Architecture purists will argue that the most important factor in evaluating the quality of a golf course is the physical arrangement of features and the types of shots and situations they puts us in.

It was a great year for golf courses, and SI Contributor Joe Passov has awards for the best new courses and course modifications of 2024. For course connoisseurs who seek out stellar architecture and ...

Scarecrow, the newest course at Gamble Sands in Washington, boasts the Columbia River Valley as a backdrop. It's one of a handful of top public courses set to debut in 2025. With the fourth new course ...

Game 7, Stanley Cup Final. Perhaps Masters Sunday and a U.S. Open on Father's Day are golf's only match for hockey's most exciting night, but even then, it's a tough battle. Yet with the NHL season ...

The Athletic has live coverage of the final day of the 2025 Ryder Cup. The golf course will be a supporting character in perhaps the most highly anticipated Ryder Cup in recent memory next week, but ...

Every November, the world's best golfers descend upon Bermuda to compete in the PGA TOUR's Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course, a dramatic Robert Trent Jones Sr. masterpiece ...

The total land area devoted to golf in the U.S. is relatively small, but courses can offer substantial environmental benefits – especially in developed areas where green space is increasingly limited.