This is a list of golf course architects and golf course design firms. Golf course architecture is a specific discipline of

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, with many architects represented in the United States by the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Some architects are highly successful professional golfers who went on to design golf courses.

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*Paul Albanese * Charles Hugh Alison *

Peter Alliss Peter Alliss (28 February 1931 – 5 December 2020) was an English professional golfer, television presenter, commentator, author and golf course designer. Following the death of Henry Longhurst in 1978, he was regarded by many as the "Voice of ...

*Mary Armstrong *Kevin Atkinson *Edmund Ault *Dave Axland

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Seve Ballesteros Severiano Ballesteros Sota (; 9 April 1957 – 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won 90 inte ...

* Rick Baril *Gene Bates * Brad Bell * William Francis Bell * William P. Bell * Tom Bendelow * Kevin Benedict *Bill Bergin *Cary Bickler * Bruce Borland * Harry Bowers * James Braid

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*Tony Cashmore *

Billy Casper William Earl Casper Jr. (June 24, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. In his youth, Casper started as a caddie a ...

* Bobby Clampett * Clive Clark, golfer and architect *Thomas Clark * Mike Clayton * George Cobb *

Neil Coles Neil Chapman Coles, MBE (born 26 September 1934) is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important tournaments between 1956 and 1982. After reaching 50, he won a further 14 important Seniors ...

*Rob Collins * Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd *

Harry Colt Henry Shapland "Harry" Colt (4 August 1869 – 21 November 1951) was a golf course architect born in Highgate, England. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morriso ...

*Blake Conant * Pete Cooper, golfer and architect * Bill Coore (partner with Ben Crensha
Coore & Crenshaw , Timeless by Design
* Geoffrey Cornish * Brian E. Costello, ASGCA, international architect * Henry Cotton, golfer and architect * Colton Craig *

Ben Crenshaw Ben Daniel Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952) is a retired American professional golfer who has won 19 events on the PGA Tour, including two major championships: the Masters Tournament in 1984 and 1995. He is nicknamed '' Gentle Ben''. Professi ...

(partner with Bill Coore) * George Arthur Crump * Bob Cupp * Brian Curley *Keith Cutten

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*David Dale
Ben Davey, Australian golf course architect.
* Johnny Dawson *

Glen Day Glen Edward Day (born November 16, 1965) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was formerly a member of the PGA Tour. Day was born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised in Poplarville, Mississippi, by his mother J ...

* Bruce Devlin *Mike DeVries * Bill Diddel * W. H. Diddle * Ida Dixon (1854–1916), first female golf course architect in the United States * Tom Doak * Frank Duane https://www.golfpass.com/travel-advisor/architects/1076-francis-duane/ * George Duncan, golfer and architect * Tom Dunn *Cynthia Dye *

Alice Dye Alice Dye (February 19, 1927 – February 1, 2019) was an American amateur golfer and golf course designer known as the "First Lady" of golf architecture in the United States. Biography Born Alice Holliday O'Neal in Indianapolis, Indiana, ...

, one of the few female architects * Pete Dye

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*Martin Ebert *Todd Eckenrode * Chandler Egan * Prosper Ellis *Ernie Els * Devereux Emmet (1861–1934) * Abe Espinosa * European Golf Design

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Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo, (born 18 July 1957) is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. A top player of his era, renowned for his dedication to the game, he was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for ...

* George Fazio *

Tom Fazio Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

* Willie Fernie * Forrest Fezler * Homer Fieldhouse * William Flynn * Ross Forbes *Keith Foster * John Fought * Walter Fovargue * William Herbert Fowler *Kyle Franz *Dana Fry *Ron Fream

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*Major Ram Gurung * Jonathan Gaunt * Timothy Gerrish *Simon Gidman * Clark Glasson * Bob Goalby *Kye Goalby *

Robert Muir Graves Robert Muir "Bob" Graves (September 24, 1930 – June 28, 2003) was an American landscape and golf course architect who was president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects from 1974–75. Graves designed many golf courses, includ ...

* Hubert Green * Denis Griffiths ASGCA *Caspar Grauballe *Andrew Green *Bob Gwynne

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* Eddie Hackett *

Dan Halldorson Daniel Albert Halldorson (April 2, 1952 – November 18, 2015) was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour. Halldorson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Brandon, Manitoba. He did not attend col ...

* Gil Hanse *John Harbottle III *Kevin Hargrave *Peter Harradine * Martin Hawtree * Mark Hayes * Randy Heckenkemper * Arthur Hills *

Marion Hollins Marion B. Hollins (December 3, 1892 – August 27, 1944) was an American amateur golfer. She is known as an athlete and as a golf course developer, one of the only known female golf course developers in history. She won the 1921 U.S. Women's Ama ...

* Robert Hunter * Johnny Ross Henry, golfer, antique club collector, club maker and architect *Frank Hummel

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Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin (born June 3, 1945) is an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. Op ...

International Design Group
specialist golf course designers & architects *Eric Iverson

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Tony Jacklin Anthony Jacklin CBE (born 7 July 1944) is a retired English golfer. He was the most successful British player of his generation, winning two major championships, the 1969 Open Championship and the 1970 U.S. Open. He was also Ryder Cup capta ...

* John Jacobs, English golfer and architect * Don January *Paul Jansen * Bill Johnston, golfer and architect * Clyde Johnston *Clyde Johnson, * Bobby Jones, legendary golfer and architect * David Jones, golfer and architect * Rees Jones *

Robert Trent Jones Robert Trent Jones Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a British–American golf course architect who designed or re-designed more than 500 golf courses in 45 U.S. states and 35 countries. In reference to this, Jones took pride in say ...

* Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

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*Yoshikazu Kato * David McLay Kidd *Tad King *Ron Kirby *

Tom Kite Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He won the U.S. Open in 1992 and spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994. Career Kite w ...

Gary Koch Gary D. Koch (born November 21, 1952) is an American professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer, who formerly played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour. Early years Koch was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana i ...

* Harley Kruse * Donald Knott, 1994–1995 ASGCA President

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*Joe Lee *Jim Lipe *Tim Lobb * Emil Loeffler *

Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer who has won 21 events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship: the 1997 PGA Championship. He won the Players Championship in 1992 and 2003. He was in th ...

* Christian Lundin * Chris Lutzke * Jeff Lynch

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* A.V. Macan * Charles B. Macdonald *

Alister MacKenzie Alister MacKenzie (30 August 1870 – 6 January 1934) was a golf course architect whose course designs span four continents. Originally trained as a surgeon, MacKenzie served as a civilian physician with the British Army during the Boer War ...

*Tom Mackenzie * Richard Mandell *Ellis Maples *

Graham Marsh Graham Vivian Marsh MBE (born 14 January 1944) is a retired professional golfer who was one of the leading Australian players of his generation. During his career he won more than 70 tournaments around the world, including 10 on the European To ...

* Greg Martin * Billy Martindale * W. Bruce Matthews III *

Perry Maxwell Perry Duke Maxwell (June 13, 1879 – November 15, 1952) was an American golf course architect. He was a founding member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and was an inductee into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. He was k ...

* Shelley Mayfield * Tom McBroom * Mark McCumber * Peter McEvoy * Harold "Jug" McSpaden * Steve Melnyk, golfer and architect *

Johnny Miller John Laurence Miller (born April 29, 1947) is an American former professional golfer. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s. He was the first to shoot 63 in a major championship to win the 1973 U.S. Open, and he ran ...

*Jeff Mingay * Mike Morley *

Old Tom Morris Thomas Mitchell Morris (16 June 1821 – 24 May 1908), otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of the St Andrews Links, and died ...

* Jay Morrish * John Stanton Fleming Morrison * Mark Mungeam * Robert McNeil * Ken Moodie

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*Pirapon Namatra *Vijit Nandrajog *

Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer and golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won 117 professional tour ...

*Kevin Norby *

Greg Norman Gregory John Norman AO (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian entrepreneur and retired professional golfer who spent 331 weeks as world number one in the 1980s and 1990s. He won 89 professional tournaments, including 20 PGA Tour tournament ...

* Bernard Nicholls * Dick Nugent * Nai Chung Chang * Michel Niedbala, Golf Optimum, Best Golf Course Designer / BUILD 2017 - Architecture Awards

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* Pete Oakley *Paul O'Brien * Christy O'Connor Jnr * Willie Ogg * Jaime Ortiz-Patino

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*Larry Packard *

Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous ev ...

* Willie Park, Jr. *

Jerry Pate Jerome Kendrick Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. As a 22-year-old rookie, he won the U.S. Open in 1976. Early years Born in Macon, Georgia, Pate grew up in th ...

*Ross Perrett *Richard Phelps *Kyle Phillips * Agustin Piza *Don Placek *

Gary Player Gary James Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tou ...

*Ralph Plummer *Frank Pont * Bill Powell * Jimmy Powell *

Ron Prichard Ron Prichard (born 1945 or 1946) is an American golf course designer and restorer. His original designs include the TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee, now home of the FedEx St. Jude Classic. However, he is perhaps better known for mastermind ...

*Dan Proctor

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* Henry Ransom *Tyler Rae * Joginder Rao *John Raese * Seth Raynor * Dean Refram * Wilfrid Reid * Forrest L. Richardson * Stephen Ridgway * Steve Ritson * Robert Lawrence *

Allan Robertson Allan Robertson (11 September 1815 – 1 September 1859) was considered to be one of the first professional golfers. Early years In the mid-19th century golf was played mainly by well-off gentlemen, as hand-crafted clubs and balls were ex ...

* Ted Robinson *

Bill Robinson Bill Robinson, nicknamed Bojangles (born Luther Robinson; May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949), was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the f ...

*John F Robinson * Rocky Roquemore * Brian Ross * Donald Ross * Mackenzie Ross

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Ben Sayers Bernard "Ben" Sayers (23 June 1856 – 9 March 1924) was a Scottish professional golfer, who later became a distinguished golf teacher, golf course designer and manufacturer of golf clubs and equipment. Sayers had a reputation for making good q ...

* David Pandel Savic * Lee Schmidt *Brian Schneider * Kipp Schulties *Ed Seay * Donald Sechrest * Barry Serafin *Geoff Shackelford *Scot Sherman * Bob Shearer * Brian Silva * Tom Simpson *Brian Slawnik *Steve Smyers *

Annika Sörenstam Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 intern ...

* Philip Spogárd *Dr. Arthur Spring * Christoph Städler * Bert Stamps * Donald Steel *Jason Straka * Mike Strantz * Herbert Strong * Bruce Summerhays *Howard Swan

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* John Henry Taylor * Dave Thomas * George C. Thomas, Jr. * Stanley Thompson * Peter Thomson *Lassi Pekka Tilander * A. W. Tillinghast * Herbert Charles Tippet * Walter Travis *Alfred H. Tull * Herbert J. Tweedie

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*Osamu Ueda

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* Harry Vardon * George Von Elm * Douw van der Merwe

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*Jim Wagner, Nicklaus Design *Jim Wagner, Hanse Golf Course Design *William Watson * Bobby Weed *

Tom Weiskopf Thomas Daniel Weiskopf (November 9, 1942 – August 20, 2022) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. His most successful decade was the 1970s. He won 16 PGA Tour titles between 1968 and 1982, inclu ...

* Beau Welling * Robert W. White *Ron Whitman *Chet Williams *Chris Wilczynski * Hugh Irvine Wilson *Derrell Witt * Norman H. Woods *

Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. * * * Woods is widely regarded as ...

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* John Francis Yuhas, Golf Course Architect

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References

External links

American Society of Golf Course Architects member list

European Institute of Golf Course Architects, EIGCA member list
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