Alabama
The Alabama Intercollegiate Athletics Golf Facility in Tuscaloosa has been receiving a major upgrade to the practice facility. The off-campus facility is projected to be one of the top collegiate practice areas in the country and will include a clubhouse.
Arizona
Arizona Biltmore Golf Club in Phoenix had Tom Lehman renovate its Adobe Golf Course and reopened it as the Estates Course. A new restaurant also opened in the clubhouse.… After the former Rolling Hills Golf Course in Tempe was renovated by Grass Clippings last year, and Troon took over daily operations, the all-new short course Grass Clippings at Rolling Hills now sports LED lighting around the property and night golf.… North of Tucson, MountainView Golf Course completed a full renovation, including an irrigation system replacement, improved drainage, bunkers complexes, turf reduction and new tees … Renovation work at Foothills Golf Club in Phoenix is spanning the greens, tees and approaches, and there are also enhancements being made to the clubhouse.… The Club at Starr Pass golf resort in Tucson is undergoing enhancements to the course and clubhouse.… Lighting was added for night golf at the six-hole short course #miniDunes at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes in Maricopa.… The first full season of having Toptracer technology at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale has helped attract a lot of golfers to the facility’s practice area.
California
Omni La Costa in Carlsbad opened its Gil Hanse-reimagined North Course and hosted the NCAA Championships for the first time.… Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Cruz has been working on a course restoration.… The 7,365-yard Ladera Golf Club near Palm Springs has opened. It’s a private Gil Hanse design spanning 165 acres with an 18-hole regulation course and a nine-hole par-3 layout.… Coral Mountain Golf Club was bought by the residents of Trilogy at La Quinta and reverted back to its original name, Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta. It’s also undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation to modernize the facilities – all greens have been regrassed, collars have been resodded, greenside irrigation heads have been replaced, and several bunkers were reshaped with lowered noses to enhance playability, while all bunkers were completely rebuilt. It re-opens in November. The clubhouse was also remodeled.… Silverado Resort in Napa has experienced a 6 percent boost in rounds played over last year, including those from members, tournaments and guests. The resort’s room and golf package accounts for 13 percent of hotel bookings.… The Links at Terranea Resort in Ranchos Palos Verdes recently renovated bunkers on holes 7, 8 and 9.… Fairmont Grand Del Mar near San Diego unveiled a reimagined lobby lounge, golf clubhouse and outdoor spaces – bringing in lighter and more modern touches to the clubhouse. This year, approximately 23 percent of total rounds have been from non-member play, and there was a measurable boost in Canadian visitors over the winter months.… Troon has begun managing Brookside Golf Club next door to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.… Ember & Rye, the award-winning restaurant overlooking the 18th hole at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, has reopened after a devastating fire last year.
Colorado
Rodeo Dunes is a public golf resort in development by Michael and Chris Keiser, less than an hour from the Denver International Airport. It’s set on 4,000-plus acres of towering sand dunes with 125-mile views of Colorado’s Front Range. Two course routings are complete – one by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the other by their associate Jimmy Craig. Construction has started on the Coore & Crenshaw course, which is slated to open in 2026.… Copper Mountain Resort has completed a redesign of four holes on its Copper Creek Golf Course. The course’s 12th–15th holes were completely redesigned by Cynthia Dye McGarey and her son, Matt McGarey. Cyntha’s uncle, Pete Dye, was the original course architect.
Florida
On the prior site of World Woods Golf Club in Brooksville, Cabot Citrus Farms opened two renovated 18-hole courses, Karoo and Roost, and two short courses: a nine-holer called The Squeeze, and an 11-hole par-3 course coined The Wedge. The destination will celebrate its grand opening in January 2025. The property also sports a new double-ended driving range with Trackman.… In West Palm Beach, The Park West Palm is a fresh Gil Hanse/Seth Waugh muni designed for inclusion.… Astor Creek Golf & Country Club in Port St. Lucie is now open for play.… Also slated to open this year: Atlantic Fields Golf Club in Hobe Sound, the Nick Price-designed Soleta Golf Club in Myakka City just east of Sarasota that includes a David Leadbetter "Field of Dreams" practice facility; Kinsale Golf Club in Naples; and the Ray Floyd-sculpted Saltleaf Golf Preserve in Bonita Springs that brings nine new holes and a major redesign of the existing nine at the former site of Raptor Bay Golf Club.… Evermore Resort outside Orlando has reimagined the Grand Cypress golf experience as designed by Jack Nicklaus. The Links Course is an homage to the Old Course at St. Andrews, while the Cypress Course is an American parkland-style design set on the former North, South and East nine-hole routings.
Georgia
At the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds Lake Oconee, the lobby, spa and public areas have been renovated, and the property now includes a new Italian restaurant, Amore del Lago, plus a speakeasy lounge. This month, a new golf course – the private Richland by Tom Fazio – opens and will be accessible only to Reynolds Lake Oconee Platinum members.… The Keep at McLemore Resort in Rising Fawn has opened. It’s walkable, despite flirting with a ridgetop at several points. A Hilton-branded Coudland luxury hotel also debuted at this mountain resort, which already boasted the acclaimed Highlands Course.
Hawaii
Mauna Kea Golf Course on the Big Island closed for a major grass and bunker renovation, and is slated to reopen in February.… The Four Seasons Hualalai Resort is reporting another strong season, with golfers from Asia returning in larger numbers this year. The resort also sees plenty of business from California and Las Vegas. Resort guests have access to the Jack Nicklaus-designed Hualalai Course, which hosts the PGA Tour Champions Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, while owners in the surrounding residential area have access to the Ke’Olu Course on property, which was designed by Tom Wieskopf. Both courses have been fully regrassed with paspalum grass that thrives near the ocean.… Also on the Big Island, the private Hokuli‘a has newly renovated bunkers and greens, clubhouse and restaurant, … On Kauai, Princeville Makai underwent a $3 million renovation project aimed to enhance playability and boost agronomic conditions – including bunker renovations, cart path upgrades, drainage improvements and turf strengthening.
Idaho
Play from Seattle golfers remains strong at Coeur d’Alene Resort, where there has also been a major shift to a much broader national reach. Travelers from California are the largest market outside of Western Washington with Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Texas following. Around 70 percent of play this summer was from golfers playing the course for the first time. Since COVID, there’s also been an influx of more non-resort stay golfers – accounting for nearly 75 percent of players. As a result, the number of club rentals has increased by 20-plus percent each of the past three seasons.… Tamarack Resort unveiled the Osprey Meadows Course, following a renovation by Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects. It features a unique 19th Gambler’s Hole.
Michigan
The all-new St. John’s Resort opened in Plymouth, and includes the first new course – The Cardinal – in the Detroit area in more than 20 years. The high-end public course is part of a $50-million resort transformation that began in 2021 under the property’s new ownership group. There’s also a fresh seven-hole par-3 course with famous template greens and faux turf tees, plus a two-acre putting course.… Boyne Golf continues renovating Donald Ross Memorial in Harbor Springs. Five holes have now been modified to more closely follow Ross’ original designs, and additional hole renovations are on tap over the next few years. The resort also debuted the Doon Brae short course directly behind the main lodge at The Highlands. A one acre Himalayan-style putting green opens adjacent to the short course in 2025.… In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Island Resort & Casino is adding a new nine-hole course, the Cedar Course (Kishki), to its Sage Run Golf Course site. It will be designed by Paul Albanese and feature popular template green complexes inspired by C.B. Macdonald’s National Golf Links and overseas links like Prestwick. Cedar will also offer a multi-hole complex featuring multiple greens with varying short and mid-level par-3 shots that can be played in all directions. The resort’s Sweetgrass Golf Course is adding a new 3,000-square-foot golf shop.… Troon was selected to manage the City of Detroit’s three municipal golf courses – Chandler Park, Rackham and Rouge Park. Its Indigo Sports company will oversee golf operations, agronomy, food & beverage, and sales and marketing.
Minnesota
An additional nine holes of the Dutch (Red) Course are being finished at Cragun Resort’s Legacy Courses in Brainerd. The resort is seeing golf guests come in droves from within the state, as well as from North Dakota, Texas and Canada.
Missouri
Big Cedar Lodge near Branson is adding another par-3 course: This one called Cliffhangers. Designed by owner Johnny Morris and his son John Paul, the new course is located near the existing Mountain Top par-3 Course and the Payne’s Valley Course designed by Tiger Woods. Cliffhangers will join Mountain Top and Top of the Rock as par-3 courses on the sprawling property, and should open in early 2025.
Nebraska
GrayBull has begun preview rounds in Maxwell. This private David McLay Kidd design, part of the nationwide Dormie Network of private clubs, promises pristine course conditions and 60 on-site beds for members to stay overnight.
North Carolina
Pinehurst Resort & Club opened No. 10, a walkable Tom Doak design that features dramatic terrain, on the new Pinehurst Sandmines area of the resort. A Bill Coore-Ben Crenshaw routing for a potential No. 11 course and a par-3 course at the mostly undeveloped 900-acre site are possible in the coming years.
Oregon
The new Shorty’s short course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort opened with 19 sub-160-yard holes that meander through rolling natural dunes and scattered shore pines near the existing Bandon Trails and Bandon Preserve layouts. The namesake Bandon Dunes Course will host the 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur next August, part of a partnership between the resort and the USGA that will bring more than two dozen championships to the property through 2045.
Puerto Rico
The island is thriving as a golf destination with an international feel and domestic comforts, plus 18 courses currently open to travelers and another two under construction. As the “Rum Capital of the World,” the island has been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Pina Colada cocktail with tours of the Bacardi distillery.
South Carolina
At The Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head, Harbour Town Golf Links will close following the 2025 RBC Heritage for a restoration that will be overseen by Davis Love III. Most of the project will involve improvements and upgrades to agronomy and maintenance, including rebuilding all greens, bunkers and bulkheads. While there will be some slight adjustments to the course, none of the Pete Dye design’s original shot values and strategic considerations will be changed.… Kawonu Golf Club near Greenville will open in spring of 2027. It will be the first new course in the area since The Cliffs at Mountain Park opened and the first new private club to open in the city in more than 30 years.… Fripp Island Golf & Beach Resort outside Beaufort is completing a multimillion-dollar renovation of its Ocean Point Golf Course overseen by Pete Dye’s niece, Cynthia Dye McGarey.
Tennessee
The Upper Course at The Golf Club of Tennessee is reportedly still under construction in Kingston Springs. This upcoming private course by Gil Hanse will complement an existing Tom Fazio design already on property.
Texas
A new David McLay Kidd course – Thomas Ranch Golf Course in Lake Travis – has been grassed but likely won’t open for play until sometime in 2025.… In Rusk County, the public golf resort Wild Spring Dunes is coming from Mike and Chris Keiser, and will feature golf, accommodations, homesites and dining. Plans are for two 18-hole courses, a short course and practice center. Tom Doak will build the first course, to open in 2026. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw already routed a second course.… Austin’s Horseshoe Bay Resort is opening the Cap Rock Golf Academy this fall, part of a $150 million-plus capital improvement program across the 7,000-acre property. The resort’s Whitewater Putting Course has been updated with Zoysia grass putting surfaces, vibrant crushed marble bunker sand, new irrigation, an LED lighting system and improved sound to allow for music playing across its 18 holes.
Utah
The Tom Weiskopf-designed Black Desert Resort Golf Course in Ivins opens for a preview period this month, and is also hosting a PGA TOUR event this month. The new resort is booking stay-and-play packages up to a year in advance. The course was designed by Phil Smith and Tom Weiskopf, and was Weiskopf’s final design project. The preview period will see five restaurants open and 447 luxury guestrooms available, with another 344 set to come on line next spring.… Tiger Woods’ course design firm is building the 18-hole Marcella Club on a new alpine ski resort in Park City. It will open in 2025.… Also in Park City, Promontory Club – The Hills added an 18-hole, par-3 course to a new complex within the property and the 18-hole Cascade Greens putting course.… Wohali Golf Club near Park City debuted on a dramatic property at a 6,000-foot elevation. The back nine extends 4,000-plus yards, and the facility includes a short course and putting course.
Virginia
In 2025, a renovation of rooms and public spaces is slated for Lansdowne Resort in Loudon County – just minutes from Dulles International Airport – that includes 45 holes of golf by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Greg Norman.
Washington
A third David McLay Kidd design is going in at Gamble Sands in Brewster. The new course is set to open in June or July of 2025, and will join the Sands Course – Golf Digest’s best new course of 2014 – and QuickSands par-3 course at the resort.
Wisconsin
In Rome, the Tom Doak-designed Sedge Valley at Sand Valley Golf Resort opened with a forest routing meant to provide an intimate feel on land that’s rich with sandy soil, native groundcover and a prominent rock outcropping. The fifth course on property, it was inspired by the classic links courses of England.… Whistling Straits in Kohler will host three future USGA Championships, starting with the 2028 U.S. Amateur.
International
Australia
The public 7 Mile Beach Golf Links course is scheduled to open late this year on a windswept peninsula site in Tasmania. Former tour player Matthew Goggin has spearheaded the project, with a course designed by the firm of Clayton, DeVries and Pont.
Canada
The upcoming Cabot Revelstoke Resort in British Columbia will open in 2026 between the Columbia River and neighboring snow-capped Selkirk Mountains, along with a hotel. It will feature Cabot Pacific, an 18-hole course designed by the firm of Whitman, Axland & Cutten that showcases towering mountain vistas from every hole.… Cabot Cape Breton in Inverness, Nova Scotia, opened Coore’s Lobster Shack on site.
Caribbean
Point Hardy Golf Club at Cabot Saint Lucia officially opened this past December and debuted as No. 76 in GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Courses in the World list for the 2023–24 season.… Casa de Campo’s iconic Teeth of the Dog course is about to undergo its first major renovation since opening 50 years ago. New flights into La Romana International Airport, just five minutes from the resort, have made getting to the property easier than ever.
England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club and Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s Golf Club are both in the midst of extensive renovations, elevating their already great experiences. The work at Royal Birkdale includes a new par-3 with the famous art deco clubhouse in the backdrop – a view that promises to receive plenty of airtime during the 2026 Open Championship. Experts see England’s Golf Coast as a hot destination next year, and a great value. Golfers can play both famed clubs, along with Hillside, Formby, Southport and Ainsdale, and other great venues, without ever changing hotels.
France
The Cabot Collection expanded its portfolio to include Cabot Bordeaux (formerly Golf Du Médoc Resort) in Bordeaux, to be its first location in continental Europe. The property includes two 18-hole courses, a 79-room hotel, restaurant and spa. Cabot announced that it will recapture the firmness of both the Châteaux Course and Vignes Course, bringing back their character with updated design elements while preserving the historic charm.
Ireland
Northwest Ireland is finally on the map for many golfers, partially thanks to the arrival of St. Patrick’s Links at Rosapenna Golf Resort. The Tom Doak design was the region’s first course to land on a world top 100 list, and complements two additional links courses on property that have already posted higher green fee rates for 2025. With a slew of other renowned courses around, golf travelers are spoiled with options here. Even the wild and rugged nine-hole Cruit Island Course has quickly amassed a cult following. The region comes at a significant discount compared to other notable golf areas across the pond. “If history is a guide, Ireland will be the big winner in 2025 and beyond thanks to The Open’s return to Royal Portrush,” says Daniel Jones, Marketing & Member Engagement Manager at Cincinnati-based golf tour operator Haversham & Baker Expeditions. “Ireland experienced a significant spike after The Open’s return in 2019, and early indications are signaling a repeat. Although availability for next year is sparse to non-existent at Royal Portrush and nearby Royal County Down, planning for 2026 is already well underway.”... Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts’ Portrush Adelphi hotel will open in February near Royal Portrush and cater to golf travelers.
Mexico
On the Islands of Loreto, the acclaimed TPC Danzante Bay reports a significant bump in guests arriving via private jet from Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco this year. A new clubhouse is expected to be completed this month with a new golf shop, starter area, restaurant with open-air dining room, and a full remodel of the outdoor bar and grill.
New Zealand
Te Arai Links is a new world-class golf destination along the coastline, approximately a 90-minute drive from Auckland. The resort boasts two pure links golf courses – The North Course by Tom Doak (opened 2023) and The South Course by Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (opened 2022). The property’s grand opening is happening by the end of this month to coincide with the completion of its full amenities.
Portugal
Portugal is enjoying the tailwind of an extremely high profile and interest for general travel opportunities coupled with some new course developments. The David McLay Kidd-designed Dunas at Terras da Comporta an hour south of Lisbon finally opened as an 18-hole course late last year. And Ombria Golf Course in Algarve is getting rave reviews, especially for its greens.
Scotland
Scotland remains the most popular international destination for traveling American golfers, insist experts. All eyes will be on Cabot Highlands in Inverness for 2025, as progress continues on its highly anticipated second course, Old Petty. The Tom Doak design promises to continue transforming the Highlands into a standalone, weeklong destination – making over half a dozen excellent links courses there now. Also new will be an extended 11,000-square-foot clubhouse with a whisky and cigar bar, clubhouse grill bar and chophouse … Southworth has announced plans to add a second course, new hotel and 50 golf cottages to The Village at Machrihanish Dunes in Argyll, Scotland, on the Mull of Kintyre.
Spain
Zafiro Palace Andratx, a five-star, all-suite resort in Mallorca, opened in 2023 next to the prestigious Andratx Golf Course. This year, the resort reported an 11 percent annual increase in golf bookings over last year, partially thanks to an exclusive stay-and-play package and a luxury golf getaway package.