Featured architects
Kyle Phillips
The modern architect who builds like 1905
- Born
- 1959, California, USA
- Years active
- c. 1997–present
- Works
- 30+ worldwide
- Era
- Contemporary
Why the name endures
Phillips trained at Robert Trent Jones II before establishing his own practice, and made his name with Kingsbarns — a links so convincingly old that visitors assume it predates the courses around it. His work is the clearest modern argument for Golden Age principles.
Design principles
- Contour that reads as though it was always there
- Width with consequence, angles that matter
- Firm ground and the running approach
Surviving work
Courses to see
Kingsbarns Golf Links
Fife, Scotland
Built on farmland, every hole finds the sea and none feels manufactured.
The Grove
Hertfordshire, England
Parkland with sweeping fairway movement close to London.
Yas Links
Abu Dhabi, UAE
A genuine seaside links in the Gulf, with mangroves in place of gorse.