Bandon Dunes has Bandon Preserve and Shorty’s. Pinehurst has the Cradle. Big Cedar Lodge has Top of the Rock and Mountain Top. Sand Valley has The Sand Box. Cobot Links has The Nest. Blackwolf Run has ...

If you’re a certain type of golf nut, you know about new courses long before they open. You follow their progress like an expectant parent, tracking developments in their design. Photos. Renderings.

It wasn’t particularly long ago, even within the last decade, that the business of golf appeared to be in trouble. Golf courses were closing in record numbers, club manufacturers were downsizing or ...