Design Notes

Smyers, Craig & Coyne opens Oklahoma’s Graves Golf Club; Australia’s Cliffs Kangaroo Island slots 2026 debut

Ireland’s Donegal Golf Club evolves with a Paul McGinley renovation; Nick Faldo opens Vietnam’s Silk Path Dong Trien

Jeff Lawrence revs up a renovation at North Carolina’s Pine Lake; Curley-Wagner breaks ground on site (pictured) in the Philippines.

Thad Layton touches up Colorado’s Fox Hollow; Singapore Island signs up for a Nelson & Haworth renovation

Love Golf Design re-bunkers Mountain Sky Guest Ranch's Rising Sun; Greg Norman opens the short course at Mexico’s Mandarina

Boca Woods celebrates the Rees Jones redesign of its Woods course; Chris Wilczynski to master plan Oakland University's Katke-Cousins course.

South Africa’s Fancourt opens a new Gary Player nine; South Carolina’s Tidewater completes its bunker renovation.

Kipp Schulties completes the North Course renovation at Florida’s Vineyards; Steve Smyers joins forces with Craig & Coyne

Rees Jones jump starts Florida’s Addison Reserve; Colin Montgomerie to conjure up the Wee Course at Michigan’s Harbor Shores

Chris Wilczynski breaks ground on Esplanade at St. Marys; Gordon Lewis opens Calusa Country Club at Lakewood Ranch

Beau Welling completes the Village course renovation at Florida’s Jonathan’s Landing; Sergio Garcia inks a new course design deal in Bahrain

Australia’s Commonwealth gets a Tom Doak renovation; Kipp Schulties rejuvenates the East course at Florida’s Hunter Run

Utah’s Jeremy Ranch on tap for a Brandon Johnson renovation; Canada’s Whirlpool Golf Course gets the Ian Andrew restoration treatment

Thad Layton to oversee Canadian course's renovation; Andrew Green forges ahead with South Carolina’s Kawonu; Ernie Els’ Els Club Vilamoura takes hold in Portugal.

Jim Nagle readies a new short course for Pennsylvania’s Chester Valley; Robert Trent Jones II opens a reversible par-3 course at Dubai’s Al Badia.

Olazabal Design charts a new course for coastal Bahrain; Craig & Coyne get to work on South Dakota’s Lazy J.

Missouri’s Big Cedar Lodge progresses on the Cliffhangers Par-3; A new West nine takes flight at Germany’s Green Eagle

Davis Love’s design firm plots a short course for Minnesota’s Hazeltine National; Kristine Kerr reveals renovation plans for New Zealand’s Boulcott’s Farm

Colorado’s Flatirons gets the Dye Designs renovation treatment; Chris Wilczynski begins a bunker refresh at Michigan’s Country Club of Jackson

London’s Wentworth East gets a European Golf Design refresh; Whitman, Axland & Cutten aim to renovate Canada’s Glencoe Golf and Country Club

Love Golf Design opens University of Alabama’s Crimson Reserve; Florida’s Delray Dunes basks in a Scot Sherman renovation

South Carolina’s Broomsedge opens for preview play; Davis Love III and Love Golf Design to renovate the Links course at Florida’s Bear Lakes

North Carolina’s The Peninsula Club gets the Beau Welling renovation treatment; Trevor Dormer breaks ground on Nebraska’s Old Dane

Todd Quitno gets the call to renovate Nebraska’s Country Club of Lincoln; Carlton Marshall Golf Design breaks ground on Louisiana’s Chasing Aces

Agustin Piza breaks ground on Mexico’s Zitara; MacCurrach ugrades Florida’s King & Bear at World Golf Village

Greg Norman adds a short course at Mexico’s Playa Mujeres; Joe Jemsek refreshes the Cypress course at Florida’s Woodmont

John Fought gears up to renovate Utah’s Alpine; Kevin Norby transforms Iowa’s Mason City Country Club into the Legacy Golf Course at the 19

Gene Bates collaborates on the reimagination of California’s San Juan Oaks; Italy’s Gardagolf gets a bunker refresh

Florida’s Eaglebrooke embarks on a greens restoration; Jeremy Pern breaks ground on Benin’s first-ever course

Tom Lehman’s Estates Course at the Arizona Biltmore undergoes a beautification project; Clayton, DeVries & Pont to consult at France’s Fontainebleau

Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead to reconfigure New Zealand’s The Hills; Philadelphia Country Club progresses on its Jim Nagle renovation

Colorado’s Copper Mountain shines after a Dye Designs renovation; Mackenzie & Ebert ace Royal Wimbledon’s restoration

Arizona’s Desert Highlands to undergo a Jack Nicklaus refresh; Illinois’ Winnetka reopens after a Rick Jacobson renovation

California’s Trilogy at La Quinta — a former Skins Game host — makes a comeback; Golfplan reimagines Japan’s Kasugai East course

Jeff Mingay refurbishes Canada’s Cutten Fields; Ernie Els sets sail on South Africa’s Zimbali Lakes

Kevin Hargrave pumps up Kentucky’s Lexington Country Club; Nicklaus Design revives Las Iguanas in the Dominican Republic

Roy Bechtol and Jim Fazio collaborate on Texas’ Austin Beach Club; Brian Schneider restores Connecticut’s venerable Tamarack

Ireland’s Portmarnock Resort debuts its renovated Jameson Links; Dye Designs concludes a bunker project at Colorado’s Inverness

Brian Curley plots the Shura Links at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Island; Trey Kemp and John Colligan begin renovating Texas’ Crown Colony

Royal Troon adds new bunkers and tees ahead of the Open Championship; Gary Player to design Montenegro’s first golf course

Mackenzie & Ebert masterplan Canada’s Victoria Golf Club; Faldo Design debuts its Loop course at England’s Chart Hills

Kyle Franz and Mike Koprowski begin grassing South Carolina’s Broomsedge; Sergio Garcia stamps a new design for Portugal’s Terras da Comporta

Michigan’s Travis Pointe turns to member Chris Wilczynski for a master plan; Paul McGinley updates Ireland’s Grange Golf Club

Todd Quitno breaks ground in Chicago on Cantigny’s renovation; Pangaea Golf Architecture tabbed to rework Scotland’s Darley and Belleisle courses

Jack Nicklaus transforms Florida’s Banyan Cay into Dutchman’s Pipe; Lobb + Partners’ Alex Hay creates a new par 3 for Canada’s University Golf Club

Florida’s Boca Woods enlists Rees Jones to spruce up its Woods course; CD&P build a new par 3 at England’s The Addington

Nicklaus Design points to a 2025 debut for Jack’s Bay in The Bahamas; Martin Ebert rehabs the bunkers at England’s Gog Magog

Jim Furyk to redesign Florida’s Glen Kernan; Greg Turner progresses with New Zealand’s Gibbston Valley Resort

David McLay Kidd updates the bunkers at Idaho’s Tributary; Hawaii’s Princeville Makai gets a refresh

Trevor Dormer retained to reimagine Nebraska’s Old Dane; Craig & Coyne refurbish South Carolina’s The Fort Club

Ocean Point at South Carolina’s Fripp Island gets a Dye Designs makeover; Ty Butler to conjure up Texas’ abandoned Cape Royale

John Colligan and Trey Kemp overhaul Texas’ Meadowbrook; Florida’s Killearn gains a new Chris Wilczynski-designed nine

Louis Oosthuizen wins on his own new design in Mauritius; Clayton, DeVries & Pont plot changes to Spain’s Real Club Pineda de Sevilla

Gordon Lewis to renovate Florida’s Colonial; Stuart Hallett conjures up the Heath course at Belgium’s Bois d’Arlon

Barry Jordan restores Donald Ross’ Brook-Lea in New York; Greg Norman uncorks a bunker renovation at California’s Wente Vineyards

Tripp Davis to bring The Rose to bloom in Georgia; Kipp Schulties renovates Vineyards’ South course in Florida

Ron Cutlip fashions South Shore in Rhode Island; Caspar Grauballe tweaks Norway’s Losby

Dave Zinkand renovates Ohio’s Sharon; Nick Faldo opens Vietnam’s Royal Long An

Forrest Richardson draws up The Score in Arizona; Chris Wilczynski progresses at Michigan’s Forest Lake

Tom Doak revives Michigan’s High Pointe; Brian Curley debuts Vietnam’s Stone Highland

Greg Norman goes short with Mexico’s Mandarina; Andrew Green prunes the Pine Course at Florida’s Grey Oaks

Beau Welling renovates Georgia’s Ocean Forest

The revolutionary T36 at Baytown opens in Texas; Ian Andrew’s renovation progresses at Canada’s Edmonton Country Club

Rees Jones brings back South Carolina’s Wellman Club; Drew Rogers relaunches Florida’s Seagate

Todd Quitno and Nathan Crace team up to renovate Illinois’ Merit Club; Missouri’s Big Cedar Lodge to add a Morris family-designed par-3 course

John LaFoy progressing on Nebraska’s Quarry Oaks renovation; Florida’s Glynlea will be Jim Furyk’s first solo design

Nathan Crace renovates Pete Dye’s Hampton Hall in South Carolina; Renaissance Golf master plans iconic St. George’s Hill in England

Jackson Kahn and Casa Verde Golf reopen Arizona’s Grass Clippings at Rolling Hills; Malaysia’s The Els Club Desaru Coast upgrades its fairways and greens

Lester George and Landscapes Unlimited share the joy at North Carolina’s Contentment; Mackenzie & Ebert add a new hole at the Struie Course at Scotland’s Royal Dornoch

Bill Bergin readies Georgia’s Valdosta Country Club for its reopening; Singapore Island’s historic Island course gets a Nelson & Haworth renovation

South Carolina’s Pawleys Plantation reopens following a restoration from Troy Vincent and Nicklaus Design; Brian Silva refreshes the Donald Ross design at Ohio’s Maketewah

Tripp Davis plants the seeds for Texas’ Kelly Ranch; Todd Quitno to revitalize Illinois’ Cantigny

Connecticut’s Bull’s Bridge Golf Club fashions a Fazio fix; Steve Stricker transforms Cherokee Country Club into TPC Wisconsin

Gil Hanse partners with Pebble Beach to redesign the Links at Spanish Bay; A redesign and name change at the Arizona Biltmore

Fazio’s Tom Marzolf reinvigorates Florida’s Sabal course at Bonita Bay; CDP and Kruse Golf masterplan the future at Australia’s The Kew

Tom Doak’s Pinehurst No. 10 set to open April 3, 2024; Florida’s Hunters Run races ahead with a Kipp Schulties renovation

Ray Hearn plots a Short Course for Michigan’s Boyne Golf; Jorge Santana da Silva finally set to open Portugal’s Herdade do Pinheirinho

South Carolina’s Long Bay restores the greens at its Jack Nicklaus design; Fry/Straka team with Paul Azinger to create Florida’s Miakka

Jackson Kahn Design brightens Arizona’s Grass Clippings at Rolling Hills; Rees Jones renovates the Asama course at Japan’s Taiheiyo Club Karuizawa Resort

Nick Faldo resumes plans for a clifftop course on the Portuguese island of Madeira; Nicklaus Design opens Florida’s newest short course

Ron Garl sweetens Florida’s Sugar Mill Country Club, Tom Lehman opens his namesake layout at Minnesota’s Cragun’s Resort

King-Collins set for an August debut of Texas’ Red Feather; Agustin Piza master plans Mexico’s Zitara

Robert Trent Jones II to tweak Northern California’s venerable Corica Park North muni; Tom Clark shines a light on the rebirth of Virginia’s Beacon Hill

Palmetto Course at The Landings in Georgia basks in a Bill Bergin renovation; Clayton, DeVries and Pont to remake Scotland’s Spey Bay

Texas’ T-36 at Baytown teams with Troon on a unique design; Rees Jones tweaks Florida’s Addison Reserve

Tom Kite/Billy Fuller to renovate Indiana’s Otter Creek; Andrew Green tweaks Naples' Grey Oaks

Andy Staples to renovate Arizona’s Mesa Country Club; Jeff Lynch brings a natural connection to Ireland’s Portmarnock Links

Scott Hoffman’s Gravel Pit in Minnesota begins first full season; Texas’ Oak Hollow muni undergoes summer renovation

Rees Jones buttons up a renovation at Florida’s The Preserve at Ironhorse; Martin Hawtree to design the second course at Scotland’s Trump International Golf Links

Tom Lehman to modernize Arizona’s ancient Adobe course at the Arizona Biltmore; Beau Welling renovates Indiana’s Evansville Country Club

Texas’ Big Easy Ranch opens its Chet Williams-designed Covey course; Nick Faldo aims to build in Laos

OCM’s short course debuts at Australia’s Kingston Heath; Ron Prichard to revive the Donald Ross features at Pennsylvania’s Tumblebrook

Andrew Green reinvigorates Florida’s Indian Creek; Lanny Wadkins tweaks North Carolina’s Firethorne

Rees Jones tweaks Seattle’s Sahalee; Tom Clark and Ron Whitten begin renovation of venerable Topeka Country Club in Kansas

Nicklaus Heritage inks its first deal at Jack’s Bay in the Bahamas; Roy Bechtol to make waves at Texas’ Austin Beach Club

Ian Andrew returns to renovate Canada’s TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley; Edwin Roald to increase Iceland golf inventory

Tom Watson will design Cypress Shoals near Augusta; Weibring-Wolfard tweaks the bunkers at Illinois’ WeaverRidge

What to know about the Tiger Woods-Mike Trout collaboration; Jack Nicklaus progresses work on Kilada in Greece

Raymond Hearn revitalizes Michigan’s Saint John’s Resort; Jeff Howes completes the Bucharest Golf Club in Romania

Phil Smith tweaks Tom Weiskopf’s Castiglion del Bosco in Italy; Lobb + Partners begin greens rebuild at Spain’s Aloha

Progress continues for Dormie Network’s GrayBull in Nebraska; Drew Rogers begins new renovation phase at Michigan’s venerable Plum Hollow

John Fought composes a new layout for Minnesota’s Windsong Farm; Jackson Kahn renovates former PGA Tour venue Conway Farms in Illinois

Tripp Davis to renovate Ridgewood Country Club in Texas; Art Schaupeter to create Bella Ridge in Colorado

Hills-Forrest-Smith completes master plan for Indiana’s Foster Park Muni; Bobby Weed shrinks North Carolina’s Waynesville Inn & Golf Club

Mike Young tweaks a Tennessee Tillinghast; Carrick and McBroom add a new nine at Nova Scotia's Fox Harb'r; Wannamoisett drops a video; and what in the name of Old Tom Morris?

Greg Norman’s Avalon Links opens at Aurora Anguilla Resort in the Caribbean; Georgia’s venerable Valdosta transformed by Bill Bergin

Arizona’s Desert Mountain tweaks its Renegade course; Rick Jacobson and KemperSports team up to renovate Illinois’ Winnetka

Michigan’s Kalamazoo Country Club gets Andrew Green’s attention; St. Louis’ historic Normandie to undergo a Nicklaus reimagination

Quebec’s Hillsdale to be transformed by Whitman, Axland and Cutten; Oklahoma’s KickingBird gets the Dusenberry Design treatment

Lobb + Partners to redesign Canada’s Chilliwack; Todd Quitno fine-tunes Wisconsin’s Westmoor

Royal Dornoch tweaks its eighth hole; Nashville’s Percy Warner muni gets the Bruce Hepner treatment

Rees Jones touches up North Carolina’s Old Chatham; Wisconsin’s Lawsonia Links gets the Oliphant bunker treatment

Nicklaus Design tweaks Jack’s St. Mellion in England; Aerial views of Augusta National's changes; Cape Verde’s Viveiro gets a second nine

Nick Faldo clears the way for Vietnam’s Silk Path Dong Trieu; Tom Lehman progresses at Minnesota’s Cragun’s Resort

Coore-Crenshaw’s Te Arai Links opens in New Zealand; Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Texas updates its Fazio Canyons

Mike Davis makes his design debut at Florida’s Apogee; Kevin Atkinson puts a new coat of paint on Colorado’s Red Rocks

Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun doubles down with a Ron Garl refresh; Japan’s Classic Golf Club spurns tradition by shelving its two-green system

Costa Rica’s Peninsula Papagayo gets the Arnold Palmer treatment; Brian Curley begins a 36-hole project in Cambodia

Pete Dye’s Keswick Hall in Virginia gets a Scot Sherman renovation; Philadelphia Country Club tabs Jim Nagle for its Flynn restoration

Tim Liddy renovates Indiana’s Harrison Lake; Donald Ross’ Wampanoag in Connecticut breaks ground on a restoration

Peter Matkovich and Louis Oosthuizen to design new Heritage La Reserve layout in Mauritius; Jim Lipe continues Punta Mita renovation in Mexico; Ombria Resort in Portugal to open in 2023

Dan Hixson refreshes Ryder Cup venue Portland GC; Chris Wilczynski finishes bunker work at Dayton, Ohio’s Community GC; Tom Fazio’s Briggs Ranch in Texas enjoys a green refurbishment

Rees Jones dresses up New York’s Tuxedo Club; King-Collins plots a new course at South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff; David Whelchel renovates Colorado’s Raven at Three Peaks

Andy Staples masterplans Arizona’s venerable Phoenix Country Club; Kris Spence refurbishes Donald Ross’ Sara Bay in Florida; David Williams plots the future for Spain’s Salobre Golf Resort

Jeff Stein restores Devereux Emmet design at New York’s Seawane; Casey O’Callaghan completes renovations to California’s Newport Beach CC; Kris Spence revives North Carolina’s Woodlake

Georgia’s The Landings Club taps Bill Bergin to renovate Palmetto course; Lookout Mountain looks to trio to restore its Seth Raynor design; Brian Curley adds a new nine at Vietnam’s Stone Valley

Georgia’s refreshed Club at Savannah Harbor reopens; Rees Jones completes Phase 2 renovation at Vermont’s Equinox; Ray Hearn continues Donald Ross Memorial refinements at Michigan’s Highlands at Harbor Springs

Hanse Golf Design, Heritage Links collaboration to reopen in October; Tyler Rae embarks on restoration at Iowa’s Wakonda; RTJ Trail's Oxmoor Valley shrinks par-3 course; Stirling and Martin chart new course on Mediterranean coast

Faldo Design plans a new short course for England’s Chart Hills; Lohman Quitno refurbishes Wisconsin’s Abbey Springs; Greg Martin opens renovated Settler’s Hill in Illinois

Tom Lehman to renovate historic Adobe at the Arizona Biltmore; Georgia’s McLemore will get a second course from Bill Bergin and Rees Jones; Chris Wilczynski to revitalize Florida’s Killearn

Nebraska’s Lost Rail set for August debut; Clayton, DeVries & Pont to renovate Scotland’s ancient Monifieth; Greg Norman opens latest Vietnam creation

Raymond Hearn plans three par-3 courses for Boyne Resorts; Minnesota’s Grand View Lodge to embark on a bunker renovation; TPC San Antonio’s Canyons course is restoring its Pete Dye bunkers

Tom Doak and Renaissance Design restore Denver’s historic Cherry Hills; The Boulders begins a renovation in Arizona; European Golf Design to master plan Northern Ireland’s Portstewart

Pete Dye’s final design for Kohler clears another hurdle in Wisconsin; Arizona’s Wigwam renovates its bunkers on the Red course; Scotland’s Gleneagles tweaks the King’s course ahead of the Senior Open

David McLay Kidd to design GrayBull in Nebraska; King-Collins re-opens Overton Park; Boca West selects Fry/Straka for improvements; England’s Perranporth tabs Tim Lobb to touch up James Braid design

Tripp Davis continues renovations at historic Thunderbird; John LaFoy aims to enhance Alabama’s Riverchase; Agustin Piza creates restoration plan for Tijuana Country Club

Tripp Davis tweaks The International’s Oaks course in Massachusetts; Dan Hixson soon to open Bar Run in Oregon; Raymond Hearn wraps up a revitalization of New Jersey’s Metedeconk National

Sanford Ferris to rescue Cavalry Club; Jim Urbina aims to recapture MacKenzie’s magic at Pasatiempo; Tripp Davis completes bunker renovation at Pursell Farms

Steve Stricker helps to rebrand Cherokee Country Club into TPC Wisconsin; Brandon Johnson refurbishes PGA West's Palmer in California; David Williams concludes 12-year project at Spain’s Pedrena

Legendary Phoenix muni Papago to begin renovation; Love Golf Design to craft new layout for northwest Florida’s Watersound; Drew Rogers refurbishes Chicagoland's Twin Orchard

Pebble Beach refines its legendary eighth hole; Nicklaus Design teams with the Donald Ross Society at Rhode Island’s Winnapaug; Caspar Grauballe reworks France’s Golf de Rougemont

Omni Amelia Island Resort opens Beau Welling’s Little Sandy; Les Furber completes epic journey in remote Canada; Whitman, Axland & Cutten begin work on Oregon’s Tribute Club at Thornburgh

Arnold Palmer’s Thad Layton reopens Seattle Golf Club; Raymond Hearn to renovate Buffalo’s Moon Brook; West Africa’s Cape Verde welcomes Viveiro

Dramatic reduction proposed at Fairmont St. Andrews; Tripp Davis completes redesign at Houston’s BraeBurn; Andrew Green to advise New Jersey’s Mountain Ridge

Huxham Golf Design expands Quebec’s La Tempete; Art Schaupeter redesigns Texas’ Lozano; Nicklaus Design’s Rose Canyon in Vietnam takes shape

Tom Jackson renovates Myrtle Beach’s River Hills; Brian Ross and Colton Craig debut Kentucky’s Park Mammoth; Tim Lobb restores the heathland to England’s Isle of Purbeck

Kevin Norby renovates Wisconsin’s Eau Claire; Jeff Lawrence re-crafts Lake Hickory; Brian Curley revamps Nevada’s Wild Creek

Andy Staples to consult on Weston, former Canadian Open venue; Clayton, Devries & Pont ink a Vietnam deal; Phil Smith begins renovation of Arizona’s Terravita

Darren Clarke carves The Angus in Scotland; Mark McCumber tweaks Suntree; John LaFoy puts a classic spin on Bent Brook

Chet Williams goes Easy in Texas; Nicklaus Design completes Bear Lakes project; Bill Bergin to redesign an Alabama muni