Profile
Hirono at Ninety-Four
Alison's most personal commission has been quietly defended for nearly a century. The course we walk today is what he left.
Akira Nakamura · 12 May 2026 · 12 min
The Journal
Long essays, slow takes.
Architecture, restoration, sustainability, travel. The writing that sits behind every flag in the Atlas.
Architecture
A Defense of Blind Shots
Why the shot you cannot see is the one that teaches you the most about a course — and about yourself.
Jean-Baptiste Dominguez · 28 April 2026 · 7 min
Restoration
The Quiet Authority of Charles Alison in Japan
Six months of work in 1930 produced the architectural spine of an entire country's game. The restoration of that work is the most important quiet movement in modern Japanese golf.
Mariko Endo · 9 April 2026 · 9 min
Manifesto
Against the Cart Path
A course was made for feet. Forty years of paved trenches have nearly broken the routing of the game, in Japan as elsewhere.
Tatsuro Oshimoto · 22 March 2026 · 5 min
Travel
A Week in Hokkaido
Six rounds, two architects, one impossible drive between Otaru and Chitose. We came back arguing about the volcano.
Hideo Tanaka · 4 March 2026 · 10 min
Sustainability
Fescue Is the Future
On water, the Japanese summer, and what fine-leaf grass might mean for the next century of course design.
Sayuri Watanabe · 18 February 2026 · 6 min