The American golf landscape is about to get even more interesting. In 2026, five highly anticipated projects from some of ...

U.S. Golf Art Foundation Fellow Hudson Shaoxia Zhang reveals how golf courses have proved a well of creative inspiration in his practice. Hudson Shaoxia Zhang, Fairway on Lava by the Sea - Mauna Kea, ...

From resort destinations to private clubs, there were a number of notable brand-new additions to U.S. golf supply in 2025.

For most of us, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are still two years away, but for golf course landscape architect Gil Hanse of Hanse Golf Course Design, it’s already an Olympic year. That’s ...

Golf architecture had a big year in 2025. Joe Passov reviews golf's top additions and hands out his annual awards.

Mike McCartin and Will Smith grew up in the Washington area, and they met at the University of Georgia while both pursued a somewhat unusual concentration: golf-course landscape architecture. Recently ...

The total land area devoted to golf in the U.S. is relatively small, but courses can offer substantial environmental benefits – especially in developed areas where green space is increasingly limited.

GOLF is truly a global sport. With more than 38,000 courses worldwide, it is played across six continents, reaching over 80 percent of countries. The largest concentration is found in the United ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — The grill room at a California municipal golf course had one TV showing LIV Golf in Las Vegas, another showing the PGA Tour in Phoenix. A half-dozen people shifted eyes ...

If you’re a golfer, you likely have a handle on the courses in your town, county and maybe even your state — the best designs, the best values, the shortest commutes from your home. But how well do ...