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Design Notes

Jay Blasi reimagines Northern California’s Poppy Ridge

Fry/Straka break ground at Hong Kong’s Plover Cove; Hawaii’s Pearl at Kalauao opens its Golfplan-designed short course.

Design Notes

Beau Welling to restore luster to The King and Prince GC

John Fought revises his Players Course at Indian Wells; Carlisle Country Club retains Fry Straka to consult on renovations.

By The First Call Staff
Columns

The Starter: Could Keegan Bradley and Arnold Palmer have something in common?

Richard Bland's sad U.S. Senior Open situation; If you haven't noticed, Minjee Lee is really good ... really; What to make of the PGA Tour Champions.

By Mike Purkey
Features

How Gil Hanse merged Baltusrol's Upper past with the future

TFC contributor Bradley Klein examines Hanse's restoration of A.W. Tillinghast's classic design, revealing there was more than meets the eye in returning the Upper Course to its intended roots.

By Bradley S. Klein
Features

Baltusrol completes new chapter

For course architect Gil Hanse, the opportunity to restore the club's Upper Course to A.W. Tillinghast's original vision was too good to pass on.

By Tom Mackin

Design Notes

Coore & Crenshaw open The International’s Pines

Art Schaupeter and Casa Verde Golf break ground on Boulders Resort & Spa's North course renovation; Damian Pascuzzo and Steve Pate resurrect California’s Campus Commons.

By The First Call Staff
Features

Swag balances 'disruptor' identity with tradition in designing U.S. Ryder Cup bags

Having created special headcovers for the American players in 2021 and 2023, the Illinois-based company swung big to sway the PGA of America for 2025.

By Mike Purkey
Features

The quest to preserve ‘America’s Course’

Historic Clearview Golf Club is in a fight for irrigation that will modernize the 79-year-old East Canton, Ohio, course.

By Bob Denney

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