Golf Features Articles

As Nick Pink leaves England golf to take the helm at England Hockey, Golf Features editor, Colin Jenkins makes his pitch to replace him.

Having designed the first public facility here, in 1982, and led the country’s second wave of public golf development during the 1990s, the course architects at Golfplan-Dale & Ramsey are today spearheading Stage III with one stand-alone, public project newly opened and another three in various stages of development.

Lanhai International Country Club, home to the newly renovated, much discussed Yangtze Dunes course, has officially confirmed the retention of Joey Garon as executive secretary in charge of operations.

Golf Options in Northern Ireland

by M. James Ward

Cape Wickham Links, King Island, Australia
12th hole / 322 Yards / Par-4
Architect: Mike DeVries and Darius Oliver
2015
by M. James Ward
all photos copyright Larry Lambrecht.

Architect Gil Hanse will unveil his first original design in Asia, a homage to Charles Blair MacDonald and Seth Raynor’s mythic Lido Club, when the Ballyshear Golf Links at Ban Rakat Club opens for play in early 2020.

The Bristol Golf Centre has just come onto the market. This presents a fantastic opportunity to buy an outstanding and profitable business, as its proprietor, Nicky Lumb, has decided to retire.

“100 and Counting”

by M. James Ward

Bethpage State Park
Black Course
Farmingdale, New York
15th hole / 478 Yards / Par-4
Architect: Joseph Burbeck with A.W. Tillinghast consulting (1936), with Rees Jones updating (2002)

by M. James Ward

Photos courtesy of the PGA of America