The first amateur golf design competition was likely held in 1914 when Country Life Magazine asked readers to submit suggestions for a theoretical hole. Actual architect C.B. Macdonald, one of the ...

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

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

It’s tough to think of a course architect in the last ten years that has been more sought after—or busier—than Gil Hanse. The one-time employee of course-design icon Tom Doak, Hanse has made his own ...

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

Interested in becoming an architect? Check out eight undergraduate architecture courses in the UK, Spain and Australia listed on our new Dezeen Courses section. In many countries, an architecture ...