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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

The Third opens for play at Watersound Club

Scotland’s Dumbarnie Links debuts a new-look 10th hole; Drew Rogers reconfigures South Carolina’s Stoney Point into Olde Eight

By The First Call Staff
Features

Wordle takes to the L-I-N-K-S

Did you know that the popular New York Times word game can be played as a version of golf?

By Gary Van Sickle
Design Notes

Bill Coore’s Pinehurst homecoming — again

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

By The First Call Staff

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