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 o ...

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

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* Seve Ballesteros * Rick Baril *Gene Bates * Brad Bell *

William Francis Bell William Francis Bell (August 8, 1918 – September 20, 1984) was a golf course architect, active from the 1960s into the early 1980s. Biography William Francis Bell was born in Pasadena, California, the son of noted architect William Park Bell, ...

* William P. Bell *

Tom Bendelow Tom Bendelow (1868–1936), nicknamed "The Johnny Appleseed of American Golf" and "The Dean of American Golf", was a Scottish American golf course architect during the first half of the twentieth century. He is credited with having designed som ...

* 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 *Thomas Clark * Mike Clayton * George Cobb * Neil Coles *Rob Collins * Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd * Harry Colt *Blake Conant * Pete Cooper * Bill Coore (partner with Ben Crenshaw) * Geoffrey Cornish * Brian E. Costello * Henry Cotton * Colton Craig * Ben Crenshaw (partner with Bill Coore) * George Arthur Crump * Bob Cupp * Brian Curley *Keith Cutten

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*David Dale *Jack Daray Sr. *Ben Davey * Johnny Dawson * Glen Day *

Bruce Devlin Bruce William Devlin (born 10 October 1937) is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer. Early life Devlin was born in 1937 in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. His parents, Jess and Artie, moved to Gou ...

*Mike DeVries * Bill Diddel * W. H. Diddle *

Ida Dixon Ida Elizabeth Dixon (December 25, 1854 – November 22, 1916) was an American socialite and golf course architect from Pennsylvania. She was the first female golf course architect in the United States and perhaps in the world. She designed th ...

* Tom Doak * Frank Duane * George Duncan * Tom Dunn *Cynthia Dye * Alice Dye * Pete Dye

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*Martin Ebert *Todd Eckenrode * Chandler Egan * Prosper Ellis *Ernie Els * Devereux Emmet * Abe Espinosa *Ramón 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. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his dedication to the game, and was ranked No. ...

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

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*Ron Garl (Ronald M. Garl) *Major Ram Gurung * Jonathan Gaunt * Timothy Gerrish * Lester George *Simon Gidman * Clark Glasson * Bob Goalby *Kye Goalby * Robert Muir Graves * Hubert Green * Denis Griffiths *Caspar Grauballe *Andrew Green *Bob Gwynne * Rob Gavarkovs

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* Eddie Hackett * Dan Halldorson * Gil Hanse *John Harbottle III *Kevin Hargrave *Peter Harradine * Martin Hawtree * Mark Hayes * Randy Heckenkemper * Arthur Hills * David Hemstock * Marion Hollins * Joel Hornickel * Robert Hunter * Johnny Ross Henry * Al Howard *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. ...

International Design Group
*Eric Iverson

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* Tony Jacklin * John Jacobs *

Don January Donald Ray January (November 20, 1929 – May 7, 2023) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1967 PGA Championship. Early life Born in Plainview, Texas, January graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas. He was a ...

*Paul Jansen * Bill Johnston * Clyde Johnston *Clyde Johnson * Bobby Jones * David Jones * Rees Jones * Robert Trent Jones * 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. Early life a ...

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 ...

* Harley Kruse * Donald Knott

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* William Langford *Thad Layton *Joe Lee *Jim Lipe *Tim Lobb * Emil Loeffler * Davis Love III * Christian Lundin * Chris Lutzke * Jeff Lynch

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* A.V. Macan * Charles B. Macdonald * Alister MacKenzie *Tom Mackenzie * Richard Mandell *Mark Mahannah *Ellis Maples * Graham Marsh * Greg Martin * Billy Martindale * W. Bruce Matthews III * Perry Maxwell * Shelley Mayfield * Tom McBroom * Mark McCumber * Peter McEvoy * Harold "Jug" McSpaden *Frank Meehan * Steve Melnyk *

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 Mike Morley (born June 17, 1946) is an American golf course architect and a former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for 14 years. Early life Born in Morris, Minnesota, Morley was raised there and in Minot, North Dakota, where ...

* Old Tom Morris * 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 an American retired professional golfer and List of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greate ...

*Kevin Norby *

Greg Norman Gregory John Norman (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian former professional golfer who spent 331 weeks as List of World Number One male golfers, world number one in the 1980s and 1990s. He won 88 professional tournaments, including 20 PGA ...

* Bernard Nicholls * Dick Nugent * Nai Chung Chang * Michel Niedbala

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* Pete Oakley *Paul O'Brien * Christy O'Connor Jnr * Willie Ogg *David Ogilvie * 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. Since embarking on a professional career in ...

*Gary Panks *Damian Pascuzzo * 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 life Born in Macon, Georgia, he was one of six ...

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

Gary Player Gary James Player (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 tour and nine ...

*Ralph Plummer *Frank Pont * Bill Powell * Jimmy Powell * Ron Prichard *Dan Proctor *Sid Puddicombe *Hal Purdy

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*Todd Quitno

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* Henry Ransom *Tyler Rae * Joginder Rao *John Raese * Seth Raynor * Dean Refram * Wilfrid Reid *Achim Reinmuth * 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 expens ...

* Ted Robinson *

Bill Robinson Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (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 black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20 ...

*John F Robinson * J. Drew Rogers * Rocky Roquemore * Brian Ross * Donald Ross * Mackenzie Ross

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*John Sanford * Ben Sayers * 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 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 96 international p ...

* Philip Spogárd *Dr. Arthur Spring * Christoph Städler * Bert Stamps * Donald Steel *Jeffrey Stein *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 Walter J. Travis (January 10, 1862 – July 31, 1927) was an American amateur golfer during the early 1900s. He was also a noted golf journalist and publisher, an innovator in all aspects of golf, a teacher, and golf course architect. Golfing ca ...

*Alfred H. Tull * Herbert J. Tweedie

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*Osamu Ueda

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Aashish Vaishnava
* Harry Vardon * Tom 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, incl ...

* Beau Welling * Robert W. White *Rod Whitman *Chet Williams *Chris Wilczynski *

Dick Wilson Dick Wilson (July 30, 1916 – November 18, 2007) was a British-American actor. He was best known as grocery store manager Mr. George Whipple in more than 500 Charmin bathroom tissue television commercials (1965–89, 1999–2000). Biograp ...

* Hugh Irvine Wilson *Derrell Witt *Michael Wolveridge * Norman H. Woods *

Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins, PGA Tour wins, ranks second in List of men's major championships winning golfers, men's m ...

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* John Francis Yuhas

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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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