Like an abstract painting splattered on a canvas, the skill of golf course design is easy to dismiss. A tee box, a green, a fairway and some bunkers in between. The whole time you think, Hell, I could ...

Bill Coore is a big name in golf-course architecture. But he wasn’t always destined for a life in design. In college at Wake Forest, he studied the classics. Not Golden Age layouts. Actual classics.

There’s a moment that happens to every golfer who steps onto Kohanaiki’s first tee. The trade winds carry the scent of salt and plumeria. The Pacific stretches endlessly to the west. And suddenly, ...

There are U.S. Open courses that beat players with length. There are others that squeeze players with rough. Shinnecock Hills ...

It often feels like the closer you get to the hole at Shinnecock Hills, the harder the golf becomes.