‘Every architect dreams of building among the sand dunes, in the same terrain where golf was conceived in the British Isles. For me and my associates, Pacific Dunes is that dream come true.’ Tom DoakThe opening of Pacific Dunes in 2001 not only launched the intern
'For years I have been contending that in our generation no other golf course could possibly compete with the strategic problems, the thrills, the excitement, variety and lasting and increasing interest of the Old Course, but the completion of Cypress Point has made me change my mind.' Dr Ali
‘I believe in reverencing anything in the life of man which has the testimony of the ages as being unexcelled, whether it be literature, paintings, poetry, tombs – even a golf hole.’ Charles Blair MacdonaldA giant of early-American golf, Charles Blair Macdon
Recognized almost universally as the best golf course on the planet, Pine Valley is built among the sandy pinelands of southern New Jersey, around 20 miles south-east of Philadelphia. The course was founded, financed and primarily designed by hotelier George Crump, who first spotted this remarkab
Arguably the most important American golf course since Augusta National, Sand Hills is set among the endless rolling dunes of north-central Nebraska. Its 1995 opening not only placed this remote and seemingly desolate region firmly on the golfing radar, but it almost single-handedly lead to a reb
The oldest incorporated golf club in America, Shinnecock Hills was founded in 1891 by wealthy New York businessmen who were introduced to the game during a visit to France the previous year. William Vanderbilt and a group of his Long Island associates had discovered golf while staying in the reso
‘Augusta National provides shots which the greatest of all golfers has the utmost difficulty in carrying out successfully, and yet it has only twenty-two bunkers, no rough, and is a paradise for the average golfer.’ Dr Alister MacKenzieOwners of the most revered g
‘Ballyneal is set upon a thousand acres of sand dunes, and our goal has been to take them as we found them and build a course which is a product of the land, rather than forced upon it.’ Tom DoakFounded by brothers from the small agricultural town of Holyoke, in n
‘In the profession of golf architecture all one can ask for is to be given an extraordinary site and the freedom to work with it. Mike Keiser has afforded both at Bandon Trails.’ Bill CooreFollowing the stunning success of his first two coastal courses, Bandon Dun
Officially opened in 2010, Old Macdonald Golf Links is the fourth wonderful layout at the world-class Bandon Dunes Resort in Southern Oregon. It's completion confirmed, once again, that Bandon Dunes really is the finest golf destination on the planet.
Aside from differing widely from the
