The 8 most dramatic course changes from 2025

The only constant in life is change. Seasons turn. Children grow. And golf courses, inevitably, evolve. Here are 8 of the most dramatic transformations of 2025.

Corica Park, North Course

Alameda, CA

Delayed by a series of pandemic-era snags, renovations on the back nine were completed this spring, rounding out a full 18 that nods to old-school links golf with firm turf, sod-wall bunkers, and wildly contoured greens and surrounds. Alongside the Rees Jones–renovated South Course, the North (by Rees’s brother, Robert Trent Jones Jr.) has been a game changer for daily-fee golfers — a municipal facility with multiple options and conditions on par with many private clubs.