‘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
Along with fellow American Tom Doak, Bill Coore is the most respected and admired golf architect in the industry today. While Doak is an outspoken anti-establishment type, with forceful views and an unbridled self-confidence, Coore, by contrast, is a modest, mild-mannered designer with impecc
‘One of the most spectacular properties made available for golf in the past fifty years.’ Tom Doak on Barnbougle Dunes.Though the gorgeous island of Tasmania has long been a popular tourist destination, for more than 160 years its only real interest to golfers was
‘I am thrilled with the way the dramatic Belmullet Course has turned out and again reiterate my first opinion that ultimately there will be no better links in the country, or, I doubt, anywhere’ Eddie HackettOne of golf’s true hidden gems, the Carne Golf Lin
‘At Cabo del Sol it was apparent that the closer the routing got to the edge of the ocean, with the desert vegetation, the more exciting and unique the course could be.’ Jack NicklausNicklaus Design’s most celebrated resort course, the Ocean Course at Cabo d
‘The flattish fingers of land along part of the clifftops were ready-made fairways grazed by sheep, I played 15 of the 18 holes with my crew one day before we had built anything.’ Tom Doak on Cape KidnappersSituated on the East Coast of New Zealand’s North I
Situated along the North Sea, across the Bay from St Andrews, lies the resort town of Carnoustie. Its spacious sandy linksland have been a venue for golf since the 1500’s, though its current links were not formalized until 1842. Initially a ten-hole layout designed by Allan Robertson, the f
