Each year, Golf Digest panelists travel the U.S. and Canada to play Best New, Best Renovation and Best Transformation candidate courses, along with every other course listed in our rankings (for more ...

What does it mean for a golf course to have “character”? Can character be quantified, or is it more like “charisma,” something that’s easy to spot in a personality but difficult to explain? Most of us ...

If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating®. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

It’s difficult to misplace a golf course. But golf course plans? They’re more likely to get lost. That’s what happened, anyway, with a blueprint drawn by one of the greatest architects of all time. In ...

So many things in life seem easy to the uninitiated. Juggling. Unicycling. Giving a toast. Playing golf. And, yes, to some golfers even, building a golf course. A nice piece of land with pretty views, ...