps, since I hadn’t originally sought the book with the Royal and Ancient game in mind. In this specific passage, which he then expands upon at some
- [Templates, Sampling, and Minimalism at Culture's End](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/templates-sampling-and-minimalism-at-cultures-end-part-1/) - Part I I’d been wanting to pen this article for some months, perhaps longer. However, other subjects, other annoyances, and other, more pressing concerns had diverted my attention. What caused me to return to the topic of templates was two-fold. First, a newsletter from Andy Staples entitled “My Take on Templates", and second, a response
- [Fontainebleau: The Quintessence of Tom Simpson](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/fontainebleau-course-tour-the-quintessence-of-tom-simpson/) - A few days after traveling north to Chantilly, I was southbound to Fontainebleau, another Tom Simpson design that is ranked 4th in France by top100golfcourses.com. By this point in the trip, I’d become quite familiar with how to navigate around L’Ile De France by metro and train, an effective system, all things said. However, the
- [Does, Or Should, Influence Matter?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/does-or-should-influence-matter/) - It's a simple question, really: how much does influence matter in assessing a product? In Hip Hop, influence matters… a lot. Straight Outta Compton, Illmatic, The Love Below, 808s & Heartbreak, and any other major influential album in the culture gets a boost for their influence on the future generations. Often times, they're not often
- [Golf's Post-Punks and the Catch-22 of Following The Golden Generation](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/golfs-post-punks-and-the-catch-22-of-following-the-golden-generation/) - Drawing sustained parallels between golf and other forms of art and architecture is something that far too few “critics” of golf course architecture have been willing to flesh out and work through, by drawing upon sources and theorists from beyond just the dreadfully insular cannon of golf architecture writing. A recent thread on Golf Club
- [The Secret Sauce: Royal Colwood](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-secret-sauce-royal-colwood-2/) - Read Time: 10 minutes How does one define a secret sauce? I would venture that it could be argued as the main component of a dish. At its core, a Big Mac is really just a simple, basic burger without its objectively tasty sauce that helped make it probably the best burger of all time.
- [An Ideal Little Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/an-ideal-little-golf-club/) - I’ll admit, here and now, that upon arrival at Norfolk I harboured a bit of a skeptical and chap fallen attitude, engendered by the endless procession of dead-flat farm-fields that smother the anonymous two-lane roads leading to and from Simcoe, in combination with the windswept, thirty-five plus degree, five-hour round I’d trudged through that morning
- [Chasing Thompson: Chateau Montebello](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/chasing-thompson-chateau-montebello-2/) - Read Time: 31 minutesUpon receiving the final tally of Beyond The Contour's 2022-2023 Top 100 Golf Courses in Canada, I was rather disappointed, even downright perturbed, to see that my beloved Chateau Montebello (originally named the "Seigniory Club" until the early 1970s) had failed to make the cut—though it did end up ranked 108th, which,
- [Taking Stock of Rivermead's Renovation Following a Walk With Jeff Mingay](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/taking-stock-of-rivermeads-renovation-following-a-walk-with-jeff-mingay/) - Undoubtedly, for many Ottawa-areas golfers including myself, the completion of Rivermead’s long-needed renovation by the firm of Jeff Mingay is the most anticipated local golf-architecture-related happening of 2022 (not that there is a whole lot for it to compete with). I’ve always been quite fond of the 'Mead, as evidenced by my ranking of it
- [The Secret Sauce: Grand-Mére](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-secret-sauce-grand-mere/) - Despite being just shy of seven hours door to door from my house, I have made the trip to Shawinigan, Quebec to see Club de Golf Grand-Mére on three separate occasions: April 2021, when Ontario closed golf and Quebec stayed open; May 2022 on my Royal Montreal trip; and again in October 2022 with Beyond
- [Unveiling Grand-Mère's Architectural History](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/unveiling-grand-meres-architectural-history/) - Our love for Grand-Mère has already been steadily chronicled on this site, here, here, and lastly here---and we hope to expose it to a number of new golfers when it will play host to our second event next fall. If all we are remembered for is bringing attention to this Albert Murray, Walter Travis, and
- [A Stream of Consciousness on US vs Canadian Golf Culture](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-stream-of-consciousness-on-us-vs-canadian-golf-culture/) - COVID-19 has not exactly been kind to international golf. Granted, I was still able to travel, at least in the latter half of 2021. I visited San Francisco & Bandon Dunes, around New York (as far south as Baltimore, and all the way up to Cape Cod area), and around Christmas, Florida. Yet, the differences
- [The Gimmick of the Template](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-gimmick-of-the-template/) - The term “gimmick”, and its related adjective “gimmicky”, are often bandied about, both in a golf context and not. Off the top of our heads, we can all likely cite some specific features, or perhaps even entire golf courses, that we would consider as being just that: a gimmick or gimmicky. Asked to provide an
- [Early Thoughts From A Too-Early Visit To Cabot Revelstoke](https://golfclubatlas.com/early-thoughts/early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-cabot-revelstoke/) - Visiting a golf course under construction reveals a lot about the process. Truthfully, I have only really seen renovations under construction, but each time I have visited a renovation, they have been fruitful in knowledge and gaining perspective. Whether it is Jeff Mingay and Christine Fraser showing me around at Cutten Fields during renovation of
- [A Case For Revitalizing Canada's Public Golf Courses at Lakeview](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-case-for-revitalizing-canadas-public-golf-courses-at-lakeview/) - Read Time: 20 minutesThe popularity of golf over the past few years has skyrocketed. It remains to be seen if the explosive growth will be sustainable. After all, it has tapered off in 2022. Popularity of the game has grown, but new course development and revitalizing Canada's golf courses have mostly been for the most
- [Hamilton's Routing & The Genius of Triangles](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/hamiltons-routing-the-genius-of-triangles/) - Set in the rolling hills of Ancaster, Ontario coming off the Niagara Escarpment, the routing at Hamilton Golf & Country Club is one of the great accomplishments of golf in this country. Largely, because the front nine---the “West”---is so severe one could easily deem it to be unsuitable for golf or too extreme for “ideal”
- [Canada's West Coast Conundrum](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-west-coast-conundrum/) - As a converted Torontonian, I always enjoy the holiday season as it allows me to get back home west. I grew up in Lethbridge, Alberta, but moved to Kelowna, BC midway through high school with family staying in the Okanagan Valley. As a result, “home” feels like Kelowna, although I still say Lethbridge. Coming back
- [Ranking all 36 Canadian Open Hosts](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ranking-all-35-canadian-open-hosts/) - This week, Oakdale becomes the thirty-sixth still active golf course to welcome the PGA TOUR (insert LIV comment here) to its fairways and greens. Though Oakdale's composite routing is undoubtedly a step-down in quality from last year's venue, the venerable St George’s, it should nevertheless provide a fair and entertaining test and present well on
- [Lakeview, Revisited](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/lakeview-revisited/) - A first-time visit to Lakeview in 2020 left me speechless. Being from out west, they do not make municipal golf like this (unless you live in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, but that's another discussion). The greens, with its varied tiers, rollicks, humps, bumps, and rolls were unlike anything else in the city, let alone municipal golf
- [Opinion: Is Harry Colt The Greatest Golf Architect Ever?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-is-harry-colt-the-greatest-golf-architect-ever/) - Debating who the G.O.A.T. is---the Greatest of All Time---is a tale as old as time, in as many mediums as humans can possibly open the conversation in. Michael Jordan vs Lebron James is a classic; in modern times, Kendrick Lamar and Drake are beefing over the crown in Hip Hop; Tiger Woods vs Jack Nicklaus
- [Harry Colt & C.H. Alison in Canada And The Affiliated Influence](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/harry-colt-c-h-alison-in-canada-and-the-affiliated-influence/) - This week, the RBC Canadian Open returns to Hamilton Golf & Country Club, one of just a handful of golf courses in North America left accredited to Harry Colt. His partner, Charles Hugh Alison, nicknamed "Captain Alison," also worked on the golf course after Colt. Though these days the golf course is arguably more Martin
- [A Cape Breton Exposition](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-cape-breton-exposition/) - Our GPS reads 2:42AM from Halifax's airport. Not exactly an ideal arrival time into Inverness, Nova Scotia, although the precipice of a bucket-list buddies trip plagued by a cancelled flight, multiple flight delays, and the general airport circus means we are just lucky to have arrived at all. The drive goes smooth, if a little
- [The Eclectic Par 5s of the Karoo at Cabot Citrus Farms](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-eclectic-par-5s-of-the-karoo-at-cabot-citrus-farms/) - Now, two weeks or so removed from having played the Karoo at Cabot Citrus Farms, in my view the lynchpin of the golf course is its quartet of par 5s, which come nicely interspersed among the eighteen at the 4th, 6th, 14th, and 17th. The 4th and 14th have not been altered too greatly from
- [Reconsidering Ottawa's Golden-Age of Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/reconsidering-ottawas-golden-age-of-golf/) - It is a question that has long vexed me, one which I’ve pondered for years: namely, why are we such a mediocre city for golf? Ottawa, my hometown, may be a fine place to live and work and raise a family, but to put it mildly, it is far from the best city in Canada
- [A Dream Golf Ranking](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-dream-golf-ranking/) - Golf in 2023 is synonymous with big, wide corridors from names like Tom Doak and Bill Coore. That perception largely belongs to Mike Keiser's vision at Bandon Dunes following 1999's Bandon Dunes (McLay Kidd), immediately followed by Tom Doak's breakout smash hit at 2001's Pacific Dunes. Of course, history will remember Sand Hills (1994) as
- [A Different Way of Ranking Golf Courses in Canada](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-different-way-of-ranking-golf-courses/) - Recently, while I was busy sauntering around Europe, Andrew, the lucky bugger, again played Donald Ross' Pinehurst #2 , the crown jewel of public golf in America and my favorite course. In our postmortem of his round, I mentioned in passing that I had recently started considering golf courses as if they were machines, or
- [Opinion: What is "Too Big, Too Bold, Too Manufactured" To Me](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-what-is-too-big-too-bold-too-manufactured-to-me/) - Over the last few days, largely due to my unnecessary and cheap “swipe”, my post about “golf’s post-punks” created a bit of a stir over at Golf Club Atlas. In fact, I’m happy that it did, and a number of very thoughtful and detailed responses were put forth by Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Doak, Mr. Simms,
- [Early Thoughts From a Too-Early Visit to Pinehurst No. 10](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-pinehurst-no-10/) - Getting to build golf in an area as celebrated as the North Carolina sandhills is both a blessing and a curse. Yes, you get to use the topography seemingly made for golf at your disposal. The sandy, rolling terrain, often ideally suited for firm and fast, year-round golf with interest, variety, and intrigue as long
- [What Is Canada's Lido, And Should It Come Back?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/what-is-canadas-lido-and-should-it-come-back/) - Read Time: 24 minutes Most readers of this website will have heard of Lido’s resurrection at Sand Valley, the triumphant return of C.B. Macdonald’s Lido Golf Club. Originally, Lido Golf Club was set on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean on Long Island, but a slew of problems eventually meant that Lido’s demise was imminent.
- [Opinion: Have Drones Hurt Golf Architecture?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-have-drones-hurt-golf-architecture/) - (and yes, I understand the irony of this piece given Beyond The Contour's use of drones) Picture this: you’re standing on 5th Avenue in New York City at lunchtime. A sidewalk merchant is screaming at passersby, hoping to attract them to his latest bootlegged DVDs or knock-off Gucci sunglasses. A musician at the intersection of
- [Jasper Park Lodge And The Eden](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/jasper-park-lodge-and-the-eden/) - Jasper Park Lodge was the first course I wrote about when creating my own personal blog in 2012. Not only is it the single most influential golf course in my ongoing obsession with golf course architecture, but also among the most important projects in Canadian golf history. It was the first of Canada's 'golden age
- [An Ode To The Old World](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/an-ode-to-the-old-world/) - History provides an aspect unmatched in the modern world. Drive around town, for example. Yes, the contemporary palaces with lots of glass and square edges are easy on the eyes (in fact, I actually like modern homes the most); but, there is an undebatable gravitational pull of the old manor, with terraces and beautiful brick
- [Golf Architecture Resources For Beginners, Intermediates, And Nerds](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/golf-architecture-resources-for-beginners-intermediates-and-nerds/) - Getting into golf architecture is a common barrier for most golfers. Everyone experiences golf architecture on the daily, but so few get into it. When someone wants to learn more, there is two ways that will help. One, going to see and study golf courses in your area, in your country, or worldwide. But this
- [Canada's Custodian: Toronto Golf Club Keeps The Spirit of Golf Alive](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/canadas-custodian-toronto-golf-club-keeps-the-spirit-of-golf-alive/) - I have waxed poetic about my love-affair for Toronto Golf Club before (namely, here and here), but this is different. Yes, I believe it is Canada's single most important golf course. At Harry Colt's Toronto Golf Club, Canada finally had a world-renowned golf course. In fact, only five golf courses pre-1920 (the “Thompson Era”) sit
- [A Noted Skeptic's First Look at Cabot Citrus Farms (Karoo)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-noted-skeptics-first-look-at-cabot-citrus-farms-karoo/) - Read Time: 18 minutes The Karoo does what all golf courses should do, first and foremost: that is, it makes you want to play it again immediately upon holing the last putt As I chronicled here, when the finer details of the Cabot Collection's Brooksville, Florida venture were first revealed, I was quite skeptical about
- [Review: The Long Golden Afternoon: Golf's Age of Glory](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/review-the-long-golden-afternoon-golfs-age-of-glory/) - Stephen Proctor’s The Long Golden Afternoon: Golf’s Age of Glory 1864-1914 is a book I recently read and breezed through with relative ease. Overall, the book serves a useful demographic, that of the “lukewarm-history buff,” which, in regards to 19th and close turn-of-the-century Scottish golf, I consider myself to be. The hardcore history buff
- [Early Thoughts From a Not-So-Early Visit to Golden Gate Park Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/early-thoughts-from-a-not-so-early-visit-to-golden-gate-park-golf-course/) - Seven of us walk to the first tee at the newly renovated Golden Gate Golf Course, which takes Jay Blasi's vision and improves on what was already a local Jack Fleming favourite par 3 course just 450 yards from the Pacific Ocean. That sevensome includes Jay Blasi, who walks us through the details on the
- [The Vitality of Grand Mere](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-vitality-of-grand-mere/) - “a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect” and the best architecture is the “expression of the mind of manhood by the hands of childhood.” - John Ruskin On the drive home from playing St. George’s and Goodwood recently, in order to try to stay awake, I put
- [Building The Best Version of Hamilton Golf & Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/building-the-best-version-of-hamilton-golf-country-club/) - Like so many classic courses, the evolution of Hamilton Golf & Country Club is rich with interesting tidbits, decisions, and modifications throughout its impressive 100+ year history. In those edits, amendments, and alterations, notable architects have come through town to give their thoughts: Harry Colt, of course, kicked things off by designing the layout that
- [Questions From The Chat: Tree Management, Tree Plans & The Related Topics](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/questions-from-the-chat-tree-management-tree-plans-the-related-topics/) - "Questions From The Chat" is a series derived from the Beyond The Contour Slack group chat, where technical questions evolve into a worthy topic of extended discussion from architect Ben Malach. In what might be one of the fastest-moving golf Slack chats in the country, questions get bogged down in the onslaught of messages
- [Opinion: Thinking of the Function of Golf Criticism at the Present Time](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-thinking-of-the-function-of-golf-criticism-at-the-present-time/) - Recently, I came across some rather interesting lines of golf commentary, which may or may not be direct attacks on Beyond The Contour. Even if they aren’t explicitly directed at us (though they seem to be, since there are not many Canadian-focused golf websites), they nevertheless condemn much of what we have stood for and
- [Book Review: The Old Man, The Biography of Walter Travis, by Bob Labbance](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/book-review-the-old-man-the-biography-of-walter-travis-by-bob-labbance/) - Quick Verdict: Well-researched, highly informative, and nicely packaged, but about as interesting to read as the Yellow Pages. I have been a massive admirer of Walter Travis’ work since I first played Cape Arundel, arguably his best design, a decade ago. Suffice to say, then, that I was excited to read Mr. Labbance’s well-regarded biography
- [In Anticipation of a Golf Trip](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/in-anticipation-of-a-golf-trip/) - The weather this past week in Toronto has been all sorts of weird: the hottest days of the year in early September, leading into high teens (Celsius) for the latter half of the week, bringing a roughly 20+ degree swing. It feels cold, and the overcast skies do not help. It might as well be
- [Antidote for the Narcissism of the Times: Lorne Rubenstein's Touring Prose](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/antidote-for-the-times-lorne-rubensteins-touring-prose/) - Although I harbour no especial malice towards the big, bad book chain, and out of necessity sometimes frequent the outlet nearest to my house, like many, there is something about a second hand bookstore that speaks to me, that reinvigorates my spirit even upon the wintriest days of my discontent. The cramped building, the wooden
- [Paris Primer: The True Birthplace of Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/paris-primer-the-true-birthplace-of-golf/) - As with most sports, golf’s early history is still murky, debated, grasped as a matter of national pride, almost. Scots tend to lay claim to being "the home of golf", in its spiritual-sense especially, but also, undoubtedly, for advertorial reasons. The Dutch, spearheaded by Steven van Hengel, have foisted their own claims as its birthplace,
- [Visiting a Golf Course Before The Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/visiting-a-golf-course-before-the-golf-part/) - Read Time: 11 minutes9:30PM and I finally get to take my socks off after a long day walking around an expansive property filled with golf before golf. In this instance, I am at Cabot Citrus Farms taking photographs and exploring, learning, and enjoying my time in Florida on the precipice of the 2023 Canadian golf
- [An Introspective Look Into The Algonquin Following Rod Whitman & Keith Cutten's Renovation](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-algonquin-golf-course/) - If you are familiar with golf in Atlantic Canada, you are probably thinking of travelling to Nova Scotia for the fabulous links at Cabot Cape Breton or Stanley Thompson’s Mountains and Oceans masterpiece Highland Links, or perhaps a vacation to Prince Edward Island for its many fairways, including Top 100 golf courses Crowbush Cove, Green
- [Early Thoughts From a Not-So-Early Visit to Sedge Valley](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/early-thoughts-from-a-not-so-early-visit-to-sedge-valley/) - "Aim for that bunker over there, I think it's 300 yards away" "How far is the hole?" "Not sure, 380 or so. I've never measured it" This is a repeating conversation as we lug clubs around Sedge Valley, the forthcoming Tom Doak-designed addition to Sand Valley's resort, which now includes the brilliant Lido, and the
- [Mike Keiser's Great Canadian What-if](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/mike-keisers-great-canadian-what-if/) - In fifty years or so, I suspect we’ll look back and judge it a tremendous tragedy that, at least at the time of writing, Canada is blessed with merely a single golf course from the venerable modern trio of Doak, Hanse, and Coore and Crenshaw—that being, of course, Cabot Cliffs, always a contender for the
- [Sportswashing and the Calamity of Canada's Municipal Open](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sportswashing-and-the-calamity-of-canadas-municipal-open-part-1/) - Part I Of late, sports-washing has been a hot and much debated topic, from LIV Golf’s Saudi connections, to the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United and their subsequent rise into the top 4 of the English Premier League, to the potential takeover of Manchester United by a Qatari conglomerate. Far from a phenomenon born sometime
- [Red Mackenzie and North America's First Albatross](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/red-mackenzie-and-north-americas-first-albatross/) - It happened 100 years ago. On a sunny and mild Saturday in August, Redvers "Red" Mackenzie stunned the golf world by pulling off one of the most remarkable feats in golf, an “albatross.” It was the second in recorded golf history, the first on this side of the Atlantic. During one of the greatest games
- [Opinion: How Harry Diamond Failed Rory on the 18th tee at Pinehurst](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-how-harry-diamond-failed-rory-on-the-18th-tee-at-pinehurst/) - As I said in my review of this year’s Masters, which anyone who isn't related to Scottie Scheffler has already forgotten about, golf, now more than ever, needed its heroes and villains to show up and provide theatre that made the game forget itself and its countless issues for at least one week. It got
- [Opinion: Milquetoast Theatre When Pro Golf Needed It Least](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-milquetoast-theatre-when-pro-golf-needed-it-least/) - This week, more than ever before, professional golf needed an event that would make it forget itself and the numerous issues currently infecting it: division, greed, pettiness, and, of course, tone-deafness. If, in terms of popularity and accessibility at least, golf at the grassroots, amateur level has never been healthier, at the professional level, conversely,
- [The Secret Sauce: Tarandowah](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-secret-sauce-tarandowah/) - November 10, 2022 and I'm standing in the middle of the 10th fairway at Tarandowah. We didn't know it at the time, but the 17 degree Celsius high for the day would be heavily juxtapositioned by snow a mere four days later, so this was it for the year. Martin Hawtree's lone Canadian design is
- [Canada vs France: Where Did We Go Wrong (And Also Right)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/canada-vs-france-where-did-we-go-wrong-and-also-right-in-canada/) - Before delving into the particularities of the wonderful golf courses I played while in Paris recently, a return that solidified my belief that it is not only the world’s greatest city but also one of the great golf destinations, too, I want to delve a little into the French golf culture, for it is one
- [The Evolution of Hamilton and Assessing the Martin Ebert & Tom Mackenzie Renovation](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-evolution-of-hamilton-and-assessing-the-martin-ebert-tom-mackenzie-renovation/) - Designed by Harry Colt over three individual visits to the club in 1913 and 1914, Hamilton Golf & Country Club's West/South course is among the most notable and celebrated in the country, currently ranked 9th in Beyond The Contour's Top 100 Golf Courses in Canada (2024-2025). Colt's layout is a sterling example of how to
- [Sweetens Cove North in Montreal: Canada's Most Tantalizing Golf Project](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sweetens-cove-north-in-montreal-canadas-most-tantalizing-golf-project/) - From a very young age, I realized that I never wanted to work in the golf industry. Of course, fate conspired as it does and here we are, at least somewhat involved. Luckily, I’ve had the chance to visit some cool places and experience some first class operations, which, as is human nature, is apt
- [The Wolf Creek Debate: A Deep Dive Into One's Psyche](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-wolf-creek-debate-a-deep-dive-into-ones-psyche/) - These days, my list of Canadian courses to play is dwindling. I just completed the 2022 SCOREGolf Canadian Top 100, I have three left on Beyond The Contour's, and five on Top 100 Golf Courses. Plus, a list of courses I'd like to see eventually, both notable and hidden gems, ranging from Vancouver Island to
- [Quebec's Cult of Destruction and Ugliness](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/quebecs-cult-of-destruction-and-ugliness/) - Slightly past midway through, Marie Hélène Voyer drops the crippling hammer-blow, or ear-splitting keynote, of her volume: “in Quebec, in regards to culture, either due to ignorance or incomprehension, we prefer to cry about the removal of a crucifix or lament the disappearance of ham in the pea-soup of our favorite sugar-shack rather than fight
- [Opinion: Does, Or Should, Conditioning Matter?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-does-or-should-conditioning-matter/) - Being generous, I feel like the article's title is a once-a-month debate in the Beyond The Contour Slack channel, which, for my biased money, is perhaps the most eclectic, and interesting, golf chat in the country. Someone affiliated with this site will go play somewhere, and we dive into an absolute flurry of messages; it
- [Chantilly Course Tour: My Favorite Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/chantilly-course-tour/) - Along with Morfontaine, Chantilly is one of the aristocrats of French golf. Although the club was originally founded in 1907 by Baron Edouard De Rothschild, the Tom Simpson golf course we now play, named the Vineuil, opened in 1920. It has since hosted the French Open ten times - including two won by Nick Faldo
- [Early Thoughts From A Too Early Visit To Thornburgh Resort](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-thornburgh-resort/) - Growing up in Alberta, the thought of a desert environment being anywhere in the Northwest was hard to fathom for me. I just assumed it was either the rainy Pacific Northwest, or the snowy Mountain West climates. That was, until I moved to Kelowna at the ripe age of 16, where I experienced desert-adjacent layouts
- [A Juxtaposition & Comparison Between Augusta National and The Mines From Mike DeVries](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-juxtaposition-comparison-between-augusta-national-and-the-mines-from-mike-devries/) - Growing up, The Masters is the unofficial start to golf season. Long winters of cloud cover and the sounds of the front edge of a shovel shovelling snow off the ground are replaced with blooming azaleas, fake birds chirping on CBS, and the sights of the shockingly green grass of Augusta's overseeded Rye, a colour
- [Raynor Before the Apocalypse](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/raynor-at-the-end-of-time/) - Since it seems as if the tone, and general mood, of my Lower East Side piece struck a chord with a few of our readers, I figured that I would continue along similar lines with this travelog/ode to some of my influences/musings upon subjects far and wide. "Successfully playing a Macdonald or Raynor course requires
- [Opinion: What if Rod Whitman Designed Angus Glen?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-what-if-rod-whitman-designed-angus-glen/) - In a recent article on this site, Andrew included a quote from Ben Cowan-Dewar on Wolf Creek, which mentioned Rod Whitman's near misses at Angus Glen and The Links at Crowbush Cove. It got me thinking: what if those happened? What might Canada's golf landscape look like if Rod Whitman completed both of those? In
- [Canada's Culture Crisis](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/canadas-culture-crisis/) - A typical evening for me involves some sort of Netflix show (or music), depending on my mood, as I wind down in front of my computer. These days, I always have it open looking to either write something passively, or lazily research something. As the sun sets, it is no longer the focus, but it
- [From Florida, With Love](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/from-florida-with-love/) - A Canadian's relationship with the southern states of the USA is entirely dependent on which side of the country they grew up on. It is not exactly rocket science; those on the west coast have easier access to the southwest desert---whether that be Palm Springs or Arizona---while those in Ontario and Québec---central Canada, some might
- [The Secret Sauce: Winter Park 9](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-secret-sauce-winter-park-9/) - PGA Week is, and will be until the day I die, the congregation of pretty much the entire golf industry. Anything and everything is there. Mostly for good, sometimes for a good head scratch, but nonetheless, my first time there in 2023 was about as enjoyable as another other week I have ever had in
- [The Secret Sauce: Victoria Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-secret-sauce-victoria-golf-club/) - I am born and raised in Western Canada. Originally, I called Lethbridge, Alberta home before moving to Kelowna, British Columbia to finish out high school. As such, Vancouver is the big city we all went to; tournaments often brought golfers to the Lower Mainland---although Golf British Columbia does a good job of moving it around
- [Appreciation For The (Not So) Little Things](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/appreciation-for-the-not-so-little-things/) - Beginning the year with a January golf trip is certainly among the best ways to start as a golfer in Canada. After all, snow covers most, if not all of the country, and for our unfortunate friends in everywhere other than parts of the East Coast, Toronto, Niagara, and pockets of British Columbia, golf season
- [Time Travel: Braeside in Montreal](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/time-travel-montreals-braeside/) - Even if we do not like to admit it, most 'classic' courses possess very few classic golf course traits. In an era of Sub-Air, USGA Spec greens, bunkers built for Instagram or a drone shot (we are guilty of this, too), most classic courses have degraded themselves of the title, replaced by technology, Billie Better
- [Width For The Sake Of Width](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/width-for-the-sake-of-width/) - Architecture is akin to the political scale: the pendulum swings back and forth, ebbing and flowing from side to side as the trends sway. For example, during the Golden Age of golf architecture (1912-1942, or so), width and angles were a key piece to being considered a good golf course. As time evolved, the emphasis
- [The 14th at Bandon Trails: Good, Bad, or Other?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-14th-at-bandon-trails-good-bad-or-other/) - Over the years, a re-visit to Bandon Trails has raised emotions related to the controversial drivable par 4, 14th hole. A recent Twitter debate stirred up the debate yet again: is the 14th at Bandon Trails a good golf hole? The facts Driveable par 4 325/306/292/174/251 yards 14th handicap (for both men & women) Significantly
- [A Stream of Consciousness on Rankings, The Associated Emotions, and Insulting Partners Before Golf Courses](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-stream-of-consciousness-on-rankings-the-associated-emotions-and-insulting-partners-before-golf-courses/) - "How many have y'all played?" It's a text that pops up on my phone every single time a list drops: Canada, be it SCOREGolf, Top 100 Golf Courses, or even our own (which we will update in the spring), the USA, with Golf Magazine, Golfweek, Golf Digest, or the big whale: the World Top 100
- [Artificial Intelligence,  Golf Course Architecture and Other Musings](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/artificial-intelligence-golf-course-architecture-and-other-musings/) - With the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) becoming mainstream near the end of last year, I could not resist experimenting with this new technology. This article takes you through a journey of what might be possible now and in the near future. I began with image generation, more specifically DALLE-2, developed by OpenAI. My first
- [TPC Toronto: If You Have 2 Routings, You Have None(?)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tpc-toronto-if-you-have-2-qbs-you-have-none/) - Whenever the topic of TPC Toronto’s Heathlands course comes up, it inevitably takes me a few moments to orient myself. Not because it isn’t a fine golf course (it certainly is), or because I can’t immediately recall all of the holes (I definitely can), but because, over the course of my handful of times around the
- [An Ode to Your Local Par 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/an-ode-to-your-local-par-3/) - We all have one. For some, it is where you first learned the game. For others, it is the place to bring the novice golfer. It can be the local community spot, or a place to slip away for a brief and rewarding golf experience. Often overlooked, your local par-3 deserves your attention. If you have not noticed, short
- [Early Thoughts From a Too Early Visit to Bandon Dunes (Shorty's)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-bandon-dunes-no-7/) - “Bring Boots,” a text from Keith Cutten reads on my phone, one third of what I would consider the (newly founded) architecture supergroup of WAC (Whitman, Axland, and Cutten), “it’s a sandy site.” Those are the magic words for any architect to get to work with, and the key ingredient to success for any project,
- [The Aristocrats of Canadian Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-aristocrats-of-canadian-golf/) - Aristocrat: a member of an aristocracy Aristocracy: government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class By the above definitions, private golf would be regarded as the aristocrats in this country, regardless of the status or stature of the club. Naturally, there is a whiff of excellency to joining such a place: you are,
- [A Celebration Post For The Undercards](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/a-celebration-post-for-the-undercards/) - An apocalyptic hellscape rolls into Ontario for golfers in April 2021. Not at the hands of weather or a late snow delaying golf, nor in some crazy Last Of Us zombie event (honestly, this might be debatable at this point). Instead, Doug Ford closed golf as part of the 2021 Lockdown. Ford rambles on about
- [Seven More Canadian Courses For Ran Morrissett's 147 Custodians](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/seven-more-canadian-courses-for-ran-morrissetts-147-custodians/) - For those architecture aficionados, Ran Morrissett's 147 Custodians (+3) is a quintessential rankings piece with a different ideology than the standard lists that ask raters to assess "difficulty," "ambience," and other random categories in hopes of identifying the "best" golf course is. As a native Canadian, viewing this list has always been an interesting list
- [Opinion: Specters of World Woods](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/opinion-the-hauntology-of-world-woods/) - World Woods—or Cabot Citrus Farms, as it's now coined—is, once again, the talk of the golf world, especially this week with much of the golf industry descending upon Orlando for the PGA Show—including our own, Andrew. Moreover, a rather lively thread, entitled “Shouldn’t They Have Restored World Woods”, has been ongoing on Golf Club Atlas,
- [Early Thoughts From A Too-Early Visit To Cabot Citrus Farms](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/too-early-thoughts-from-a-too-early-visit-to-cabot-citrus-farms-part-i-cabot-barrens/) - In December 2021, rumours began to swirl around Cabot's acquisition of World Woods, a once-celebrated multi-course facility an hour or so north of Tampa, Florida. For those who had been, it was exciting, but a little nerve-wracking: Pine Barrens is, by my account and perhaps other readers as well, one of Tom Fazio's single best
- [A Walk Around C.H. Alison's York Downs With Lorne Rubenstein](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-walk-around-c-h-alisons-york-downs-with-lorne-rubenstein/) - Generally speaking, snow is on the ground by the time December rolls around, but a warmer-than-usual year allows for no snow. This allows me to go visit Earl Bales Park with Lorne Rubenstein, who lives nearby. Lorne is, at least by my account, in that discussion for 'greatest living golf writer,' alongside Michael Bamberger. His
- [Quebec's Lost Tillinghast: Anglo-American Club Found](https://golfclubatlas.com/news/quebecs-lost-tillinghast-anglo-american-club-found/) - I remember writing a piece about Anglo-American Club, a long-lost Tillinghast course in the Laurentian's north of Montreal, for Toronto Golf Nuts. The article's title indicated the mystery surrounding the golf course: 'The Curious Case of Quebec's Missing A.W. Tillinghast Golf Course.' Upon writing, it was incredibly unusual, especially considering historians way smarter than me
- [Considering C.B. Macdonald's Scotland's Gift in the Barstool/Youtube Age](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/considering-c-b-macdonalds-scotlands-gift-in-the-barstool-youtube-age/) - Author: C.B. Macdonald, 1927 Publisher: Coventry House Publishing, 2020. Upon first glance, at least, the golfing environment that C.B. Macdonald chronicles in Scotland’s Gift seems to have little in common with today’s. Those seeking in depth theory about architecture and construction in its pages are likely to be slightly let-down. Instead, Mr. Macdonald dedicates most
- [Preview: Graham Cooke's Bay of Quinte Renovation](https://golfclubatlas.com/news/preview-bay-of-quinte/) - Even if golf architecture seems to be an ever-revolving door of new builds and renovations post-COVID 19, there are not many new public golf courses or even public renovations in Canada these days. However, Bay of Quinte Golf and Country Club, located in Prince Edward County roughly 2 hours east of downtown Toronto, is pushing
- [Movies Have Comedies, Action, And Romance, What Do Golf Courses Have?](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/movies-have-comedies-action-and-romance-what-do-golf-courses-have/) - Ask a group of people for their favourite movie genres, and chances are, you will get a variety of responses. Comedy is a classic, although action is a big genre and as a result, many people like action. Thrillers are popular these days, as are horror movies, and who does not like a good romantic
- [A Maiden Voyage To An American Classic](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-maiden-voyage-to-an-american-classic/) - I never had plans to go to Augusta National this early in my life. Each year, murmurs of how difficult it is to score tickets to The Masters flood social media feeds and discussion boards discouraged me from ever entering the lottery, especially in my early 20s as money was tight and the prospect of
- [The Essential Guide to Bandon Dunes](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-essential-guide-to-bandon-dunes/) - What could we possibly say about a place that has had writers far more talented than us wax poetic for 20 plus years? Bandon Dunes is a special place, no matter how you spin it. For all the resorts we see popping up today—from Streamsong to Cabot Links; Barnbougle Dunes to Sand Valley—stems from Mike
- [The Essential Guide to Streamsong Resort](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-essential-guide-to-streamsong-resort/) - There are numerous reasons one would make a trip to Streamsong Resort. After all, the resort is exceptional in every aspect. Perhaps the most obvious reason, especially against its contemporaries like Bandon Dunes, Sand Valley, and Cabot Cape Breton, is it is the only warm weather destination that does not require a plane across the
- [A Little Ditty about Renovations, Restorations, and the Lack Thereof in Canada](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-little-ditty-about-renovations-restorations-and-the-lack-thereof-in-canada/) - Of late, for a variety of factors—environmental and economic being foremost among them—renovations and restorations have been all the rage in the golf world, particularly at “golden age” clubs that had been neglected and overgrown, or disfigured and sapped of their unique character by callous architects intent on transforming the gems left by their predecessors
- [The Secret Sauce: Lookout Point](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-secret-sauce-lookout-point/) - I remember my first time around Lookout Point like it was yesterday. In my first fall in Toronto, and I was looking for a game in late October. By this point, I luckily played Hamilton, Toronto, St. George's, National, Westmount, Pulpit & Paintbrush, Islington, Öviinbyrd, Bigwin Island, and more, so Lookout Point, my first trip
- [The Middle Ages of Pinehurst](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/buie-chris-the-middle-ages-of-pinehurst/) - The Middle Ages of Pinehurst Chris Buie October 2012 "I missed the money in the Los Angeles Open. And we were driving to Oakland, California, and Valerie said, ‘You know how much money we have?’ And I said, ‘Yes, I know.’ We had eighty-six left out of the $1,400. So she said, ‘Well, what
- [Beaumont, John - Herbert Fowler and The Bradford Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/herbert-fowler-and-the-bradford-golf-club/) - Herbert Fowler and The Bradford Golf Club, Hawksworth: The Creation of a Little Known Jewel by John Beaumont February 2013 Introduction The county of Yorkshire in England, the “White Rose” county, is the home of many fine golf courses. Most famous amongst them is perhaps Ganton, host at different times of the Ryder Cup, the Walker
- [Lincoln Park Golf Course in San Francisco](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cohn-matt-lincoln-park-golf-course-in-san-francisco/) - Lincoln Park Golf Course in San Francisco Matt Cohn February 2013 I've heard some good ones about the conditions at Lincoln Park. One joke is that, "At Lincoln Park, there are certain fairways that simply must be avoided." Another line claims, "Lincoln Park is so wet in the winter that when they turn on the
- [River Oaks](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/giordano-frank-river-oaks/) - River Oaks The Lone Star State's Jewel Changes with the Times by Frank Giordano March 2013 Today's River Oaks Country Club golf course illustrates two of the main themes in the evolution of course design in America. Donald Ross's original layout of 1923 was a classical example of his strategic style of design, while Joe
- [Notable Threads of Golf Club Atlas' Discussion Group](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/notable-threads-index-by-colin-macqueen/) - Notable Threads by Colin Macqueen INDEX CATEGORIES: HAZARDS AND BUNKERS * TEES AND FAIRWAYS * GREENS AND SURROUNDS TEMPLATE * ROUTING COURSES * MINIMALISM GCA NAVEL GAZING * CRANE, BEHR, DARWIN et al * PHILOSOPHY AND METAPHYSICS ARCHITECTURE * ARCHITECTS * BOOKS & WRITING * AGRONOMY HAZARDS
- [Famous Links That Were Not Designed, But Simply ‘Happened'](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/hunter-morrow-melvyn-famous-links-that-were-not-designed-but-simply-happened/) - Famous Links That Were Not Designed, But Simply ‘Happened’ By Melvyn Hunter Morrow June 2013 Could a Golf Course Designer/Architect who knew his chosen subject/career ever have uttered such a statement “Famous Links That Were Not Designed, But Simply ‘Happened’”? Not only was it uttered but by one of those architects who many today describe
- [The Sunningdale Story old version](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/bennett-guy-the-sunningdale-story/) - THE SUNNINGDALE STORY A SHORT HISTORY OF THE OLD AND NEW COURSES OF SUNNINGDALE GOLF CLUB FROM THE BEGINNING Originally compiled by GUY BENNETT 1962 Secretary of Sunningdale Golf Club 1934-39 Additional historical material including old photographs, some regrettably in poor condition, topical comments in italics, and recent photography has been added by John Churchill.
- [Coronado Municipal Golf Course and the History of Golf on California's Coronado Island](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/greenwood-trey-coronado-municipal-golf-course-and-the-history-of-golf-on-californias-coronado-island/) - Coronado Municipal Golf Course and the History of Golf on California's Coronado Island by Trey Greenwood November 2013 HISTORY Underneath the myriad of tourist attractions and the famed Hotel Del Coronado lies an ideal setting for world-class golf. Today, one would be hard-pressed to find the remnants of the rolling sand dunes present on the
- [The Orchard Course at The Olde Farm](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/bradley-bart-the-orchard-course-at-the-olde-farm/) - The Orchard Course at The Olde Farm by Bart Bradley July, 2014 Bristol, VA Founder: Jim McGlothlin Architect: Bobby Weed General Manager: Marc Eubanks Golf Course Superintendent: Ryan Severidt Founded by Jim McGlothlin and designed by Bobby Weed, the Olde Farm in Bristol, VA opened in 2000. Highlighted by views of the rolling Appalachian foothills
- [The Sunningdale Story](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the_sunningdale_story/) - THE SUNNINGDALE STORY A SHORT HISTORY OF THE OLD AND NEW COURSES OF SUNNINGDALE GOLF CLUB FROM THE BEGINNING December 2013 Originally compiled by GUY BENNETT 1962 Secretary of Sunningdale Golf Club 1934-39 Additional historical material including old photographs, some regrettably in poor condition, topical comments in italics, and recent photography has been
- [Valhalla Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/islam-nigel-valhalla-golf-club/) - Valhalla Golf Club Nigel Islam April 2014 Valhalla Golf Club was born from the dream of Dwight Gahm to build a golf club in Louisville with a course worthy to host a major championship. Major championship golf had eluded Kentucky since the 1952 PGA Championship at Big Spring. With the aid of his three sons,
- [Best of Golf: Proposed Library](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/best-of-golf-proposed-library/) - Best of Golf: Proposed Golf Library by Mark Larson May, 2014 Golf Architects Old Tom Morris Courses of Old Tom Morris – Robert Kroeger The Colossus of Golf – Peter Crabtree Tommy’s Honor – Kevin Cook The Life of Tom Morris – William Tulloch Soul of St. Andrews – William
- [Richard Mandell's Best of Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/best-of-golf-mandell/) - Best of Golf: Learning from Pinehurst by Richard Mandell June, 2014 In golf architecture, the term Best of Golf will lead to far more subjective thoughts than objectivity. Some prefer the classic golf courses, others more modern layouts. The same can be said of architects and their personal styles. Long par-fours may be preferable over
- [Bill Coore - Old Town Club Restoration](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bill-coore-old-town-club-restoration/) - Bill Coore at Old Town Club Film by Dunlop White III July 2014 Bill Coore discusses the three design elements that inject the most character in a golf course.
- [Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore native grasses on the golf canvas](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/ben-crenshaw-and-bill-coore-native-grasses-on-the-golf-canvas/) - Ben Crenshaw & Bill Coore on Native Grasses Photos Depicting Old Town Club Film by Dunlop White III July 2014 Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore discuss the virtues of native grasses on the golf canvas.
- [Bill Coore on restoring Old Town and Pinehurst No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bill-coore-on-restoring-old-town-and-pinehurst-no-2/) - Bill Coore on restoring Old Town and Pinehurst No. 2 Film by Dunlop White III July 2014 Bill Coore reflects upon returning home to restore Old Town and Pinehurst No. 2.
- [Bill Coore on Key Elements of Design Character](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bill-coore-on-key-elements-of-design-character/) - Bill Coore on Key Elements of Design Character Photos Depicting Old Town Club Film by Dunlop White III July 2014
- [Tillinghast: Student of Golf Course Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tillinghast-student-of-golf-course-architecture-2/) - Tillinghast: Student of Golf Course Architecture by Philip Young July, 2014 The Golden Age of golf is a phrase easily said today. Looking back, we recognize this as the time during the first few decades of the 1900s that the game became a world-wide passion. A key reason was the sudden emergence of notable golf
- [The Fun's Gone Out of Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/giordano-frank-the-funs-gone-out-of-golf/) - The Fun's Gone Out of Golf by Frank Giordano August 2014 I was visiting recently with a friend who is a golf course architect. When I asked him what he was doing lately, he replied that he was working on a couple of small projects: repairing a few sand traps at one course, adding
- [Bendelow and Alison at Port Huron Golf Club (Michigan/USA)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/gholz-anthony-bendelow-and-alison-at-port-huron-golf-club-michiganusa/) - Bendelow and Alison at Port Huron Golf Club (Michigan/USA) Anthony Gholz September 2014 Biography & Background I was raised in Port Huron, Michigan within a golfing family as a member of the Black River Country Club from 1951-2001. Since 2004 we have been members of the Port Huron Golf Club. I began playing golf at
- [Old Town's Tree Management Program](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/old-towns-tree-management-program/) - Tree Management at Old Town Club Before-and-After Video (2002-2012) Documented by Dunlop White III September 2014
- [Best of Golf: A Dream Course II](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/best-of-golf-a-dream-course-ii/) - A Dream Course II by Sean Arble September, 2014 '...we should urge Sean Arble to do one only he can – the 18 best holes from the UK that none of us know!' Ran threw down a challenge to create my own eclectic 18. As seen above, the conditions were short, sweet and nigh on
- [The Best of Non-Golf - England and Wales](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-best-on-non-golf-england-and-wales/) - The Best of Non-Golf: England and Wales Mark Rowlinson October 2014 The visiting golfer could never tire of the British Isles, with enjoyable golf to be found in every corner. Some of the golf is great, a lot of it good, and the variety is immense. Enthusiasts will try to fill every minute playing, charging around
- [The President’s Putter](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/normoyle-david-the-presidents-putter/) - The President’s Putter by David Normoyle January, 2015 Primus inter pares. Its translation from Latin is straightforward: “First among equals.” The traditional, more informal translation emerged ages ago and reads: “He was rather lucky to win.” The prize for winning the President’s Putter is a small silver medal, fit for the lapel of a
- [Homogenizing the Game](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sponcia-joe-homogenizing-the-game/) - Homogenizing the Game by Joe Sponcia February 2015 Looking back over the last thirty years, one has to question the real contribution the equipment boom has had on the overall health of golf. To say golf courses are stretching is an understatement. Time to complete a round is an oft-cited reason for many quitting the game
- [Jasper Park History](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/andrew-ian-jasper-park-history/) - Jasper Park History by Ian Andrew February 2015 Jasper Park Golf Course – 1921 to 1929 Foreword This piece began when I purchased a collection of original Jasper Park photos taken just after opening. The bunkering that I loved was not the bunkering found in the photos. I had heard the legend that the
- [Deconstructing Width](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sponcia-joe-the-misunderstood-concept-width/) - Deconstructing Width by Joe Sponcia May 2015 Club golfers are a sanctimonious bunch. Wearing one’s course rating and/or Championship tee length like a badge of honor reminds me of my Father telling me how strong I would be if I choked down a few brussel sprouts before being excused from the dinner table. I am
- [The Best of Non-Golf: North West of England](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-best-of-non-golf-north-west-of-england/) - The Best of Non Golf The North West of England by Mark Rowlinson August 2015 When I was a boy and learned the counties of England, the North West was made up of Cheshire, Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland. Since then bureaucrats have taken away parts of Cheshire and Lancashire to create Merseyside as well as amalgamating
- [Timeless Golf at Quogue Field Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/litman-benjamin-s-timeless-golf-at-quogue-field-club/) - Timeless Golf at Quogue Field Club By Benjamin S. Litman September 2015 Situated in the heart of “The Quiet Hampton,” Quogue Field Club (QFC) offers nine holes on superior flat golfing terrain. The course—initially attributed (at least on the Internet) to James Hepburn and R.B. Wilson in 1887, but now attributed (by the club
- [A Complete Look at Bunkering](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/on-bunkers-by-ian-andrew/) - A Complete Look at Bunkering By Ian Andrew December, 2015 The Origins of Bunkers A lot of the revered bunkers at the great links came to be by circumstance. Often they were small hollows created by sheep or blow-outs created by wind. Some were depressions that were almost natural bunkers right from the start while
- [The Colossus of Golf Course Architects & The First Golden Age of Golf Course Design](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/morrow-melvyn-hunter-the-colossus-of-golf-course-architects-the-first-golden-age-of-golf-course-design/) - The Colossus of Golf Course Architects & The First Golden Age of Golf Course Design The Early Golf Course Designers: the Real Story of Of who did what in the First Golden Age of Golf by Melvyn Morrow Hunter January 2016 Introduction We each hold strong views and feelings about whom we consider worthy of being
- [Green Committee Primer](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sponcia-joe-green-committee-primer/) - Green Committee Primer by Joe Sponcia January, 2016 Green committees have been a part of the club landscape since the time of Donald Ross and Alister MacKenzie. Outside of building campaigns and club house renovations that have bankrupted otherwise successful clubs, nothing has proven more detrimental to the long-term success and enjoyment of a club’s
- [Trees on the Golf Course - A Common Sense Approach](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sponcia-joe-trees-on-the-golf-course-a-common-sense-approach/) - Trees on the Golf Course: A Common Sense Approach by Joe Sponcia March 2016 Scotland and Ireland have their links, America has her trees. With course names that include, “oak, pine, willow, cedar, and hickory”, the American golf community has embraced the proliferation of trees on golf courses since the import of the game. The
- [H.C. Leeds, the Papa of American Golf Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/mendik-kevin-h-c-leeds-the-papa-of-american-golf-architecture/) - H.C. Leeds, the Papa of American Golf Architecture by Kevin R. Mendik August 2016 Herbert Cory Leeds[1] Herbert Cory “Papa” Leeds was born in Boston on January 30, 1855, son of James and Mary Elizabeth (Fearing) Leeds. He prepared at Hopkinson’s School in Boston, then attended Harvard College from 1873-1877, receiving his AB degree in
- [Cape Breton Highlands - 1937 to 1941](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/andrew-ian-cape-breton-highlands-1937-to-1941/) - Cape Breton Highlands – 1937 to 1941 by Ian Andrew February 2017 George Knudson called Cape Breton Highlands “The Cypress Point of Canada for sheer beauty.” In 1965, George Knudson was asked to come to Cape Breton Highlands to play Al Balding in a match for Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf. He was so enamoured
- [Goat Hill Park](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/versalles-laz-goat-hill-park/) - Goat Hill Park by Laz Versalles October, 2017 A West Coast Revival Goat Hill Park tests your mettle and touches your soul Take the Oceanside Drive exit off Interstate 5, make a left just before the Payday Loan establishment and drive up the hill. Pass through the gate and you’ll find yourself smack dab in
- [Forgotten Foxburg America’s Oldest Golf Club?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cirba-mike-forgotten-foxburg-americas-oldest-golf-club/) - Forgotten Foxburg America's Oldest Golf Club? by Mike Cirba January 2018 The story is now a well-established part of golf lore. An expatriate Scot named John Reid living in America during the 19th century learns that his Scottish friend Robert Lockhart is going to visit the homeland where the natives still play a perplexing but
- [The Best of Non-Golf: North East of England](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-best-of-non-golf-north-east-of-england/) - The Best of Non Golf The North East of England by Mark Rowlinson May 2018 Northumberland and Durham are two of our loveliest counties although they are almost an island. Their east coast is around 100 miles long, beautiful in many places and treacherous to shipping, too. The River Tweed and the Cheviot Hills cut
- [Tiger’s Plans for Chicago Course Misses the Mark](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tigers-plans-for-chicago-course-misses-mark/) - In My Opinion Tiger’s Plans for Chicago Course Misses the Mark by Bill Daniels April, 2019 Tom Doak’s Discarded Plan for Jackson Park and South Shore Golf Course Shows How the Current Proposal Misses the Mark The University of Chicago retained renown course architect, Tom Doak, to “improve” Jackson Park and South Shore Golf Courses
- [Sphinx in Your Back Garden by David Thomas](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/thomas-david-sphinx-in-your-back-garden/) - "Like having a golfing version of the Sphinx in your back garden" by David Thomas December, 2019 Introduction There cannot be many golf clubs that possess an original Dr Alister MacKenzie designed green, one that retains its original contours and features, yet hasn’t been actively played on for 80 years. One such green does exist
- [William Watson](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/knuth-dean-william-watson/) - A SCOTTISH GOLF PIONEER DEVELOPS THE AMERICAN WEST GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT WILLIAM WATSON 1860-1941 By Dean Knuth December 2020 William Watson was an important pioneer of early golf course architecture who is all but forgotten. You know the names of Donald Ross, Alister Mackenzie and A.W. Tillinghast. You may not know William Watson, a man
- [The Architecture Timeline](https://golfclubatlas.com/architecture-timeline/the-architecture-timeline/) - Read Time: 13 minutesArchitecture Timeline Many of the course profiles are lesser known venues that don’t overtly promote themselves, but where the authors believe there is something important to be learned. They may not be ‘championship’ courses or necessarily the best conditioned, but they all share the single most important characteristic; they are inspiring to
- [The Golf Courses Around Lake Merced](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-golf-courses-around-lake-merced-by-matt-cohn/) - The Golf Courses Around Lake Merced by Matt Cohn November, 2007 PLEASE NOTE: Within this essay are links to sixteen aerial views on Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Thank you for taking the time to view them as you read. Three things to remember: 1) You can expand Google Maps images to a full-screen
- [Kirtland Country Club Green Expansion](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/kirtland-country-club-green-expansion/) - Kirtland Country Club Green Expansion by Chad A. Mark,Golf Course Superintendent May, 2008 One of the most beneficial and exciting aspects of our Restoration at Kirtland has been the green expansion process. It all started with Ron Forse and Jim Nagle reviewing several historic aerials of the Club to obtain the original Alison green and
- [The Early Golf Designers: The Real Golden Age](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-early-golf-designers-the-real-golden-age-by-melvyn-hunter-morrow/) - In My Opinion The Early Golf Designers: The Real Golden Age by Melvyn Hunter Morrow January, 2008 I am rather concerned to read that some people (who perhaps should know better, although I expect they are seeking additional publicity) are questioning and criticising the original golf course designers; questioning their involvement and their skills. Many
- [H.S. Colt of East Hendred](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/hs-colt-of-east-hendred-by-tony-muldoon/) - H.S. Colt of East Hendred by Tony Muldoon April, 2008 Early in 2007, thanks to Martin Bonnar getting in touch with the curator of the East Hendred museum, I was able to follow up on the discovery that a lady who had worked for the Colt's was very much alive and well, living in the
- [Oak Ridge Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/oak-ridge-country-club/) - Oak Ridge Country Club, MN by Jason Topp Oak Ridge Country Club opened for play in 1921. Oak Ridge has much in common with classic courses built during that era. Its resemblance is not a coincidence. At that time, many of the Golden Age's best were at work in the Twin Cities: Willie Watson -
- [Musgrove Mill Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/musgrove-mill/) - Musgrove Mill Golf Club, SC by Tom Williamsen History An Arnold Palmer Signature course, Musgrove Mill has a unique layout, with each hole providing a different and memorable experience. The changing elevations add interest, different perspectives and, importantly, variety to shot selection. As testimony to the quality of the course design, Musgrove Mill is consistently
- [Panmure Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/panmure-golf-club/) - Panmure Golf Club, Scotand by Gordon A. Jones Established in 1845, Panmure Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. The club originally played over the Monifieth links, but when the course became overcrowded they considered moving to the Carnoustie links, before deciding to build their own private course between the
- [Pennard Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/pennard-golf-club/) - Pennard Golf Club, Wales, The Cliffs, The Castle, and The Club by Sean Arble Pennard is not the sort of golfing destination which finds itself at the forefront of many discussions concerning golf. In fact, Pennard is often taken to be Penarth (the home of Glamorganshire Golf Club), a town very near Cardiff on the
- [Pensacola Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/pensacola-country-club/) - Pensacola Country Club, FL by Bill McBride The history of Pensacola Country Club is quite interesting. Founded in 1902, it's the oldest private golf club in Florida. The first nine was first laid out by two amateur members. A second nine was added in 1925, when the club purchased a large waterfront home built in
- [Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/pumpkin-ridge/) - Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek), OR by Michael Dugger Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club occupies a large swath of park and marshland roughly 22 miles west of Portland in the small community of North Plains. Co-designed by Robert Cupp, formerly of the Nicklaus firm, and 1977 U.S. Amateur champion, John Fought, the club offers 18
- [Brook Hollow Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/brook-hollow-golf-club/) - Brook Hollow Golf Club, TX by Eric Dorsey Powerful socialite Cameron Buxton sought to create the best golf club in Dallas “ it was 1918. Buxton was a very accomplished amateur player winning major amateur events in the Philly area in the years before moving to Dallas. Buxton had some powerful friends in the golf
- [Gold Mountain Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/gold-mountain-golf-club/) - Gold Mountain Golf Club, WA by Jordan Wall Located in Bremerton, Washington, and designed by John Harbottle III, lies a gem of a course called Gold Mountain. The course runs through beautiful tress and rolling hills, but there are also native grasses that make the course interesting. It is a public course, but it does
- [Titirangi Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/titirangi-golf-club/) - Titirangi Golf Club, New Zealand by Matthew Mollica Alister MacKenzie was certainly one of the more widely travelled Golden Age architects. He worked in many countries, including England, Scotland, Australia, America, Argentina, and even New Zealand. MacKenzie designed Titirangi in the west of Auckland during his month-long visit to the land of the long white
- [DuPont Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/dupont-country-club/) - DuPont Country Club by Cory Lewis In 2005 the DuPont course at DuPont country club was closed down for a complete renovation. The existing routing would be kept but holes would be changed and lengthened. Lester George was hired to carry out the renovation. Mr. George's goal was a sympathetic renovation of the course. He
- [Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/royal-lakes-golf/) - Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club, GA by Kanon Bloom My home course is Royal Lakes Golf and Country Club. I have played many rounds on this course and think it has the best design of any course I have ever played. It's an American course with a Scottish accent (sod faced bunkers), and it
- [Glen Echo Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/glen-echo-country-club/) - Glen Echo Country Club by Jim Healey Glen Echo Country Club is the oldest private 18-hole course west of the Mississippi and may very well be the oldest 18-hole course, public or private in this area. Opened on May 25, 1901, it was the first course in the St. Louis area designed from its inception
- [St Andrews Beach](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/st-andrews-beach-golf/) - St Andrews Beach, Australia by Mark Ferguson Why do we choose to become members of a particular golf club? For many of us, I would guess, the choice is out of our hands; we are sponsored into clubs by friends and associates, and thus, the merits of a certain course may play no role in
- [Penn State University Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/penn-state-university-golf/) - Penn State University Golf by Kyle Harris January, 2011 Golf at Penn State is almost an afterthought. The golf season and school year for the most part do not overlap; with snow cover being possible anytime between November and April, most of the students get two or three months at most with which to play
- [Hannastown Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/hannastowngolfclub/) - Hannastown Golf Club, PA by John Vander Borght Schizophrenia is a horrible disease, especially in a golf course. Hannastown Golf Club, my home course, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania definitely could suffer from it. But, given the possibility, the course does a good job of avoiding it. The club was originally founded by Thomas Jamison, who was
- [Pacific Grove](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/pacificgrove/) - Pacific Grove, CA by Adam Clayman Just the thought of golfing along one of the worlds many coastlines, is enough to put a special glimmer, into any golfer's eye. For those who long for their first, or subsequent, dose of the Monterey peninsula, a visit to Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links, is as close to
- [York Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/yorkcountryclub/) - York Country Club, NE by Tony Chapman Your home course, what should it be? If, in a perfect world, you could pick your course would you choose a 'famous', 'highly ranked', or 'championship' layout. One would hope that, if the situation were presented, that would be the choice. But, imagine you are a father that
- [Secession Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/secession/) - Secession Golf Club, SC by Walter S. Morris, Jr. Created by Bruce Devlin, Secession plays over 7000 yards from its most extreme tees and features a links style design that winds its way through the wetlands of the Low Country of South Carolina. The name Secession was borrowed from a time long removed, for it
- [Rolling Green Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/rolling-green-golf-club/) - Rolling Green Golf Club by Wayne Morrison In October 1920, a group of members of Springhaven Country Club, encouraged by Joseph E. Haines (Uncle Joe), considered the task of forming a golf club for golfers. This was not an entirely new concept along Philadelphia's Main Line. Merion Golf Club was spun off the membership of
- [Tedesco Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/tedesco/) - Tedesco Country Club by Bradford Tufts Tedesco Country Club in Marblehead, MA was designed in the 1920's by Skip Wogan, father of Phil Wogan. It is situated on the North Shore area of Boston, and its players annually play a Ryder Cup-style match against rival Salem Country Club. It is named for the bark Tedesco,
- [Arbory Brae Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/arbory-brae/) - Arbory Brae Golf Course, Scotland by Alfie Ward Introduction My name is Alfie Ward, and along with my brother Harry, we have finally managed to complete the reconstruction of Arbory Brae golf course in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Any further reference to the district will be described in it's historic title of 'Clydesdale'. The entire project
- [Wild Horse Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/wildhorsegolf/) - Wild Horse Golf Club by Richard Daley The Wild Horse Golf Club, located in Gothenburg, Nebraska is on the edge. It is on the northwest edge of a tiny Union Pacific RR whistle stop village; on the southeast edge of the vast sand hills territory of western Nebraska; and on the edge of golf architecture
- [Princes Risborough GC](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/princes-risborough/) - Princes Risborough GC by Matthew van Reysen Princes Risborough Golf Club is an attractive spectacle with views people can only dream about at some of these richly spent on American courses. The course is designed with a mixture of huge bunkers and some carefully positioned lakes like an American course but has thick rough and
- [Olympia Fields CC (North Course)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/olympia-fields/) - Olympia Fields CC (North Course) by Terry Lavin Olympia Fields CC, located about 28 miles south of downtown Chicago, has been a home to Championship Golf since the 1920's. In its 86 years of existence, OFCC has hosted the PGA, the Western Open, the U.S. Senior Open and the U.S. Open. It is the site
- [Beverly Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/beverly-country-club-2/) - Beverly Country Club by Paul Richards Beverly Country Club was the brainchild of a group of dedicated golfers,who, for some years prior to 1908, operated as the Auburn Park Golf Club on rented land at 79th and Morgan Streets. The club members, wishing to have better grounds and facilities than provided by their small Auburn
- [Lehigh Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/lehigh-country-club/) - Lehigh Country Club by Mark Fine Lehigh CC was designed by Master Golf Architect William Flynn back in 1927 and is one of the most beautiful and natural parkland courses in the world. Situated along the Little Lehigh (stream) in the rolling hills of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, the course follows a routing that
- [Ohio State University Golf Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ohio-state-golf/) - Ohio State University Golf Course, OH, USA by Thomas MacWood When one thinks of the Ohio State University Golf Course, two of golf's greatests immediately come to mind -- Dr.Alister MacKenzie and Jack Nicklaus. MacKenzie, the designer of the Scarlet and Gray courses, is widely considered the greatest Golf Architect to ever live and Jack
- [Country Club of Farmington, CT, USA](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/country-club-of-farmington/) - Country Club of Farmington, CT, USA by Michael Fay I belong to three Clubs, The Pinehurst Country Club, The Wampanoag Country Club and a little course known as the Country Club of Farmington in Farmington Connecticut. Pinehurst Country Club is well known and Wampanoag has been bandied about enough in the press, so I'll tell
- [Art and Golf Design](https://golfclubatlas.com/art-and-architecture/art-and-golf-design-by-geoff-shackelford/) - Art and Golf Design by Geoff Shackelford A select few golf courses inspire passionate discussion and motivate golfers to travel around the world to experience whatever it is that makes them so interesting. These layouts are genuine works of art, conceived with care and built by craftsmen.The great courses subscribe to certain values that serve
- [Max Behr's Art in Golf Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/art-in-golf-architecture-by-max-h-behr/) - Art in Golf Architecture by Max H. Behr In celebration of the release of Mike Miller and Geoff Shackelford's The Art of Golf Design, the following Max Behr essay is reprinted here in its entirety (it is included as an abridged sidebar in the book). This essay appeared in the August, 1927 edition of The
- [A Golfer's Five-Foot Shelf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/a-golfers-five-foot-shelf-by-michael-m-thomas/) - A Golfer's Five-Foot Shelf by Michael M. Thomas Awhile back, I had a call from a bookseller friend in London. A man who - while he may know the finer points of the whole of collectible Victorian fiction - doesn't know a mashie-niblick from a mashed potato. He had an important customer, he told me,
- [Selling a Tree Program at your Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/selling-a-tree-program-at-your-club-by-gary-sherman/) - Developing and Selling a Tree Management Program to your Club by Gary Sherman Many courses designed during the 'Golden Age' have experienced a significant proliferation of trees on the course grounds. Some from the maturity of small trees planted at the time the course was built in the 1920's, some from the planting of trees
- [Below the Trees](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/below-the-trees-by-dunlop-white-iii/) - Below the Trees by Dunlop White III August, 2002 Club members often lobby for changes and additions to their golf course. Green committees frequently respond by altering their golf course in a careless and discriminant manner. Golf professionals, greens superintendents, greens chairmen and club members all have various personal agendas. Everyone ultimately will offer new
- [Reflections on Ganton](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/english-reflections-on-ganton-by-john-beaumont/) - Short Par Fours, Linksland and Designer Sunglasses:English Reflections on Ganton by John Beaumont 'Women playing golf!' A look of horror came across my son's face. And all that I'd done was to suggest that we go to Ganton to watch the Curtis Cup match. The situation was further aggravated when I explained that these players
- [In Praise of The Ralph Miller Library](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/in-praise-of-the-ralph-miller-library-by-thomas-naccarato/) - In Praise of The Ralph Miller Library by Thomas Naccarato Life's bitter twists of fate has some shining if not monumental moments. In the closing minutes of the Ralph Miller Golf Library, its fate, in the throes of death, I can truely say that I was in a extreme state of shock. It was just
- [Reflections from England](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/reflections-from-england-by-john-beaumont/) - Reflections from England by John Beaumont On Friday June 20th 1930 the great Robert Tyre Jones Jr. stood on the 8th fairway of the Royal Liverpool Links at Hoylake, just short of and to the left of the green. All seemed set fair for the completion of the second leg, the Open Championship, of what
- [A Renaissance Movement in Golf Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/art-and-architecture/opinionpaul/) - A Renaissance Movement in Golf Architecture by Tom Paul Most of us who read or write on the golf architecture websites enjoy the game immensely, we are fascinated by different and unique holes and courses and the creative architects who produced them. Many are specifically interested in the classic courses Europe, Australia etc. and others
- [Wexler, Daniel - The Evolution of Augusta National: What Would The Good Doctor Say?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/wexler-daniel-augusta/) - The Evolution of the Golf Course at Augusta National: What Would The Good Doctor Say? by Daniel Wexler March 2011 It is a true paradox in the world of golf course design. Consider the game’s two most famous layouts, the Old Course at St. Andrews and the Augusta National Golf Club. The former is a
- [A Comparison and Contrast of the Donald Ross and William Flynn Routing Plans for the Country Club of York](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/morrison-wayne-a-comparison-and-contrast-of-the-donald-ross-and-william-flynn-routing-plans-for-the-country-club-of-york/) - A Comparison and Contrast of the Donald Ross and William Flynn Routing Plans for the Country Club of York by Wayne Morrison Robert Crosby Craig Disher and Andrew Green January 2020 If a list of great Golden Age Golf Architects is considered, William Flynn and Donald Ross would arguably be part of anyone’s top five.
- [Golf Equipment: A Case Study](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sponcia-golf-equipment-case-study/) - Golf Equipment: A Case Study by Joe Sponcia February, 2020 Much like every course in America built before 2000, my home club Holston Hills CC, has been ravaged by golf equipment “advances” for nearly 100 years. Watching the 2020 edition of the Phoenix open, followed by the Super Bowl offers casual fans a bird’s eye
- [Colt & Alison in North America: Bowness Golf Club 1913](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/gholz-anthony-colt-alison-in-north-america-bowness-golf-club-1913/) - Colt & Alison in North America: Bowness Golf Club 1913 by Anthony Gholz May 2020 (Background: When Colt & Alison in North America was published in 2018 [blurb.com], I had reached several dead ends following leads, even some given by Colt himself. For instance, his 1924 list of C&A courses included Calgary as “visited” with
- [New Discovery Opens Shot To Medinah’s Future](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/lane-daniel-j-with-ryan-potts-new-discovery-opens-shot-to-medinahs-future/) - New Discovery Opens Shot To Medinah’s Future by Daniel J. Lane with contributions by J. Ryan Potts December 2020 Long renowned as an exemplar of the “penal” school of golf design, Medinah Country Club’s Course #3 has just as lengthily been on the receiving end of punishment from fans of golf architecture. In his Confidential
- [Feature Interview with Mike Dutton](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mike-dutton-2/) - Feature Interview with Mike Dutton January, 2021 1. How did you become interested in 9-hole courses? I learned to play golf at about the age of 10 when my Dad took me out and would only let me use a 5-iron for all shots around the course until I got near a green. He was
- [Feature Interview with Rich LaBar](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-rich-labar/) - Feature Interview with Rich LaBar February, 2021 1. You are based in Basking Ridge, NJ. How did you get into the golf course construction and renovation business? Prior to his death when I was 12 years old, my father Richard S. LaBar Sr. regularly took me to his job. He worked for Hugh Hefner as
- [Golf Course Architect William Watson (1860-1941)](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/knuth-dean-golf-course-architect-william-watson-1860-1941/) - A SCOTTISH GOLF PIONEER DEVELOPS THE AMERICAN WEST GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT WILLIAM WATSON 1860-1941 By Dean Knuth February 2021 William Watson Circa 1899 at age 39 - Circa 1925 at age 65 (Compliments of Joseph Gladke, Minnesota Golf Historian) William Watson was an important pioneer of early golf course architecture who is all but forgotten.
- [Feature Interview with 오상준](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-오상준/) - Feature Interview with 오상준 April, 2021 1. Tell us about yourself. How did you get into golf? My father taught me how to play golf, but it was several years later in the States when I got into the game seriously. After getting a master’s degree in architecture in 2000, I worked several years as
- [A Walkthrough of Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/thomas-walker-palma-ceia-golf-country-club-1916/) - Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club, 1916 Tampa, Florida by Walker Thomas April, 2021 Introduction The history of Palma Ceia is quite extensive but also unknown to those outside of the Tampa area. Palma Ceia is the first private club in Tampa, home to the competitive Mid-Am, Gasparilla Invitational, and was the founding club of
- [Feature Interview with Greg Ohlendorf](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-greg-ohlendorf/) - Feature Interview with Greg Ohlendorf July, 2021 From his beginnings at Shady Lawn Golf Course outside of Chicago, Illinois, Greg Ohlendorf enjoyed the process of getting on and playing other local courses. In the mid-1990s, he joined Idlewild CC, his first experience at club life. Two years later, he fell in love with Flossmoor Country
- [Oak Hill's East Course: A Return to Form](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/fioravanti-vincent-oak-hill-east-a-return-to-form/) - Oak Hill East – A Return to Form by Vincent Fioravanti August, 2021 Throw a dart at a map of the United States and you’ll do well to not hit a point within an inch of a Donald Ross designed golf course. With over 400 courses to his credit, it is well known Ross was
- [Feature Interview with Ed Brockner](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ed-brockner/) - Feature Interview with Ed Brockner August, 2021 1. Tell us about the origins of Hendricks Field Golf Course. Who commissioned it? Who built it? When did it open? Etc. Essex County, NJ was the first County in the United States to create its own parks system in 1895, beginning with Branch Brook Park in the
- [Feature Interview with Ed Homsey](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ed-homsey/) - Feature Interview with Ed Homsey September, 2021 Ed Homsey is a combination Okie/Jayhawk who, after graduating from Baylor University in 1955, headed east for graduate studies at the University of Rochester. On an earlier trip there, he met his to-be wife, Shirley and they have two wonderful children and three beautiful granddaughters. Prior to golf,
- [Feature Interview with Matt Krug](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-matt-krug/) - Feature Interview with Matt Krug October, 2021 1. Tell us about the Eagle Springs Golf Resort in Eagle, Wisconsin. What is its history? Eagle Springs is the oldest course in the state of Wisconsin and the land began as a farm in 1868 by Irish immigrants, John and Mary Tuohy. Unfortunately(or fortunately) they did not
- [Feature Interview with Richard Latham](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-richard-latham/) - Feature Interview with Richard Latham November, 2021 Please note: all photos and captions are provided by Clyde Johnson, who worked on the restoration project for Tom Doak. Richard Latham began playing golf at the age 14 and 4 years later was at scratch. This successful amateur has competed since 1975 , highlighted by an Open appearance in 1985,
- [A Deep Dive Into Saucon Valley Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sauconvalley/) - Saucon Valley Country Club by Peter McKnight Saucon Valley Country Club Bethlehem, Pennsylvania www.sauconvalleycc.org Club centennial 1920-2020; golf centennial 1922-2022 Certified Audobon Cooperative Sanctuary THE OLD COURSE (7,129 yards, par 71) Herbert Strong 1922, Perry Maxwell 1941, Tom Fazio 2008 (Eugene Grace through the years) THE GRACE COURSE (7,091 yards, par 72) William and David
- [The Maddening Mystery of Dorset Field Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cirba-mike-the-maddening-mystery-of-dorset-field-club/) - The Maddening Mystery of Dorset Field Club By Mike Cirba A critical examination of the evidence supporting the club’s claim to be the oldest golf course in the United States. If you were to create a mythical town where golf has been played longest in the United States it would likely look something like the
- [Unraveling the Much-Maligned Dick Wilson](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sponcia-joe-unraveling-the-much-maligned-dick-wilson/) - Read Time: 22 minutesUnraveling the Much-Maligned Dick Wilson While reams of books and magazine articles have been written to celebrate the “golden age” works of Donald Ross, Alister MacKenzie, A.W. Tillinghast, and C.B. MacDonald, scant information, given his impact on golf architecture, has been written regarding Dick Wilson. Louis Sibbett (“Dick”) Wilson, was born in
- [The Restoration of Tillinghast’s Southward Ho Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/carlucci-phil-the-restoration-of-tillinghasts-southward-ho-country-club/) - The Restoration of Tillinghast’s Southward Ho Country Club by Phil Carlucci May, 2023 On a Friday morning in the spring of 1954, readers of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle flipped through their newspapers and found something that had just about vanished over the previous two decades – good news in the local golf industry. Southward Ho
- [Feature Interview with Mike Bennett](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mike-bennett/) - Searching for Donald Ross: Golf in the American Heartland at the Zanesville Country Club Tell us what it was like growing up in Zanesville and what the Zanesville course means to the community. Zanesville is a typical mid-western American small town. One of my earliest memories of the 1960s was watching my dad walk a
- [Feature Interview with Len Curtin](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-len-curtin/) - Feature Interview with Len Curtin December, 2020 1. Where did you grow up? How did you get into golf? I grew up in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts, about a 3 minute bike ride from The Country Club in Brookline. My dad was the manager of the Municipal Golf Course in Brookline, Putterham Meadows (now Robert T
- [Andrew, Cowan-Dewar, Mingay & Thompson - Canada's Top Golf Courses](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/andrew-cowan-dewar-mingay-thompson-canadas-top-golf-courses/) - Canada's Top Golf Courses by: Ian Andrew, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Jeff Mingay and Robert Thompson February, 2005 Canada was home to one of the world's greatest golf architects between 1925 and 1958, defined how great mountain expanses could be adapted to the game in the creation of Banff and Jasper and has golf courses built on
- [Stewart, David - Kampen Course at Purdue University](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/kampen1/) - Kampen Course at Purdue University by David Stewart October 2011 “As a person who calls Indiana home, I am very pleased to have had the opportunity to build one of the finest university golf courses in the country at Purdue.” ~Pete Dye In 1994, the North Course at Purdue University was the weaker of the
- [Crosby, Bob - Joshua Crane in the Golden Age](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/joshua-crane-part-i/) - Joshua Crane In The Golden Age, Part I by Bob Crosby Three men met in St Andrews in the summer of 1929. They were antagonists in one of the most remarkable debates in the history of golf course architecture. One of the men was Alister MacKenzie, the best known golf architect of the era. MacKenzie
- [Mendik, Kevin - Cultural Landscape Assessment for the Restoration of the Golf Course at Sunnylands Estate](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cultural-landscape-assessment-for-the-restoration-of-the-golf-course-at-sunnylands-estate/) - Introduction The Context: A private nine-hole golf course sited within the 200-acre Historic Core of The Sunnylands Estate in Palm Springs, California. Course architects Dick Wilson & Joe Lee. Originally opened in 1965. Historic Restoration and Renovation undertaken during 2010 and 2011. History of Golf and Golf Architecture in America1 Popular throughout the United States,
- [Pallotta, Peter - Golf Through the Looking Glass](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/pallotta-peter-golf-through-the-looking-glass-2/) - Golf Through the Looking Glass A Layman's Reflections on The Art of Seeing Peter Pallotta March, 2012 In the early 1940s, Aldous Huxley wrote in "The Art of Seeing" of how he had improved his chronically poor eyesight through the Bates Method -- a controversial approach based on the belief that seeing was as much
- [Frank Giordano](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/frank-giordano/) - Art and Architecture Paintings by Frank Giordano When Frank Giordano decided to go to a college prep school at age 13, he started caddying at the Brooklawn Country Club near his home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to earn his tuition money. A baseball player at the time, Frank soon learned that the grace and power, the elegance and
- [Sunningdale Golf Club pg. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/sunningdale-pg-2/) - The Sunningdale Story pg. 2 There is a story connected with the small bunker in between the two cross bunkers near the green at the latter (sixth) hole, some time known as "Monty's" bunker. R.H. Montmorency could not always carry these bunkers with his second shot, but he was so accurate that he could play
- [Sunningdale Golf Club pg. 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/sunningdale-pg-3/) - The Sunningdale Story pg. 3 In 1934 a large reconstruction of the remaining holes took place at considerable expense. The old seventh, eighth and ninth holes were abandoned. These were picturesque holes requiring any amount of climbing and descent. The sites of two of these holes, now much over-grown, may be seen through the trees
- [Sunningdale Golf Club pg. 4](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/sunningdale-pg-4/) - The Sunningdale Story pg.4 Figure 24 top centre shows a 2011 view of site of Colt sixth green, across the valley following the 2011 tree clearance. The site of the green was cleared in February and March 2011. Figure 24A is Sunningdale member and landscape painter Chris Lane’s impression of the same sixth green as
- [Sunningdale Golf Club pg. 5](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/sunningdale-pg-5/) - The Sunningdale Story pg.5 The “hump” at the top left of the 1934 Figure 40 is the bank at the back of today’s fifth green of the New Course. Both photos are taken from where today’s New Course sixth fairway begins. The sketch in Figure 37 shows the green much nearer the ditch than in
- [Little Nine Conservancy - Southern Pines Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/little-nine-conservancy-southern-pines-golf-club/) - Little Nine Conservancy Southern Pines Golf Club LiNC, or the Little Nine Conservancy, began an effort to protect 100 acres of woods and open land about ½ mile south of downtown Southern Pines earlier this year. LiNC's name comes from the 112 year-old old golf course (not currently used as a golf course) built in
- [Friedrich, Carl - Rye Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/friedrich-carl-rye-golf-club/) - Rye Golf Club, in Rye New York, is my home course. Designed by Devereux Emmett in 1921, the club has gone through periods of success and failure financially. In 1965 it was purchased by the city of Rye, to be used by the denizens as a “town course.” This arrangement, fairly unique for its time,
- [The Middle Ages of Pinehurst](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-middle-ages-of-pinehurst/) - The Middle Ages of Pinehurst Part I "I missed the money in the Los Angeles Open. And we were driving to Oakland, California, and Valerie said, ‘You know how much money we have?’ And I said, ‘Yes, I know.’ We had eighty-six left out of the $1,400. So she said, ‘Well, what are we gonna
- [pallotta_3](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/pallotta_3/) - As suggested earlier, the parable distills a lifetime of dedication into a week of intense preparation; the reader is not meant to assume that Ch’ing has always been chief carpenter, that he has always been a master. And this picture of a life-long process fits well with the thoughts of a current golf architect, Ian
- [Izatt, Bryan - Teeth of the Dog, Casa de Campo](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/bryan-izatt-review-of-teeth-of-the-dog-casa-de-campo/) - Teeth of the Dog, Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic by Bryan Izatt April, 2005 Like a few others, Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes, Kiawah, and Turnberry, for example, Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic offers a first class resort by the sea with a world class golf course in the Teeth of the Dog. Built
- [Glenn, Jeremy - The Reverse Old Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/jeremy-glenn-the-reverse-old-course/) - The Reverse Old Course by Jeremy Glenn The Old Course at St. Andrews is the home of golf, and without a doubt one of the most famous and greatest golf courses in the world. However, very few realise that up until quite recently - from the perspective of a golf course over 500 years old
- [Sweeney, Mike - Blending Old and New in Renovating a Classic](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/mike-sweeney-blending-old-and-new-in-renovating-a-classic/) - Mountain Lake, FL, USA Blending Old and New in Renovating a Classic by Mike Sweeney January, 2005 Mountain Lake is located in the ridge country of Central Florida, just outside the small citrus town of Lake Wales. A Baltimorean named Frederick Ruth founded Mountain Lake in 1915. With proximity close to trains from the North which
- [Feature Interview with Keith Foster](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-keith-foster/) - Feature Interview with Keith Foster April 2014 What was the genesis for your trip to the United Kingdom in 1999? My first trip to the UK was with the ASGCA when we toured some of the great courses within England back in 91' when I was part of Art Hills firm. That trip exposed me
- [Best of Golf: A Dream Course](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/best-of-golf-a-dream-course/) - A Dream Course June, 2014 The legendary writer Pat Ward-Thomas did the world an immense favor when he penned his ‘Elements of Greatness – a Classic Course’ for the World Atlas of Golf in 1976. It put the spotlight squarely on individual golf holes, something that wasn’t done much back in the 1970s. His rationale
- [Best of Golf: The Men's Locker Room at Forest Creek Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/best-of-golf-the-mens-locker-room-at-forest-creek-golf-club/) - Best of Golf: The Men's Locker Room at Forest Creek Golf Club The apex of golf course architecture is attained when a strategic course is built on land well suited for golf and the design reflects its natural surrounds. In that way the overall property is augmented with holes that blend with nature. The same standard
- [Best of Golf Equipment: Shirts](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/best-of-golf-equipment-shirts/) - Best of Golf: Equipment: Golf Shirts May 14th, 2014, a day like any other to the moment I birdied the daunting Home hole at Quail Hollow in Charlotte. Though the stands still stood tall from the recent Wells Fargo event, they weren’t exactly full. The only spectators were my Dad, sitting on the grass in front of
- [Best of Golf: The Fifth at Pinehurst No. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-best-of-golf-the-fifth-at-pinehurst-no-2/) - The Best of Golf: The Fifth at Pinehurst No.2 The notion of par is helpful for handicapping purposes and for determining where players are versus one another on a scoreboard. Otherwise, par is largely meaningless. Under any format in golf - stroke, match, Stableford, name it - the object is to get the ball in
- [Dynamic Map of Course Profiles](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/gca-fusion-tables/) - Dynamic Map of Course Profiles by Dave Harshbarger You can pan in and out with vertical + - toggle on left of map. Left click with mouse and hold down to drag map to desired area. Click on red dot to view link to course tour. Notes on the map from Dave Harshbarger: Google
- [Clouser, Chris - The Designer from the Great Plains](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/chris-clouser-the-designer-from-the-great-plains/) - The Designer from the Great Plains by Chris Clouser The vast volumes devoted to design during the Golden Age of Golf Course Design have been devoted to the greats in the field, such as MacKenzie, Tillinghast and Ross. These names dominated the field of golf course design along with the likes of Raynor, Flynn and
- [Clouser, Chris - Perry Maxwell’s Dornick Hills](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/clouser-chris-perry-maxwells-dornick-hills/) - Perry Maxwell’s Dornick Hills Chris Clouser August 2012 Dornick Hills was the first design by Perry Duke Maxwell. He tinkered with the design for over twenty years after the original course was was laid out in 1914 with four holes without bunkers. After taking a tour of golf courses in the Southeast United States, Maxwell
- [Feature Interview with Bill Healy, MD](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-bill-healy-md/) - Feature Interview with Bill Healy MD January 2017 Bill Healy MD is the author of The Golf Course at Eastward Ho!, which was released in August, 2016. Bill grew up in Boston and caddied at such fine courses as Charles River, Oyster Harbor and Needham. At Amherst College, he played football and rugby and later trained
- [Feature Interview with Richard Macafee](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-richard-macafee/) - Feature Interview with Richard Macafee March, 2017 Richard Macafee is 46 years old and married with 3 children ages 19,17, and 15. His handicap is a tidy +3 at Kingston Heath where he has been a member since 1984. He has won its club championship eleven times (!) and also won the World Club Championship representing KHGC
- [Feature Interview with Kris W. Spence](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-kris-w-spence/) - Feature Interview with Kris Spence August, 2017 1. How does your background in golf course maintenance and construction help you compete for projects? Both backgrounds compliment my approach and understanding of golf architecture in multiple ways and the best way to answer the question is with a recent example. I interviewed at Sara Bay Country
- [Feature Interview with Mark Chalfant](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mark-chalfant/) - Feature Interview with Mark Chalfant December, 2017 Does the title Devereux Emmet – The Forgotten American Master make it self-explanatory as to what compelled you to write the 135 page book? You liken his work to being underappreciated like that of the work of William Langford, Vernon Macan, and Walter Travis. From thirty years of
- [Feature Interview with Andy Staples](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-andy-staples/) - Feature Interview with Andy Staples March 2018 Tell us about your background and how you became a golf architect. I’m similar to a lot of guys in our business – became obsessed with the game at a very early age, and I liked to build stuff. I also loved to draw. I’m from Wisconsin,
- [Feature Interview with Robert McGuirk](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-robert-mcguirk/) - Feature Interview with Robert McGuirk January, 2019 1. Prince's was laid out in the early 1900s by amateur architect Harry Mallaby-Deeley. Tom MacWood was a huge fan and explained why in his piece on GolfClubAtlas entitled "The Early Architects: Beyond Old Tom.” MacWood even quotes the editor of American Golfer who proclaimed HMD 'the finest
- [Feature Interview with Ed Oden](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ed-oden/) - Feature Interview with Ed Oden June 2019 1. What prompted you to found perrymaxwellarchive.com? What do you hope to accomplish with it? Honestly, it all started with this thread on GolfClubAtlas.com… https://golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,49744.msg1126766.html#msg1126766. I had been intrigued by Maxwell for a while since his architectural roots were in Oklahoma, where I was born and a good
- [Feature Interview with Jeff Warne](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-jeff-warne/) - Feature Interview with Jeff Warne August, 2019 1. You are from Augusta and grew up playing Augusta Country Club. The changes at its next door neighbor are well chronicled and generate mixed opinions while the changes to Augusta Country Club this century are universally applauded. Is this the best ACC has been? Who deserves the
- [Feature Interview with Jeffrey Stein](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-jeffrey-stein/) - Feature Interview with Jeffrey Stein December, 2019 1.How did you become interested in golf course architecture? My interest took shape early in my childhood and stems from the influence of family, my high school years as a caddie, and a persistent curiosity about golf. As an 8-year-old my brother took me to the golf
- [Feature Interview with Paul Jansen](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-paul-jansen/) - Feature Interview with Paul Jansen April, 2020 1. To my knowledge, you are the only person we have interviewed that was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa! How did such an upbringing shape your sensibilities in golf course architecture? We left Zimbabwe when I was very young and settled in Durban, South Africa
- [Feature Interview with Andrew Lewis](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-andrew-lewis/) - Feature Interview with Andrew Lewis August, 2020 Andrew Lewis lives in Chicago, IL with his wife and six-year-old twins. During the week, he leads a team of corporate strategy, operational improvement and communications professionals for a global pharmaceutical company, and on the weekends he struggles to shoot anywhere near his 6.8 handicap index at his
- [The Mysteries of Southern Pines GC](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-mysteries-of-southern-pines-gc/) - . The Mysteries of Southern Pines GC Intro There's been quite a bit of talk on GCA about the course, or rather, courses of Southern Pines. Much of the information has been uncovered. However, there are still quite a few parts of the century-plus saga which have not been sorted out. Mystery is great.
- [Overhills Tour](https://golfclubatlas.com/miscellaneous/overhills-tour/)
- [Daniel Wexler, June 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/daniel-wexler-june-2010-2/) - 1. Why a book on private clubs? Several reasons. First, simply because nobody had done one previously. Traditional publishing wisdom has always been that 90% of America’s golfers are not members of private clubs, so why write something for only 10% of the marketplace? But if you do the math, that 10% still adds up
- [Wayne Morrison, December 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/wayne-morrison-december-2009/) - Feature Interview with Wayne Morrison December, 2009 (1) What was Toomey's role in their partnership? I wish to dispel the common notion that Toomey and Flynn designed and constructed courses together. Toomey was an engineer responsible for overseeing construction crews building courses to Flynn's specific design plans. All design work was done by William Flynn
- [Wayne Morrison & Tom Paul, April 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/wayne-morrison-april-2011-2/) - Feature Interview with Wayne Morrison & Tom Paul April, 2011 1. Why did you elect to publish The Nature Faker - William S. Flynn, Golf Course Architect in the CD format? Will there be a hard copy version available? The book is very long, it would be a bit unwieldy as a hard copy book.
- [Walker Taylor IV, November 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/walker-taylor-iv-november-2003/) - Feature Interview with Walker Taylor IV November, 2003 Walker Taylor, IV was elected President of the Donald Ross Society in June of 2003. He is the third person to serve as President. He succeeds Jerry Mitchell of Tennessee, who served for three years and Barry Palm, a co-founder and president for the first ten years,
- [Vicki Martz, July 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/vicki-martz-july-2009/) - Feature Interview with Vicki Martz July, 2009 1. How did you get into this male dominated field? When our family moved to Jacksonville, Fl. In 1979, I had youngsters in school but wanted to work part time in landscape design as I had recently majored in Landscape Architecture at UK. Although I had to leave
- [Tommy Naccarato, October 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/interview-with-the-emperor/) - Feature Interview with the Emperor Tommy Naccarato October 2012 1) How did you become interested in golf course architecture? It came through art & architecture. Engineering also, as my Dad was a Right of Way Engineer for CalTrans for 40+ Years. The Architecture side of things came from my cousin, Tommy Pagliuso (who I was
- [Tom Watson, March, 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-watson/) - Feature Interview with Tom Watson March, 2009 1. How/why did you get into golf design business? MY PASSION FOR DESIGN STARTED EARLY IN MY LIFE. I REMEMBER DESIGNING HOLES ON MY RED BIG CHIEF PAPER TABLET I WAS ISSUED IN FOURTH GRADE. 2. Discuss your initial reaction and thoughts upon first playing Prairie Dunes nearly
- [Tom Paul, May 2012 - Part 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012-part-2/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part Two - May 2012 Where were you September 11th, 2001? Describe the events. I was at Royal County Down G.C. in Newcastle, Northern Ireland with a group of eight players from my club, GMGC. We were in the midst of a one week span of team matches against a few
- [Tom Paul, April 2012 - page 4](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012-page-4/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part One - Page Four Is golf still a game for gentlemen? Ran, before attempting to answer this question, and I warn you, this answer will be a mini book, let me preface it with the following: Having known you for some years and having spoken with you quite often over those
- [Tom Paul, April 2012 - page 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012-page-3/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part One - Page Three How has the role of the private club changed during your lifetime, if at all? I believe the role of the private club has changed quite a bit during my lifetime which is now sixty seven years, and to about the same degree society has changed during that time.
- [Tom Paul, April 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part One - April 2012 You became interested in golf course architecture relatively late in your amateur playing career. How did the interest develop? I think it was around 1995 I became interested in golf course architecture. It happened completely by chance----one of those unexpected occurrences that sometimes turn
- [Stuart Bendelow, September 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/stuart-bendelow-september-2002/) - Feature Interview with Stuart Bendelow September, 2002 Stuart Bendelow, Sr. is the grandson of early American golf course designer Tom Bendelow,1868-1936. Stuart was born in Port Huron, Michigan in 1937 but spent much of his early years in Rockford, Illinois and later Chicago. It was on one of his grandfather's courses, Sinnissippi Golf Club in
- [Steve Smyers, May 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/steve-smyers-may-2002/) - Feature Interview with Steve Smyers May, 2002 Inspiredby watching the great golfers perform in the major championships, Steve Smyersbecame both an avid golfer and a well trained student of the great golf courses of the world. Steve attended the University of Florida on a golf scholarship and played on the golf team from 1971 -
- [Stephen Toon & Murray Long](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/stephen-toon-murray-long/) - Feature Interview With Stephen Toon & Murray Long January, 2011 This month's Feature Interview is with Mr. Stephen Toon, Club Secretary, and Murray Long, Courses and Estate Manager for Sunningdale Golf Club. 1. Sunningdale possesses two world class courses. The Old is more famous, in part because of Bob Jones's perfect round and in part because
- [Stephen Goodwin, May 2006](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/3262-2/) - Feature Interview with Stephen Goodwin May 2006 Stephen Goodwin, the author of Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes, was a contributing editor at Golf Magazine from 1988 to 2001. He has written extensively about golf course design and golf history, and his first golf book was The Greatest Masters, a narrative of the legendary
- [Stanley Thompson, March 2006](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/stanley-thompson-march-2006/) - Feature Interview with Stanley Thompson March2006 Canadian Stanley Thompson is a legend for not only how he designed and constructed golf courses but for how he lived as well. From Vancouver's Capilano to Cape Breton Highlands Links, along Nova Scotia's rugged Atlantic coast, Canada isleft with a fine set of testimonials to Thompson'sarchitectural genius. Amazingly,
- [Stanley Thompson, March 2006](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-stanley-thompson-march-2006/) - Feature Interview with Stanley Thompson March 2006 Canadian Stanley Thompson is a legend for not only how he designed and constructed golf courses but for how he lived as well. From Vancouver's Capilano to Cape Breton Highlands Links, along Nova Scotia's rugged Atlantic coast, Canada is left with a fine set of testimonials to Thompson's
- [Scott Anderson, September 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-scott-anderson-part-ii-september-2005/) - Feature Interview with Scott Anderson, Part II September, 2005 Scott Anderson, GCSAA, is the head superintendent at the Huntingdon Valley Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. While many courses in the district closed orare severely stressed due to the difficult weather conditions over the past few years, the 27-holes at Huntingdon Valley continue to play
- [Scott Anderson, August 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-scott-anderson-part-i-august-2005/) - Feature Interview with Scott Anderson, Part I August, 2005 Scott Anderson, GCSAA, is the head superintendent at the Huntingdon Valley Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. While many courses in the district closed orare severely stressed due to the difficult weather conditions over the past few years, the 27-holes at Huntingdon Valley continue to play
- [Rolf-Stephan Hansen](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/rolf-stephan-hansen/) - Feature Interview with Rolf-Stephan Hansen February, 2011 1. Please describe the history of the site that is now the Budersand golf course. During the Second World War the site was used as a military base for water-airplanes. The German government closed the site and left it empty until fifteen years ago. 2. What is your background? I
- [Roger Hansen, October 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/roger-hansen-october-2010/) - Feature Interview with Roger Hansen & Ian Dalzell October 2010 Questions 1 through 9 are answered by the owner of Hidden Creek, Roger Hansen 1. What did you learn from Blue Heron that helped in the formation of Hidden Creek? I learned that the better the land is the better you can make a great
- [Robin Nelson, February, 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/robin-nelson/) - Feature Interview with Robin Nelson February, 2009 1. Most of your work has been in Asia and Hawaii. For instance, in Hawaii, you have built eleven new courses and remodeled eleven others. How did you end up gaining such a foothold there? I saw that Hawaii was overdue for some new courses back in the
- [Robert Price, July 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/robert-price-july-2002/) - Feature Interview with Robert Price July, 2002 Born in Cardiff, Wales and educated at the University of Wales, University of British Columbia and University of Edinburgh: BSc, PhD and DSc degrees in the fields of physical geography, Quaternary geology and geomorphology and Quaternary environments. Appointments: Lecturing and research appointments in eight universities in Scotland, Canada
- [Richard Mandell, May 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/richard-mandell-no-2-may-2005/) - Feature Interview with Richard Mandell No. 2 May, 2005 Richard Mandell, a golf course architect in Pinehurst, North Carolina, has been working on a book tentatively called Golf Courses Of The Sandhills: Their History and Evolution for the past two years. The book will be a complete history of all the golf courses in the
- [Richard Mandell, March 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/richard-mandell-march-2002/) - Feature Interview with Richard Mandell March 2002 Richard Mandell has been in the golf course architecture business for twelve years. His office is based in Pinehurst, North Carolina and his web site address is www.golf-architecture.com.Richard currently has projects underway in New York, Maryland, and North Carolina. For the past six years, he has taught a
- [Richard Goodale, July 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/richard-goodale-2005/) - Feature Interview with Richard Goodale July, 2005 Rich Goodale is an American who has lived for most of the past 15 years in Fife, Scotland, with his moderately-long sufferring wife and two female sprogs (ages 12 and 8). Neither of his parents played much golf, even though they met at Winchester Country Club (one of
- [Richard B. Findlay - June 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/richard-b-findlay-june-2012/) - Feature Interview with Richard B. Findlay June 2012 Introduction The purpose of this Feature Interview is to acquaint the golfing world with my grandfather, Alexander Hamburg Findlay. In the early 1900’s the Prince of Wales (George V succeeded his father Edward VII in England), a childhood friend of Alex and soon to be King of England, wrote
- [Phil Young, October 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/phil-young-october-2004/) - Feature Interview with Phil Young October, 2004 Phil Young is 51, about to celebrate 30 years of marriage and hastwo 'very interesting' sons. He began writing full-time after his first book on Bethpage, Golf For the People: Bethpage and the Black, was published in May 2002. His chronicle of the 2002 Open at Bethpage, Golf's
- [Peter Matkovich, April, 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/peter-matkovich-april-2009/) - Feature Interview with Peter Matkovich April, 2009 1. Tell us about your playing career as a golf professional. What were some of your favorite courses and why (i.e. did you like courses where you could shot low numbers or did you appreciate courses that had well placed hazards that complicated achieving a good score)? I
- [Paul Daley and David Scaletti, February 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/paul-daley-and-david-scaletti-february-2002/) - Feature Interview with Paul Daley and David Scaletti February 2002 Paul Daley and David Scaletti have combined talents to publish The Sandbelt - Melbourne's Golfing Heaven. A studious 5-handicap golfer, Paul is a member of Huntingdale and The National Golf Club (Cape Schanck) in Australia. A voracious reader of golf literature, he enjoys reading about
- [Owen Larkin - July 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/owen-larkin-july-2012/) - Feature Interview with Owen Larkin July 2012 The Vineyard Golf Club on Martha’s Vineyard opened in 2002. As managing partner and founding president, you were ultimately responsible for every aspect from permitting through construction. Given the tight environmental restrictions for which Martha’s Vineyard is famous, permitting must have been some process. What were the keys
- [Norman & Samm Klaparda, November 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/klaparda-november-2011/) - Feature Interview with Norman & Samm Klaparda November, 2011 If not the first, you were one of the first people in the world to play GOLF Magazine’s World Top 100 list. When did you go from just liking to play great courses to setting that as a goal? During the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984,
- [Mike Young, September 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-young/) - Feature Interview with Mike Young September, 2009 1. How did you become interested in golf architecture? When I was in the ninth grade, I observed a golf course being built in my hometown. At the time, my father urged me stay involved in boy scouts until I received my Eagle award (SORT OF
- [Mike Nuzzo, February 2006](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-no-2-with-mike-nuzzo-february-2006/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Mike Nuzzo February, 2006 Mike Nuzzo, of Nuzzo Course Design, LLC, is a golf course architect based in Houston, Texas. His company's stated goal is to integrate artistry, technical aptitude and business insight into every project. Please refer to Mike's April 2005 Feature Interview for more information. 1. What's this
- [Mike Nuzzo, April 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-nuzzo-april-2005/) - Feature Interview with Mike Nuzzo April 2005 Mike Nuzzo, of Nuzzo Course Design, is currently working on projects both across the country and near his office in Houston, Texas. In addition he works as an associate with Baxter Spann of Finger Dye Spann, Inc. and has most recently completed assisting in the renovations of Beaumont
- [Mike Morrison, November 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-morrison-november-2010/) - Feature Interview with Mike Morrison November, 2010 How did Bailey & Izett come to be formed? Bailey & Izett, Inc. was formed as a result of the closing of the Wholesale Golf Division of Wanamaker’s department store in 1940. Wanamaker’s retained its Retail Golf Division, but dropped the Wholesale Division. At that time, Wilfred Bailey
- [Mike Miller, August 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-miller-august-2002/) - Feature Interview with Mike Miller August, 2002 Mike Miller's biography can be found under the Art & Architecture section on this web site. You have been around golf your entire life and you have been painting for over thirty years, yet you have just married your passions together in the past seven years. Why do
- [Mike Keiser, June 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-keiser-june-2005/) - Feature Interview with Mike Keiser June, 2005 In March, 2005, athread on the GolfClubAtlas.com discussion board wascreated entitled, 'If you could ask Mike Keiser one question, what would it be?' Below is his reponse to the first fifty posts. 1. I'd ask Mike what his future plans are in Bandon and hopefully in other places!
- [Mike DeVries, April 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mike-devries-april-2002/) - Feature Interview with Mike DeVries April, 2002 Mike DeVries has been around golf his whole life, first learning the game from his grandfather andcontinuing the passion while working at Crystal Downs throughout high school and college. He worked with Tom Doak for 2 1/2 years prior to returning to school to earn his Masters in
- [Michael Riste, July 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/michael-riste-july-2011/) - 1. How did you begin your career in golf and your interest in the history of golf on the Pacific Coast? Prior to October 1960 I knew absolutely nothing about golf. I had never played the game or visited a golf course. Capilano G&CC invited youngsters to come and caddy for members
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow, March 2012 - Part 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mhmpart2/) - Feature Interview with Melvyn Hunter Morrow Part Two - March 2012 Your objections to modern aspects of the game such as distance aids, carts, etc. are well documented on GolfClubAtlas.com. How would you explain the allure of a traditional approach versus modern one? If you are seeking to enjoy a sport then I feel
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow, February 2012 - Part 2 - Page 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/melvyn-hunter-morrow-february-2012-part-2-page-2/) - What is the current state of the game in Scotland? That’s a good question. Alas I no longer live in Scotland but out in the wilds of East Anglia, so it’s difficult to say. Having said that, I have kept in touch with many clubs over the last few years and between general complaints regards
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow, February 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mhm1/) - Feature Interview with Melvyn Hunter Morrow February 2012 For those who are not familiar, please take us through your genealogy. I thought we had the full Family Tree going back until 1649, until I received an e-mail about a year ago, from a Morris living in Australia who had traced his side of the
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow page 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/melvyn-hunter-morrow-page-3/) - Many of those changes are strategic – as opposed to penal – in nature. Where did he develop that sense for what constitutes good golf? I find it interesting that in these modern times we introduce the word Strategic yet within the same breath we highlight non penal. I can’t get my mind around this
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow page 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mhm2/) - From his return to St. Andrews in 1865 until his death in 1908, what were several of the primary things that he did to The Old Course from a design point of view? If we are to talk about TOC then let’s look at the course pre Allan Robertson and Old Tom Morris. But before
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow Interview pg2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/melvyn-hunter-morrow-interview-pg2/) - Melvyn Hunter Morrow Interview page 2 How much have you studied Old Tom Morris’s life? Do family documents exist that shed light on his life? Studied, never thought of it in that way, so to be honest, not a lot, it was mainly by word of mouth. Living in St Andrews, he was all around
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow Interview pg 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/melvyn-hunter-morrow-interview-pg-3/) - Melvyn Hunter Morrow Interview page 3 Old Tom Morris died over a century ago. What have been the five greatest improvements to the game since then? This is a difficult one as I do not agree with the attitude many have for the early Designers (pre 1900). They did shape the land, they did
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow Interview](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/melvyn-hunter-morrow-interview/) - Feature Interview with Melvyn Hunter Morrow March 2012 For those who are not familiar, please take us through your genealogy. I thought we had the full Family Tree going back until 1649, until I received an e-mail about a year ago from a Morris living in Australia who had traced his side of the family
- [Melvyn Hunter Morrow February 2012 Part 2 Page 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/melvyn-hunter-morrow-february-2012-part-2-page-3/) - I gather that the modern game holds no romance to you. For those who share similar feelings, what are ways to recapture it? In general my answer must be yes. But we are fortunate here in GB that we have such a great selection of what I call golf courses, built fit for purpose and
- [Mark Stovall and Scott Wicker, May 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/3413-2/) - Feature Interview with Mark Stovall and Scott Wicker May, 2004 Mark Stovall is the Green Keeper at Lookout Mountain Golf Club in Lookout Mountain, Georgia just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A keen student of classic golf course architecture, Stovall has been at Lookout since January, 2000 and has helped to oversee the restoration of the
- [Mark Rowlinson, June 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mark-rowlinson-june-2003/) - Feature Interview with Mark Rowlinson June, 2003 Mark Rowlinson is the author of many books about golf courses and their architecture. It may be a surprise, then, to learn that he is a classical musician by profession. In his mid 50s, he lives with his wife and three children (aged 18 to 22) in Wilmslow,
- [Mark Love, July 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mark-love-july-2004/) - Feature Interview with Mark Love July, 2004 Mark Love and his older brother, PGA touring professional Davis Love III, started in the golf course design business in 1994. Their company, Love Golf Design, currently has twelve golf courses open for play through out the Southeast, including the Love Course at Myrtle Beach's Barefoot Resort &
- [Mark K. Fine, December 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mark-k-fine-december-2005/) - Feature Interview with Mark K. Fine December 2005 Mark Fine has been hooked on golf course architecture since the early 1980's. A business colleague took him to play a round of golf on what Mark first described as 'a browned out lunar landscape'. He was told he was playing the famous championship layout named Royal
- [Lorne Rubenstein, January 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/lorne-rubenstein-january-2002/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Lorne Rubenstein January, 2002 Lorne Rubenstein has written a golf column for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, since 1980. He's written eight books, including Links: An Insider's Tour Through the World of Golf, and books with the late Canadian golfer and master ball-striker George Knudson, Nick Price, and
- [Lincoln Roden, December 2001](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/lincoln-roden-december-2001/) - Feature Interview with Lincoln Roden December 2001 Linc Roden strongly supports classical maintenance and playing conditions, and seeks a return to the 'standards of play' the classical architects intended. He took up golf in 1944 at age 13 at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006. He was: Regional Medalist, USGA Junior, 1948; Philadelphia
- [Kye Goalby, April 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/kye-goalby-april-2010/) - Feature Interview with Kye Goalby, Part I April, 2010 1. How did you get into golf course architecture? My dad, Bob Goalby, was a Tour pro, as were a couple of my cousins, Jay and Jerry Haas, who grew up a block away. So, I was around golf, and some pretty good golfers, my whole
- [Joel Zuckerman, April 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/joel-zuckerman-april-2003/) - Feature Interview with Joel Zuckerman April, 2003 Joel Zuckerman is a golf, ski and travel writer based in Savannah, Georgia and Park City, Utah. His course reviews, player profiles, essays and features have appeared in more than 70 publications internationally, including Sports Illustrated, GOLF, Maximum Golf, Washington Golf Monthly, Maxim, Shark.com, PGATour.com, Travel & Leisure
- [Joe Gay, October 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/joe-gay-october-2002/) - Feature Interview with Joe Gay October, 2002 Joe Gay was born and raised in Sanford N.C. and played on the 1982 High School State Championship from Lee County Senior High. He went on to gain a business degree at N.C. State in 1988. While at State, Gay played on the golf team where he received
- [Jim Urbina, March 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jim-urbina-march-2010/) - Feature Interview with Jim Urbina, Part II March, 2010 10. How did the co-design title at Old Macdonald come to be bestowed upon you? Mike Keiser has been quoted a few times in magazines that he asked Tom and I to design the fourth course at the Bandon Dunes resort. Our goal was to build
- [Jim Urbina, February 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jim-urbina-february-2010/) - Feature Interview with Jim Urbina, Part I February, 2010 1. What impresses you most about Seth Raynor? I admire Seth Raynor for a couple of reasons. 1) He was a Civil Engineer by trade and he never played golf prior to his association with C.B. Macdonald. 2) He was a man that was defined by
- [Jim Urbina, June 2002](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jim-urbina-june-2002/) - Feature Interview with Jim Urbina June, 2002 Jim Urbina was born in Pueblo, Colorado andgraduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in education. He worked on thirteen projects for Perry and Pete Dye from 1982-1991, first as a shaper and then progressing into design and on site supervision. He started with Tom
- [Jim Healey, July 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jim-healey-july-2003/) - Feature Interview with Jim Healey July 2003 Jim Healey is a St. Louis golf writer. In 1996 he published 'Golfing Before The Arch; A History of St. Louis Golf' that chronicled golf in the Bi-State region form 1895 - 1996. He interviewed dozens of area golfers and related individuals for the book including; Judy Rankin,
- [Jim Goff & Mark Mungeam, November 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jim-goff/) - Feature Interview with Jim Goff & Mark Mungeam November, 2009 Interview Questions for Jim Goff: 1. What is the history of Waubeeka Golf Links? The property is quite diverse with the Green River running through the front nine and nearly a hundred feet of elevation change on the back. Waubeeka opened in 1966. It was
- [Feature Interview with Melvyn Hunter Morrow - Part 2 - Page 4](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-melvyn-hunter-morrow-part-2-page-4/) - Why don’t more modern architects incorporate such features as width into their designs? Now, that is a good question. I just do not know why. I can guess that their clients are not interested, and what Designer is going to try to refocus the mind of a potential Client due to fear of losing the
- [Feature Interview with Brian Gerard & Jeff Stone](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mike-vegis/) - Feature Interview with Brian Gerard & Jeff Stone September, 2012 The Ocean Course was three months old when it hosted the 1991 Ryder Cup. How was it received? The course was generally considered extremely difficult but fair. Pete said that he spoke to Raymond Floyd and he told him “it was a fine golf course.”
- [Richard B. Findlay - June 2012 - Page 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/richard-b-findlay-june-2012-page-2/) - Feature Interview with Richard B. Findlay Page 2 To be considered great, a golf course architect must build great holes. What are five of his best? I’ll take the 9th at TAVISTOCK COUNTRY CLUB as one of my best holes as mentioned above. The 18th at BASKING RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB in Basking Ridge, NJ is
- [Jeffrey Brauer, May 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jeffrey-brauer-may-2011/) - Feature Interview with Jeff Brauer May, 2011 1. How did you get started in golf course architecture? My next door neighbors were members at Medinah, in suburban Chicago where I grew up. My friend and I snuck on when the courses many Mondays, when they were closed. I fell in love with golf courses. I
- [Kye Goalby, May 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/kye-goalby-may-2010/) - Feature Interview with Kye Goalby, Part II May, 2010 12. You have done a lot of shaping for others after you designed your own courses. Is that a direction you purposely headed? No, not really. Obviously some might see that as moving backwards, but I love being in the field creating thoughtful golf courses. When
- [Joe Passov, August 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/joe-passov-august-2011/) - 1. How are panelists selected for GOLF Magazine's world top 100 panel? Is geographic diversity among your panel a consideration? Or is it a given that everyone is a traveler so that it doesn’t much matter where people are based? Generally, panelists are selected based on the recommendation of other existing panelists. It helps to have two
- [Randy Hunt, January 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/randy-hunt-january-2004/) - Feature Interview with Randy Hunt January 2004 A 29-year Class A PGA Member and PGA Quarter Century Member, Randy Hunt joined the Prairie Dunes family in October 1999. Raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, he received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Chadron State College. His career has included: Head Professional, Buffalo Dunes, Garden
- [Tom Paul, May 2012 - Part 2 - Page 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012-part-2-page-2/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part Two - Page 2 Beginning around and just after WW1, professional golf course architects for the first time began devoting themselves strictly and solely to the creation of golf course architecture. At that time they even began to try organizing into an association for the first time. Previous to
- [Ralph Livingston, April 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ralph-livingston/) - Featured Interview with Ralph Livingston April, 2004 Ralph Livingston III is a Commercial Advertising Photographer in Grand Rapids, MI. Livingston started playing pre-1935 Hickory golf clubs ten years ago and has played them exclusively for eight years. He finished last year as an 8 handicap with Hickories. He collects and plays Tom Stewart of St.
- [Kyle Phillips, September 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/kyle-phillips-september-2010/) - Feature Interview with Kyle Phillips September, 2010 1 - Kingsbarns launched your career to the next level with many rave reviews directed particularly at your man-made features. Tell us about the project. It was one of the very first projects completed after I started my own design company. Kingsbarns was a beautiful coastline, but the site was
- [Feature Interview with Anthony Gholz](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-anthony-gholz/) - Feature Interview with Anthony Gholz December, 2018 Anthony C Gholz Jr was born in Detroit and moved with his parents to Port Huron, Michigan in 1950. After graduating from Port Huron High School in 1966 Gholz spent six years at Syracuse University attaining an undergraduate AB as well as professional Bachelor and Master of Architecture
- [Feature Interview with Tyler Rae](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-tyler-rae/) - Feature Interview with Tyler Rae March, 2019 1. Tell us about your early exposure to golf. My early exposure to golf came from my father and both of my grandfathers. My father and I would play local northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania public courses when I was young. I started tagging along with my father
- [Feature Interview with Mike Cirba](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mike-cirba/) - Feature Interview with Mike Cirba April, 2019 Walk us through the steps that led to your fascination in golf course architecture. If there is such a thing as love at first sight, it occurred for me July 13th, 1971 when I stepped onto the first green of Scott View Golf Course in Montdale, PA ,
- [Feature Interview with Harry Ward](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-harry-ward/) - Feature Interview with Harry Ward May, 2019 Harry Ward fell in love with the sport at an early age, playing many rounds with his brother and best friend Alfie. Harry subsequently has spent much of his adult life giving back to golf by his research, writing and even reviving for several years a 9 hole
- [Feature Interview with Corby Robertson Jr.](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-corby-robertson-jr/) - Feature Interview with Corby Robertson Jr. November, 2019 1. What is your background? When did you first become interested in golf? My dad was a 4 handicap golfer and introduced me to golf when I was about 10 years old. Jackson Bradley, the head pro at the River Oaks Country Club, gave me lessons. He
- [Feature Interview with Robin Down](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-robin-down/) - Feature Interview with Robin Down September, 2019 What was your inspiration for writing Golf in the Wild ? I guess the general motivation was to find courses similar to my home club at Allendale – the magic mix comprises 9-holes, empty fairways, an honesty box and a spectacular location in an out-of-the-way place. The specific
- [Feature Interview with Bradford Becken](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-bradford-becken/) - Feature Interview with Bradford Becken January, 2020 BRADFORD A. BECKEN, JR., age 72, graduated from Georgetown University's College of Arts and Sciences with an AB, Economics and attended New York University’s Graduate School of Business. He spent his professional career as an investment banker, relocating to Los Angeles from New York City in 1985 in
- [Feature Interview with Alan Oliver](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-alan-oliver/) - Feature Interview with Alan Oliver February, 2020 1. How long have you been affiliated with Silloth on Solway Golf Club and in what capacities have you served over that time? I have been very lucky to have joined Silloth when I was 10 years old and played all my golf here as a junior. I
- [Feature Interview with Tom Clark](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-tom-clark/) - Feature Interview with Tom Clark March, 2020 1. How did you become interested in golf and golf course architecture? My interest in golf architecture really developed during my teens when I was introduced to the game by both parents and began play on local par 3 and regulation courses in the west Philadelphia area. I
- [Feature Interview with Jonathan Cummings](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-jonathan-cummings/) - Feature Interview with Jonathan Cummings July 2020 Jonathan Cummings spent 37 years as a research test & measurements mechanical engineer and currently is an anti-submarine warfare consultant for DARPA. Cummings has long been active in golf as a travel consultant, journalist, editor and speaker. For over 30 years he served as volunteer and/or committee chairman
- [Feature Interview with Luke Reese](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-luke-reese/) - Feature Interview with Luke Reese May, 2020 Luke Reese is an American businessman and recently authored his first book entitled One for the Memory Banks. Its release date is August 1st and can be pre-ordered at www.thememorybanks.com. His abbreviated bio is found there too. Luke presently lives in Chicago and has two daughters. His
- [Feature Interview with Nick Edmund](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-nick-edmund/) - Feature Interview with Nick Edmund September, 2020 1. What is your background? How did you come into golf? I was born in Exeter, in south west England, in 1960 and spent my first 11 years enjoying a blissful stone-skimming (or rock skipping as I think you say) childhood growing up in ‘Glorious Devon’. The 1970s
- [Feature Interview with Ron Forse](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ron-forse/) - Feature Interview with Ron Forse November, 2020 1. When and how did you get into golf course architecture? Growing up in New Jersey, I had an uncle who designed boats. Like most kids, I looked up to my uncle and wanted to be like him. I wanted to design boats then cars then houses and
- [Young, Mike - The Architect as Genius](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/mike-young-the-architect-as-genius/) - THE ARCHITECT AS GENIUS by Mike Young Mike Young Designs Athens, Georgia Golf course architects are getting a lot of attention these days. The golfing public cares about course designers. People know the names of architects, their styles and their courses. As part of this new attention, some architects have become media super stars,
- [White III, Dunlop - The Shrinking Fairway](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/the-shrinking-fairway/) - The Shrinking Fairway by Dunlop White III The classic architects (between the World Wars) employed ultra wide fairways often in excess of 70 yards to offer numerous avenues en route to each hole. Such 'spaciousness provided unrivaled variety'. A golfer was presented with many options to arrive at the hole. Depending upon factors, such as
- [White III, Dunlop - An Anatomy of a Restoration](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/an-anatomy-of-a-restoration/) - An Anatomy of a Restoration by Dunlop White III Club members often lobby for changes and additions to their golf course. Green committees frequently respond by altering their golf course in a careless and discriminant manner. Golf professionals, greens superintendents, greens chairmen and club members all have various personal agendas. Everyone ultimately will offer new
- [Vander Borght, John - The Balloon Ball](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/john-vander-borght-the-balloon-ball/) - The Balloon Ball by John Vander Borght Over the years there have been many people express concern about the distance that the golf ball travels. As each new advance in golf ball or golf club technology has occurred, many people have lamented the new distances being achieved and proposed that restrictions be made. While restrictions
- [Threlkeld, Mike - Cherokee Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cherokee-country-club-2/) - Cherokee Country Club, TN, USA by Mike Threlkeld & Ken Creed December, 2010 Superintendent: Jason Sanderson Cherokee Country Club logo as painted onto the sixteenth fairway for the annual member/guest event. Cherokee Country Club, in Knoxville, Tennessee is nestled on a bend in the Tennessee River, with sweeping views of the Smoky Mountains. The golf
- [Sturges, Ted - Letter to Golf Digest](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/ted-sturges-letter-to-golf-digest/) - Letter to Golf Digest by Ted Sturges Dear Sirs: I read with interest your '100 Greatest Courses in America' Ratings and related articles in the May issue of your magazine. In your 'Who rates the courses?' section, you made several points worth noting. First, you state that your panel, which consists of 660 people, 'all
- [Shackelford, Geoff - The Ball Problem by Max Behr](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/geoff-shackelford-the-ball-problem-by-max-behr/) - The Ball Problem by Max Behr Conditions Result in Deterioration of Skill and Place Premium on Physical Power January 1, 1927 in The Country Club Magazine Mr. N.S. Main, in the October 29th issue of London Golf Illustrated, observes that 'it is one of the greatest attractions of golf that the players is left unfettered
- [Shackelford, Geoff - A Historian's Dream Article](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/geoff-shackelford-a-historians-dream-article/) - A Historian's Dream Article by Geoff Shackelford Every club historian interested in the architecture of their course hopes for articles such as Captain W.J. Brown's 'A Brief History of the Riviera Country Club.' Though not lengthy or rich in details about the evolution of individual hole design strategies, Brown's article explains more about Riviera than
- [Rowlinson, Mark - Leadhills and the Joy of Gutta Percha](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/mark-rowlinson-leadhills-and-the-joy-of-gutta-percha/) - Leadhills and the Joys of Gutta Percha by Marfk Rowlinson Leadhills is a an old lead-mining village high in the Lowther Hills in southern Scotland south of Glasgow. It has had a golf course since the 19th Century, although its present 9-hole course dates from the 1930s. It is the highest course in Scotland and,
- [Rowlinson, Mark - Great Britain NLE's](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/rowlinson-mark-great-britain-nles/) - Here is a first revision of the list of courses no longer in existence in England, Scotland and Wales (London is given its own section, too). I have incorporated the comments, additions and corrections made by many of you, for which a great many thanks. I continue to welcome further comments, additions and corrections and can
- [Rowlinson, Mark - Golf Courses of Cheshire](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/mark-rowlinson-golf-courses-of-cheshire/) - The Golf Courses of Cheshire and their Architects by Mark Rowlinson The welcome news that the Open Championship is to return to Hoylake will, I have no doubt, bring new golfing visitors to this part of England, curious to find out for themselves just what lies in store for the world's greatest players in 2006.
- [Prystowsky, Michael B. - Evolution of the Westchester Country Club Golf Courses](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/michael-b-prystowsky-evolution-of-the-westchester-country-club-golf-courses/) - Evolution of the Westchester Country Club Golf Courses, NY, USA by Michael B. Prystowsky John McEntee Bowman hired Walter Travis to design two golf courses at the Westchester Biltmore Country Club (West and South) and the firm of Toomey and Flynn to construct the courses. Travis had already transitioned from his playing career as an
- [Plumart, Mac - Extreme Golf](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/extreme-golf/) - Extreme Golf—The Origins of the Game by Mac Plumart February 2011 It has been a little over a year since I became a member of Golf Club Atlas. Although I am not the most experienced golfer in the world, I think my passion for almost every aspect of the game ranks up there with the
- [Papazian, Gib - Preservation of Architecture as Art](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/gib-papazian-preservation-of-architecture-as-art/) - Preservation of Architecture as Art by Gib Papazian March, 2004 As in all art forms, the great wheel of fad and fashion continues to turn - a supposition that implies a progressive march forward with scientific innovation and aesthetic refinements. However, in the case of Golden Age architecture, time and circumstance conspired to rob several
- [Oxman, Nate - Endearing Ed Oliver Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/oxman-nate-endearing-ed-oliver-golf-club/) - Endearing Ed Oliver Golf Club By Nate Oxman February 2011 Wander through the streets of Westover Hills in Wilmington, Del. and one will be struck by the array of stately mansions lining the neighborhood’s windy streets. Much like the sprawling estates that surround some of the Philadelphia area’s most prestigious golf clubs, the homes in
- [Ohlendorf, Greg M. - Flossmoor Country Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/flossmoor-country-club/) - Flossmoor Country Club by Greg M. Ohlendorf Introduction A portion of the material that follows was first printed in the Flossmoor Country Club media guide, which was published to introduce the renovated course to the national and local media. A number of people have contributed to this effort including the family of Herbert J. Tweedie,
- [Nishijima, Masa - Golf Magazine Top 100 1983-2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/nishijima-masa-golf-magazine-top-100-1983-2011/) - Ranked # 1983(Top 50) 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 Ranked 1 Murifield Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley Pine Valley 1 2 Pebble Beach Pebble Beach Muirfield Pebble Beach Cypress Point Cypress Point 2 3 Royal County Down Muirfield Pebble Beach Augusta National Augusta National Pebble Beach 3 4 Pine Valley Cypress Point
- [Mollica, Matthew - A Review of Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/matthew-mollica-a-review-of-barnbougle-dunes-golf-links/) - Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links, Tasmania, Australia: A Review by Matthew Mollica October - December 2004 Saturday October 9 2004, will be remembered by many as the day on which John Howard was re-elected as Australian Prime Minister for an historic fourth term. It will be remembered vividly by this little black duck,
- [Martin, Scott - Machrihanish Dunes - Environmental Battleground or Golf Course? Or Both?](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/machrihanish-dunes/) - Machrihanish Dunes - Environmental Battleground or Golf Course? Or Both? by Scott Martin One of the misconceptions about The Machrihanish Golf Club is that it’s remote. By car from Glasgow, it’s a longish drive, but by plane from Glasgow, it’s a 20 minute puddle jump and one of the many joys of visiting Machrihanish is
- [Mandell, Richard - The Best Course No One Will Ever Play](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/richard-mandell-the-best-course-no-one-will-ever-play/) - The Best Golf Course No One Will Ever Play by Richard Mandell For over a year now I have lamented over a project I lost out to a former PGA Tour great and his main Architect. This is after months of assuring me the project did not need a 'name' to stand on,
- [Lupkes, Todd - Palouse Ridge Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/lupkes-todd-palouse-ridge-golf-club/) - Palouse Ridge Golf Club Washington State University Campus, USA by Todd Lupkes, CGCS December 2010 Set in the college town of Pullman, Washington, Palouse Ridge has contour that heaves like a turbulent sea. This seems appropriate; the course terrain reflects the regional character seen in the surrounding hills and distant mountain range. Washington State
- [Links & Harris - Venturi Urges San Francisco To Save Sharp Park](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/links-harris-venturi-urges-san-francisco-save-sharp-park/) - Ken Venturi Urges San Francisco To Save Sharp Park Submitted by Richard Harris & Bo Links SAN FRANCISCO, CA. A lawsuit to enjoin golf operations at Sharp Park Golf Course, filed March 2 in Federal Court here 1, is the latest threat to the landmark 80-year-old Alister MacKenzie-designed public links. And 1964 U.S. Open Champion
- [Links & Harris - MacKenzie's Sharp Park Under Siege](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/sharp-park/) - MacKenzie's Sharp Park Under Siege A classic Depression-Era public seaside links, designed by a master, is in jeopardy by Bo Links and Richard Harris Sharp Park, located on Salada Beach in the San Francisco coastside suburb of Pacifica, shares the distinction with the Eden Course at St. Andrews, as the world's only Alister MacKenzie-designed, municipal
- [Lewis, Jeff - Loch Lomond Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/jeff-lewis/) - My Home Course Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss, Scotland by Jeff Lewis Thomas Bjorn. Tom Lehman. Lee Westwood. Colin Montgomerie. Ernie Els. Retief Goosen. The list of winners in the variously named tournaments that have been held at Loch Lomond the past six years is quite impressive. We often note that great courses generate great
- [Jackson, Dale - Royal Colwood](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/royal-colwood/) - Royal Colwood Golf Club British Columbia, Canada Royal Colwood is a course imaginatively built for all levels of club golfers, a course built for the membership to enjoy year after year but even after almost 100 years of play remaining a course capable of challenging the very best players. Early History and Founders The more
- [Glenn, Jeremy - Computer Assisted Golf Course Design](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/computer-assisted-golf-course-design/) - Computer Assisted Golf Course Design by Jeremy Glenn It may seem brazen to discuss computers and their influence on golf course architecture on a web-site seemingly so openly devoted to any and all things traditional. However, such a discussion may allow us to look upon this long misunderstood tool in a different way. At first
- [Freeman, Noel- Triskaidekaphobia](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/noel-freeman-triskaidekaphobia/) - Triskaidekaphobia by Noel Freeman Triskaidekaphobia does not exactly roll off of the tongue yet we are all aware of it. It entails the fear and primordial suspicions of the number thirteen. What is so bad about the number thirteen? After all, it is simply a prime number or a harmless anagram. For example, eleven plus
- [Freeman, Noel- Playing Golf at Kawana Hotel GC, Japan](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/playing-golf-at-kawana-hotel-gc-japan/) - Playing Golf at Kawana Hotel GC, Japan by Noel Freeman The year 2001 was the year I devoted myself to playing as many of the world's great courses as my schedule allowed. I went on pilgrimages to Scotland, Ireland, England and to Oregon and Nebraska here at home. Then the granddaddy of them all came
- [Freeman, Noel- Deal Me In](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/noel-freeman-deal-me-in/) - Deal Me In! by Noel Freeman In medieval England, the defense for the counties of Kent and East Sussex, fell to a confederation of the five main ports at that time. These were, Dover, Hythe, Hastings, Romney and Sandwich, plus two other towns, Rye and Winchelsea. Their correct title is, The Cinque (pronounced 'sink') Ports
- [Ferguson, Mark - The Short Par Fours of the Sandbelt](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/short-par-fours-of-the-sandbelt/) - The Short Par Fours of the Sandbelt by Mark Ferguson Tantalising yet torturous, the great short par four is often a scarcity, or perhaps an afterthought, in modern design, yet essential to any course hoping to forever capture a golfer’s long term interest. On the craggy links of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the dramatic
- [Chalfant, Mark - The Architecture of William B. Langford](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/mark-chalfant-the-architecture-of-william-b-langford/) - The Architecture of William B. Langford : Making Waves in the Heartland by Mark Chalfant In this era of obscene power, the likes of which the game has never witnessed, why not strive to induce a little fun in the mix and at the same time present a true test of delicacy and accuracy by
- [Clouser, Chris - Southern Hills: Maxwell's Crown Jewel](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/chris-clouser-southern-hills-maxwells-crown-jewel/) - Southern Hills Country Club: Perry Maxwell's Crown Jewel by Chris Clouser During the Great Depression that covered the time frame of the 1930s, only a handful of great courses were designed around the country. The majority of these were touched in some way by Perry Maxwell during that period. Perhaps his largest project during that
- [Clouser, Chris - Why Dornick Hills should be Restored](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/chris-clouser-why-dornick-hills-should-be-restored/) - Why Dornick Hills should be Restored by Chris Clouser Ever since the return from a trip to Oklahoma to conduct research about the career of Perry Maxwell, the memories of courses like Southern Hills, Prairie Dunes, Oklahoma City and others seem to be so visible, but with one course it has become difficult to really
- [Black, Jamie - Enhancing The Experience Of Golf Through Landscape Design And Environmental Psychology](https://golfclubatlas.com/art-and-architecture/enhancing-the-experience-of-golf-through-landscape-design-and-environmental-psychology-by-jamie-black/) - Enhancing The Experience Of Golf Through Landscape Design And Environmental Psychology by Jamie Black 'Beauty means a great deal on a golf course; even the man who emphatically states he does not care a hang for beauty is subconsciously influenced by his surroundings' (MacKenzie, Golf Architecture, p36) The study of Environmental Psychology has built a
- [Chris Clouser, April 2006](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-chris-clouser-april-2006/) - Feature Interview with Chris Clouser April, 2006 Chris Clouser is a project manager/financial analyst for a REIT in Indianapolis, Indiana who writes in his spare time. He has two children, Emily and Jason and a wonderfully (!) understanding wife named Danielle. Chris was introduced to golf when his father bought him a set of Northwestern
- [Don Graham, January 2006](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-don-graham-january-2006/) - Feature Interview with Don Graham January, 2006 Don Graham, a class A-1 PGA professional, began his career in the golf business after graduating from Wayne State College (Wayne, NE) in 1991. After working at various courses in Northeast Nebraska, Don became the head pro at Wild Horse Golf Club in the fall of 1999. He
- [Alfie Ward, October 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-alfie-ward-october-2005/) - Feature Interview with Alfie Ward October, 2005 A born, bred and passionate Scot, Alfie Ward started playing golf at the age of six. Now fifty-one, his earliest recollection is when his school pal Robin received a set of junior clubs 'from auld Santa Claus and we went down to the course for a game where
- [Forrest Richardson, March 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/forrest-richardson-march-2004/) - Feature Interview with Forrest Richardson March, 2004 Forrest Richardson, now 45, first became interested in golf course architecture while he was still in grade school. He mentored under Arthur Jack Snyder who began his career in western Pennsylvania as a greenkeeper. Snyder's father, Arthur A. Snyder, was Henry Fownes' personal caddy shortly after starting at
- [Dunlop White, March 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/dunlop-white-part-ii-march-2005/) - Feature Interview with Dunlop White Part II March 2005 Having graduated from the School of Law at Wake Forest University, White practices real estate title work in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. White serves as an officer of the Donald Ross Society and is also an architecture and design panelist for Golfweek's 'America's Best Courses' and North
- [Dunlop White, February 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/dunlop-white-feb-2005/) - Feature Interview with Dunlop White Part I February, 2005 Having graduated from the School of Law at Wake Forest University, White practices real estate title work in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. White serves as an officer of the Donald Ross Society and is also an architecture and design panelist for Golfweek's 'America's Best Courses' and North
- [Bob Randquist, January 2005](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-randquist-cgcs-part-iii-january-2005/) - Feature Interview with Bob Randquist, CGCS Part III January, 2005 Bob Randquist has been the golf course superintendent at Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca Raton, Fla., since 1998. Previously he was the golf course superintendent for 19 years at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., and for 2 years at Quail Creek Golf
- [Bob Randquist, December 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-randquist-cgcs-part-ii-december-2004/) - Feature Interview with Bob Randquist, CGCS Part II December, 2004 Bob Randquist has been the golf course superintendent at Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca Raton, Fla., since 1998. Previously he was the golf course superintendent for 19 years at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., and for 2 years at Quail Creek Golf
- [Bob Randquist, November 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-randquist-cgcs-part-i-november-2004/) - Feature Interview with Bob Randquist, CGCS PartI November, 2004 Bob Randquist has been the golf course superintendent at Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca Raton, Fla., since 1998. Previously he was the golf course superintendent for 19 years at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., and for 2 years at Quail Creek Golf and
- [Bob Cupp, September 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/bob-cupp-september-2004/) - Feature Interview with Bob Cupp September, 2004 Bob Cupp grew up with the game. Though he played college baseball at Miami because there were no golf scholarships, he did continue to play competitively. He obtained an AB in Illustration and Graphics and an MA in Fine Arts and lived (poorly he says) as a portraitist.
- [David Dobby, August 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/david-dobby-august-2004/) - Feature Interview with David Dobby August, 2004 David L Dobby is a Chartered Architect who had a very active business career practising as an Architect for 40 years. Throughout this period golf has been his safety valve and he played for many years to a low single figure handicap. Landscape design has always been a
- [Art and Architecture | Paintings by Michael Miller](https://golfclubatlas.com/art-and-architecture/michael-miller/) - Art and Architecture Paintings by Michael Miller This bucolic and historical view of the original Alistair Mackenzie design, reveals the natural simplicity of the architect's genius. Looks simple, but it isn't. And although this par 4 is quite short (particularly by today's standards), the wedge shot must be precise and below the hole. Anything left
- [Art and Architecture | Paintings by Josh Smith](https://golfclubatlas.com/art-and-architecture/josh-smith/) - Art and Architecture Paintings by Josh Smith GolfClubAtlas.com proudly presents the paintings of Josh Smith, who has worked on almost twenty golf courses, most while under construction. He grew up loving golf and playing at a high level near Portland, OR. After graduating with a business degree from St. Marys College in California, Josh then
- [Art and Architecture | Photography by David Scaletti](https://golfclubatlas.com/art-and-architecture/david-scaletti/) - Art and Architecture Photography by David Scaletti GolfClubAtlas.com is pleased to bring you the photographs of David Scaletti, who has worked on golf courses all over the world. David graduated from RMIT in Australia with a Bachelor in Arts (Photography) and has been a freelance professional photographer ever since. He spent the first decade of
- [Daniel Wexler, March 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/daniel-wexler-march-2003/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Daniel Wexler March 2003 Daniel Wexler is a Los Angeles-based golf historian and writer. His first book The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses And Holes was published in the summer of 2000. The book provides tremendous insight into the work of virtually every Golden Age architect, as regrettably
- [Baxter Spann, August 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/baxter-spann-august-2003/) - Feature Interview with Baxter Spann August, 2003 Baxter Spann is Vice-President of Finger Dye Spann, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree from Louisiana State University and is a Registered Landscape Architect in the States of Texas and Louisiana. Mr. Spann is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and has
- [Doug Carrick, May 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/doug-carrick/) - Feature Interview with Doug Carrick May, 2009 1. How did you get your start in golf course architecture? I developed an interest in golf course design during my teens as a result of my passion for playing golf competitively. I enrolled in the Landscape Architecture Program at The University of Georgia for one year and
- [Daniel Wexler, February 2004](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/daniel-wexler-february-2004/) - Feature Interview with Daniel Wexler No. 3 February 2004 Daniel Wexler is the author of Missing Links and Lost Links, which are discussed in his [128]May 2000 and [129]March 2003 Feature Interviews. In his third book entitled The Golfer's Library, Wexler once again combines his unmatched talent for research with his concise, to the point
- [Darius Oliver, October 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/darius-oliver-october-2003/) - Feature Interview with Darius Oliver October, 2003 Darius Oliver is the author of the recently published Australia's Finest Golf Courses. Growing up in Melbourne's famed Sandbelt, Oliver developed an appreciation for classic golf course architecture. A one-time caddy at Royal Melbourne, he turned his passion into a profession when in 1998 he helped start ausgolf,
- [Adam Clayman, September 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/adam-clayman-september-2003/) - Feature Interview with Adam Clayman September 2003 Adam Clayman was one of the participants in the GolfClubAtlas.com New Mexico 2003 fall gathering. This is his story. In the 'who are you guys' thread you describe yourself as a 'nobody from Chicago.' How did you find the Game? I was fortunate to grow up four doors
- [Jeff Silverman, May 2003](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jeff-silverman-may-2003/) - Feature Interview with Jeff Silverman May 2003 Jeff Silvermans golfing life took a serious turn when he was caught, at 15, sneaking in after hours to play Seawane Country Club, a Devereax Emmett track that abutted the backyard of the house he grew up in on Long Island. In lieu of reform school, he opted
- [Goldman, Jeff - The South Course at Olympia Fields](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/olympia-fields-south-course/) - The South Course at Olympia Fields By Jeff Goldman Between July 9 and September 30, 2007, Steve Smyers and design partner Patrick Andrews worked on site with Wadsworth Golf Construction to polish the jewel known as the South Course at Olympia Fields. Long overshadowed by the Championship North Course, the South has always been well
- [Clouser and Flemma, Debate on Maxwell's Southern Hills vs. Oklahoma City](https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/southern-hills-vs-oklahoma-city/) - Debate on Maxwell's Southern Hills vs. Oklahoma City Jay Flemma – for Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club Chris Clouser – for Southern Hills Country Club Introduction Jay (OC) - When discussing Perry Maxwell’s greatest courses, the conversation is incomplete if Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, (OC), is omitted. Though OC has hosted only
- [Buddy Marucci, August 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/buddy-marucci-august-2009/) - Feature Interview with Buddy Marucci August, 2009 1. As the successful Captain at the 2007 Walker Cup held at Royal County Down, what did you take away from that experience and how will it help you at Merion? The team needs to get along well.... 2. Royal County Down and Merion are widely regarded as
- [Chris Clouser, October 2009](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/chris-clouser-october-2009/) - Feature Interview with Chris Clouser October, 2009 1. What was the impetus to write a book about golf courses in Indiana? I felt that there was a true lack of appreciation for the contributions of Indiana in the world of golf. My goal is to shine some light on the quality golf we have and
- [Donald Steel, January 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/donald-steel-january-2010/) - Feature Interview with Donald Steel January, 2010 1. Your record in the President's Putter is sterling - what playing strengths in your game allowed you to excel in this winter match? I once described The President’s Putter at Rye as “serious fun”, the title the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society (the world’s oldest nomadic Society) gave
- [Daniel Wexler, June 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/daniel-wexler-june-2010/) - Feature Interview with Daniel Wexler June, 2010 1. Why a book on private clubs? Several reasons. First, simply because nobody had done one previously. Traditional publishing wisdom has always been that 90% of America’s golfers are not members of private clubs, so why write something for only 10% of the marketplace? But if you do
- [Brian Curley, August 2010](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/brian-curley-august-2010/) - Feature Interview with Brian Curley August, 2010 1. You grew up on the Monterey Peninsula. How did exposure to its great courses affect your design philosophies? I grew up in Pebble Beach just through the trees near Spyglass (If #12 were a par 4, the green would be at our house). I worked the range
- [Don Padgett II, March 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-pinehurst/) - Feature Interview with Don Padgett II March, 2011 Donald Padgett II came to Pinehurst as President in July of 2004. A PGA member for the past 30 years, Padgett is also an accomplished golfer and past PGA Tour professional (1972-74) who qualified for six PGA Championships and three U.S. Open Championships. Formerly Vice President and
- [Lester George, September 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/lester-george-september-2011/) - 1. How did you get started in golf course architecture? I wanted to combine my love for the game with my military map reading and terrain analysis skills learned early in my Army career. In college at the University of Richmond, I started the Orienteering team which was nationally ranked. I was high in
- [Ben Cowan-Dewar, Mike Keiser and Rod Whitman, October 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/cabotinterview/) - Feature Interview with Ben Cowan-Dewar, Mike Keiser and Rod Whitman October, 2011 For Ben: When and where did you first hear of the property that is now Cabot Links? The then Minister of Tourism (who went on to become the Premier of the province) Rodney MacDonald was seated next to me at a dinner in the
- [Danny Brassil, December 2011](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/old-head-december-2011/) - Feature Interview with Danny Brassil December 2011 Describe the land that Old Head occupies. The Old Head Golf Links is built on a 220 acre headland that runs 2 miles into Atlantic Ocean. The course and facilities take up 180 acres leaving 40 acres of natural untouched cliffs.in effect the course is located on an
- [Allan Jamieson, January 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/calclub2/) - Feature Interview with Allan Jamieson January 2012 Ran Morrissett's opening comments: The lifelines of every club are new members. With them, you are fine. Without them, little good ensues. That said, suppose the credentials of a private club could be distilled as follows: ‘Eighteen hole course situated on great land. Thirteen holes built during the
- [Tom Paul, April 2012 - page 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012-page-2/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part One - Page Two There is much more to tell about what I learned on the Ardrossan project with Bill Coore, as well as two other projects I followed him around on during the ensuing years but this answer is pretty long now (surprised?), and I will leave the rest
- [Tom Paul, May 2012 - Part 2 - Page 3](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012-part-2-page-3/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part Two - Page 3 Hole #13---Crump: Colt’s 13th was identical to Crump’s original 11th. Both were app. 300 yard par 4s with the green in the middle of the present first fairway of #13. After Colt left, Crump lengthened #13 considerably at the green-end. He first drew a green
- [Tom Paul, May 2012 - Part 2 - Page 4](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/tom-paul-april-2012-part-2-page-4/) - Feature Interview with Tom Paul Part Two - Page 4 Private clubs in North America are under financial stress of the sort rarely seen other than world wars or depressions. Can they learn much from the maintenance practices of the clubs in the United Kingdom whose members embrace a more raw, natural (and less expensive) maintenance
- [Ivan Morris - August 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/ivan-july-2012/) - Feature Interview with Ivan Morris August 2012 Ivan Morris has been a category one golfer for over fifty years. He has competed in countless international and regional amateur championships. Voted Golf Nut of the Year by the Golf Nut Society of America in 2002 (the first non-American to receive the dubious accolade) based on the strength
- [Ivan Morris - August 2012 pg. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/ivan-july-2012-pg-2/) - Feature Interview with Ivan Morris page 2 10. What are your favorite half dozen courses in Ireland? Is it because they are fun or hard? What criteria are most important to you in judging a golf course? I like a challenge as much as the next man but ‘hard’ is not the word I use;
- [Feature Interview with Brian Gerard & Jeff Stone (Kiawah)](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-brian-gerard-and-jeff-stone/) - Feature Interview with Brian Gerard & Jeff Stone (Kiawah) September, 2012 The Ocean Course was three months old when it hosted the 1991 Ryder Cup. How was it received? The course was generally considered extremely difficult but fair. Pete said that he spoke to Raymond Floyd and he told him “it was a fine
- [Tommy Naccarato page 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/emperor-2/) - Interview with Tommy Naccarato page 2 12) Talk about John Duncan Dunn and Lake Norconian. What is left of this course and where would it rank in Southern California if still there today? The Norconian was, without doubt, John Duncan Dunn's masterpiece, but where it would rank in Southern California today is anyone's best guess.
- [Flossmoor, November 2012](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/flossmoor-november-2012/) - Feature Interview with Ray Hearn & Bob Lively November 2012 The questions & answers on this page are with Golf Course Architect Ray Hearn: 1. What were Flossmoor’s strengths and weaknesses when you first visited there in late September, 2005? In August of 2005, the Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents published an article
- [Flossmoor part 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/flossmoor-part-2/) - Feature Interview with Ray Hearn and Bob Lively part 2 The following questions & answers are with Green Keeper Bob Lively: 10. Herbert Tweedie designed the course. Opened for play 1900, it was immediately highly regarded, hosting the western amateur in 1909. Yet, Tweedie died at the early age of 41 in 1906 and never
- [Feature Interview with Jay Blasi](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/jay-blasi/) - Feature Interview with Jay Blasi December 2012 1. Walk us through your career path in golf course architecture. How did you start? Well my love for golf pretty much started at birth and golf architecture wasn’t much further behind. My dad grew up on the south side of Chicago and caddied at Beverly CC. After
- [Feature Interview with Jay Blasi pg.ii](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/december-2012-pg-2/) - Feature Interview with Jay Blasi December 2012 pg. 2 10. What lessons were learned from that event? A great deal was learned. We learned about landing areas, tee shot runout, approach shot patterns, green speeds, etc. For me the biggest thing I learned was about slopes and firmness. During the original design, there were
- [Feature Interview with Amy Alcott](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-amy-alcott/) - Feature Interview with Amy Alcott February 2013 What prompted you to start sketching golf holes? I’ve always viewed golf as an art form and I’ve always prided myself as being a shot maker so I appreciate the artistic nature of the game. I approach it with an appreciation and gratitude for the game. I’m always
- [Feature Interview with Lee Pace](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-lee-pace/) - Feature Interview with Lee Pace March 2013 The Golden Age of Pinehurst is Lee Pace’s fourth book documenting the story of Pinehurst. The others were Pinehurst Stories—A Celebration Great Golf and Good Times; the first edition was published in 1991 and a second edition in 1999. The Spirit of Pinehurst followed in 2004. He has
- [Feature Interview with Chris Johnston](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-chris-johnston/) - Feature Interview with Chris Johnston April 2013 1. Please discuss the original history of Dismal River and why you become involved. Dismal River Golf Club was started by a group of guys from Denver, Colorado – college buddies who love the game and the Sand Hills. I think the goal was to build a “next great
- [Feature Interview with Aidan Bradley](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-aidan-bradley/) - Feature Interview with Aidan Bradley May 2013 How did you get into the art of golf photography? Well, the abbreviated answer is that after sixteen years of being a commercial photographer I decided to concentrate on something that I was passionate about, golf. Having seen images in the golf magazines I believed that I could
- [Feauture Interview with Sean Arble](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/sean-arble-2/) - Feature Interview with Sean Arble June 2013 1. Please share with us your background. How did an American come to live in England? I was born and raised near Detroit (learned how to play golf at Grosse Ile G&CC) and after graduating from university decided to travel about Europe getting jobs here and there. Through
- [Feauture Interview with Martin Ebert & Ralph Thompson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feauture-interview-with-martin-ebert-askernish/) - Feature Interview with Martin Ebert & Ralph Thompson July 2013 1. The Askernish Golf Club literature talks about Old Tom Morris and Horace Hutchison designing the course in 1891. Yet, no records or photographs exist. There were hints of a green here and there, maybe a tee or two but back then, minimal earth was moved.
- [Feature Interview with Bill McKinley](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-bill-mckinley/) - Feature Interview with Bill McKinley November 2013 1. Set the stage: tell us about Cleveland in early 1920s. Cleveland was a growing city in the 1920’s. It was actually the 5th largest city in the country in 1920. Industry was abound, mainly the auto and steel industries. The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins in
- [Feature Interview with Old Tom Morris](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-old-tom-morris/) - Feature Interview with Old Tom Morris December 2013 Is there anyone who can match Tom Morris's all encompassing influence on the game of golf? He played an important role in every segment of the game from equipment to green keeping to the rules and golf course design. He was dominant in the evolution of the
- [Feature Interview with George Waters](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-george-waters/) - Feature Interview with George Waters January 2014 George Waters is an up and coming member of the next generation of golf course architects. Having participated in the design and construction of several of the world’s most significant new courses, in addition to the restoration of some classics, George has gained extensive golf course design and construction experience working
- [Feature Interview with George Waters pg. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-george-waters-pg-2/) - Feature Interview with George Waters pg. 2 11. Just because a course is built on sand doesn’t automatically confer greatness to it. What design mistakes have you seen architects/owners make on sandy soil? The worst mistake an architect or owner can make on a sandy site is to approach the project as if it were
- [Feature Interview with Alfie & Harry Ward](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-alfie-harry-ward/) - Feature Interview with Alfie & Harry Ward February 2014 Happy New Year and lang may yer lum reek ! (long life) It should be noted that Harry and I were both completely sober when we put this interview together. What drew your brother Harry and you into looking for the sites of Old Golf Courses in
- [Feature Interview with Alfie & Harry Ward pg. 2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-alfie-harry-ward-pg-2/) - Feature Interview with Alfie & Harry Ward pg. 2 You quickly realised you needed a facility for golfers – is this modern or was it always so? Was that discouraging? Are modern golfers mostly wimps? Ehm. Excuse me Mr Morrissett. That’s three questions! No! I don’t think that the modern golfer is a wimp ...
- [Feature Interview with Alfonso Erhardt](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-alfonso-erhardt/) - Feature Interview with Alfonso Erhardt March 2014 Arana was born in 1905. What was the Spanish golf scene like in his early years? There was barely any golf in Spain at the time. The oldest clubs had been founded by British mining workers (North Lode Golf Club, 1890 in the Rio Tinto mines in Huelva)
- [Feature Interview with Donald Ross](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-donald-ross/) - Feature Interview with Donald Ross May 2014 1. What is the function of a championship course? It is obviously the function of a championship course to present competitors with a variety of problems that will test every type of shot which a golfer of championship ability should be qualified to play. Thus it should call
- [Feature Interview No. 2 with Philip Young](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/philip-young-2/) - Feature Interview No. 2 with Philip Young July, 2014 Philip Young is the Historian for the Tillinghast Association and biographer of A.W. Tillinghast. Through his company, Golden Age Research LLC, he provides a variety of historical research services for golf clubs, architects, golf organizations, media outlets and individuals (www.goldenageresearch.com). He's the author of a number of
- [Feature Interview with John Moreton](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-john-moreton/) - Feature Interview with John Moreton August, 2014 John Moreton began his career as a golf historian in 1991 upon gaining early retirement from the teaching profession. His first book was "The Golf Courses of James Braid", published by Grant Books in 1996. As a result he gained commissions to write club histories and the centenary histories of
- [Feature Interview with Cob Carlson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-cob-carlson-october-2014/) - Feature Interview with Cob Carlson October, 2014 1. What compelled you to produce, film and edit a 2 hour movie on Donald Ross? I had been kicking the idea around since the 2005 Open at Pinehurst #2, when I pitched it to the major television networks (ESPN, NBC, Golf Channel). At that time, no major
- [Feature Interview with Major Gurung and Ron Fream](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-major-gurung-and-ron-fream/) - Feature Interview with Major Gurung and Ron Fream December, 2014 The Major and Ron Fream enjoy one of Nepal's finest cleansing refreshments. Major Gurung answered the first twelve questions, which are in green. Ron Fream answered the remaining ones, which are noted in blue. 1. You were the first Nepali in the British Gurkha's to take
- [Feature Interview with Rob Collins](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-rob-collins/) - Feature Interview with Rob Collins November, 2014 1. What impact did your trip to Scotland have on you as a 19 year old? As a rising college sophomore, I was very uncertain about my career path and was beginning to feel a lot of self-imposed pressure about my future even if it didn’t appear
- [Feature Interview with Dr. Michael Hurdzan](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mike-hurdzan/) - Feature Interview with Dr. Michael Hurdzan January, 2015 How/why did you get into golf course architecture? My dad was a self-taught, very good golfer who might have tried the tour but in the 1930s and early 1940s there was no money to be made. He had a family, and a world war started. So in the
- [Feature Interview with Ted Bishop](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ted-bishop/) - Feature Interview with Ted Bishop The Indiana Golf Association web site contains the following biographical information: Ted Bishop, the 38th president of The PGA of America, is enshrined in the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame. In 2012, Bishop became the third native of Indiana to be elected president of The PGA of America, joining Indiana's Don
- [Feature Interview with Ari Techner](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-ari-techner/) - Feature Interview with Ari Techner March 2015 How did you develop an interest in golf clubs? Do you play with hickories? Golf equipment has always been one of my biggest passions. I got into a golf at a young age and I was always fascinated with the different kinds of clubs out there and why
- [Feature Interview with Bobby Weed](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-bobby-weed/) - Feature Interview with Bobby Weed April 2015 1. Please update us on your work at the nine hole Culver Academy by Langford and Moreau. To me, it's the best nine hole course in the country. What a gem of a layout! We agree with your assessment. Properly maintained, it’s hard for me to imagine a
- [Feature Interview  with Par O'Dee](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-par-odee/) - Feature Interview with Par O’Dee June 2015 You famously uttered the immortal words, 'God intended me to be a golf course architect.' Please explain. Well, you see, I have been blessed with many talents and when I saw architects starting to pocket coin, I had an epiphany. I love the concept of not spending much
- [Feature Interview  with Lorne Smith](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-lorne-smith/) - Feature Interview with Lorne Smith July 2015 When and why did you start www.finegolf.co.uk? What is its purpose? www.finegolf.co.uk is an independent campaign for fine ‘Running-Golf’ in contrast to ‘Target-Golf ’. I have been running an International Executive Search Consultancy (head-hunting) for thirty years and when it fell off a cliff in 2007/8 this gave me
- [Feature Interview with Lorne Smith](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/version-2/) - Feature Interview with Lorne Smith July 2015 As found on his web site, www.finegolf.co.uk, Lorne Smith was born in 1949 and has lived in the Midlands since the early 1970s. He is a member of Northamptonshire County as well as Royal Dornoch, to which he has travelled every year since the mid 1980s. He has played some 450
- [Feature Interview with Joshua Evenson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-joshua-evenson/) - Feature Interview with Joshua Evenson October, 2015 1. You are 32 years old as of this interview. What a first book to start! Tell us how Links to St. Andrews - Love Letters to the Home of Golf came to pass. Links to St Andrews has been in development for a decade. By that I mean
- [Feature Interview with Joshua Evenson pg. ii](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-joshua-evenson-pt-2/) - Feature Interview with Joshua Evenson pg. ii 10. Talk to us about the other illustrators. Links to St Andrews is adorned by hundreds of images, ranging from original art to iconic paintings from golf’s history, old and new photography and even a couple crossword puzzles. Each image has a story. Each artist and my association
- [Feature Interview with Todd Rohrer](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-todd-rohrer/) - Feature Interview with Todd Rohrer November, 2015 1. When was the golf bag invented? Glasgow Green from 1851 shows people carrying clubs in their hands. I am aware that Richard MacKenzie, in his book A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole, noted Dr. Trails Canvas Container appearing at St Andrews in 1890. The very nature of
- [Feature Interview with Jack Nicklaus](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-jack-nicklaus/) - Feature Interview with Jack Nicklaus August 2015 What sparked your initial fascination in golf course architecture? After all, world events were grim in the 1940s. In the 1950s and 60s, Golden Age designs were underappreciated and/or being modified and there were more misses than hits in new course design. You would have to trace it back to when
- [Feature Interview with Mark Brenneman](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mark-brenneman/) - Feature Interview with Mark Brenneman December, 2015 1. You were born in upstate New York, went to school in South Carolina, worked on Wall Street, lived on a boat in San Francisco, moved to Scotland, and divided time between Monterey Peninsula and your role as General Manager at Shadow Creek. That’s quite a life! Sometimes
- [Feature Interview with Brian Morgan](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-brian-morgan/) - Feature Interview with Brian Morgan March, 2016 How did you get started in the photography business? I started very young in the photography business. Left school at 15 years of age and went to work in the Photographic Department of John Brown’s shipyard in my hometown of Clydebank near Glasgow. The shipyard was world famous
- [Feature Interview with Brandel Chamblee](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-chamblee/) - Feature Interview with Brandel Chamblee April, 2016 Brandel Chamblee is a lead analyst at the Golf Channel. Chamblee turned professional in 1985 after being first team All-American at the University of Texas and has won at every level in golf all over the world. For six straight years, he was among the top 100 money
- [Feature Interview with Paul Rudovsky](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-paul-rudovsky/) - Feature Interview with Paul Rudovsky May 2016 Paul Rudovsky, 71, has been playing golf since he was 10. Growing up in Jamaica, Queens, NY he played primarily at munis through the 1960’s. A self-described "Type A", Paul graduated from MIT and then business school at Carnegie-Mellon University (explaining his clear mathematical bent) and worked in
- [Feature Interview with Sam MacKenzie](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-sam-mackenzie/) - Feature Interview with Sam MacKenzie January 2016 1. Who have been your mentors? Like most folks, I have had an opportunity to work for a great many people over the course of my career. In some cases you learn good things and other situations are not so good. A person’s ability to know the difference
- [Feature Interview with Jaeger Kovich](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-jaeger-kovich/) - Feature Interview with Jaeger Kovich February 2016 Jaeger Kovich is one of the talented young shapers coming out of the Doak and Hanse camps and is in the process of establishing himself as an architect in his own right. Continuing to build golf courses with the game's leading architects, he is starting to work directly with clubs, whether
- [Feature Interview with Peter Thomson](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-peter-thomson/) - Quotes from Peter Thomson June, 2016 Peter Thomson, age 87, is Australia's most accomplished golfer as well as its finest writer on the sport. In 2005, he collaborated with author Steve Perkin to produce Lessons I Have Learned, a book chock full of wisdom on the state of the game of golf, how it’s played, and
- [Feature Interview with Adam Lawrence](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-adam-lawrence/) - Feature Interview with Adam Lawrence July, 2016 Tell us the genesis of Golf Course Architecture. I went to work for Tudor Rose, as their head of editorial, in 2004. At the time, TR was a technology publisher, with the overwhelming majority of its business being in the form of customer magazines for Microsoft, and I
- [Feature Interview with Adam Lawrence p.2](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-adam-lawrence-p-2/) - Feature Interview with Adam Lawrence p.2 You are the only one I know who has been to Ardfin. Tell us about it! It is a special place for sure, and you have to applaud Bob Harrison and the crew from SOL Golf who have designed and built the course. The par threes are truly, truly
- [Audio Interview of Chris Buie by Jeff Loh](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/audio-interview-of-chris-buie-by-jeff-loh/) - The Life & Times of Donald Ross
- [Feature Interview with Mungo Park](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-mungo-park/) - Feature Interview with Mungo Park February 2017 Mungo Park is an architect and golf historian, who over 30 years in his own general architectural practice has worked on over 35 golf Clubhouses. He is currently writing a book on the Club Makers of Musselburgh. It investigates the most significant period of Musselburgh’s golf history in
- [Feature Interview  with  Michael Breed](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-michael-breed/) - Feature Interview with Michael Breed April, 2017 How important is the understanding of golf course architecture in helping golfers to score better? For the elite player it’s incredibly valuable, probably a seven or eight on the scale of 10. I don’t know that it has much value for the beginner to understand what Travis or
- [Feature Interview with John Morrissett](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-john-morrissett/) - Feature Interview with John Morrissett June, 2017 John Morrissett helped Ran start GolfClubAtlas.com in 1998, worked in the USGA Rules Department from 1993 to 2010 and is presently the Director of Championships at Erin Hills. He hits the ball farther than his oldest brother but not quite as long as his middle brother. Architecturally, what have been the three
- [Feature Interview with Eric Iverson, Don Placek, Brian Schneider, and Brian Slawnik](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-eric-iverson-don-placek-brian-schneider-and-brian-slawnik/) - Feature Interview with Eric Iverson, Don Placek, Brian Schneider, and Brian Slawnik July, 2017 The following is an Exit Interview conducted by Tom Doak with the four designers of Stoatin Brae, which opened for play in May, 2017. So, how do you collaborate on a design? Doesn’t somebody have to make the final decisions? Don
- [Feature Interview with Michael Moore](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-michael-moore/) - Feature Interview with Michael Moore May, 2017 Michael Moore started playing golf in 1974 at Mount Douglas Golf Course in Victoria, British Columbia under the tutelage of his grandfather, Rear Admiral Patrick Budge. He has served on the Maine State Golf Association board since 2013 and is currently the secretary. He is a member at
- [Feature Interview with Zac Blair](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-zac-blair/) - Feature Interview with Zac Blair January, 2018 Tell us a little about your golfing background. What courses did you grow up playing? My dad is a professional golfer, so I was around golf a lot from a very young age. He would take me to tournaments around the country so that is where/when I started
- [Feature Interview with Nicolas Joakimides](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-nicolas-joakimides/) - Feature Interview with Nicolas Joakimides June, 2018 How did you become interested in golf course architecture? I began playing at 13 years old and simultaneously, started drawing golf hole sketches at school; The interest in golf design was there already! What has influenced you the most in terms of what you like in architecture? Books?
- [Feature Interview with Kyle Harris](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-kyle-harris/) - Feature Interview with Kyle Harris July, 2018 What is your background? I was born in Pittsburgh, PA in April 1983 to parents from northeastern Pennsylvania. We lived at the time in a quiet suburb of the city called Oakmont at the corner of 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. In September 1985 we moved to the
- [Feature Interview with Dr. James Harris](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-dr-james-harris/) - Feature Interview with Dr. James Harris October, 2018 Dr. Harris comes from the tradition of a golfing family passed on to him by his father who immigrated to Canada from Montrose, Scotland. He first got a degree in history from the University of Saskatchewan, then changed direction and graduated with an MD in 1980. He
- [Feature Interview with Edwin Roald](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-edwin-roald/) - Feature Interview with Edwin Roald November 2018 1. So ……. How does someone born on Iceland development an interest in golf course architecture? At a young age, I took an interest in building architecture. Then, after seeing Seve play on television, I got into golf. From then on, it seemed obvious that I should combine
- [Feature Interview with Thad Layton](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/layton-thad-feature-interview/) - Feature Interview with Thad Layton August 2018 How did you become interested in golf architecture? While my dad would identify more as an outdoorsman than a golfer, he’d take me out now and again to the local muni in my hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi. I’d beat it around for a few holes and start to
- [Feature Interview with Tripp Davis](https://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-tripp-davis/) - Feature Interview with Tripp Davis September, 2018 Tripp Davis is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and is the principal, Lead Golf Course Architect, of Tripp Davis and Associates. 1. How did you get into architecture? I grew up playing courses in tournaments in Atlanta and around the South designed by some of

## Pages

- [Home](https://golfclubatlas.com/) - The home of golf course architecture, since 1999. From the minds of Ran Morrissett, Ben Cowan-Dewar, and Joe Androile.
- [Course Tours](https://golfclubatlas.com/golf-courses/course-tours/) - Sean Arble's mission is to see as many interesting golf courses as possible. Here are the results, with over 175 courses profiled.
- [Account](https://golfclubatlas.com/account/) - Education. Experiences. Community. Welcome to the Atlas Pass.
- [Terms of Service](https://golfclubatlas.com/terms-of-service/) - GolfClubAtlas, Inc. --- All Services (Site, Membership, Events) Effective Date: January 13, 2026 These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of golfclubatlas.com website, all related digital properties, including, but not limited to forums, content libraries, features, newsletters,the Atlas Pass membership program, and events (collectively, "Services"), provided by GolfClubAtlas, Inc. ("Golf Club
- [Privacy Policy](https://golfclubatlas.com/privacy-policy/) - PRIVACY POLICY Last Updated: January 13, 2026 This Privacy Policy explains how GolfClubAtlas, Inc. (“GolfClubAtlas”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you access: The GolfClubAtlas.com website, forums, and public content (the “Site”), and/or The Atlas Pass membership program and related features (the “Membership Services”) By using the Site
- [Password Reset](https://golfclubatlas.com/password-reset/) - Reset your password Back to sign in OR Not a member? Join today
- [Member Landing Page](https://golfclubatlas.com/member-home/) - Atlas Pass • Member Portal Welcome Home Experiences. Education. Community. Dive in My Account Gazetteer #1 What you'll find inside Golf Club Atlas Gazetteer #1 Back cover What Does The Future of Golf Architecture Look Like? 32 years after Sand Hills ushered in the minimalism era, golf architecture continues to evolve. Where does the profession
- [Login](https://golfclubatlas.com/login/) - Sign in Lost your password? OR Not a member? Join today
- [Gazetteer No. 1](https://golfclubatlas.com/gazetteer-no-1/) - No. 1 • April 2026 Gazetteer A new kind of golf architecture journal. All the things you know and love about Golf Club Atlas, in a limited-run, physical print. Gazetteer #1 ships in April. Browse the contents Join the Atlas Pass Table of Contents What's Inside the Gazetteer No. 1 128 pages of architecture-first content.
- [Discussion Group Guidelines](https://golfclubatlas.com/discussion-group/discussion-group-guidelines/) - Welcome to the Golf Club Atlas discussion group! We pride ourselves on being a resource for the exploration of golf course architecture. In order to cultivate the best environment for discussion, we have laid out our expectations of each user. The Golf Club Atlas discussion group is specifically dedicated to golf architecture; sharing non-golf posts
- [Atlas Pass](https://golfclubatlas.com/atlas-pass/) - All things Golf Club Atlas as you know and love, elevated and modernized.
- [Register](https://golfclubatlas.com/register/) - Join the Atlas Pass now and get exclusive offers and benefits, all while advancing your knowledge of golf architecture.
- [Contributions](https://golfclubatlas.com/contributions/) - Supporters of Golf Club Atlas Golf Club Atlas went live from Sydney, Australia in June 1999, with the goal of being a free-access resource for the study of golf course architecture in a pleasing environment free from commercial distraction. We have grown quite a bit since those early days as have the costs associated with
- [Newsletter](https://golfclubatlas.com/newsletter/) - Weekly course profiles, opinion pieces, trending topics and more, dive in to the
- [147 Custodians of the Game (+6)](https://golfclubatlas.com/147-custodians/) - In the eyes of the Golf Club Atlas's own Ran Morrissett, dive into the 147 golf courses that uphold the spirit of the game (and where it should aspire to go) now.
- [About](https://golfclubatlas.com/about/) - The Home of golf course architecture, since 1999.
- [Architecture Timeline](https://golfclubatlas.com/architecture-timeline/) - Architecture Timeline Tracing architecture’s evolution through history. Timeline Drag to scroll • Use arrows • Scrub to jump ◀ ▶ 1848Milestone Gutta ball introduced 1850Old Tom Morris Old Tom Morris Lundin, Scotland Royal County Down, Northern Ireland Machrihanish, Scotland Prestwick, Scotland Elie, The Golf House Club, Scotland Wallasey Golf Club, England The Early Golf Designers:
- [Golf Courses](https://golfclubatlas.com/golf-courses/) - Ranging from the pillars of golf to hidden gems and everything in between, dive in to course profiles from 27 different countries now.
- [Interviews & Opinion](https://golfclubatlas.com/articles-opinion/) - Industry leading commentary on golf architecture and the world at large, as well as feature interviews from the movers and shakers of the golf world. Dive in now.
- [Podcast](https://golfclubatlas.com/podcast/) - All things golf architecture & more, from the team at Golf Club Atlas.
- [You're Now Subscribed!](https://golfclubatlas.com/youre-now-subscribed/) - We're thrilled for you to join us on the everlasting journey to find exciting golf.
- [Thank you for your donation!](https://golfclubatlas.com/thank-you-for-your-donation/) - Thank you for voluntarily donating to GolfClubAtlas.com and for recognizing value by supporting this labor-of-love effort. Somewhere between 250 and 350 people see fit to donate each year and enable over ten thousand people world-wide to enjoy free access to our content. Based on droves of emails, GolfClubAtlas.com is unquestionably disseminating knowledge on golf course architecture that helps many people/clubs make better informed decisions. We are most
- [Discussion Group](https://golfclubatlas.com/discussion-group/)

## Products

- [Atlas Pass Membership](https://golfclubatlas.com/product/atlas-pass-membership/) - Experiences. Education. Community. Welcome to the Atlas Pass. $150 + $4.74 in service fees, Billed Annually.

## Course Profiles

- [The Park (2025)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-park-2025/) - Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner, and Dirk Ziff's contributions to the South Florida golf scene, The Park is one of the finest celebrations of community in the United States.
- [Apogee (Summit) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/apogee-summit-2025/) - Formerely known as the North course, Kyle Phillips inclusion at the swanky Apogee Golf Club brings an old world Floridian charm to Martin County's booming golf scene.
- [Loch Lomond (2025)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/lochlomond1/) - Tom Weiskopf Lyle Anderson Golf in Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond Golf
- [Interlachen (2025)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/interlachen-2025/) - One of the finest golf courses in Minnesota, Interlachen Country Club is a wonderful parkland golf course from Donald Ross with recent work from Andrew Green.
- [Stockholm (2025)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/stockholm-2025/) - Originally designed by John Morrison (of Colt, Alison, & Morrison fame), Stockholm Golf Club is charming 6,000 yard golf course recently updated by Christian Lundin.
- [Shinnecock Hills (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/shinnecock-hills-golf-club-ny-usa/) - Host of the 2026 US Open and a frequent choice for the best golf course in the world, Shinnecock Hills is a superb William Flynn design in Southampton, New York.
- [Farmington (Main) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/farmington-country-club/) - The word ‘genius’ is used a bit too liberally these days. That observation is made abundantly clear when visiting Charlottesville, Virginia, where Thomas Jefferson’s shadow looms large. Jefferson was a scientist, patriot, architect, politician and bon-vivant. His home at Monticello is noteworthy on several levels and the concept of the college campus began with Jefferson’s
- [Riviera (2015)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/riviera-country-club/) - A George Thomas masterpiece and annual stop on the PGA TOUR, Riviera is one of the finest examples of strategic golf in America from a supreme thinker in world golf.
- [Cape Breton Highlands Links (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cape-breton-highlands-links-canada-2/) - A true outpost in the world of golf, Stanley Thompson's Cape Breton Highlands Links is the epitome of golf in Canada, journeying from the ocean shore to the mountains and back all in one routing.
- [Pasatiempo (2025)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pasatiempo-2025/) - The unfortunate reality is so many Golden Age masterpieces are hidden behind closed doors, but not Pasatiempo. Indeed, open for public play, Dr. Alister MacKenzie's masterpiece is one to be enjoyed by all.
- [TX0 (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/wolf-point-ranch/) - Wolf Point Ranch Texas, United States of America Big budget courses open all the time to great fanfare. Why? Because the owners pay for the kind words and publicity! In the steady rollout of such expensive operations, the message was seared into the collective golfing psyche that great golf is expensive golf. Yet, nothing is further from
- [St. George's (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/st-georges-golf-country-club/) - A gorgeous Stanley Thompson golf course in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area, St. George's winds through the bottom of impressive valleys, and with Thompson's usual dramatics, it's a memorable place to play golf.
- [Banff Springs (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/banffsprings1/) - One of Stanley Thompson's iconic Canadian contributions, Banff Springs is golf in one of the most idyllic settings in the world. Thankfully, it's a strategic masterpiece, too.
- [Brambles (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/brambles-2024/) - Located in Middletown, California, Brambles is the latest creation from Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, joined and alongside longtime associate James Duncan.
- [Capilano (2001)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/capilano000115/) - Set in the mountains of West Vancouver overlooking the Pacific Ocean and downtown Vancouver, Stanley Thompson's masterful routing handles elevation change with ease.
- [Royal Dornoch (Championship) [2024]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royal-dornoch-championship-2024/) - Often considered among the debate for the best golf course in the world, Royal Dornoch Golf Club's highlands setting and provocative green complexes are the stars of the show here.
- [Sagebrush (2025)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/sagebrush-2025/) - Originally opening its doors in 2009, this Richard Zokol & Rod Whitman collaboration battled financial troubles in its early years. After closing in 2014 & re-opening in 2021, it's back in action.
- [Sunningdale (Old) [2014]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/sunningdale-golf-club-old-course/) - Sunningdale breeds loyalty. Since 1901 there have been few but very distinguished club secretaries that include Harry Colt, Major Guy Bennett, and today's Stephen Toon who has served since 2004. For 56 years James Sheridan was caddiemaster. Arthur Lees was the golf professional for 28 years. Hugh MacLean acted as the construction foreman for the
- [Gamble Sands (Scarecrow) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/gamble-sands-scarecrow-2025/) - The new golf course at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington is another David McLay Kidd design with more views of the Columbia River, and a more dramatic property.
- [Royal North Devon (2025)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royal-north-devon/) - Founded in 1864, Royal North Devon, also known as Westward Ho!, has received praise for over 160 years (!) from many of the game's greatest minds. Horace Hutchinson in 1890 wrote of England's oldest course: 'A course very full of hazard and of incident, where the most condign punishment visits the ball which is not
- [Anstruther (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/anstruther-2024/) - Scotland has its fair share of world-beaters to enjoy, but places like Anstruther Golf Club are the backbone of what makes the home of golf such an engaging place to play: there's something for everyone.
- [Cypress Point (2023)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cypress-point-club/) - One of golf's greatest journeys, Dr. Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point starts in the Del Monte Forest, out to the dunes, and ending at the cliffs of the Pacific Ocean.
- [Victoria (2023)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/victoria-2023/) - Residing in Oak Bay, British Columbia and overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean, A.V. Macan's Victoria Golf Club is high in fun factor and scenery.
- [Cascades (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cascades/) - William Flynn's routing and engineering brilliance is on full display in the mountains of Virginia, tackling severe elevation change while producing world-class golf.
- [Morfontaine (Vallière) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/morfontaine-valliere-2025/) - Often in conversation for the finest nine holes in the world, Tom Simpson's Valliére has changed since it first opened in 1913, but that doesn't mean it's any less pleasant.
- [Bethpage (Black) [2005]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/bethpage-black/) - "The People's Country Club" is a big, brawny golf course from iconic architect A.W. Tillinghast, and rightfully so, has taken its place at the head table of American golf.
- [Kingsley Club (2002)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-kingsley-club-mi-usa/) - Mike DeVries Northern Michigan Masterpiece, The Kingsley Club is a rowdy routing through the undulating topography near Traverse City.
- [Golden Gate Park (2023)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/golden-gate-park-2023/) - One of the finest par 3 courses in the United States, Golden Gate Park delivers exceptional architecture at a great price in a charming setting to produce a winning combination.
- [Crystal Downs (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/crystal-downs/) - An Alister MacKenzie and Perry Maxwell masterpiece, Crystal Downs Country Club is one of the couple dozen courses in the world that combines an inspiring setting with first class architecture.
- [The International (Pines) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-international-pines-2025/) - The new Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw iteration of the Pines course at The International is a New England instant classic.
- [The Loop (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-loop/) - North America's only true reversible golf course, Tom Doak's The Loop at Forest Dunes is a brilliant display of architecture prowess with 18 superb green complexes.
- [Friar's Head (2003)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/friars-head/) - How man interacts with nature is at the heart of golf course architecture. Max Behr spoke of courses 'uncontaminated by the hand of man' and of natural courses that possesses certain charm wholly lacking upon a palpable man-made golf course.' C.B. Macdonald wrote in Scotland's Gift that 'When playing, you want to be alone with
- [Swinley Forest (2002)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/swinley000134/) - Harry Colt's "least bad" golf course, Swinley Forest Golf Club is one of the many standouts of the London Heathlands, and for some, its sophisticated architecture places it at the top.
- [St. Charles (Ross/MacKenzie) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/st-charles/) - A unique combination of Donald Ross and Canada's only Alister MacKenzie design, St. Charles is a clinic in flat-land architecture from two of the best to ever do it.
- [Jekyll Island (Great Dunes) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/jekyll-island-great-dunes-2025/) - Golf on Georgia's Jekyll Island is back in the forefront of golf culture with Jeffrey Stein and Brian Ross' impressive overhaul of Walter Travis' Great Dunes course.
- [High Pointe (Original) [2000]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/high-pointe/) - High Pointe MI, USA Few courses deserve to be included on this site more than High Pointe. Why? Because it embodies many of the best features reflected in the resurgence of today's golf course designs. Tom Doak, the architect in question and his aptly named Renaissance Design Firm, follows these basic tenants: Let the land
- [Sand Valley (2022)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/sand-valley/) - A Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw design, Sand Valley is as pleasant as they come, utilizing the native sands of Wisconsin to the best of its ability to present a riveting golf experience.
- [Roaring Gap (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/roaring-gap/) - Roaring Gap Club North Carolina, United States of America By the 1920s, the Tufts family had done the hard part and turned the sandy scrubland around Pinehurst into a world renowned golf destination. People showed up October through May to enjoy golf under the fragrant pines and fast-draining soils. Yet, Leonard Tufts also watched as
- [Öviinbyrd (2023)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/oviinbyrd/) - A private escape for the elite in Muskoka, Ontario, Öviinbyrd is very reasonably among the debate for Thomas McBroom's finest design and one of the best in Canada.
- [Whistling Straits (Straits) [2002]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/whistling-straits-wi-usa/) - Are certain architects better suited for certain projects? As much as one should resist stereotyping architects and their styles, there are examples of marriages where it is hard to imagine a better fit. MacKenzie/Cypress Point and Coore & Crenshaw/Sand Hills spring to mind. At the other end of the spectrum from C&C's minimalist project in
- [Saint-Germain (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/saintgermain1/) - Located 30 minutes west of Paris, Harry Colt's architecture at Saint-Germain shines on a flat piece of property, with an audacious set of greens and stunning green pads.
- [Jasper Park Lodge (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/jasperpark1/) - Set in the base of the idyllic Rocky Mountains, Stanley Thompson's Jasper Park Lodge wanders up into the hills and down near Lac Beauvert before finishing on what Dr. Alister MacKenzie called the world's finest finishing hole.
- [Royal St. George's (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royal-st-georges-golf-club/) - Royal St. George's Golf Club Golf in Kent England. Golf in England. Royal St. George. Laidlaw Purves Frank Pennink
- [West Sussex (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/westsussex1/) - Designed by Sir Guy Campbell, Major Cecil K. Hutchinson, and Colonel Stafford V. Hotchkin, West Sussex possess charm like few others and with its two-ball exclusive policy, pace is fast and fun is to be had.
- [Royal Portrush (Dunluce) [2006]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royal-portrush-golf-club/) - Harry Colt Dunlunce Course at Portrush Royal Portrush Golf Club Harry Colt
- [The Lido (2023)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-lido-2023/) - Resurrected from the grave and some 1,000 miles from its original location on the shores of Long Island, C.B. Macdonald's famed Lido lives on at Sand Valley in Wisconsin.
- [Royal Melbourne (West) [2017]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royalmelbourne1/) - Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West Course) Victoria, Australia Think of golf in the northern half of the world and visions of St. Andrews, Cypress Point, Sand Hills, Royal County Down or Pine Valley might dance through your head. Think of the golf in the southern hemisphere, and one course stands out above all others: The West
- [Pebble Beach (2010)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pebble-beach/) - Pebble Beach Golf Links California, United States of America Few places conjure powerful images and thoughts to golfers and non-golfers alike. Pebble Beach is one of those magical spots. So much has been written about the place and so many comments have been rendered, it's almost cliche. We add these few thoughts on its evolution:
- [New South Wales (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/nsw1/) - New South Wales Golf Club New South Wales, Australia Pebble Beach and Cypress Point are located along the spectacular Seventeen Mile Drive of the Monterey Peninsula. In the authors' experience, the only other course in the world that can compete scenery-wise with these two giants is New South Wales GC. Located along the rugged eastern
- [Lahinch (2010)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/lahinch000125/) - Lahinch Golf Club County Clare, Ireland Describe a dream landscape upon which to build a course. Would it have views of the ocean? Yes. How about big tumbling dunes? Yes. How about smaller, more rippling land on a human scale? Definitely, as such smaller contours provide for ideal golf qualities. Wind, low humidity for fast
- [Jockey Club (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/jockey1/) - Alister MacKenzie, The Jockey Club, golf in Buenos Aires, golf in Argentina
- [California Golf Club of San Franciso (2012)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/california-golf-club-of-san-franciso/) - California Golf Club of San Franciso. The Cal Club. Kyle Phillips. Golf in San Francisco California.
- [Augusta National (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/augusta-national-ga-usa/) - Augusta National GA, USA More has been written about Augusta National than any other course save for The Old Course at St. Andrews. David Owen's The Making of the Masters is a must-have book for any student of golf architecture as it best traces the changes over the past 70 years that have occurred to
- [Alwoodley (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/alwoodley1/) - Alwoodley Golf Club, Leeds Leeds, England Dr. Alister MacKenzie claimed that Alwoodley and Moortown were as important to the north of England as Sunningdale and Woking were to the south - and he was right. When construction at Alwoodley started in the winter of 1907, inland golf course architecture in England was ordinary and fell
- [The Harvester Club (2021)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-harvester-club/) - Iowa, United States of America Golfers yearn for unique playing experiences. If they didn't, why travel? Happily, the sport is adept at delivering that very thing. Given that each parcel of land is different, so too is each course. And, of course, the founding vision sets the tenor as well. American icons like Fownes and
- [The Valley Club at Montecito (2002)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/valleyclubatmontecito/) - The Valley Club at Montecito CA, USA Alister MacKenzie fully deserves the recognition that his design work at The Valley Club of Montecito has consistently garnered for 70 years. All the greats from Hogan to Player to Woods have spoke of its delights. However, given the unanimous praise from both club members to the most
- [Waterville (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/waterville1/) - Eddie Hackett Waterville Golf Links Ireland
- [The Tryall Club (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/tryall1/) - The Tryall Club Tryall, Jamaica Of courses built between 1950 and 1970, only Pete Dye's The Golf Club , Red Lawrence's Desert Forest, and Ellis Maples's Grandfather Mountain are profiled on this web site. In a broad generalization, courses built during this dark age in golf architecture were long in length and short in both character and charm.
- [The Old Course (1999)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/standrews1/) - The Old Course at St. Andrews SCOTLAND 'Anyone who raves about the Old Course after just one or two rounds there is either a liar or a fool,' says David Fay, Executive Director of the USGA. Fay relates that it was not until he served as a referee in the 1990 Open Championship there and
- [The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/skibo-golf-course/) - Tom Mackenzie who worked with Donald Steel on this course and is now partners with Martin Ebert in the design firm, Mackenzie & Ebert, that they founded in 2005
- [Talking Stick (O'odham) [2019]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/talkingstick/) - Talking Stick Golf Club (O'odham Course) Arizona, United States of America GolfClubAtlas.com has come along way since it went live in 1999. Thankfully, it is internet based which means the course profiles are easy to update versus printed matter which is a fixed statement at a specific time. For instance, we wrote of Talking Stick
- [Somerset Hills (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/somerset-hills-country-club/) - Somerset Hills Country Club New Jersey, United States of America One of the reasons architecture flourished during the Golden Age of architecture was that it attracted those who loved the game for the game's sake. Charles Blair Macdonald, Albert Warren Tillinghast, and George Thomas possessed a far different - and healthier - interest in the
- [Seacroft (1999)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/seacroft1/) - Seacroft Golf Club Lincolnshire, England How much research do you do while planning a golf trip? Do you listen to friends who have made trips similar to what are proposing to undertake? Do you read up on the courses in an effort to decide which ones to play (and which ones not to play)? With
- [Royal County Down (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/rcd1/) - Harry Colt Royal County Down Golf in Northern Ireland. Country Down Golf in Northern Ireland.
- [Royal Aberdeen (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royalaberdeen000143/) - Royal Aberdeen Aberdeen, Scotland Royal Aberdeen, located on the north-east coast of Scotland, is widely known for possessing one of the finest first nines in golf. This is unarguable, but what seems debatable is the merit of second nine. Royal Aberdeen is an out and back affair. The first hole heads straight to the North
- [Riverfront (1999)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/riverfront-golf-club/) - Riverfront Golf Club VA, USA An architect's job is to do the best he (or anyone else) can with a given piece of land. Rarely does an architect have a choice in selecting the land for the course - he is typically hired to build a course on a predetermined site. He might further be
- [North Berwick (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/northberwick1/) - The North Berwick Golf Club (West Links) East Lothian, Scotland United Kingdom Of all the joys derived from playing over ancient links, what's most appreciated by this writer are those obstacles and conundrums that don't exist elsewhere. Therefore, rather than feeling old and musty, a course like North Berwick, where golf has been played for several
- [National (Moonah) [1999]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/moonah1/) - The Moonah Course at The National Golf Club Victoria, Australia Every armchair architect has a clear picture of the property that his dream course would reside on. For most of us, it would be by the sea and would be exposed to the elements, to change the way the course plays from day to day.
- [Machrihanish (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/machrihanish1/) - Machrihanish Golf Club Argyll, Scotland My brother John commenced the 1999 Machrihanish profile as follows: 'Fun. That is a telling adjective when applied to a course, yet how many times do we hear it used? Too many architects and owners remain preoccupied with building a 'championship course' with 'eighteen signature holes.' Instead, everyone should remember
- [Lundin (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/lundinlinks000197/) - Lundin Golf Club Fife, Scotland Additions or fundamental changes to courses rarely work well. The new holes invariably look out of place and never quite fit with the original ones. The most noted examples of such failed efforts were routinely found around the turn of this century at several of America's historic championship courses. Meanwhile,
- [Legends Resort (Heathlands) [2000]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/heathlands-at-the-legends/) - Heathlands at The Legends South Carolina, United States of America Some courses never get their fair share of recognition. Perhaps they are out of the way (Pennard in Wales) or because they live in the shadow of great courses (Lundin or Elie in Fife, Scotland). Other courses just aren't in an area that is treated
- [Himalayan Golf Course (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/himalayan-golf-course/) - Himalayan Golf Course, Nepal Some golf courses (e.g., Sand Hills) seem to be an effortless creation over a special piece of property, while others rely on superlative design to make the golfer feel as though he is playing over an especially good site. At Friar’s Head, for example, Coore and Crenshaw’s masterful routing and attention
- [Greenville (Chanticleer) [2003]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/greenville-country-club/) - Greenville Country Club (Chanticleer) South Carolina, United States of America The 1960s and 1970s did not produce near the number of endearing courses as the non-war decades had previously. Lack of strategy, a false quest for length at the expense of variety, and bland green complexes became the norm as numerous green committees fell in
- [Cuscowilla (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-golf-club-at-cuscowilla-ga-usa/) - The Golf Club at Cuscowilla GA, USA Green Keeper: Rusty Mercer What makes a great 'members' course? How do you achieve both 'playability' and yet hold the low marker's interest round after round throughout the years? Achieving this balance is the challenge, as each criterion can detract from the other. Too hard, and everyone throws
- [World Woods (Pine Barrens) [2000]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/world-woods-pine-barrens-fl-usa/) - World Woods (Pine Barrens) FL, USA Marketing campaigns that claim a course is the 'next Augusta National' or the 'Pebble Beach of the east' tend to alienate some golfers. After all, why bother playing a poor copy? An example is the Pine Barrens course at World Woods that many golf writers have dubbed as 'the
- [Wilshire (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/wilshire-country-club/) - Wilshire Country Club California, United States of America After World War I until the Great Depression, the golf scene in Southern California was one of the most vibrant in the game's history. Sandy soil, a rugged coastline and rolling land studded with canyons and barrancas were available in this sun drenched, golf-conducive climate. Great architects
- [Whippoorwill (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/whippoorwill-club/) - Whippoorwill Club, New York, USA Some sites better suit certain architects and some architects are better suited for a particular site. Alister MacKenzie and the sand in California, Donald Ross and the Pinehurst sandhills and Seth Raynor in the rocky Northeast at Yale and Fishers Island are marriages made in heaven. So too is Charles Banks and
- [Victoria National (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/victoria-national-indiana-usa/) - Victoria National Indiana, United States of America Terry Friedman, the owner of what would become Victoria National Golf Club, knew what he wanted from the outset: a unique course that would be worthy of national recognition the day it opened and that could host major competitions. While many owners have a similar dream, the difference
- [Wannamoisett (2013)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/wannamoisett-2/) - The Wannamoisett golf course in Rhode Island has everything yet the property didnt Donald Ross managed to get so much out of so little is testimony to his skill
- [Westhampton (2001)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/westhampton-cc-ny-usa/) - Westhampton CC New York, United States of America The virtues of playing golf on Long Island in the bracing seaside air have long been lauded. With so many world re-known courses of historic importance, it is a tough neighborhood indeed for a course to gain its fair share of recognition. Such is the case of
- [We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro) [2017]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/we-ko-pa-golf-club/) - We-Ko-Pa Golf Club (Saguaro Course) Arizona, United States of America How does one follow a highly successful golf course? Scott Miller, a Jack Nicklaus protégé, built the Cholla Course at We-Ko-Pa in 2001 on land owned by the Yavapai Indians of Fort McDowell. From the onset it was a success, ranked among the top 25
- [Waterton Lakes (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/waterton-lakes-2024/) - Set in far southwest corner of Alberta where Montana and British Columbia join at the bottom of the Rocky Mountains, Waterton Lakes is a charming, low-key golf course.
- [Trinity Forest (2021)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/trinity-forest-golf-club/) - Trinity Forest Golf Club Texas, United States of America Can you imagine calling Bill Coore and saying, “I have a ‘special site’ that I would like you to see” when in fact you were referring to land laid upon two decommissioned landfills south of Dallas separated by a highway?! Jonas Woods, a co-founder and the
- [Tot Hill Farm (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/tot-hill-farm-2024/) - One of just eight Mike Strantz golf courses in the world, Tot Hill Farm is thriving after a 2023 restoration effort, bringing its architecture back into the limelight.
- [Tobacco Road (2011)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/tobacco-road-nc-usa/) - Tobacco Road Golf Club North Carolina, United States of America How many architects produce fresh and original material? Most modern designers fall into one of two categories: those that claim to follow in the footsteps of the 'classic' architects and those stamping out one similar course after another. It's odd that the former group tends
- [The Honors Course (2021)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-honors-course-tn-usa/) - The Honors Course Tennessee, United States of America Good luck trying to find someone who has anything negative to say about The Honors Course. From its inception by Jack Lupton as a place to honor amateur golf to its caddie program to its contributions to the turf grass industry, The Honors promotes the finest qualities
- [Sunningdale (New) [2009]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/sunningdale-new/) - Sunningdale, New Course at Sunningdale, Harry Colt, Stephen Toon, Murray Long
- [Streamsong (Blue) [2017]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/streamsong-blue/) - Streamsong Blue Florida, United States of America Until Streamsong, no resort has ever featured multiple courses where players were equally torn as to their favorite. If ten golfers were asked, three would respond that the Black Course is their favorite, three Red, and three Blue. The deciding tenth vote could go any way. What a
- [St. George's, NY (2015)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/st-georges-golf-country-club-2/) - St. George’s Golf & Country Club, NY, USA Nearly all GolfClubAtlas.com aficionados know of Charles Blair McDonald’s travels to the United Kingdom to study its great courses and his subsequent monumental achievement, National Golf Links of America, which helped earn him the moniker “father of American golf architecture.” What is less familiar is the name of
- [Southern Hills (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/southern-hills-country-club/) - Southern Hills Country Club, OK, USA Even in this part of the world where people think big, dreams can be exceeded. Three US Opens, four PGA Championships, and a slew of other important professional and amateur events later, the founders’ vision of Southern Hills has surely been surpassed. More importantly the club has never been
- [Sleepy Hollow (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/sleepy-hollow-country-club-ny-usa/) - Sleepy Hollow Charles Blair Macdonald George Bahto Gil Hanse. Sleepy Hollow Golf Sleepy Hollow Country Club
- [Rye (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/rye1/) - Rye Golf Club East Sussex, England Rye reminds the authors of a seaside version of Swinley Forest. Neither course possesses a true three shotter; both have five one shot holes, which as a set take some beating; both have amazingly appealing long two shotters; both are strict examinations against par; both Clubs promote an uncrowded
- [Rustic Canyon (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/rustic-canyon-golf-course/) - Rustic Canyon Golf Course California, United States of America Green Keeper: Jeff Hicks As highlighted in the United Kingdom by The Old Course at St. Andrews and later in America by C.B. Macdonald's National Golf Links of America, golf is a game that is meant to be fun. The highest form of golf course design
- [Rock Creek Cattle Company (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/rock-creek-cattle-company/) - Rock Creek Cattle Company Montana, United States of America No architect grows up thinking about working in the rocky Northwest; the dream is to work in and out of sand dunes. Fortuitously, Tom Doak did that at Pacific Dunes in 2000. His success had a direct bearing on his subsequently winning three projects: Stone Eagle,
- [Rivermead (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/rivermead-2024/) - In 1867, Canada gained independence from Britain, merging New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada East (Quebec), and Canada (Ontario) into its own country. In 1870, Manitoba joined the Confederation, British Columbia out west joined a year later, and Prince Edward Island joined in 1873. Even though Canada had gained its independence, it was (and still is)
- [PGA Frisco (Fields Ranch East) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pga-frisco-fields-ranch-east-2025/) - Designed by Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner for the PGA of America, the Fields Ranch East course at PGA Frisco will be a mainstay in major championship golf moving forward.
- [Los Angeles (North) [2013]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/los-angeles-country-club/) - Los Angeles Country Club (North Course) California, United States of America Golf originated by the North Sea on links land. As it gained in popularity, the game moved inland, first to the unique heathland belt around greater London and later to parkland settings. In the United States of America, parkland courses out-number all other forms
- [Orchard Lake (2013)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/orchard-lake-country-club/) - Orchard Lake Country Club, MI, USA Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player all had kind words for Orchard Lake. No surprise really, Captain Hugh Alison, one of the all time great architects, designed it during the Golden Age of architecture. Built over roly-poly land of human scale, the raw property allowed Alison
- [Olympia Fields (North) [2017]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/olympia-fields-country-club-north-course/) - Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course), IL, USA Imagine trying to find a 1,000 acre (!) tract of land without a through road or train track in a major metropolitan area. Such a quest sent Charles Beach, founder of Olympia Fields, thirty-two miles south of Chicago in 1913. Find it he did and his vision of
- [Old Town (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/old-town-club/) - Old Town Club, North Carolina, United States of America Some golf course architects start strong but fizzle. After pouring bright, innovative ideas into their initial work and creating a niche for themselves, they often become handcuffed by new clients who ask them to repeat. Uncommon is the architect whose best work is evenly spread throughout
- [Gozzer Ranch (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/gozzer-ranch-golf-and-lake-club/) - Gozzer Ranch Golf and Lake Club Idaho, United States of America The game of golf had its inception on the shores of Scotland on land ill-suited for anything ”worthwhile.” The charms of seaside golf are obvious but the crucial feature of these elementary courses was the subsoil – sand – that imbued the game. The
- [Old Macdonald (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/old-macdonald/) - Old Macdonald Oregon, United States of America Green Keeper: Ken Nice When Chicago Golf Club opened in 1895, Charles Blair Macdonald had every reason to be proud as he had designed an eighteen hole golf course in a country that had few of them. Thanks to his time at St. Andrews, he had gained a good understanding
- [Old Barnwell (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/old-barnwell-2024/) - One of the hottest new golf courses in the world of golf, Old Barnwell is a Brian Schneider & Blake Conant masterpiece in the budding town of Aiken, South Carolina.
- [National Golf Links of America (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/national-golf-links-of-america/) - National Golf Links of America NY, USA Green Keeper: Bill Salinetti In the formative years from 1860 to 1905 of golf course architecture, the game was very fortunate to attract men who were filled with passion for the sport and who were willing to devote sizable portions of their life to the development of particular
- [Milwaukee (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/milwaukee-country-club/) - Milwaukee Country Club Wisconsin, United States of America The idea of a country club - literally a club in the country - has great merit. Nowhere is the game better enjoyed than away from the crush of the masses. Golf courses and clubs are land intensive and the land cost in the country helps make
- [Mid Pines (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/mid-pines/) - Donald Ross Design Golf Course. Golf in Pinehurst NC Kelly Miller. Mid Pines Golf Course Pinehurst NC
- [Memphrémagog (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/memphremagog-2019/) - One of Canada's most exclusive golf courses, Memphrémagog sits firmly among Thomas McBroom's catalogue as arguably his finest design.
- [Marquette (Greywalls) [2010]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/marquette-golf-club-greywalls/) - Marquette Golf Club (Greywalls) MI, USA A common excuse for much of today's golf course architecture is that the "old guys" were given the best property to work with, while today's designers are left with table scraps. Such a belief prevented questions being asked about what yesteryear's architects would have done with today's property (and
- [Maidstone (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/maidstone/) - Willie Park Jr (Junior) Golf Architect. Maidstone Club NY. Golf in NY. Mainstone Golf Club
- [Lost Dunes (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/lost-dunes-golf-club/) - Lost Dunes Golf Club, MI, USA Green Keeper: Steve Jotzat Lost Dunes is a course that elicits strong feelings from people. It enjoys a dramatic location, being in a former sand quarry with 60 foot sand dunes surrounding it on three sides. Throw in three large pit lakes and abundant vegetation, and you have a
- [Lawsonia Links (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-golf-courses-at-lawsonia-links-course-wi-usa/) - Langford & Moreau, Lawsonia, golf in Wisconsin
- [Lancaster (2012)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/lancaster-country-club/) - Ron Forse Golf in Lancaster. Lancaster Country Club. William Flynn Ron Forse
- [Kittansett (2020)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/kittansett/) - The Kittansett Club Massachusetts, United States of America The Kittansett Club hosted the Walker Cup in 1953, just one indication of how long it has been held in high esteem. Indeed, many consider its stature second to only The Country Club within the golf rich state of Massachusetts. Yet, when the author first played the
- [Kirtland (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/kirtland-country-club/) - Kirtland Country Club OH, USA Green Keeper: Chad Mark Of all the great Golden Age architects, the body of work by Charles Hugh Alison may well be the least understood and appreciated. There are several primary reasons why this may be the case. First, he built less than thirty-five original designs over a career that
- [Kiawah Island (Ocean) [2017]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-ocean-course-at-kiawah-island-sc-usa/) - The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island South Carolina, United States of America The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island is an incomparable playground, appreciated by golfers worldwide who cherish the elusive balance between challenge and the enrichment that comes from being cocooned in nature. Located along the Atlantic Ocean on the south eastern tip of a
- [Kapalua (Plantation) [2000]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/kapalua-the-plantation-course-hi-usa/) - Kapalua - The Plantation Course HI, USA If a Valhalla or a Sahalee or a Hazeltine were to contract a disastrous grass disease two weeks before hosting the PGA Championship, the authors would unreservedly put forward the Plantation Course at Kapalua as the ideal host course on short notice. No rough would need to
- [Inverness Club [2015]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/inverness-club/) - Inverness Club Ohio, United States of America When golf was initially played here in 1903, the course was well removed from Toledo and truly out in the country. Yet, the land with its river valleys, plateaus and unique landforms was so compelling that it made the trolley ride well worth it. Local Bernard Nichols is given credit
- [Hidden Creek (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/hidden-creek-golf-club/) - Roger Hansen Hidden Creek Golf Club NJ. Hidden Creek, Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw, Coore & Crenshaw, Roger Hansen
- [Harbour Town (2020)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/harbour-town-golf-links/) - An iconic venue in both PGA TOUR and architecture circles, Pete Dye's Harbour Town Golf Links is a unique challenge through the gorgeous South Carolian
- [Harrison Hills (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/harrison-hills-in-usa/) - Harrison Hills IN, USA Imagine you are an aspiring architect and are faced with a challenge in your home state: One of the best nine-hole courses in the world has commissioned you to expand its course to 18 holes, with the additional holes to be routed over much less inspired land. Such is the
- [Greenbrier (Old White) [2015]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-old-white/) - The Old White, Greenbrier Resort White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States of America Built in 1913, The Old White was an early design pillar in American golf. As frames of reference, historic Shinnecock Hills, Merion, Oakmont, and Charles Blair Macdonald’s own Chicago Golf Club were but design shells of what they would become. Construction
- [Grand-Mère (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/grand-mere-golf-club-2024/) - A stunning Walter Travis and C.H. Alison design in Shawinigan, Quebec, untouched for nearly 100 years and a true throwback to the Golden Age of golf design.
- [Glens Falls (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/glens-falls-country-club/) - Glens Falls Country Club New York, United States of America Typically, the more events a club hosts (especially if professional players are involved), the worse a golf course becomes. This sad but accurate observation is largely unique to golf. Most other sports arenas receive enhancements in order to stage prestige events but for championship golf countless
- [Garden City (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/garden-city/) - Garden City GC NY, USA There is no other course in the world quite likethe course at Garden City Golf Club. Some first time visitors are tempted to call it a links because of the sandy loam soil, its deep bunkers, and the wind. However, the Atlantic Ocean is a good tenmiles away and if
- [George Wright (2015)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/george-wright-golf-course/) - George Wright Golf Course Massachusetts, United States of America How a city looks out and provides for its people helps define that city’s culture, if not its soul. Providing a beautiful environment for its citizens to enjoy several hours outdoors is a most noble cause with far reaching benefits, both tangible and intangible. With its
- [French Lick (Ross) [2008]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/french-lick-springs/) - French Lick Resort (Ross Course) Indiana, United States of America Though full of the design features that make Golden Age courses a delight to play, the Ross Course at the French Lick Resort also requires stout hitting, as evidenced by the 240 yard fourth hole above. The Donald Ross Course at the French Lick Resort in southern Indiana
- [French Lick (Dye) [2014]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/french-lick-resort-dye-course/) - French Lick Resort (The Pete Dye Course) Indiana, United States of America Pete & Alice Dye’s careers in golf course design started in 1955 in Indiana. For ten years, they worked primarily within the state, from tinkering with the Country Club of Indianapolis, to building a nine hole course now called Royal Oaks, to building
- [Forest Creek (South) [2010]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/forest-creek/) - Forest Creek Golf Club (South Course) North Carolina, United States of America For many Pinehurst conjures up idyllic thoughts and that certainly applies to Terry Brown and his family. Starting in 1948 at the age of one, Terry and his brother Louis traveled from Chicago to visit their grandparents in Pinehurst. His grandfather Charles Louis
- [Forest Creek (North) [2014]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/forest-creek-north-course/) - Forest Creek Golf Club (North Course) North Carolina, USA Tom Fazio’s career path has been the very blue print for success. First, he apprenticed with an accomplished architect (his Uncle George), acquiring valuable expertise in the field working on diverse and premium projects like Butler National, Jupiter Hills and National Golf Club of Canada. Next
- [Fenway (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/fenway-golf-club-2/) - Fenway Golf Club New York, United States of America Is Fenway A.W. Tillinghast's finest design? What! How can that be, you ask? Fenway hasn't hosted the U.S. Open like the Winged Foot or Baltusrol or a Walker Cup like Quaker Ridge or Five Farms. Nor has it the fearsome, worldwide reputation as Bethpage Black. In
- [Farmington (East) [2016]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/farmington-country-club-east-course/) - Farmington Country Club (East Course) Virginia, United States of America Third nines get the short shrift most of the time. They are usually laid over leftover land and generally done by an inferior architect. A handful of notable exceptions exist such as Flynn's Primrose at The Country Club and Simpson's work at Morfontaine but few
- [Erin Hills (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/erin-hills/) - Erin Hills Golf Course, WI, USA Given the mechanics of most people's swings and their twitchy putting, one needs to be a dreamer to play the sport. Surely I will play better tomorrow! No doubt I'll make the three-footer next time when it really matters. Though the expression 'field of dreams' is associated with another sport based on a popular
- [Engineers (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/engineers-country-club/) - Engineers Country Club NY, USA How should golf course architects be judged? By how many great courses they build? Or perhaps by how many courses they build (the theory being more courses equals a greater opportunity for more people to enjoy the game)? How many unique and distinctive holes they create? How they further their
- [Dunes Golf & Beach (2010)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/dunes-golf-beach-club/) - The Dunes Golf Course. Golf in Myrtle Beach SC. Robert Trent Jones Rees Jones. Myrtle Beach SC Golf. The Dunes Golf Course
- [Ekwanok (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/ekwanok-country-club-vt-usa/) - Ekwanok Country Club VT, USA Opened in 1900, Ekwanok Golf Club was the first eighteen hole golf course in the United States that stood favorable comparison with some of the famous courses in the United Kingdom. Up until then, golf course architecture in the United States consisted of the architect merely staking out the placement
- [Eastward Ho! (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/eastward-ho/) - Golf on Cape Cod Eastward Ho!. Herbert Fowler Keith Foster. Eastward Ho! Golf on Cape Cod
- [Dismal River (White) [2016]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/dismal-river-golf-club/) - Dismal River Golf Club (White Course) Nebraska, United States of America For feature rich land the primary challenge of the golf architect comes down to the routing. Get it right – find eighteen engaging holes that utilize the site’s natural attributes in varied ways that are connected via short green-to-tee walks – the world celebrates.
- [Desert Forest (2010)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/desert-forest-golf-club/) - Desert Forest Golf Club Arizona, United States of America Desert Forest was a true outpost when it opened for play in 1962. Surprisingly, it might be even more so today but more on that later! Built 30 miles north of Phoenix in Carefree, Desert Forest is the original desert golf course. It was surrounded by
- [Culver Academies (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/culver-academies/) - Culver Academies Golf Course Indiana, United States of America GolfClubAtlas.com takes immense pride and even joy in this 2016 updated review of arguably the finest nine hole course in North America. When I first visited the course in 2006, that was not the case but because of a first rate restoration in 2013/14 and the
- [Clear Creek Tahoe (2012)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/clear-creek-tahoe/) - Clear Creek Golf in Lake Tahoe. Bill Coore Ben Crenshaw Coore & Crenshaw Jim Taylor. Golf in Lake Tahoe Clear Creek. Clear Creek Golf Club
- [Chechessee Creek (2011)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/chechessee-creek/) - Chechessee Creek Club South Carolina, USA Chechessee Creek Club is a throwback to a time when golf was simpler. Gone are the insipid mounds that plague so many modern coastal South Carolina courses. Gone are the long green to tee hikes that make riding a golf cart a foregone conclusion. Gone is sacrificing sound course
- [Cruden Bay (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cruden1/) - Cruden Bay Golf Club Aberdeenshire, Scotland After World War II, many architects started to use a 'formula' for designing their courses, based to a degree on their perception of Augusta National. For example, the course should be a par 72, evenly divided so that each side consists of five par fours, two par threes and
- [Charlotte (2010)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/charlotte/) - North Carolina, USA Green Keeper John Szklinski After moving from Scotland to the United States at the turn of the last century, Donald Ross spent nearly a third of his time in the state of North Carolina until his death in 1948. Wider than tall, this southern state offered diverse palettes that enabled him to create three
- [Canterbury (2012)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/canterbury-2/) - Canterbury Golf Club Golf in Cleveland. Herbert Strong. Bruce Hepner. Canterbury Golf Club Cleveland.
- [Camargo (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/camargo/) - Camargo OH, USA What golf course has the best collection of one shot holes? Harbour Town is often bated around for such distinction but it lacks the key element of variety. For holes of various lengths that ask for a full range of shots, Cypress Point, Royal Melbourne (West), Shinnecock Hills, Merion and Pine Valley
- [Cabot Highlands (Castle Stuart) [2016]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/castle-stuart-golf-links-2/) - Castle Stuart Golf Links Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom Golf courses don't exist in a vacuum. They are part of a club, a resort, a municipality or some organization. Their creation is usually high-minded and purposeful but those founding principles are often diluted if not abandoned over time. Sometimes the course is created for a lesser
- [Calgary (2023)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/calgary-2023/) - A highlight tour of Willie Park Jr.'s Calgary Golf & Country Club situated on the banks of the Elbow River in downtown Calgary.
- [Cabot Cape Breton (Links) [2013]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cabot-links/) - Cabot Links Nova Scotia, Canada When Mike Keiser started poking around for land near a large body of water in the early 1990s, his friends chided him. When he settled on a parcel along the Oregon coast, his colleagues advised against such folly. Twenty years on Keiser’s name is associated with as many world top
- [Bandon Dunes (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/bandon-dunes-or-usa/) - Bandon Dunes OR, USA Bandon Dunes is synonymous today with the world's best golf resort. The original course is now complimented by two additional courses (with a fourth on the way), but it remains the impetus for the resort's immense popularity. Given the strength of the subsequent courses at the resort, Bandon has faded only
- [Cabot Citrus Farms (Roost) [2025]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cabot-citrus-farms-roost-2025/) - A collaboration between Mike Nuzzo, Kyle Franz, Rod Whitman, & architecture consultant (and GCA's own) Ran Morrissett, The Roost is a sophisticated old-world Florida golf course.
- [Broomsedge (2024)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/broomsedge-2024/) - The new Mike Koprowski & Kyle Franz design located just outside Columbia, South Carolina opened for preview play in October 2024 is already making waves.
- [Blue Mound (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/blue-mound-golf-country-club/) - Blue Mound Golf & Country Club, WI, USA How should a golf architect be judged? Is it how well he works with superlative land? Or is it more instructive to see how he handles prosaic property? It turns out that talent is measured and revealed in both situations. Of course, most properties aren’t located in
- [Black Creek (2003)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/black-creek/) - Black Creek Club Tennessee, United States of America After a game, sitting on the porch overlooking the ninth and eighteenth greens, the conversation with Seth Raynor fans invariably turns toward comparing Black Creek with Raynor's own work. What would Raynor think of this new course, where Brian Silva and the founding members were inspired by Raynor's design
- [Bandon Trails (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/bandon-trails/) - Coore & Crenshaw Bandon Trails Oregon. Golf in Oregon. Bandon Trails Golf Course.Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw Mike Keiser.
- [Beverly [2017]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/beverly-country-club/) - Beverly Country Club Illinois, United States of America Written in August, 2019, you might as well ignore this course profile. Why? Because as we take it 'live,' Beverly Country Club is closed for ten months for the final leg of a restoration project that began in the late 1990s. Throughout each stage, the course has
- [Huntercombe (2012)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/huntercombe-golf-club/) - Huntercombe Golf Club Henley-on-Thames, ENGLAND At the turn of the twentieth century only coastal courses incorporated features that were both natural in appearance and attractive to the golfer. Though great strides had been made at places like Royal Worlington & Newmarket and Woking, man generally struggled to make inland golf anywhere near as engaging to play as
- [Monterey Peninsula (Dunes) [2007]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/monterey-peninsula-dunes/) - Dunes Course at Monterey Peninsula started by Seth Raynor and completed by Rees Jones
- [Southern Pines (2022)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/southern-pines-golf-club-nc-usa/) - Donald Ross Elks Course in Southern Pines North Carolina. Southnern Pines North Carolina Golf.Donald Ross Southern Pines Golf Course
- [Sutton Bay (Original) [2002]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/sutton-bay-sd-usa/) - Golf in South Dakota Sutton Bay Graham Marsh Mark Amundson. Sutton Bay Golf in South Dakota USA Golf
- [Taconic (2005)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/taconic-golf-club-ma-usa/) - Taconic Golf Club Massachusetts, United States of America 'medio tutissimus ibis' Many a visitor innocently remarks after his first round at Taconic, 'My goodness, where has this Ross gem been hiding?' Located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Taconic never fails to impress the first time visitor. The only surprise is learning that Donald Ross had nothing to
- [The Country Club, MA (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-country-club-brookline-ma-usa/) - The Country Club Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America The Country Club enjoys a glorious place at the heart of golf’s development in America. In 1882, it became the first club formed in America for the pursuit of outdoor activities. In 1894, it was one of five charter clubs that formed the Amateur Golf Association
- [Wilmington (2003)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/wilmington-golf-course-nc-usa/) - Wilmington Golf Course NC, USA Green Keeper: Greg Cross Starting with St. Andrews, the local municipal course has historically provided fun and challenge for the people in its township. Of course, some townships are luckier than others and one of the luckiest of all are the people who live in the city of Wilmington, North
- [Oakmont (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/oakmont/) - Oakmont Country Club. William Fownes Henry Fownes
- [Pacific Dunes (2003)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pacific-dunes/) - Pacific Dunes OR, USA Green Keeper: Jeff Sutherland Please note: The Bandon Resortis a year around golf destination. The photographs below in color were largely taken during the summer months while the photographs in black& white were taken in winter. Remarkably, the courses play equally well at the various times andduring the different prevailing winds.
- [Yale University Golf Course (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/yale-university-golf-course-ct-usa/) - Yale University Golf Course design by Seth Raynor. Golf Course at Yale University.
- [Yeamans Hall (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/yeamans-hall-club-sc-usa/) - The ongoing transformation of Yeamans Hall at Charleston that commenced in the late 1980s and continues to this day is one of the most remarkable ones in golf.
- [Pine Needles (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pine-needles/) - Donald Ross Golf Course design Pine Needles Golf in Pinehurst NC
- [Pine Valley (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pine-valley-golf-club/) - Pine Valley Golf Club New Jersey, United States of America Pine Valley has long attracted superlatives. It is continually judged as the finest course in the world in large part because many would argue that a) it possesses more world class holes than any other course, b) the finest eighteen green complexes of any course,
- [Piping Rock (2005)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/piping-rock/) - Piping Rock Club NY, USA How could Charles Blair Macdonald remain mad at such a club? Honestly! To play the course today, one can only think of the great pride thatany architect would take in such a course. However, notMacdonald. Ever the perfectionist, he wanted the complete run of the 340 acres for his beloved
- [Paraparaumu Beach (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/paraparaumu-beach/) - Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand Surprisingly, New Zealand has only a few world class courses for a country blessed with so many natural wonders that include miles of unspoiled coastline, clear blue lakes, snow-capped mountains, pockets of sandy soil and rolling valleys. Julian Robertson has helped change this in recent times by building the clifftop Kauri Cliffs and
- [Wairakei (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/wairakei/) - Wairakei International Golf Course Lake Taupo, New Zealand When the cornerstone World Atlas of Golf was published in 1977, two courses from New Zealand were featured. One was Wairakei and the other was Paraparaumu Beach some two hours south and west. The two couldn't be more different and they highlight the beautiful country's diverse landscape. Whereas
- [Humewood (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/humewood-golf-club-eastern-cape-south-africa/) - Humewood Golf Club, Golf in South Africa, Major S. V. Hotchkin
- [Elie, The Golf House (2022)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/elie-the-golf-house-club/) - Elie, The Golf House Club SCOTLAND Certain playing characteristics define links golf. Fast running fescue fairways, the need to judge the pitch and run of the ball, handling awkward stances, and learning to flight the ball in shifting winds head the list. Elie, located ten miles south of St. Andrews, is one links that does
- [Royal Liverpool (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royal-liverpool/) - Royal Liverpool Golf Club England. Golf in England. Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Harry Colt, Dowie, Fred Hawtree, Donald Steel
- [Plainfield (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/plainfield/) - Donald Ross Design Plainfield Country Club. Gil Hanse. Plainfield Country Club Donald Ross
- [Highlands (2001)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/highlands-nc-pg-ii/) - Highlands Country Club North Carolina, USA As for Highlands Country Club, the challenge is distinctly different from that at Roaring Gap. Most noticably, it is a tighter driving course. Only a rifle straight drive will suffice on holes like the 1st, 7th and 9th, in part because of out of bounds as defined for homes
- [Prairie Dunes (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/prairie-dunes/) - Prairie Dunes Perry Maxwell Press Maxwell. Golf at Prarie Dunes
- [Saint Louis (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/saint-louis-cc/) - Golf Saint Louis Country Club Charles Blair Macdonald as architect and Seth Raynor as construction supervisor
- [Salem (2001)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/salem/) - Salem Country Club MA, USA The US Senior Open will be contested at Salem County Club in July, 2001. Much will be made of the ideal rolling New England terrain and the wonderful set of greens. Everyone will marvel at how Donald Ross created a perfect members course to play weekly and yet challenging enough
- [Sand Hills (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/sand-hills/) - Sand Hills Golf Club NE, USA Green Keeper: Justin White Steeped in history, The Old Course at St. Andrews has a spirtual hold unlike any other, with golfers leaving there more reinvigorated than ever by the joys of the game of golf. For many, the course in the United States that offers a similar reconnectionto
- [Durban (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/durban-country-club-2/) - Golf in South Africa Durban Country Club South Africa Golf 1918 South African Golf Open Royal Durban
- [Cape Kidnappers (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cape-kidnappers/) - Renaissance Golf Design Cape Kidnappers. Tom Doak Julian Robertson. Cape Kidnappers New Zealand Golf
- [Kauri Cliffs (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/kauri-cliffs/) - Kauri Cliffs Golf Course Golf in New Zealand. New Zealand Golf. Juila Robertson David Harman.
- [Fano Golf Links (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/fano-golf-links/) - Fano Golf Lines Golf in Denmark Club Manager Lassen. Robert Dunlop. Fano Golf.
- [Falsterbo Golfklubb (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/falsterbo-golfklubb/) - Golf in Sweden Falsterbo Golf Club Peter Chamberlain Peter Nordwall
- [Hamburger (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/hamburger-golf-club/) - Harry Colt Hamburger Golf Course. Historian Christoph Meister. Falkenstein Golf Course. Germany Golf Course Hamburger Golf Course
- [Royal Hague (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royal-hague/) - Koninklijke Haagsche The Hague, Netherlands A famous chef once remarked that 'Mother Nature is the true artist.' The better the ingredients, the better the meal. Yet it is how the chef mixes the fresh produce, how he develops and accentuates flavors that creates a culinary experience. Similarly with golf course architecture, the better the landscape,
- [Pinehurst (No. 2) [2014]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pinehurst-no-2-2/) - Pinehurst No. 2 North Carolina, USA The design of The Old Course at St. Andrews is exemplary on many levels. Most importantly, it possesses a slew of world class holes that few courses match while remaining fun for a wide range of players. No wonder Charles Blair Macdonald routinely copied more holes from this course than
- [Royal St. David's (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royal-st-davids-golf-club/) - Royal St. David’s Golf Club Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom The itinerant golfer who makes Harlech his destination will discover that while Wales is just a short jaunt from the major termini of Britain and Ireland it is an alien enchanted land. The road signage is in Welsh, an ancient language, quite alive if not
- [Fraserburgh (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/fraserburgh-golf-club/) - Fraserburgh Golf Club Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Is Fraserburgh a great minor links or is it a minor great links? The answer depends largely upon your perspective of the game and what you hope to gain from it. A bomber that carries the ball 290 yards might find that the 6,310 yard, par 70 course
- [Reddish Vale (2015)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/reddish-vale-golf-club/) - Reddish Vale Golf Club Cheshire, England, United Kingdom How artists begin their careers is as varied as the works they produce. Some like Mozart and Orson Wells commence with a bang and never look back while others including Monet and Raymond Chandler dabble here and there before finding their voice. After a round at Reddish Vale, Alister MacKenzie’s third eighteen hole
- [Prestwick (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/prestwick-golf-club/) - Prestwick Golf Club; Old Tom Morris; Charles Hunter; The Open Championship
- [Trump International Golf Links (2013)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/trump-international-golf-links/) - Trump International Golf Links Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom The dynamics of building a course on great land has changed even more than the game itself over the past two centuries. Enormous hurdles must be overcome so it is a cause for celebration when a great course on great land gets built successfully. Originally, linksland was perceived as having
- [Pitlochry (2015)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pitlochry-golf-club/) - Pitlochry Golf Club Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom This course profile is a little different. We aren't going to bang on much about specific holes or particular bunkers. Indeed, not a single photograph of the course's most famous hole is included. If you want to see the sixteenth (a postcard perfect downhill one shotter ringed with trouble), you
- [Tara Iti (2015)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/tara-iti/) - Tara Iti Golf Club North Island, NEW ZEALAND Imagine the thrill that golfers received when Pebble Beach opened in the 1910s, Cypress Point in the 1920s and Kawana in the 1930s. Here was superior architecture laid along and sometimes over the shoreline. As populations expanded, environmental concerns did too and rules and regulations arose. Decades went
- [The Country Club, OH (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-country-club/) - The Country Club Pepper Pike, OH, USA Green Keeper: Brian Mabie The solution to this problem came in an offer from the Van Sweringen brothers, assemblers of a railroad empire and creators of the community of Shaker Heights. In 1928, the brothers proposed that the Club relocate to their new Pepper Pike development with
- [Isle of Harris (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/isle-of-harris-golf-club/) - The Isle of Harris Golf Club Scarista, Outer Hebrides, Scotland United Kingdom Man should not be without golf. That happy sentiment was held by the locals who built nine holes here around 1920. They had the permission of Lord Leverhume (William Hesketh Lever), who had purchased the isles of Harris and Lewis in the early 1900s. This
- [Goswick (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/goswick-golf-club/) - Goswick Golf Club Berwick-upon-Tweed, England United Kingdom Who would dare argue with the charm of playing out and returning back to town? The Old Course at St. Andrews and North Berwick have long been the template for such a delightful journey. And yet ... when you start and end in town, it's unlikely that the opening
- [Forsgate (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/forsgate-country-club/) - Forsgate Country Club Monroe Township, New Jersey United States of America Most commonly Scottish immigrants helped translate the game to North America as golf professionals and in that role imparted the essence of the game and how it was played. Some were proficient at club making, others taught, and a few became household names in course design.
- [Moraine (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/moraine-country-club/) - Moraine Country Club Kettering, Ohio United States of America In the fall of 2016, the golf world is a very exciting place. Exquisite work is being performed around the world to restore gems from the Golden Age of golf design. Coupled with improvements in agronomy, many of the world's finest courses are the best they have
- [Wykagyl (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/wykagyl-country-club/) - Wykagyl Country Club New Rochelle, New York United States of America The expression 'too many chefs in the kitchen' is one that applies all too frequently to golf design. Typically, the more people that work on a course, the more of a hodge-podge the design becomes with different styles competing for attention. Happily, Wykagyl Country
- [Naruo (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/naruo-golf-club/) - Naruo Golf Club Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan In the days of the Golden Age of Architecture many of the master architects did their finest work near their homes: Donald Ross in North Carolina and Massachuesetts, George Thomas in southern California, C.B. Macdonald near New York, Harry Colt in England, Perry Maxwell on the midwestern plains, A.W.
- [Whistling Rock (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/whistling-rock-country-club/) - Whistling Rock Country Club Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea Part of the game’s lasting allure is the diversity of its playing fields. No two properties are identical and so no two courses are the same. Similarly, no two countries are culturally exactly alike. Many share similar beliefs toward family, work and relaxation but there are always variations
- [Keswick (Full Cry) [2018]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/full-cry-at-keswick-golf-club/) - Full Cry at Keswick Golf Club Virginia, United States of America Pete Dye's career is one for the record books. He has built holes in seven (!) different decades and his designs from the 1960s and 70s (The Golf Club, Harbour Town, Casa de Campo) have stood the test of time and are mainstays on
- [St. Enodoc (Church) [2017]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/st-enodoc-golf-club/) - St. Enodoc Golf Club (Church Course) Rock, Cornwall, England United Kingdom Why is England the author’s favorite country for golf? From a historical perspective, golf course architecture began here. When the game moved inland to be near people’s homes, the most intelligent, thoughtful work to render inland properties appealing to golf occurred first in England.
- [The Cradle & Thistle Dhu (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-cradle-thistle-dhu/) - The Cradle & Thistle Dhu Pinehurst, North Carolina United States of America There's a romantic notion that golf began in Pinehurst in 1900 when a young Scottish immigrant named Donald Ross came to town and started tinkering with the sandy soil. Yet, there is a rich history that predates Mr. Ross that is often overlooked.
- [Teelal - Golf Saïdia (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/teelal-golf-saidia/) - Teelal - Golf Saïdia Morocco Geoff Shackelford's The Good Doctor Returns is a delightful read about the return of Alister MacKenzie and his take on the game. It is fiction, not only because MacKenzie has not arisen nor if he had, would he be given a chance to work in California's low coastal dunes. If ever there
- [Stoatin Brae (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/stoatin-brae/) - Stoatin Brae Michigan, United States of America Family stories hold their own unique appeal. Old and Young Tom Morris and the Park family from Musselburgh did much to shape the golf's early history and ultimately, the sport's direction. In America, William Fownes carried on what his father began at Oakmont, where they converted Pennsylvania farmland
- [Minchinhampton (Old) [2016]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/minchinhampton-golf-club-old-course/) - Minchinhampton Golf Club - Old Course United Kingdom Some clubs take delight in sequestering themselves from the masses. With few exceptions, the author finds such efforts ring hollow. If a golf course doesn't feel a part of its greater surrounds, then a sense of artificiality (or even worse, preciousness) likely will prevail. In terms of
- [Scottsdale National (Other & Bad Little Nine) [2019]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/scottsdale-national-golf-club/) - Scottsdale National Golf Club Arizona, United States of America Few people build a golf course. Therefore, few go through the process of hiring an architect and yet, imagining what the primary considerations are is not difficult. Two obvious ones are knowing that money will be well spent and that people will appreciate the result. Vital
- [White Bear Yacht Club (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/white-bear-yacht-club/) - White Bear Yacht Club Minnesota, United States of America What defines a great course? Its greens, where you likely take a third or more of your shots? How about the fairways, where the majority of a round is spent? Hard to say. First, most architects don't build great greens. Second, sites blessed with interesting land
- [Winged Foot (West) [2002]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/winged-foot-west/) - Winged Foot Golf Club (West), NY, USA Historically, Winged Foot’s West Course has been the most difficult venue for the U.S. Open. The course has hosted the national championship five times with a sixth coming in 2020, yet only two players have ever broken par over four rounds (Fuzzy Zoeller and Greg Norman at -4
- [West Bend (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/west-bend-country-club/) - West Bend Country Club Wisconsin, United States of America Golden Age clubs don't get to select their history. The architect is predetermined as is how the club treated his work over the first century. All any club can do today is act as the best possible custodian for their course. Take a look at West
- [Dormie Club (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/dormie-club/) - Dormie Club North Carolina, United States of America Please note: all photographs in this profile were taken between November and February. While North American clay-based courses labor to provide good golf in that time frame, the Sandhills of North Carolina thrives, especially at places like Dormie that don't overseed. The concept of lay of the
- [Kahuku (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/kahuku-golf-course/) - Kahuku Golf Course Hawaii, United States of America One of the charms of Scottish golf is how in so many towns the golf course occupies, both literally and figuratively, the town’s heart. The golf courses are often so much a part of that town that it is beyond challenging to imagine what that town would
- [Hope Island (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/hopeisland1/) - The Links at Hope Island Queensland, Australia Peter Thomson and his partners Michael Wolveridge and Ross Perrett were paid the ultimate compliment soon after Hope Island opened in 1993. They were told how lucky they were to have been given such a perfect piece of links land over which to lay the course. Nothing could
- [Kennemer (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/kennemer1/) - Kennemer Golf & Country Club Zandvoort, Netherlands During the Golden Age in golf course architecture, many of the same master architects that worked in the United Kingdom came across the English Channel to Continental Europe. Two in particular were Tom Simpson and Harry Colt. They divided Paris rather equally but further north, Colt's work dominates
- [Notts (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/notts1/) - Notts Golf Club Nottinghamshire, England The year 1901 was surely a grand one for Willie Park Junior in that three of his most heralded courses opened: The Old Course at Sunningdale, his beloved Huntercombe and in November, the Hollinwell course in Nottinghamshire. Few architects have three such outstanding courses to their entire resume, let alone the same year!
- [Brora (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/brora000137/) - Brora Golf Club Sutherland, Scotland These days golf has become such a production -- from building the course and clubhouse to the inane ceremony of having someone take your clubs from the car, arrange a cart and point you in the direction of the practice tee. Golf need not be so complicated and done properly is a
- [Kilspindie (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/kilspindie000140/) - Kilspindie Golf Club East Lothian, Scotland Kilspindie Golf Club, tucked away in that golfing corner known as East Lothian, offers great insight into the evolution of the game. Golf has been played at Kilspindie since the late 1890s courtesy of designs by Ben Sayer of North Berwick and Musselburgh's Willie Park Jr.. Several holes have been altered but
- [Pulpit Club (Paintbrush & Pulpit) [2003]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/devils-paintbrush/) - Devil's Paintbrush & Pulpit Ontario, Canada The authors enjoy comparing the relative merits of one golf course to another. Through such a spirited discussion, much can be gleaned. Our favorite way to compare courses of similar merit is to do a match play competition, i.e., the first hole to the first, the second to the
- [Fishers Island (2008)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/fishers-island-club/) - Fishers Island Club NY. Golf in New York. Seth raynor Gil Hanse Golf.
- [Lookout Mountain (2005)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/lookout-mountain/) - Lookout Mountain Golf Club Georgia, United States of America The revival of Lookout Mountain Golf Club is a story very much worth understanding. Seth Raynor was at the height of his considerable powers when he passed away in 1927 at 50 years of age. He had projects across the United States, literally. From Hawaii to
- [Grandfather (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/grandfather-golf-country-club-nc-usa/) - Golf in North Carolina Mountains. Grandfather Mountain Golf. Ellis Maples North Carolina Golf Design
- [Holston Hills (2014)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/holston-hills-country-club/) - Holston Hills Country Club Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America Greens Keeper: Ryan Blair Located just east of Knoxville near the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, Holston Hills is as well a preserved Donald Ross course as can be found. Built in 1927, Holston Hills immediately was recognized as the finest course in the state
- [Hollywood (2022)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/hollywood-golf-club/) - Hollywood Golf Club New Jersey, United States of America (Please note: GolfClubAtlas thanks Benjamin Herms for the use of his photographs throughout this profile. Please visit bhgolfphoto.com) Since his 1899 collaboration with James Duncan at Ekwanok Country Club in Vermont, Walter Travis's imagination was captivated by golf course architecture. However, his sterling amateur playing career (United
- [Inniscrone (2001)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/inniscrone-golf-club/) - Inniscrone Golf Club Pennsylvania, United States of America Philadelphia is the United States' answer to Melbourne and London, boasting more than its share of top-notch golf while at the same time having its own brand of architecture. While each city has its dominant architect (Melbourne - Alister MacKenzie; London - Harry Colt; Philadelphia - William
- [May River (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/may-river-golf-club/) - Jack Nicklaus Design May River Inn at Palmetto Bluff. Jack Nicklaus Gofl Course Design. Inn at Palmetto Bluff May River.
- [Skokie (2001)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/skokie-country-club-il-usa/) - Skokie Country Club IL, USA Green Keeper: Don Cross Such is the timeless charm and appeal that Skokie possesses today that onewould imagine that littleever happened tothe coursesince its original inception. And yet, nothing could be further from the truth! The first version of the coursewas built by the membersjust before the turn of the
- [Black Mesa (2005)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/black-mesa/) - Black Mesa Golf Club New Mexico, United States of America Green Keeper: Pat Brockwell There is much to be thankful for in modern architecture. Travel and money are such that courses are being built on remote properties that possess great natural golfing qualities. Sand Hills Golf Club was not practical fifty years ago. Irrigation and
- [Winged Foot (East)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/winged-foot-golf-club-east/) - Winged Foot Golf Club (East) New York, USA October, 2016 Similar to Riviera, Winged Foot should be at the top of any young architect’s list of courses to study, for there is really no reason a course of similar caliber cannot be built anywhere in the world. The site is relatively flat and tight—Winged Foot’s
- [Cape Arundel (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cape-arundel-golf-club/) - Cape Arundel Golf Club Maine, United States of America What matters the most to you in a golf course? The key word is you. Don’t mind what the magazines say or what television blares out. What brings you the most enjoyment and satisfaction? For the author, the answer is simple, though less easy to obtain.
- [Ardfin (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/ardfin-golf-course/) - Ardfin Golf Course Isle of Jura, Scotland United Kingdom Animal Farm was not written by George Orwell on Jura, which is ironic in that Jura translates from an Old Norse word loosely meaning wild animal. Orwell went to the northeast coast of Jura after World War II to write 1984. Orwell's cautionary tale might well
- [Cedar Rapids (2019)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cedar-rapids-country-club/) - Cedar Rapids Country Club Iowa, United States of America More has been written about Donald Ross than any architect living or dead. Ignore the plethora of kind remarks; it's more remarkable that less criticism has been leveled at him than any architect in history. Why is that? The answer is multi-faceted but one reason is
- [Ballybunion (Old) [2019]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/ballybunion-golf-club-old-course/) - Ballybunion Golf Club (Old Course) County Kerry, IRELAND Some courses gain fame by association with an architect or by hosting grand events. Ballybunion gained it the old fashioned way: by being awesome. Like The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, the members deserve credit for much of the course’s backbone with a master architect eventually adding
- [Shoreacres (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/shoreacres-il-usa/) - Shoreacres IL, USA Green Keeper: Tim Davis Once upon a time, on a beautiful piece of property along the shore of Lake Michigan... If this sounds like the beginning of a storybook tale from a bygone era, that's because it is. To complete the tale, the year was 1918, the piece of property was in
- [Huntingdon Valley (2003)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/huntingdon-valley/) - Huntingdon Valley PA, USA For no good reason, William Flynn has become the most underrated architect in the game's history. Now that it has become fashionable to sing the praises of Seth Raynor (and well-deserved the praises are), Flynn is mysteriously overlooked in discussions of the noteworthy designers. As anyone who is fortunate enough
- [Essex County Club (2020)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/essex-county-club/) - Essex County Club MA, USA Green Keeper: Eric Richardson No secret why Essex County turned out so well - Donald Ross lived on the course from 1909 through 1913 and worked on it constantly. As a result, the course at Manchester-by-the-Sea features many of Ross's design traits that are now recognized as distinguishing his finest
- [Delaware Springs (2002)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/delaware-springs/) - Delaware Springs TX, USA Why do we feel an obligation to categorize golf courses - from 'resort' courses to 'daily-fee' layouts to 'nine-hole' courses to 'mountain' designs, etc. Such statements do the course in question harm, as they suggest that the course merits consideration only in that particular genre (e.g., that a 'good resort
- [Four Seasons Carmelo (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/four-seasons-carmelo-uruguay/) - Four Seasons Carmelo Uruguay Green Keeper: Ricardo Meglonio The beauty of a resort with less than fifty bungalows and suites is that the guest is assured of a tranquil environment. Of course, few such size resorts offer golf. After all, even if the resort is full, the golf course would be more than half empty.
- [Walnut Lane (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/walnut-lane/) - Walnut Lane PA, USA 'A good course will make you use every club in your bag.' This expression has been repeated so often it has become a cliche, but its general premise still rings true: A complete course will test every aspect of a player's game. Where, then, do you find such courses? Are they
- [The Carthage Club (1999)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/the-carthage-club/) - The Carthage Club NC, USA The land in the Sandhills region of North Carolina hasn't even been purchased yet for The Carthage Club. However, we can already visualise the course, land permitting. It will be built quickly, given little land will be moved. There will be two sets of tees. The yardage for the front will
- [Woking (2011)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/woking1/) - Golf in England. Woking Golf Club. Stuart Paton, John Low, Tom Simpson Bernard Darwin. Woking Golf Club England
- [Wallasey Golf Club (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/wallasey000274/) - Wallasey Golf Club Wirral, England What are the attributes that make a great routing? The short answer is that a great routing yields the best sequence of holes from the property, capturing many of the property's most appealing features. By doing so,the holes themselves and their pacing throughout the roundre main unique unto that particular
- [Silloth on Solway (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/silloth1/) - Silloth on Solway Golf Club Cumbria, England Established in 1892, Silloth on Solway originally opened as a par of 4,750 yards. Though many of the original playing corridors are still in use, the initial holes laid out by David Grant do not bear much resemblance to today's course. For instance, the first two holes occupied
- [Royal Worlington & Newmarket (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/rwn/) - Royal Worlington & Newmarket Suffolk, England "The best nine-hole course in the world" hardly does Royal Worlington & Newmarket justice. While accurate, it is as misleading as calling Saville Row "a fine place for English tailored clothing." For Royal Worlington stands on its own among the world's finest, needing no qualifiers. If it weren't for its small
- [Royal Cinque Ports (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/deal1/) - Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Kent, England One reason why golf is such an endlessly fascinating game is that the venue changes, unlike many other sports. Some golf courses that are even in close physical proximity still have totally different features and playing characteristics. Take Shinnecock Hills and Maidstone on Long Island in the United
- [Royal Ashdown Forest (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/royalashdown1/) - Royal Ashdown Forest East Sussex, England What is the most natural course in the world? Some people cite St. Andrews as the course which has evolved over several centuries and owes less to the hand of an architect than any other course. The old story is that the sheep huddling against the wind formed the
- [The Addington (2003)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/addington1/) - The Addington Golf Club Surrey, England What do National Golf Links of America, Royal County Down and Royal Melbourne West have in common? How about Merion,Pacific Dunes and The Old Course at St. Andrews? Or Sand Hills, Pine Valley and Royal St. George's? Oakmont, Friar's Head and Riviera? They are all great golf courses, the
- [Royal Zoute (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/zoute1/) - Royal Zoute Golf Club Knokke-Heist, Belgium Given Belgium's coastline along the English Channel as well as its proximity to London from which so many great golf architects emanated,it is not a surprise that Royal Zoute Golf Club enjoys one of Europe's richest golf histories. Around the turn of the twentieth century, British residents played golf
- [Tralee (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/tralee000198/) - Arold Palmer Design Golf Courses. Arnold Palmer Design Tralee Golf Course.
- [The European Club (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/european000124/) - The European Club Brittas Bay, Ireland A golf course is generally the result of a combination of efforts from the developer, the architect, his crew and the superintendent through to the usual army of investors, bankers, and lawyers. The European Club is fortunate not to have pandered to so many mixed interests; rather, it is
- [Nirwana Bali (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/nirwana-bali/) - Greg Norman design team headed by Bob Harrison built Nirwana Bali Golf Course located forty minutes from Denpesar Airport on the south west side of Bali island.
- [Newcastle (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/newcastle000110/) - Newcastle Golf Club New South Wales, Australia Newcastle Golf Club is one of the hidden gems in world golf, a two hour car drive north of Sydney on the east coast of Australia. It has an ingredient common to many great courses: it is unique and reminds one of no other course. In keeping with
- [Redtail (2005)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/redtail1/) - Redtail Golf Course Ontario, Canada In 1988, after months of searching, John Drake and Chris Goodwin finally located an ideal block of land one mile from Lake Erie on which to build their long time dream course. The desired solitude needed to create a true retreat was here in spades. As a testimony to that
- [Mid Ocean Club (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/midocean/) - Mid Ocean Club, Tucker Town Bermuda, Charles Blair Macdonald, Tom Doak, Seth Raynor
- [Craighead Links (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/craighead1/) - Craighead Links at Crail Golfing Society Fife, Scotland When the decision was made to build a second course on the acreage beside the Balcomie golf course at Crail (the seventh oldest golf club in Scotland), the question remained who should design it. Located twenty minutes in a car from the university town of St. Andrews, the
- [Country Club of Fairfield (2012)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/country-club-of-fairfield/) - Country Club of Fairfield CT, USA Green Keeper: David Koziol The game of golf in America is in dire straits. As opposed to a relatively inexpensive pursuit that is played in under three hours in the United Kingdom, the game in this country has devolved into an all day affair. Compounding the problem are the
- [Country Club of Charleston (2016)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/country-club-of-charleston/) - Country Club of Charleston SC, USA This is not the first Seth Raynor course profiled on this site, nor will it be the last. Though it is one of his less heralded designs, we maintain that is the case simply because of the subdued land rather than Raynor's own design effort. Indeed, there are several
- [Charles River (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/charles-river/) - Charles River Country Club MA, USA Every architect talks about letting the land dictate the placement of the holes and getting the most fromthe site. Ironically, these same architects then ruthlessly stamp outone golf course after another with balanced sides, each having two par threes and two par fives with the rest par fours. How
- [Campo de golf del Parador de El Saler (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/campo-de-golf-del-parador-de-el-saler/) - Campo de Golf del Parador de El Saler Spain Golf evolved differently around the world and each nation featured its own set of protagonists as well as land and soil unique to that region. In Spain, the man who did the most to shape the game was Javier Arana. His early interactions with Harry Colt
- [Cabo del Sol (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/cabodelsol2/) - Jack Nicklaus Golf Course Design. Cabo Del Sol Golf Course. Nicklaus Design Group
- [Broadmoor (2006)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/broadmoor-in/) - Broadmoor Country Club IN, USA Donald Ross has been called the first superstar of American golf. In fact, his work is so popluar that his courses often times play host toimportant golfevents in the middle and eastern portions of the United States. An unfortunateadjunct is that some of his finest designs including Oakland Hills, Scioto,
- [Boca Rio (2004)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/boca-rio/) - Boca Rio Golf Club FL, USA Green Keeper: Robert Randquist Like Scotland, coastal Florida possesses two essential ingredients for great golf: sandy soil and wind. Unfortunately, unlike Scotland, it possesses relatively mundane topography. There are exceptions such as Seminole Golf Club where Ross's brilliant routing makes the most of the high ridges that form the
- [Blackwolf Run (River) [2002]](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/blackwolf-run-river/) - Blackwolf Run (River) WI, USA Resort course were once looked upon with indifference by the student of course design - they were average courses with one or two postcard holes with the others sandwiched between condominiums. Around 1982 with the creation of the TPC Course at Sawgrass, a number of world class courses (the words
- [Black Rock (2009)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/black-rock/) - Black Rock Country Club MA, USA Green Keeper: Chuck Welch Owners like their prospective architect(s) to tour the property once and swiftly proclaim it ideally suited to golf and that a world top one hundred course can be built here. Architects happily oblige, uttering the time honored cliche that 'God intended this to be a
- [Beechtree (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/beechtree/) - Beechtree Golf Course MD, USA R.I.P. - The course was closed on November 7th, 2008 and the property was sold and converted into a housing development. Firm playing conditions have long played a major role in making golf in the United Kingdomsuch a joy. Watching a white golf ball bumble along the ground for 20 or 30 or even 70
- [Barwon Heads (2000)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/barwonheads000195/) - Barwon Heads Victoria, Australia Certain courses conjure images of specific countries. Mention heathland and the golfer thinks of England. Mention parkland and the golfer thinks of the tree-lined fairways in the United States. Mention links and the golfer's mind wanders to the home of golf. While justified, these connections are not meant to be conclusive.
- [Barnbougle Dunes (2018)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/barnbougle-dunes/) - Barnbougle Dunes Tasmania, AUSTRALIA Golf's most cherished form is played on linksland, where the game originated. Its combination of fast running turf, sandy soils and wind-shaped terrain is irresistible. Yet, the opportunity to work with such land is rare and most modern architects must content themselves with the ersatz, faux links. In Tom Doak's portfolio
- [Ballyneal (2007)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/ballyneal/) - Ballyneal Golf and Hunt Club COLORADO, USA Head Golf Professional: Matt Payne Green Keeper: Dave Hensley Golfers who grew up watching the Open on television in the mid 1970s through the mid 1990s were nearly always in for a treat. There was the epic Watson vs. Nicklaus at Turnberry which was just the start of
- [Ballyhack (2017)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/ballyhack/) - Ballyhack Golf Course Virigina. Golf in Virginia. Lester George Bill Kubly.
- [Apache Stronghold (1999)](https://golfclubatlas.com/countries/apache-stronghold/) - Apache Stronghold Arizona, USA People often consider the phrases 'desert golf' and 'natural golf' to be mutually exclusive. Mention the former and they will think of PGA West with its 20-foot deep bunkers and island green. Mention the latter and they their minds flash to Sand Hills, where only the barest amount of land

## Fusion Elements

- [Recent Course Profiles](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/recent-course-profiles/)
- [WORKING ARTICLE DISPLAY](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/working-article-display/)
- [147 Custodians Element](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/147-custodians-element/)
- [Recent Post Template 2024](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/recent-post-template-2024/)
- [Recent Posts Template](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/recent-posts-template/)
- [Opinion Piece 2024](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/opinion-piece-2024/)
- [Youtube/Apple/Spotify Container](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/youtube-apple-spotify-container/)
- [Podcast Launch Container](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/podcast-launch-container/)
- [Header Image Podcast](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/header-image-podcast/)
- [Header Image](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/header-image/)
- [Architecture Post Card 2100](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/architecture-post-card-2100/)
- [147 Page Text](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/147-page-text/)
- [Peter McKnight Saucon GC](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/peter-mcknight-saucon-gc/)
- [Contributions](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/contributions/)
- [Page Headers](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/page-headers/)
- [title headings](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/title-headings/)
- [Old Contributors List](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/old-contributors-list/)
- [Featured Interviews Year Blocks](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/featured-interviews-year-blocks/)
- [Featured Interviews Archives Old Table](https://golfclubatlas.com/fusion_element/featured-interviews-archives-old-table/)

## Categories

- [Miscellaneous](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/miscellaneous/)
- [Courses By Country](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/courses-by-country/) - List of courses by country
- [Argentina](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/courses-by-country/argentina/) - Courses in Argentina
- [Belgium](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/courses-by-country/belgium/) - Course list for Belgium
- [Bermuda](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/courses-by-country/bermuda/) - Course list for Bermuda
- [Denmark](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/courses-by-country/denmark/) - Course list for Denmark
- [In My Opinion](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/in-my-opinion/)
- [China](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/courses-by-country/china/) - Articles about courses in China
- [Feature Interview](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/feature-interview/) - Interviews from the notable figures within the golf industry: from developers to architects, USGA presidents to club members and everything in between. Dive in now!
- [Art and Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/art-and-architecture/)
- [Wales](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/courses-by-country/wales/)
- [News](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/news/)
- [featured article](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/featured-article/)
- [Featured Opinion](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/featured-opinion/)
- [147 Custodians](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/147-custodians/)
- [Trackman](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/trackman/)
- [Architecture Timeline](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/architecture-timeline/)
- [Secret Sauce](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/secret-sauce/)
- [Early Thoughts](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/early-thoughts/)
- [A Great Hole](https://golfclubatlas.com/category/a-great-hole/)

## Tags

- [Yorkshire](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/yorkshire/)
- [Lincolnshire](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/lincolnshire/)
- [Mike Cirba](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/mike-cirba/)
- [British Columbia](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/british-columbia/)
- [South Carolina](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/south-carolina/)
- [Virginia](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/virginia/)
- [Florida](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/florida/)
- [New Jersey](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/new-jersey/)
- [Arizona](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/arizona/)
- [North Carolina](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/north-carolina/)
- [California](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/california/)
- [Pennsylvania](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/pennsylvania/)
- [Michigan](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/michigan/)
- [Texas](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/texas/)
- [New York](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/new-york/)
- [Aberdeenshire](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/aberdeenshire/)
- [Tom Paul](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/tom-paul/)
- [Leeds](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/leeds/)
- [2021](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/2021/)
- [2022](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/2022/)
- [2023](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/2023/)
- [2024](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/2024/)
- [2020](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/2020/)
- [a.v. macan](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/a-v-macan/)
- [A.W. Tillinghast](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/a-w-tillinghast/)
- [Ad](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/ad/)
- [Anglo-American](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/anglo-american/)
- [architecture resources](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/architecture-resources/)
- [Ardmore](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/ardmore/)
- [Augusta National](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/augusta-national/)
- [Bandon Dunes](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/bandon-dunes/)
- [Bandon Trails](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/bandon-trails/)
- [Banff Springs](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/banff-springs/)
- [barstool sports](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/barstool-sports/)
- [Ben Crenshaw](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/ben-crenshaw/)
- [Bill Coore](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/bill-coore/)
- [Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/bill-cooreben-crenshaw/)
- [books](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/books/)
- [C.H. Alison](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/c-h-alison/)
- [Cabot](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cabot/)
- [cabot cape breton](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cabot-cape-breton/)
- [Cabot Cliff](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cabot-cliff/)
- [cabot links](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cabot-links/)
- [Cabot Revelstoke](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cabot-revelstoke/)
- [Camelot](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/camelot/)
- [cape breton](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cape-breton/)
- [CB Macdonald](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cb-macdonald/)
- [ch alison](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/ch-alison/)
- [Chargin River](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/chargin-river/)
- [Cleveland](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cleveland/)
- [Cooke](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/cooke/)
- [Dan Philcox](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/dan-philcox/)
- [Dana Fry](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/dana-fry/)
- [Dave Axland](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/dave-axland/)
- [Deerhurst](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/deerhurst/)
- [eagle ranch](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/eagle-ranch/)
- [Elk Island](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/elk-island/)
- [georgian bay](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/georgian-bay/)
- [Gil Hanse](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/gil-hanse/)
- [Golf Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/golf-architecture/)
- [Golf Course Architecture](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/golf-course-architecture/)
- [Golf Digest](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/golf-digest/)
- [Golf Digest Top 100](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/golf-digest-top-100/)
- [Golf review](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/golf-review/)
- [Harry Colt](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/harry-colt/)
- [HC Leeds](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/hc-leeds/)
- [highland links](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/highland-links/)
- [history](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/history/)
- [HS Colt](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/hs-colt/)
- [Hugh Alison](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/hugh-alison/)
- [Hugh Wilson](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/hugh-wilson/)
- [hurdzan/fry](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/hurdzan-fry/)
- [jason straka](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/jason-straka/)
- [Jeff Mingay](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/jeff-mingay/)
- [keith cutten](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/keith-cutten/)
- [Lorne Rubenstein](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/lorne-rubenstein/)
- [Merion](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/merion/)
- [Michael Hurdzan](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/michael-hurdzan/)
- [Mike Strantz](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/mike-strantz/)
- [Muksoka](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/muksoka/)
- [Municipal](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/municipal/)
- [nicklaus north](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/nicklaus-north/)
- [NLE](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/nle/)
- [Oak Hill](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/oak-hill/)
- [Oregon](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/oregon/)
- [Oregon Coast](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/oregon-coast/)
- [Ottawa](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/ottawa/)
- [Palmetto](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/palmetto/)
- [Par-3](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/par-3/)
- [Pebble Beach](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/pebble-beach/)
- [PGA Championship](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/pga-championship/)
- [Philadelphia](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/philadelphia/)
- [Pinehurst](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/pinehurst/)
- [Ponoka](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/ponoka/)
- [Quaker Ridge](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/quaker-ridge/)
- [Quebec](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/quebec/)
- [Resort](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/resort/)
- [Revelstoke](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/revelstoke/)
- [richard zokol](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/richard-zokol/)
- [Robert Moote](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/robert-moote/)
- [Rod Whitman](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/rod-whitman/)
- [Scarboro](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/scarboro/)
- [SCOREGolf](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/scoregolf/)
- [shawinigan](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/shawinigan/)
- [Shinnecock Hills](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/shinnecock-hills/)
- [Sponsored](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/sponsored/)
- [Stanley Thompson](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/stanley-thompson/)
- [Streamsong](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/streamsong/)
- [The Hamptons](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/the-hamptons/)
- [Tillinghast](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/tillinghast/)
- [Tom Doak](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/tom-doak/)
- [Tom Fazio](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/tom-fazio/)
- [top 100](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/top-100/)
- [Toronto](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/toronto/)
- [Toronto Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/toronto-golf-club/)
- [trev dormer](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/trev-dormer/)
- [troon](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/troon/)
- [Uplands Golf Club](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/uplands-golf-club/)
- [US Amateur](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/us-amateur/)
- [Value](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/value/)
- [Vancouver](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/vancouver/)
- [Video Games](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/video-games/)
- [Walter Travis](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/walter-travis/)
- [waskesiu](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/waskesiu/)
- [west coast](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/west-coast/)
- [width](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/width/)
- [William Flynn](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/william-flynn/)
- [Winged Foot](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/winged-foot/)
- [York Downs](https://golfclubatlas.com/tag/york-downs/)

## Brands

- [Golf Club Atlas](https://golfclubatlas.com/brand/golf-club-atlas/)

## Product categories

- [Atlas Pass Membership](https://golfclubatlas.com/product-category/atlas-pass-membership/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [Argentina](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/argentina/)
- [Australia](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/australia/)
- [Belgium](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/belgium/)
- [Bermuda](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/bermuda/)
- [Canada](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/canada/)
- [Denmark](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/denmark/)
- [England](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/england/)
- [France](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/france/)
- [Germany](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/germany/)
- [Indonesia](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/indonesia/)
- [Ireland](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/ireland/)
- [Jamaica](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/jamaica/)
- [Japan](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/japan/)
- [Mexico](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/mexico/)
- [Morocco](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/morocco/)
- [Nepal](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/nepal/)
- [Netherlands](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/netherlands/)
- [New Zealand](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/new-zealand/)
- [Northern Ireland](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/northern-ireland/)
- [Scotland](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/scotland/)
- [South Africa](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/south-africa/)
- [South Korea](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/south-korea/)
- [Spain](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/spain/)
- [Sweden](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/sweden/)
- [United States](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/united-states/)
- [Uruguay](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/uruguay/)
- [Wales](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_category/wales/)

## Portfolio Tags

- [Alister Mackenzie](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_tags/alister-mackenzie/)
- [A.V. Macan](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_tags/a-v-macan/)
- [Perry Maxwell](https://golfclubatlas.com/portfolio_tags/perry-maxwell/)