Jan 2, 2025 · Golf participation continues to rise, as reported by the R&A and National Golf Federation, and with that comes new golf courses and renovation projects. To kick off the year, we are highlighting ten projects that we think are going to catch the eye of the golfing public in 2025. Five new courses that will officially open in 2025 The MacLeod course at Trump Aberdeen, Scotland A design team of ...

Taking time to recapture character. Inwood’s Daniel Friedman talks about how the New York club has spent the last 20 years trying to make up for the previous 80 years of change that had slowly eroded the character of its Herbert Strong-designed course

Jan 13, 2025 · A new six-hole par-three course designed by Jim Nagle will open in summer 2025 at Chester Valley Golf Club in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Plans for a short course have been in the works for nearly 30 years, since Forse Design developed a masterplan for the club. A par-three layout was proposed for an area previously occupied by two holes from Chester Valley’s original course routing. In 2024, the ...

The January 2025 issue of Golf Course Architecture features Golf Club Föhr, photographed by Stefan von Stengel, on the cover.Adam Lawrence reports on a visit to the far north of Germany where architect Christian Althaus has completely rebuilt the 27-hole course over the last 15 years.

Jan 9, 2025 · A new reversible short course by Robert Trent Jones II (RTJ II) has opened at Al Badia Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project came about as the driving range was being repurposed for another use. This led RTJ II to explore alternative locations for the facility, ultimately landing on a 11-acre barren parcel of land near the golf course. “The site provided a blank canvas for ...

Dec 5, 2024 · Els Club Vilamoura in the Algarve, Portugal, will open in summer 2025 with a golf course by Ernie Els Design. The club, owned by investment management company Arrow Global, will be the Algarve’s first private members’ golf club. “This one is really special,” said Els. “We have been keeping this one under wraps as we know the …

Sep 9, 2024 · Construction of Kawonu Golf Club in Simpsonville, South Carolina, will begin in early 2025. It will be the first new private club in the Greenville area for more than 30 years and will include a golf course designed by Andrew Green. The development is led by founding partners Scott Ferrell and Barton Tuck. Among Ferrell’s various roles in the golf industry, he has worked for the PGA Tour ...

Dec 16, 2024 · Construction is set to begin on the redesign of Wildcreek Golf Course in Washoe County, Nevada. With funding in place, Curley-Wagner Golf Design has the go-ahead to move forward with the plan it developed in 2022. The project will see the existing nine-hole layout completely redesigned and will be used by First Tee’s Northern Nevada chapter. In 2022, Curley said: “Apart from three ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Inwood Country Club has a storied background, dating back to its founding in 1901. Located on the south shore of Long Island, New York, Inwood sits along the tidal estuary of Jamaica Bay with views of the Manhattan skyline. Today, Inwood is primarily known for its Golden Age golf tournament history, which includes Bobby Jones’ first major victory at the 1923 US Open and Walter Hagen’s ...

Online business listing – within our GCA Green Pages Supplier Directory, available via www.golfcoursearchitecture.net for the duration of 2025. Printed business listing – a half page profile in the printed edition of GCA Green Pages 2025, which is distributed with the January 2025 edition of Golf Course Architecture. Digital edition listing …