December 27, 2017 By: Robert Silk – Standing on the ninth green at the new Streamsong Black Course on a chilly and drizzly December afternoon, I couldn’t believe the challenge that awaited me. My nine-iron approach shot had gone just a […]
Mossy Oak Golf Club Recognized by Golf Digest
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Aronimink restoring its course as 2018 PGA Tour event nears
August 23, 2017 By: Joe Juliano – When famed architect Donald Ross built Aronimink Golf Club, he plotted out a huge green for the 15th hole with a punch bowl-like design, where sloping sides draw the ball to the center of the […]
Five Courses that put the Green Back in Golf
April 8, 2017 By: Annette Thompson – The major trend in golf courses these days is a more natural experience. Sure, golfers and course superintendents still want emerald fairways and obsessively tended putting greens. But the more natural the course, the closer […]
A first look at Trump International Golf Club Dubai, Trump’s newest track in the Middle East
February 2, 2017 By: Alan Shipnuck — DUBAI — In these contentious times, we finally found one thing that can be agreed upon by Muslims and Christians, Democrats and Republicans, Phil fans and Tiger fans: Trump International Golf Club Dubai is one […]