The October 2025 issue of Golf Course Architecture is now available!
The cover of our latest issue features Rock golfa new nine-hole course just outside Helsinki, Finland, photographed by Jacob Sjoman. Adam Lawrence visited the site to see if the owners had achieved their goal of creating the best par three layout in the world. Lassi golf course architect Pekka Tilander and contractor David Nelson also give their views on the project.
For our lead article in this issue, we ask: can collaboration work in golf course design? Tom Doak, Phillip Spogard, Kevin Ramsey, Jeremy Slessor and others give their views.
“My design style is all about my routes and green sites, and I do a lot of work very quickly in my head, so asking people to try to collaborate on paper has never helped much,” says Doak. “When we look at potential holes in the ground, that’s when someone can come up with an idea. »
“Debate and discussion should be part of any design process,” says Tim Lobb in our feature article on collaboration in golf course design (Photo: Lobb + Partners).
Brad Klein reports from Seminole in Florida on a major project by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the historic development, while retaining the original design intent of Donald Ross.
We also visited Trump Turnberry in Scotland, where Martin Ebert continues to oversee changes to the Ailsa course, which recently included moving the seventh green closer to the water’s edge.
HAS The Wisley in Surrey, England, Bruce Charlton of Robert Trent Jones II has led a renovation that demonstrates that less can be more, both in visual appeal and course strategy.
GCA visits the Ailsa Course at Trump Turnberry to see Martin Ebert’s latest work (Photo: Trump Turnberry)
Our in-depth interview for this new issue is with Bill Coore. He talks about his early projects, his 40-year partnership with Ben Crenshaw and his design philosophy. “I believe that golf architecture should be represented, like any kind of creative endeavor, by different forms from different eras,” he says.
Architect Forrest Richardson recounts how an unexpected phone call led to the development of a golf art business; And Julian Mooney of Turfgrass explains how early engagement between architects and agronomists helps deliver tournament-ready courses.
We also have a report on a new 18-hole course which will open next year at Hilton Dalaman Sarigerme seaside resort in southwest Turkey – we discuss with the project team the site, the route and its environmental objectives. And there’s a report on Kevin Norby’s masterplan which will see the nine-hole course Municipality of Williston North Dakota’s development was expanded to 18, as part of a city redevelopment project.
The Dalaman course is designed by architect Andrew Craven (Photo: International Design Group)
Our Tee Box section includes news of the new 18-hole Faldo Design course opening QiddiyaSaudi Arabia; the new routing that Brian Schneider of Renaissance Golf Design developed for San Diego CC; an interview with architect Greg Norman Chris Campbell on the company’s design approach to tournament courses; and the renovated Tandridge classes in Surrey, photographed by Jason Livy.
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