A visit to a construction site reveals a country where golf course building is both banned and booming — and where hope competes with fear every day.
Read More“The China Syndrome”: My latest piece for Golf World

The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream – A book by Dan Washburn
Official website for The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, the new book about golf in China – and so much more – by award-winning journalist Dan Washburn.
A visit to a construction site reveals a country where golf course building is both banned and booming — and where hope competes with fear every day.
Read MoreI recently received an illuminating email from renowned golf course critic Darius Oliver — author of Planet Golf and Planet Golf USA — that I thought readers of this blog would find quite interesting. I am publishing a portion of that email here, with permission …
Read MoreGolf Course Architecture magazine recently published a 2,600-word quote-packed story by Adam Lawrence that gives a nice overview of the whys and hows of China’s current boom in golf course development. Of course, no one seems to agree on what it all means or where …
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