EarthGolf by Taylor Anderson

Only in Palm Beach, right? Where else could you possibly spend $6 million on a 39-acre par 3 course? Such is the case as the Town of Palm Beach attempts to pick up the additional $1.5 million that they have yet to raise to get to the $6 million it “needs” to redo the Palm [...]

The faltering economy is sparing nobody – and golf courses, which were taking it on the chin in the good times – continue to fall. The National Golf Foundation expects less than 85 courses to open in 2008, the lowest in 20 years. It also expects around 100 golf courses to close. That’s the third [...]

I recently completed mapping all the golf courses that I’ve played in my life. I found that I’ve played approximately 100 different courses. At first blush, I thought, wow – that’s a lot of courses. Then I realized that there are over 17,000 golf courses in the United States – so I’ve played less than [...]

Welcome to the redesigned EarthGolf.com. This new version adds a few features and gives it a more modern, look. The colors are also more golf like – taken directly from the photo of St. Andrews Beach (thanks to Philip Gawith for the photo) that appears in the header.
I’ve got a couple more tweaks to make [...]

The National Golf Foundation reported that more golf courses closed in 2007 than opened, a copy of what happened in 2006. Below is their press release.
CLOSURES OUTPACE OPENINGS IN 2007
NGF has identified 113 golf courses, in 18-hole equivalents, that opened for business in the U.S. in 2007. During the same period, there were 121.5 golf [...]

I’ve done an extensive update of the Architects page to list a good number of the architects currently designing golf courses. This includes all of the ASGCA folks, and many, many more who are not members of the ASGCA. This list differs from that on the ASGCA site in that it includes an architect’s website, [...]

I’ve completed the first edition of the library (link is also at the top of the page) that includes 40 books relating to golf course design and maintenance. While this isn’t the seminal list of books on these topics, it does provide what many consider to be the best books in the field. I’ll update [...]

Orchard Hills Golf Course in Waukegan, Illinois will soon trade its flying golf balls for flying soccer balls after the Park District’s board voted 4-1 to close the course and redevelop it as a sports complex.
District officials spent nearly $1 million studying whether the soccer, baseball and softball fields could be built on a lakefront [...]

Four new courses have been added to the Gallery:

 Kingsbarns in St. Andrews, Scotland
The Golf Club in Ohio
Double Eagle in Ohio
Bayonne in New Jersey

Thanks to Chris Kane, David Whitmer and Raphael Larson for sharing their photos.

If you’re playing golf this Saturday, please take a moment to check this website to see if the course is participating in Patriot Golf Day. It’s a $1 donation to a very worthy cause.
Play Golf America – Patriot Golf Day