Richard Humphreys

Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects (RTJ II) has developed a masterplan for a new course and practice facility for Thai Country Club, near Bangkok, Thailand. “This is about creating one of Thailand's absolute best golf experiences,” said Trent Jones, chief operating officer at RTJ II. “We’re adding a new course to complement Thai Country Club’s storied reputation while establishing its own distinct character.” The club’s existing course opened in 1996 and has hosted the 1997...

Rodeo Dunes, a new golf destination in Weld County, Colorado, has opened its first course to its founding membership. The Coore & Crenshaw design is the first of potentially six to be built on the 4,000-acre site. The destination, set in the high plains of Colorado and with views of The Rockies, is the latest venture from Sand Valley co-developer Michael Keiser Jr. Eleven holes of the Coore & Crenshaw course opened last year for preview play. Now the full 18 is available to founders....

Newgreens Chatswood, near Sydney, Australia, has opened a 12-hole golf course by Neil Crafter. Originally known as Chatswood Golf Club, the facility had 13 holes on its own land and five holes on land it leased from the local council. “The course was constrained and challenging from a safety perspective as four holes crossed over and the club was struggling financially,” said Crafter. “A local developer approached the club with a view to developing retirement apartments on the land then...

David McLay Kidd has developed a golf course plan for Coral Mountain Desert Club, a new 400-acre private club in La Quinta, California. Meriwether Companies, a private resort real estate developer, is leading the development of the new club, which is being built on an undeveloped parcel in Greater Palm Springs. The project represents the area’s first large-scale private club in more than 20 years. “Coral Mountain Desert Club represents something entirely new for the region and a bold...

Bluejack Ranch, a new private club and community in Aledo, Texas, will open its golf course, designed by Tiger Woods’ TGR Design and Beau Welling, in autumn 2026. The new layout is the second Bluejack course, with the first, Bluejack National, opening its doors in 2016. Bluejack Ranch is located just outside of Fort Worth on a 914-acre former ranch, with TGR Design having created a golf course that will be close to 8,000 from the Tiger tees. The project has been led by Andy and Kristin...

The Summer 2026 issue of By Design magazine from the American Society of Golf Course Architects, and produced by the team behind Golf Course Architecture, is now available in digital format. The cover story from the latest release explores the impact of artificial intelligence on golf course design. Designers Brian Costello, Jeff Danner, Andy Staples, Todd Quitno and Kevin Norby, and golf visualisation specialist John Aherne of Golfgraffix, share their thoughts on how AI might shape the...

Construction is nearing completion on a Faldo Design golf course for the new Thatluang Lake Golf Resort in Vientiane, Laos. The resort is part of the Thatluang Lake Park, a new urban area in Vientiane that is designed as an economic development zone. The development covers about 50 hectares, with a larger northern portion and smaller southern ‘island’ separated by an existing urban canal, over which golf will be played. “Given its location so close to the city centre, our vision was...

Le Golf National, near Paris, France, which hosted the Ryder Cup in 2018 and the Olympics in 2024, is to reopen its Albatros course in September 2026 following a redesign that came in part because of the Paris Metro Line 18 project. Line 18 is a new 35-kilometre metro line – connecting Paris-Orly Airport to Versailles – that is currently under construction as part of a four-line expansion of the Paris Metro. An initial section – from Massy-Palaiseau to Christ de Saclay – is scheduled to...

Sweetens Cove Golf Club in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, has started construction of a new 13-hole short course by King Collins Dormer. The new layout will connect and overlap with the existing nine-hole course, with “cross-country” play to be encouraged. It is expected to open in summer 2027. “From the day Ari Techner and I signed the lease for Sweetens Cove Golf Club in May 2014, there has always been a larger vision for the property,” said architect Rob Collins. “It took the...

Travis Club, a new 1,500-acre masterplanned community near Austin, Texas, will open its new Beau Welling-designed golf course on Labor Day weekend (5 September 2026). “Labor Day weekend marks a major milestone for Travis Club and for the members who have believed in this vision from the beginning,” said Leisha Ehlert, CEO of Travis Club. “Beau and his team have created a course that feels deeply connected to the land, the lake and the spirit of this community. We are thrilled to begin...