Courses
Kiawah's Ocean Course: Where the Wind Writes the Test
There are courses that defend themselves with length, courses that rely on rough, and courses that lean on water and bunkering to make a player think twice. The …
Pete Dye
Courses
TPC Sawgrass: The Course That Was Built to Be Watched
Most great golf courses were laid out by men who wanted to find the best holes hiding in a piece of ground. Pete Dye’s Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass was …
Courses
Whistling Straits: The Pete Dye Course That Pretends to Be a Links and Almost Gets Away With It
There is a small category of golf courses in the world that have been built, in defiance of the land available to the architect, to look as if they were always …
Opinion
In Defence of the Short Golf Course
A confession up front. The best round of tournament golf I have watched in years was the 2024 Open at Royal Troon, which measured 7,385 yards on the card, which …
Courses
Harbour Town Golf Links: The Short Course That Still Sorts the Best Players Out
Harbour Town Golf Links was built in 1969 on a piece of low, tree-laced marshland on the south end of Hilton Head Island, and it has quietly been one of the …