Great holes don’t just check a bunch of architectural boxes. Of course, strategy, risk/reward and beauty are all important, but more than anything else, great golf ...

When the 16th hole at The Pete Dye Course at French Lick was being built, director of golf Dave Harner suggested to the chief architect, Mr. Dye himself, that it would be a great, drivable Par 4. "If ...

Before he ever thought about routing a golf hole, David Gang was writing code. A software engineer, he came to the game in his late 20s at a sleepy course near his home in western New York, sneaking ...

GANANDA, N.Y. – The owners of Blue Heron Golf Club in Gananda just filed plans showing new homes on the fairways and the neighbors aren’t happy about it. “This is hole 9,” Ricky Howcroft said. “And I ...