From Michael Bamberger, GOLF.comOne evening last month, while I was playing the Old Course, the cellphone in my golf bag went off. There was plenty of light at 9 p.m., and not another soul was out there, not where I was, a mile or so from downtown St. Andrews. The ancient links is confounding, with greens the size of an Iowa Wal-Mart and disorderly holes and strange toothy animals darting among the gorse bushes. Somewhere

From Michael Buteau, BloombergTiger Woods''s first golf course in the U.S. will be a walking-only layout that emphasizes his ``minimalist'''' design philosophy.Woods, coming off a victory at the PGA Championship two days ago, unveiled plans for the Cliffs at High Carolina as part of a new residential community 4,000 feet (1.2 kilometers) up in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina.After his PGA Championship win at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Woods

From SCOTT HAMILTON, GolfweekTwo days after claiming his 13th major championship, Tiger Woods shifted gears to his other day job and unveiled plans for his first course design in the United States.During a press conference Aug. 14 at The Cliffs Valley, fittingly located 10 miles west of a tiny hamlet called Tigerville, S.C., Woods provided details of his residential project – The Cliffs at High Carolina. The 3,000-acre community will sit 4,000 feet in the

From Alan Bastable, GOLF.comTiger Woods is seeking his "lucky 13th" major win at this week''s PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., but two days after the tournament ends Woods will be announcing a first: his inaugural golf course design in the United States.According to a source close to the situation who requested anonymity, the world''s No. 1 player has signed a deal to design a course located just east of Asheville,

From Garry Smits, Times-UnionGolf-course architects are Da Vincis of earth, grass, sand and water, designing 300-acre masterpieces for the enjoyment and challenge of private-club members, public-golf hackers and resort guests.However, the business of golf-course construction has changed the nature of architecture. While original designs were the dominant part of the business until the turn of the 21st century, re-designs (or re-models or renovations, depending on the architects'' favored terminology) now constitute the bulk of an

From PGATOUR.comCharles Blair Macdonald, instrumental in the founding of the United States Golf Association and credited with building the first 18-hole golf course in the United States, will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Nov. 12 as part of the 2007 Class of Inductees."Charles Blair Macdonald is recognized today as the father of organized golf in the United States," said David Fay, executive director of the United States Golf Association and