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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

Boyne Golf to debut Ray Hearn-designed Doon Brae

Florida’s Wycliffe reopens its East course after a Kipp Schulties renovation; California’s El Macero gets a Golfplan –Dale & Ramsey refresh

By The First Call Staff
Design Notes

Beau Welling rejuvenates Oak Marsh at Omni Amelia Island

North Carolina’s Starmount Forest gets a Kris Spence renovation; Vietnam’s Vinpearl Golf Leman opens the first of its two Golfplan designs

By The First Call Staff
Features

For Quail Hollow Club, 'big' is the norm

This week’s PGA Championship is the third major event the Charlotte, North Carolina, venue has hosted since 2017, but its hosting of the PGA Tour’s Truist Championship since 2003 has helped the club set the stage.

By Ward Clayton

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