Karl Litten

Golf Course Architect

Karl Litten, born in 1933 in Braxton County, West Virginia, is a golf course architect who combined civil engineering and architectural training to enter course design. After a degree in architecture from Ohio University, he worked as a surveyor in Miami before joining von Hagge & Devlin as vice president.

In 1979 he founded his own golf design firm in Florida, later collaborating with Gary Player as consulting partner. Over a long career, Litten built approximately 110 courses, including Florida, Japan, and the Arabian Peninsula, earning a reputation for working well on challenging terrain.

Among his notable works are Reflection Ridge Golf Club (Wichita, Kansas, opened 1989) and Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course, the Middle East’s first grass golf course.

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