December 10, 2017 By: Brian Hamilton – WEST POINT, MS – Since 1965, the magazine has produced biennial rankings of “America’s Best Golf Courses.” Golf Digest recently published an article titled “America’s Best New Courses 2017,” which featured Mossy Oak. “To […]
The Golf Architect Series – Gil Hanse
Fall 2017 – Famed for creating Brazil’s Olympic Golf Course, Gil Hanse has been designing golf courses for almost 30 years. His creations include the recently opened Streamsong Black in Florida and The Cradle Short Course at Pinehurst. He talks to […]
Winged Foot Takes Giant Steps Preparing for 2020 U.S. Open
November 13, 2017 By: The Forecaddie – In more than three decades of covering golf, the Forecaddie has never lost his sense of awe at the audacity of architects willing to blow up greens in the process of rebuilding them. A […]
Tee Box Interview with Gil Hanse
October 2017 – Golf Course Architecture Magazine (Click images to view) View the full article here. Back to News. Back to Home.
Gil Hanse Previews the Pinehurst No. 4 Redesign
October 11, 2017 – As the initial work begins on the Pinehurst No. 4 redesign by golf architect Gil Hanse, there is a sense of wonder of how the new No. 4 will compare – and how it will contrast – […]
Great Awakening: The Cradle at Pinehurst Debuts
October 10, 2017 By: Matt Ginella – It didn’t take long to witness a seismic shift in what will be the future of Pinehurst. Which is to say, the future of golf in America. From the road approaching one of the […]
The Long View on Golf’s New Fascination with Short Courses
October 8, 2017 By: Jaime Diaz — PINEHURST, N.C. — Is it possible that in the big picture—or at least in a present that needs adjustments—golf is better smaller? That was the feeling I got earlier this week at The […]
Streamsong Black Takes Golfers on a Memorable Journey
October 5, 2017 By: Bradley S. Klein – STREAMSONG, Fla. – Until relatively recently in geological time, central Florida was covered by ocean. In the larger order of things like cosmology, 25 million years isn’t that long a timespan. If you’re […]
Streamsong Becomes A Triple Threat With Addition of Black Course
October 4, 2017 By: Scott MacLeod – The wait is finally over for Streamsong Resort and avid golfers across the country. One of the most anticipated course openings in recent years took place in Central Florida recently as Streamsong Resort debuted its third […]
The PGA Tour is Bringing One of its Biggest (and Oldest) Events to Philly for the First Time Ever
October 2, 2017 By: Matt Mullin – By the time they tee off at Aronimink Golf Club next September, it will have been over five years since the world’s top golfers have descended on the Philadelphia region – the U.S. Open […]
Streamsong’s New Gil Hanse-Designed Black Course Embraces Fun And Creative Golf
September 29, 2017 By: Erik Matuszewski – An old windmill stands behind the ninth hole of the new Black Course at Streamsong, giving golfers a directional frame of reference for a blind approach shot into the punchbowl-shaped green. Once atop the ridge that […]
Streamsong Resort Opens Hanse-Designed Black Course
September 27, 2017 By Elizabeth Robinson – Streamsong Resort in Central Florida has opened its third course, Streamsong Black, designed by Gil Hanse, architect of the 2016 Olympic Golf Course. “The anticipation and buzz for Streamsong Black has been remarkable,” said Rich […]
Details behind Pinehurst’s new nine-hole short course, The Cradle, designed by Gil Hanse
September 8, 2017 By: Stephen Hennessey – There’s a lot going on at Pinehurst. Gil Hanse’s design team will start renovations on the resort’s No. 4 course next month, and in the meantime, Pinehurst announced that its new nine-hole short course, […]
A Shadow of Hanse at Lakewood Country Club
Fall 2017 By: Tom Ferrell (Click Images to Enlarge)
Gil Hanse Q&A: The course designer on lessons from Doak and working for Trump
September 11, 2017 By: Joe Passov – Gil Hanse reaches to pass me the barbecue sauce, and that’s when I note his freshly calloused hands. We’re lunching at Papa Buck’s BBQ in Metter, Ga., not far from the site of his […]