Editor’s Notebook
A Pilgrimage to Knudson’s Toronto Gravesite
For fans of the late, great George Knudson, a pilgrimage to his mid-town Toronto gravesite is a fitting and moving tribute to the man who ranks alongside Mike Weir as Canada's outstanding male golfer. … [Read More...]
Spotlight Destination
How Pete Dye Introduced Golf to Roatan
Roatan offers white sand beaches, world-class scuba diving and one of the Caribbean’s top golf courses. Legendary architect Pete Dye and his son Perry built a seaside pearl at Pristine Bay Roatan resort.
Feature Stories
Vietnam Course Is a Luke Donald Showcase
Famous as one of the game's deep thinkers, European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald explains his design strategy at award-winning Ba Na Hills Golf Club in Vietnam. … [Read More...]
Tee It Up In Canada’s Kootenay Rockies
Home to Greywolf and other high-profile mountain layouts, the Kootenay Rockies in British Columbia will again grab the golf world’s attention with the 2027 launch of Rod Whitman’s wildly dramatic course at Cabot Revelstoke. Best to beat the crowds and go now. … [Read More...]
Canada’s First Nations Turn Golf to Gold
From the Rocky Mountains in the West to the Atlantic Ocean in the East, the First Nations of Canada are building or acquiring golf courses for the jobs and other opportunities—including guaranteed tee times—the game offers band members. … [Read More...]
Pinehurst Reigns Supreme in U.S.A. Golf
Host of four U.S. Opens, Pinehurst Resort added a Tom Doak design in 2024, with two more 18-hole layouts on the way. And helping fuel the buzz is the return of the World Golf Hall of Fame following a long exile in Florida. … [Read More...]
Webbs Reserve Launches in Punta Gorda
Defined by water hazards on all 18 holes, the new Webbs Reserve Golf Club by Nicklaus Design meanders through the coastal plains and wetlands that characterize the south Florida community of Punta Gorda. … [Read More...]
Whirlpool Golf Course Gets a Facelift
Opened downriver from Niagara Falls in 1951, Whirlpool Golf Course is undergoing a multi-year redo aimed at returning the classic Stanley Thompson design to its original glory. … [Read More...]
Quivira Los Cabos Celebrates 10th Birthday
Quivira Golf Club, a US$40-million Jack Nicklaus signature design on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Get ready for clifftop ocean views and a heart-thumping 1.2-kilometre thrill ride up the side of a mountain. … [Read More...]
Cabot Revelstoke Set to Rock Golf World
Why Rod Whitman's Cabot Pacific course at Cabot Revelstoke, scheduled to launch in 2027, is the most eagerly anticipated Canadian mountain golf design in almost a century. … [Read More...]
Monster Golf Club Signals Rebirth of Catskills
The opening of Monster Golf Club, a Rees Jones design at Resorts World Catskills, is helping fuel the renaissance of the famous Borscht Belt, where top comedians once brought the laughs to vacationers between rounds of golf. … [Read More...]
Black Desert a Grand Finale for Weiskopf
Black Desert, Tom Weiskopf’s final golf course design, is an acclaimed beauty that twists through red rock plateaus and ancient lava fields in southwestern Utah. The centrepiece of a US$2 billion resort complex, Weiskopf's course is home to new PGA and LPGA tournaments. … [Read More...]
McBroom and Carrick Team Up at Fox Harb’r
Long Canada’s top golf architects, Tom McBroom and Doug Carrick have joined forces to design two upcoming new courses at Fox Harb’r Resort and Spa, the oceanfront Nova Scotia retreat built on the profits of the Tim Hortons fast-food empire. … [Read More...]
Myrtle Beach Rules in South Carolina Golf
Stacked with acclaimed designs by Tom Fazio, Mike Strantz, Tom Doak and other top architects, Myrtle Beach dominates Golfweek’s new listing of South Carolina’s best public-play courses. … [Read More...]
Black Bear Ridge: An Eastern Ontario Surprise
A mainstay of golf in Eastern Ontario, Black Bear Ridge quickly evolved from a rich man’s passion project into an enduring Canadian success story. And coming soon: a $1.54 billion residential expansion. … [Read More...]
Chase the Midnight Sun to Yellowknife
Founded in 1948 by golf-mad miners, bush pilots and other hardy Northerners, Yellowknife Golf Club is home to the Midnight Classic Golf Tournament, played every June under the never-setting subarctic sun. … [Read More...]
Tee Off Where Arizona Golf Came of Age
Marketed as the Valley of the Sun, the twin cities of Phoenix and Scottsdale are home to more than 200 of Arizona’s 300 golf courses, including the groundbreaking TPC Stadium Course, host of the famously raucous Waste Management Phoenix Open. … [Read More...]
How the Canadian Open Gave Birth to a King
Newly married and almost flat broke, Arnold Palmer arrived in Toronto for the 1955 Canadian Open desperate for success. How victory at Weston Golf and Country Club launched the rise of the golfer who would be "King." … [Read More...]
