Designing golf logos is part art, part science, with impacts that affect everything from a club's image to its bottom line.

Enough with the trees and numbers. There are tens of thousands of golf courses in the world. Most have logos, and many of those logos feature trees and numbers. Oaks are wildly popular. Conifers, too.

To explore into this continuing evolution, I spoke to experts in design, branding and marketing across the creative industries. In the article that follows, I'll share 7 hot trends that are likely to ...