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Golf Course Architect
Edward Lawrence “Larry” Packard (1912–2014) was a landscape architect who became a leading golf course architect, active from the 1940s through the latter 20th century. He began his career apprenticed under Robert Bruce Harris in Chicago after World War II, then launched his own firm in 1954.
S. Midwest and internationally in countries such as Egypt, Guatemala, South Korea and Venezuela.
Known for economical, mechanically efficient design principles—shaping features for ease of maintenance, gentle curved forms, and signature double‑dogleg par‑5s—his courses, such as those at Innisbrook’s Island and Copperhead layouts, remain highly respected. He served as president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1970–71 and was known for advancing environmental practices like effluent irrigation.
Packard died at age 101 in 2014.
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