Golf Course Architects

Robert Simpson

3 courses

Carnoustie Golf Links' historical material credits local professional and clubmaker Robert Simpson with laying out the original nine-hole Auxiliary Course in 1892. That course was created to relieve pressure on Carnoustie's main links and formed the basis of the later Burnside Course. It expanded to 18 holes in 1914 and was upgraded and officially named the Burnside in 1934; the sources located do not reliably identify the architects responsible for those later stages.

J. Hamilton Stutt

3 courses

Golf architect credited by Gleddoch with designing the original nine-hole course in 1974; it was soon extended to 18 holes.

Tom Mackenzie

Scotland

3 courses

Golf course architect, co-founder of Mackenzie & Ebert

Roger Packard

3 courses

Roger Packard and Larry Packard carried out extensive alterations to the course in 1977.

H. Chandler Egan

3 courses

Egan led significant refinements in preparation for the 1929 U.S. Amateur, including changes that helped establish the course as a national championship venue.

Garrett Gill

3 courses

Veteran U.S. golf course architect blending tradition and innovation

Neil Crafter

Australia

3 courses

Neil Crafter is an Australian golf course architect and principal of Crafter + Mogford, whose work includes a redesign of Avondale Golf Club in Pymble, Sydney, part of a wider wave of course renovations among Sydney North Shore clubs.

Frank Hummel

3 courses

American golf course architect focused on Colorado municipal and private courses

Eric Iverson

3 courses

Renaissance Golf Design architect who oversaw the major 2018-19 renovation, including new greens, tees and bunkers and regrassing of the course.

Pirapon Namatra

3 courses

Golf East architect credited by Chatrium with the course's 2015 renovation.

Alfred Tull

3 courses

English‑born golf architect who shaped mid‑20th‑century U.S. courses

Gene Sarazen

3 courses

Gene Sarazen, the 'Squire', provided design input to Bobby Weed during development of the course that bears his nickname.

Walter J. Travis

3 courses

Designed the original 18-hole course. Club material dates the completed course to 1927, while surviving Travis plans carry dates from 1925 and 1926.

David Gill

3 courses

Midwestern golf course architect from the mid‑20th century

Daniel Soutar

3 courses

Scottish‑born early 20th‑century Australian golf professional and designer

James Wilcher

3 courses

James Wilcher is credited as the course designer in the Northern Sydney Golf Courses Thematic Heritage Study and golf-course reference databases.

Sterling & Martin

3 courses

Spanish-based golf architects blending engineering and landscape vision

Raymond Floyd

3 courses

Phil Jacobs

3 courses

South African golf course architect credited with the design of Marina Bay Golf Course.

Hannes Þorsteinsson

3 courses

Designed the original nine-hole Kiðjaberg course that entered use in 1993.

Isao Aoki

3 courses

Japanese professional golfer credited by Nelson & Haworth as designer of the original Shenzhen Golf Club layout, which opened in 1985.

Robert Berthet

3 courses

Influential French golf architect and AFAG founder

Ault, Clark & Associates

3 courses

The Golf Association of Philadelphia credits Ault, Clark & Associates with the design of Allentown Municipal Golf Course, which opened in 1952.

David Pfaff

3 courses

Longtime collaborator of Pete Dye turned acclaimed independent golf architect

IMG Worldwide

3 courses

Golf design organisation credited by Vinpearl with the current Phu Quoc course.

Pierre Fulke

3 courses

Former European Tour pro turned respected Swedish golf course architect

Nils Sköld

3 courses

Swedish golf course architect behind classic park‑and‑forest layouts

Fred Couples

3 courses

Professional golfer turned signature golf course designer

Curtis Strange

3 courses

American golfer‑turned‑course supervisor

William Diddel

3 courses

Prolific midwestern “Golden Age” golf course architect

Rick Jacobson

3 courses

Seasoned golf course architect blending strategy with natural land beauty

Hale Irwin

3 courses

Three-time U.S. Open champion turned thoughtful course architect

John Sutherland

3 courses

Unsung Highland links designer and longtime Royal Dornoch secretary

Rod Whitman

3 courses

Canadian minimalist golf-course shaper with a light-on-the-land approach

Tim Liddy

3 courses

Indiana-based ASGCA Fellow, longtime collaborator of Pete Dye

Desmond Muirhead

3 courses

Eccentric visionary who merged landscape planning with symbolic, community-driven golf design

Golf Data

3 courses

South African golf design and construction firm responsible for the post-2022 flood reconstruction, including new greens and flood-management features before the course reopened in 2024.

S. V. Hotchkin

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Major S. V. Hotchkin advised on alterations to Durban Country Club during his late-1920s visit to South Africa.

Hawtree Ltd

3 courses

Hawtree Ltd was specifically commissioned to design Adlington's separate Academy Course as a nine-hole short-game and pitch-and-putt layout. This credit should not automatically be applied to the Heritage Course.

Bradley Booth

United States

3 courses

Maine architect behind key 2000 renovations at Samoset Golf Course

Murray Dawson

3 courses

Mark Mahannah

3 courses

Florida-based post‑war golf architect shaping South Florida layouts

Tom Lehman

3 courses

Randy Heckenkemper

3 courses

Oklahoma‑based golf architect specializing in thoughtful design and renovation

Donald Sechrest

3 courses

Prolific Midwest golf architect behind over 90 courses

Ted Locke

3 courses

Designer of the Scottish‑style North Bellingham Golf Course (opened 1995)

Kyle Franz

3 courses

Modern minimalist architect rooted in Golden Age collaboration

Tony Cashmore

3 courses

Veteran Australian golf architect blending dunes and landscapes