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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 […]
Pinehurst to open The Cradle, its new 9-hole short course, on September 30
September 7, 2017 Village of Pinehurst, NC – Upon seeing the first golf course built in Pinehurst, founder James Walker Tufts was struck by how naturally the game fit into the landscape in front of him. “Golf experts and all those who […]
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 […]
One Year Later: Olympic Course Defies the Odds
August 21, 2017 By: Rex Hoggard – Each morning on his way to work Marcio Galvão drives by the vacant sports arenas in Rio’s Olympic Park and the 3,600 empty apartments in the boarded-up Olympic Village. Like most Brazilians who expected […]