Top Lighthouses in Golf

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The following is a rundown of nine lighthouses that feature prominently at public-access golf courses around the world.

The 10 Most Influential American Designs You Can Play

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For connoisseurs who chase after inspired and historic golf architecture, there’s a short list of courses that are indispensable must-plays if you’re to acquire a proper education. Admittedly, Pine Valley, National Golf Links of America, and Cypress Point would be on any such list—but their gates are locked to most of us. Likewise, the list […]

PGA Tour Q&A: One Course for the Rest of Your Life

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If you could only play one course for the rest of your life, where would you choose to play? It’s a question that golfing friends often ask each other, so we decided to ask a bunch of PGA Tour players to find out where they would choose to play golf if they could only tee […]

18 of the Best Dogleg Holes

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It would be a gross overgeneralization to say all straight golf holes are boring. The Old Course at St. Andrews has a lot of straight or straight-ish holes, but thanks to a combination of tantalizing fairway/green contours, bothersome bunkers that really are best-avoided, firm ground, and an ancient stone bridge, there’s not a single hole […]

Top 10 Co-Designed Public Courses in the U.S.

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With each memorable Masters Tournament, we are treated to one of architecture’s greatest design collaborations, with Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones responsible for the creation of Augusta National. Sixty-five years later, Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus teamed up to craft Harbour Town, a beloved PGA Tour venue since 1969. What those courses proved is that […]

My Round at Harbour Town Golf Links

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The intimidation started early. At first it was a sense of anticipation—I was about to play one of the top public courses in the entire country just a few weeks after the PGA Tour pros had done so during the RBC Heritage. The drive over the bridge onto Hilton Head Island and through The Sea […]