A short, well-written set of maintenance standards is a valuable document for any private or public golf course. Standards help define what playing conditions golfers can expect to find on the course ...

What does it mean for a golf course to have “character”? Can character be quantified, or is it more like “charisma,” something that’s easy to spot in a personality but difficult to explain? Most of us ...

When mapmaker C.S. Hammond & Co. asked Golf Digest in 1962 to select the best golf courses in the United States for its cartographers to chart, our editors said no. Choosing the best was too ...