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 [...]

I’m indifferent on Donald Trump, although I find his claiming to be a golf course architect to be humorous. He recently filed a $100 million lawsuit against Rancho Palos Verdes over various problems his blames on the city at his redo of the former Ocean Trails Golf Course.
It’s allowed a number of those who dislike [...]

After seven months of renovations, the legendary Tom Fazio design Shadow Creek in Las Vegas re-opened on December 19th. The following excerpt from the GolfLasVegasNow.com article notes the changes.
“Our style is to fly under the radar and keep things low key, but we are looking forward to opening on December 19,” says longtime General Manager [...]

Tiger Woods Design is now on to its third course – it announced in October that it was designing Punta Brava in Mexico along an ocean side setting. The routing plans for the golf courses are nowhere to be found on Tiger Woods Design’s website.
I wonder why that is? To keep people from discussing them? [...]

I had the opportunity to live in Wilmington, North Carolina over the summer and early fall. It allowed me to play many of the public golf courses in the greater Wilmington area. Being in the southeast corner of North Carolina, along the coast and not too far from the North Carolina sandhills, I had high [...]

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 [...]

Robert Trent Jones II announced a new “green” proclamation which includes, “ten tenets that have guided the company’s design philosophy and that the firm commits itself to pursuing into the future”. On the heels of Jones winning of the “best new public course” in Golf Digest’s rankings, this is a pretty hefty PR campaign.
Let’s look [...]

The Wall Street Journal’s John Paul Newport writes an article discussing the second cut’s influence at the Masters after 10 years. John, obviously somebody who knows his stuff, goes to the guy with the most “street cred” to discuss the issue – Ben Crenshaw.

“My sense is that they’ve widened the fairways a little bit this [...]

The PGA Tour approved the redesign of the TPC Four Seasons at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas to host the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
Below are some details on the changes.
Every hole was redesigned with new tees, fairways and greens. Square tee boxes created a more traditional look. Much of the mounding was softened, creating [...]

India seems to be becoming a hotbed of golf course activity – and PGA Tour pros are getting in on the designs.
Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh are two big stars to cash in on the trend, adding their names to a who’s who of golfers with course interests in the booming country.
“There’s certain meetings this [...]