By David R. Holland Wild Spring Dunes is going to change what a lot of people think of Texas golf. Texas, yeah, I’ve heard it all my life. Cowboys, horses, desert, cacti, oil producers, cotton farmers, cattle ranchers and country music legends. But there’s also a “Piney Woods” and this East Texas area has four […]

By  Tim Cotroneo The Mission Resort and Club is home to two of central Florida’s top golf experiences. Golfers choices are the legendary El Campeon Golf Course and the Gary Koch-designed Las Colinas. A resort featuring two courses often begs the question, “Which one should I play first?” For the golfer traveling a fair distance […]

By Tim Cotroneo During Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s first week designing the PGA Riviera Maya Golf Course he came armed with only a machete, his feet, and x-ray vision. The course’s 290 acres were so dense with jungle that he needed to design with the soles of his feet in order to know where to […]

By Tim Cotroneo In 2023, Christmas came early for Golf Architects Jeff Stein and Brian Ross. In June of that year, their proposal to take on the restoration of the Great Dunes Golf Course on Georgia’s southern coast was accepted. The duo’s expertise in working with a sandy aesthetic, and their passion for restoring a […]

By David Theoret Growing up, Joe Penland, Jr. and his family spent many summers at Lake Sam Rayburn and the Rayburn Country Resort – although it wasn’t called that back then. Penland has many fond memories of those family visits to the resort, to the extent that he now calls Rayburn Country home. Back in […]

By David R. Holland ÉTRETAT, FRANCE – Located on the Côte d’Albâtre aka Alabaster Coast, Golf d’Étretat is one of the most spectacular visual courses in France. This panorama of rugged white chalk cliffs could be the most heavily visited vista in Normandy, popular with hikers as well as golfers. “Outstanding! There is so much […]