Golf Course Architecture Magazine July 2024 Vorige editie

Our latest issue features the Kyle Phillips-designed Stonehill course on the cover. The architect transformed desolate land north of Bangkok into one of Thailand’s best golf courses, as Richard Humphreys reports.

For our main feature, we consider the potential impact of legislation that is currently before US Congress, which would extend the copyright protection that exists for buildings architecture to golf course design. Adam Lawrence speaks with intellectual property lawyer Mark Pearce and architects Forrest Richardson, Jim Wagner, Jason Straka and Robert Trent Jones, Jr. about what the Birdie Act means for the golf course design industry.

Richard Humphreys visits Sedge Valley, Tom Doak’s newest creation at Sand Valley, and Adam Lawrence sees Spey Bay, where Clayton, DeVries & Pont has been enlisted to transform a very old-fashioned links.

A golf designer for close to 40 years, Brian Curley has surely clocked up more air miles than anyone else in the business. Adam Lawrence caught up with him in between flights to discuss his career and his new venture with ex-Nicklaus Design associate, Jim Wagner.

The issue also shines a light on the ten golf course architects that GEO Sustainable Golf Foundation has recognised as its ‘Sustainable Golf Champions’. Also, Giulia Ferroni of Leeds Golf Design spells out the intricacies of executing a masterplan and the skills required from a golf course architect.

Our ‘Report’ section includes The Club at Golden Valley in Minnesota Florida’s Hunters Run, Sahalee Country Club near Seattle and The Club at Quail Ridge in Florida.

Our Tee Box section includes Tom Mackenzie’s ongoing renovation at Royal Wimbledon in Surrey, England; Trump International Golf Club Lido, an Ernie Els Design course in Indonesia that will open this month; an interview with Jim Nagle about his work at Philadelphia CC and Meridian Hills CC; and how Golfplan’s work at Kasugai Country Club in Japan.