Golf Course Architects

Byron Nelson

1 course

Legendary pro turned course co‑designer

David Gill

1 course

Midwestern golf course architect from the mid‑20th century

Scott Witter

1 course

Scott Witter is an American golf course and landscape architect known for minimalist, lay-of-the-land design work, including the original 18-hole design at Ironwood Golf Course.

Casey O'Callaghan

1 course

Veteran designer crafting playable, eco‑sensitive courses since 1990

John Fought

1 course

Joe Balulis

1 course

Tim Feathers

1 course

Golf Digest identifies Tim Feathers alongside Jerry Feathers as a designer of Crane Meadows; GolfWisconsin describes the original owner and his son as having designed and built the course.

Kosti Kuronen

1 course

Designed Master Golf's older Master Course, which opened in 1987 and plays to par 73.

Albert Leblanc

1 course

Mid‑20th century American course designer of Westminster CC

P. Nicholson

1 course

Tom Walker

1 course

Marco Croze

1 course

Marco Croze designed the present nine-hole course created when golf was revived at Carezza in the late 1980s. The European Institute of Golf Course Architects states that the course reopened in 1989 with nine holes designed by Croze, while his own studio records the Carezza project as constructed in 1988.

Eric Apperly

Australia

1 course

Eric Apperly was an Australian golf course architect active in the 1920s, best known for designing Avondale Golf Club (course and clubhouse, 1927) in Pymble, Sydney, while concurrently overseeing the on-ground implementation of Alister MacKenzie's design for the New South Wales Golf Club at La Perouse.

Åke Persson

1 course

Designed the Forest Course, opened as nine holes in 1991 and expanded to 18 holes in 1998.

Wayne Idso

1 course

Farmer and founder who researched golf-course architecture, consulted the National Golf Foundation and led construction of Maple Valley on the Idso family farm beginning in 1963.

Cary Middlecoff

1 course

Designed the original Ole Miss Golf Course, which opened in 1973.

John H. Clark

1 course

Early Bay Area golf course layout designer, known as "Dad" Clark

Todd Clark

1 course

Pete Craig

United States

1 course

Self-trained golf course architect based in the Rochester, New York area, responsible for designing several regional public and private layouts including Twin Hills Golf Course, Salmon Creek Country Club, Blue Heron Hills Country Club (with Dick Bator), Old Hickory Golf Club, and Wild Wood Country Club.

Joe Bideganeta

United States

1 course

Owner‑designer of River Bend Golf Course in Wilder, Idaho

Ted Locke (Bettendorf, IA)

United States

1 course

Midwestern golf course architect active in the 1960s

Jack Kramer

United States

1 course

Tennis Hall of Famer and course owner-developer

Kevin Sullivan

United States

1 course

Zell Eaton

United States

1 course

Montebello golf professional

Robert Elder

United States

1 course

Ben Gray

1 course

Bill Williamson

United States

1 course

Fort Collins Golf Association

United States

1 course

Dave Pelz

1 course

Mark Fine

1 course

Mark Fine is the founder of Fine Golf Design, Inc., established in 2003 and based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A former business executive, he has studied golf course architecture for more than three decades with a focus on Golden Age designers such as Donald Ross, Alister MacKenzie, A.W. Tillinghast, and Seth Raynor. He is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and co-authored the book "Bunkers, Pits and Other Hazards" (2006) with Forrest Richardson.

Ernie Smith

United States

1 course

Original designer of En-Joie Golf Club (1927)

Steve Forrest

United States

1 course

Longtime design partner of Arthur Hills, principal of Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates

Tom Dunn

1 course

Tom Dunn (1849-1902) was a Scottish-born golf professional, born in Musselburgh, who competed in four Open Championships (best finish 6th, 1868). He held professional posts at North Berwick, London Scottish Golf Club on Wimbledon Common, and Tooting Bec, and was one of the most prolific course designers of the Victorian era, credited with laying out more than 130 courses across southern England, including Broadstone in Dorset and Littlestone in Kent.

Tom Mackenzie

Scotland

1 course

Golf course architect, co-founder of Mackenzie & Ebert

Martin Ebert

England

1 course

Golf course architect, co-founder of Mackenzie & Ebert

Frank Simoni

1 course

Bradford Benz

1 course

Credited by Golf Digest as part of the design team for Meadows Golf Club.

David Lowe

1 course

Credited by current secondary course records with the nine-hole Enderby layout; the attribution was not independently confirmed on the course's own website.

Bill Newcomb

1 course

Identified by Oakland University as the designer of the Katke-Cousins Golf Course, which opened in 1977.

René Muylaert

0 courses

Prolific Canadian golf course architect known for natural, economical designs

W. E. Alexander

0 courses

Gill Miller

0 courses

Midwestern golf course architect co‐founder of Gill Miller, Inc.