Getting into the family business wasn’t something Cynthia Dye McGarey ever planned on doing. Many of her family members had become involved in golf course architecture. Most famously, her uncle is ...

If you’ve always dreamed of building and owning a golf course, here’s a way to finally make it happen: earn a fortune in another field, then pour a portion of those proceeds into your passion project.

They didn’t have much, but they could create. Money was tight for the family, so they built their own board games growing up in Saskatchewan, Canada. One year, Matthew Fehr’s father created his own ...

The January 2026 issue of Golf Course Architecture is out now! The Farms in Rancho Santa Fe, California, photographed by Dave ...

Golf course design is now in an era of star architects, but professional golfers are still bringing their name and vast playing knowledge to projects. By Paul Sullivan Ernie Els, a four-time major ...

Princeton grad Seth Raynor hardly knew anything about golf when he was hired by C.B. Macdonald to help construct the National Golf Links of America. Yet Raynor’s engineering background appealed to ...