News Editor (Golf Course Architecture)
Richard Humphreys is a News Editor at Golf Course Architecture. He covers a diverse range of topics including architecture and planning, construction and real estate, as well as travel and tourism, with a particular focus on agriculture and farming. Richard's work has been featured in The Record magazine and Golf Course Architecture.
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Richard Humphreys' coverage predominantly focuses on golf course design and related events, often incorporating press releases. He would likely be interested in pitches that offer unique insights into upcoming golf course projects, architectural trends, or exclusive access to industry professionals involved in golf course renovations and designs.
Considering the nature of his coverage attributes and themes covered, Richard may be more inclined towards receiving announcements about new developments within the golf architecture space or exclusives involving interviews with prominent figures in this field.
Given his extensive focus on golf courses and architecture, he might appreciate pitches from individuals directly involved in these activities such as architects, designers, or key stakeholders within the industry who can provide valuable insights into ongoing projects or emerging trends.
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By: Richard Humphreys
Trump Turnberry in Scotland will reopen its Ailsa course on 1 June following a renovation by Martin Ebert of Mackenzie & Ebert.Construction began in October 2024, with Ebert renovating the seventh and eighth holes.Work on the par-five seventh includes relocating the green to a new position close to the site’s coastline, while the par-four eighth has had its tees relocated to the right in order to straighten the fairway from the tee and eliminate the blind approach shot....
By: Richard Humphreys
Golf course architect Steve Smyers has designed a new course for the Reynolds Lake Oconee community, southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.Fenmoor will become the community’s eighth course when it opens in autumn 2026, joining the Preserve, Great Waters, National, Oconee, Landing, Creek Club and Richland layouts.Located in the northeast corner of the 12,000-acre community, the Fenmoor site features marshy land, native grasses and rolling hillsides. Smyers’ design features...
By: Richard Humphreys
Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri, will open Cliffhangers, a new 18-hole par-three course, on 4 July 2025.Cliffhangers was created by resort owner Johnny Morris and his son John Paul and is the third par-three course at Big Cedar Lodge, joining the nine-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed Top of The Rock and the 13-hole Mountain Top, designed by Gary Player’s firm. Big Cedar also has three eighteen-hole courses: Tiger Woods’ Payne’s Valley, Tom Fazio’s Buffalo Ridge...
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new Wee course at Harbor Shores Resort in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The nine-hole pitch-and-putt layout will be created by Colin Montgomerie’s design firm.The Wee course will consist of holes of 60 yards and less and are inspired by nine holes from the resort’s Jack Nicklaus Signature layout. Montgomerie’s team has also planned for an expansive putting green.“I am very excited to be a part of such a wonderful project...
Since debuting in April 2025, Norwegian Aqua has been taking passengers on Eastern Caribbean cruises, visiting places like The Bahamas; Saint Thomas in the US Virgin Islands; Tortola in the British Virgin Islands; the Dominican Republic; and Norwegian Cruise Line’s private Bahamian island, Great Stirrup Cay. Norwegian Aqua is the first of Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) Prima Plus-class ships and is 10 per cent larger than its predecessors. The 3,571-guest vessel was built by Fincantieri...
Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is hosting its tenth US Open on 12-15 June 2025.Gil Hanse completed a project on the course in 2022-2023, initially focused on updating infrastructure but ultimately leading to the renovation of features throughout the course. He was supported by design partner Kevin Murphy, Kye Goalby, Matt Smallwood, Oakmont’s Mike McCormick and his maintenance staff, Total Turf Golf Services, Toro and Better Billy Bunker.Can you tell us...
By: Richard Humphreys
The Summer 2025 issue of By Design magazine from the American Society of Golf Course Architects is now available in digital format.The main feature asks: what inspired you to become a golf course architect? Jan Bel Jan, Steve Forrest, Trey Kemp, Don Knott and Logan Thompson speak about the people, courses and experiences that planted the seed for their career in golf design.Bel Jan’s father George and his five brothers all had careers in the golf industry at various clubs in...
By: Richard Humphreys
Nine holes of a new golf course by Harradine Golf are growing in at Capital Hills Golf and Country Club near Islamabad, Pakistan, and are expected to open for play in April 2026.The project is part of the Capital Smart City development, an initiative of Future Development Holdings. The new 18-hole course is close to the M2 Lahore-Islamabad motorway near New Islamabad Airport, on the eastern route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.“My feelings when I first saw the site...
By: Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington, will hold a soft opening of a new course in August 2025.The ‘Scarecrow’ layout will be the third at the resort, joining the original Sands course, which opened for play in 2014, and the 14-hole QuickSands short course, which opened in 2021. All three were designed by DMK Golf Design, headed by David McLay Kidd.Kidd developed an initial routing for land upon which the Scarecrow course lies in 2015, but that plan didn’t move...
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