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Slowly but surely over time, housing and development has encroached on golf courses. One factor has been the result of natural economic and population growth, particularly as population centers expanded to previously rural areas. Another factor has been original plans to develop land in the first place. Residential golf community development started in the U.S.…

The latest version of “The Match” was played a few weeks ago and featured four of the game’s biggest stars: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy versus Jordan Speith and Justin Thomas.  Perhaps the most intriguing part of the event was not the stars but the lights. This was one of the first times in recent…

Golf is often thought of as an elitist sport. The perception that it is expensive and exclusive fuels this and to a certain extent, these perceptions are true. High-end courses can be very expensive. Compared to other major sports around the world, which are commonly organized by schools or municipalities and played in public places…

Background High-altitude courses, defined as anything above 4,900 feet or 1,500 meters, allow you to play through beautiful and distinctive settings, such as mountains or high desert. Air density is lower at higher altitudes, which reduces drag and lift on the golf ball, resulting in longer, flatter drives. It’s likely that you’ll hit your longest…

Template holes were popularized by Charles Blair Macdonald, often referred to as the father of American golf course design, in the early 1900s. He identified “ideal” holes at famous courses in Scotland like the Old Course at St. Andrews, North Berwick and Prestwick and started incorporating them into his early designs, starting with the National…