Gilbert Hanse (born August 12, 1963) is an American

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designer. Hanse, along with his business partner Jim Wagner, was selected to design the Rio 2016

Olympic Golf Course The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Golf Course () is a golf course built for the golf tournaments of the 2016 Summer Olympics, within the Marapendi Natural Reserve in the Barra da Tijuca zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The golf course was designed by ...

, the first Olympic venue to host

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since 1904.

Education

Hanse attended secondary school at Hunter Tannersville High School in

Tannersville, New York Tannersville is a village in Greene County, New York, United States. The village is in the north-central part of the town of Hunter on Route 23A. The population was 568 at the 2020 census.U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census results, Tannersville vill ...

. He earned his undergraduate degree from the

University of Denver The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1864, it has an enrollment of approximately 5,700 undergraduate students and 7,200 graduate students. It is classified among "R1: D ...

and his master's in landscape architecture from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

in 1989. Hanse was the recipient of the William Frederick Dreer Award, which allowed him to spend a year in Great Britain studying the history of golf architecture. Mossy Oak Golf Club sign architect Gil Hanse

Mossy Oak Golf Club sign architect Gil Hanse

Golf Course Design

In 1993 Hanse founded Hanse Golf Course Design. His longtime design partner Jim Wagner joined the firm in 1995. Friend and golf historian Geoff Shackelford has also assisted in the design of several projects. Other members of the design team include Kevin Murphy, Ben Hillard, Bill Kittleman, Tom Naccarato,

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. Hanse Golf Design's in house golf construction team is named Caveman Construction. He has mentored younger golf architects in various projects as shapers, notably Kyle Franz at The 2016 Rio Olympic Golf Course, Blake Conant at Oakland Hills Country Club (South), Kye Goalby at Pinehurst Number 4, Angela Moser at Los Angeles Country Club (South).

Golf Courses (Original Design)

Sources: * The Apogee Club, 2024 * Applebrook Golf Club, 2001 * Ban Rakat Club - Ballyshear, Thailand, 2021 * Boston Golf Club, Hingham, Massachusetts, 2005 * CapRock Ranch, Valentine, Nebraska, 2021 * Craighead at

Crail Golfing Society The Crail Golfing Society is a Scottish golf club established in February 1786 in the Golf Hotel, Crail, Fife. The society is the seventh oldest golf club in the world. Its oldest course, Balcomie, was formally laid out by Old Tom Morris in 1 ...

, Scotland, 1998 *

Castle Stuart Castle Stuart is a restored tower house on the banks of the Moray Firth, about northeast of Inverness. The land the castle was built on was granted to the 1st Earl of Moray by his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, following her return to S ...

, Scotland, 2009 * Childress Hall, Texas, 2025 * Circle T Ranch, Westlake, Texas, 2021 * DAMAC Hills, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2016 * Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Texas, 2023 * French Creek Golf Club, Pennsylvania, 2004 * Golf Club of DBI, Tennessee, 2023 * High Grove, Florida, 2024 * Inniscrone Golf Club, Pennsylvania, 1998 * Jonathan's Landing Golf Club, Jupiter, Florida, 2021 * Ladera, Thermal, California, 2022 * Kinsale, Florida, 2024 * Les Bordes (New), France 2021 * Mossy Oak Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi, 2016 * Ohoopee Match Club, Georgia, 2018 *

, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 2016 * Pinehurst (The Cradle), North Carolina, 2017 * Prairie Club (Horse), Valentine, Nebraska, 2010 * Rustic Canyon, California, 2002 * Stonewall (Old Course), Pennsylvania, 1992 * Streamsong Black, Florida, 2017 * The Park West Palm, Florida, 2023

Golf Courses (Restoration)

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Aronimink Golf Club Aronimink Golf Club is a private country club in the eastern United States, located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. Its championship layout is consistently rated among the nation's top golf courses. Aronimink is c ...

, Pennsylvania, 2018 * Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) (Lower), New Jersey, 2020 * Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper), New Jersey, 2024 * Country Club of Rochester, New York, 2001 *

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, Pennsylvania, 2025 * Denison University Golf Course, Ohio, TBA * Denver Country Club, Colorado, 2009 * Essex County, New Jersey, 2004 * Fenway Golf Club, New York, 1997 *

Fishers Island Club The Fishers Island Club is a country club located near the eastern end of Fishers Island in New York. The club includes an eighteen-hole golf course designed by Seth Raynor that was ranked ninth in the 2023 ''Golf Digest'' list of America's 100 ...

, New York, 1995 * Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, 2000 *

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, Tennessee, 2022 * Kittansett Club, Massachusetts, 1995 * Lake Merced Golf Club, California, 2022 * Lakewood Country Club, Colorado, 1993 *

Los Angeles Country Club The Los Angeles Country Club is a golf and country club in Los Angeles, California, United States. The club is noted for being very exclusive. It hosted the 2023 U.S. Open on its North Course. History In the fall of 1897, a group of Los Ang ...

(North), California, 2007 * Marion, Massachusetts, 2024 * Merion Golf Club (East), Pennsylvania, 2014 * Merion Golf Club (West), Pennsylvania, 2025 * Myopia Hunt, Massachusetts, 2011 * Oakland Hills Country Club (South), Bloomfield Township, Michigan, 2020 *

Oakmont Country Club Oakmont Country Club is a golf course country club which, despite its name, is mostly located within the borough of Plum, Pennsylvania with only a small portion of the property actually in the small town of Oakmont. Established in 1903, the club ...

, Pennsylvania, 2024 * Olympic Club (Lake), San Francisco, California, 2024 *

Quaker Ridge Golf Club Quaker Ridge Golf Club is a private golf club in Scarsdale, New York, that contains the Quaker Ridge Golf Course. Additionally, club grounds encompass numerous tennis courts, a swimming pool, a clubhouse and many other structures along the prop ...

, New York, 2002 * Palmetto Golf Club, South Carolina, 2007 *

Plainfield Country Club Plainfield Country Club is a private country club and golf course located in Edison, New Jersey, Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1890 as the Hillside Tennis Club. Its golf course was designed in 1916 by gol ...

, New Jersey, 1999 *

Ridgewood Country Club The Ridgewood Country Club (RCC) is a country club located in Paramus, New Jersey, a suburb northwest of New York City in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County. It was founded in 1890 in neighboring Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, Ho-Ho-Kus, but has be ...

, New Jersey, 1999 * Rockaway Hunting Club, 2009 * Rolling Green, Pennsylvania, 2021 * Sakonnet Golf Club, Rhode Island, 1999 * Savannah Golf Club, Georgia, 2018 *

Sleepy Hollow Country Club Sleepy Hollow Country Club is a historic country club in Scarborough-on-Hudson in Briarcliff Manor, New York. The club was founded in 1911, and its clubhouse was known as Woodlea, a 140-room Vanderbilt mansion owned by Colonel Elliott Fitch She ...

, New York, 2006 *

Southern Hills Country Club Southern Hills Country Club is a private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. History The club was established in 1935 from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips (Frank Phillips, Waite's brother, was the namesake and fou ...

, Oklahoma, 2015 * St. George's Golf and Country Club, New York, 1999 * Taconic Country Club, Massachusetts, 2008 * The Creek, New York, 1997 * The Country Club, Ohio, 2023 *

The Country Club The Country Club, located in Brookline, Massachusetts, is the oldest golf-oriented country club in the United States. (The Philadelphia Cricket Club, founded in 1854, was the first country club for any sport.) It holds an important place in ...

, Massachusetts, 2009 * Tokyo Golf Club, Japan, 2008 * Waverley Country Club, Oregon, 2009 * Westhampton Country Club, New York, 2009 * Wianno Club, Massachusetts, 2012 * Winged Foot Golf Club (East), New York, 2014 * Winged Foot Golf Club (West), New York, 2017 *

Worcester Country Club Worcester Country Club is a private country club and golf course in Worcester, Massachusetts. The course hosted the first Ryder Cup in 1927, and was the site of the 1925 U.S. Open, which was won by Willie Macfarlane. Worcester also hosted the 1 ...

, Massachusetts, 2018 *

Yale Golf Course The Yale Golf Course, or Yale University Golf Course, is a golf course in New Haven, Connecticut, owned and operated by Yale University. Yale is home to the men and women's Yale Golf Team and hosts three collegiate invitational tournaments eac ...

, Connecticut, 2024

Golf Courses (Renovation)

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, Bethesda, Maryland, 2019 * Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas, 2024 * Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018 * La Costa (Champions), 2024 * Los Angeles Country Club (South), California, 2016 * Maggie Hathaway, Los Angeles, California, 2023 * Narin & Portnoo Links, Donegal, Ireland, 2020 * Pinehurst (Number 4), Pinehurst, North Carolina, 2016 * Royal Sydney, Australia, 2023 * Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California, 2024 * Soule Park, Ojai, California, 2005 * TPC Boston, Massachusetts, 2007 * Sewanee: The University of the South Golf Course, 2013 * Vineyard Golf Club, Massachusetts, 2015

Golf Courses (Closed/No Longer Exist - NLE)

* The Capstone Club, Brookwood, Alabama, Opened in 2002 – Closed in 2014 * Tallgrass, Shoreham, New York, Opened in 2000 – Closed in 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanse, Gil 21st-century American architects American golf course architects Cornell University alumni 1963 births Living people People from Greene County, New York