The January 2026 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now! The Farms in Rancho Santa Fe, California, photographed by Dave ...

Look closely at how any of us play golf and you’ll find traces of where we play, too. Example: My home course is tight and has small greens, which I miss with enough frequency that it’s made me a ...

Until recently, I always just defaulted to playing from the middle tee box (of three options), thinking it was the best option for my game. Then I talked to a couple GOLF Top 100 Teachers about this, ...

It was not a pretty picture for The Fountaingrove Club when images emerged of driving range mats being used on tee boxes after the private course served as host for U.S. Mid-Amateur qualifying on ...

You're on a par-3 tee and the shot you're facing is either a hard 7-iron or soft 6-iron. You're between clubs, so to speak. The 7-iron might get you there and the 6-iron might put you above the hole ...

Standing on the tee box of one of the most iconic holes in golf, the par-3 17th island hole at TPC Sawgrass, I swung the eight-iron and let it fly. I've only swung a golf club once in the last 20 ...