Long ago I accepted the fact that I was unlikely to be able to hit a golf ball like Jack Nicklaus, nor putt with his complete assuredness under the most extreme pressure. After studying more than 40 of his golf courses worldwide, I’d also assumed that we were unlikely to ever share the same views

Though it may surprise some, our Planet Golf Architect of the Year for 2010 is American Jim Urbina. Having started in the design business working for Pete Dye in the mid-1980s, Urbina left Dye in 1992 to join an unknown novice named Tom Doak, whom he worked with successfully for more than 17 years.

As many will be aware, tens of thousands of Queenslanders have suffered through weeks of unprecedented flooding, with more than three-quarters of the state flooded to some degree. While nothing compares with the loss of a loved one, we should remember that across the state golf clubs and course supe