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Golf Course Architect
George William Cobb (1914–1986) was an American golf course architect known for creating accessible, enjoyable layouts rather than punishing ones. After earning a landscape architecture degree from the University of Georgia in 1937, he began his career as a landscape architect before serving as a Marine Corps engineering officer in World War II, during which he designed rehabilitation courses at Camp LeJeune (with assistance from Fred Findlay) and Cherry Point.
After the war he launched his private practice in Greenville, South Carolina, ultimately designing over a hundred original courses and many renovation projects across the Southeast. Cobb served as design consultant at Augusta National from the mid‑1950s to the late 1970s, designing the club’s famed Par‑3 Course and contributing updates to the main layout.
He also created or renovated notable courses such as Quail Hollow (Charlotte), Sea Pines (Hilton Head), and Ocean Point (Fripp Island), and was inducted into the South Carolina and Carolinas Golf Halls of Fame.
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