Golf Course Architects

Chas Newman

1 course

Designed the original front nine, which debuted in 1970.

David Heads

1 course

Multiple current golf-course databases credit David Heads as architect of the Hinksey Heights Championship Course.

Buratti Croze

1 course

Italian architect of Croara’s opening nine holes (1975)

Tony Cashmore

1 course

Veteran Australian golf architect blending dunes and landscapes

Dan Schlegel

1 course

Mid‑Atlantic golf course designer and renovation specialist

Brent Wadsworth

United States

1 course

Veteran golf course construction pioneer shaping hundreds of U.S. courses

Gary Roger Baird

1 course

Veteran golf architect behind Barona Creek’s natural, sustainable resort design

D.A. Weibring

1 course

D.A. Weibring led the major 2012 redesign of the former Chase Oaks property with Steve Wolfard and the Weibring-Wolfard design team. The work produced the present Traditions, Players and Futures golf experiences, reworked the championship routing and substantially changed bunkering, lakes, tees and playability.

John Duncan Dunn

1 course

Early 20th‑century California golf architect behind Los Serranos North

Phil Tataurangi

1 course

Former PGA Tour pro turned golf course design consultant

Steve Wolfard

1 course

Steve Wolfard worked with D.A. Weibring on the major redesign of The Courses at Watters Creek. The official Architect's Vision page credits the Weibring/Wolfard Design Team with the three-course concept and describes their work on the tree corridors, lakes, bunkering, tees and angles of play.

David J. Wylie

1 course

David J. Wylie, son of founder J. Russell Wylie, was involved in Lindenwood's later expansion. Contemporary local reporting states that David built Lindenwood's final championship holes, including the third nine that opened in 1993; golf-course references credit the Blue Course to J. Russell Wylie and David J. Wylie.

Chris Wilczynski

1 course

Founder of C.W. Golf Architecture and ASGCA member who designed the new 18-hole course for Taylor Morrison's Esplanade at Azario community.

Allen Sternberg

1 course

Credited in recent historical reporting as a co-designer of the original course that opened in 1992.

Bruce Matthews

1 course

The official Tyrone Hills website credits Bruce Matthews with designing the course in 1961.

Cal Olsen

1 course

Credited by the official Sinaloa site with renovation work on the course.

George Naismith

1 course

Professional golfer credited by Garfield Golf Club with designing the new course opened in 1965.

John Dering Harris

1 course

British golf-course architect and former Royal Navy commander commissioned to design Taieri's new North Taieri course in the 1960s.

Sam Berriman

1 course

Designed Southern's course in the late 1940s; OCM Golf identifies Berriman as the original architect.

OCM Golf

1 course

Appointed by Southern in 2020 to develop a course masterplan; implementation began in 2023.

Paul Blick

1 course

Credited by current course databases as the architect of Cadillac Country Club; the club's own history does not identify a designer.

George E. Santana

1 course

Bay Area greenskeeper‑turned‑designer behind midcentury public courses

Eric Bergstol

United States

1 course

Developer-turned-architect transforming challenging sites into world‑class courses

Ray Blank

New Zealand

1 course

Christchurch educator and sportsman who designed Waitikiri in the 1930s

Ward Northrup

1 course

Regional golf course architect active in late‑20th century

Osamu Ueda

1 course

Leading golf architect of Western Japan harmonizing terrain and design

John F. Robinson

Canada

1 course

John F. Robinson is a golf course architect based in Ontario, Canada, credited alongside Graham Cooke with the design/renovation of Blue Mountain Golf and Country Club in Collingwood.

Alan Barnard

1 course

South African architect of Bluff National Park Golf Course

Christopher Cummins

1 course

Designer of the 6‑3‑6 Pinecrest Lake Golf layout

Floyd Farley

United States

1 course

Prolific mid‑century Midwestern golf course architect

Cornish and Silva

1 course

New England–based agronomist-turned-architect, partner in Cornish & Silva

Brian Huntley

1 course

Ohio‑based golf course architect with 30+ years and 125+ projects

Seymour Dunn

1 course

Scottish-born Golden Age golf pro turned prolific architect and instructor

Gary Player

1 course

South African legend golfer turned prolific golf course architect

Dan Odell

1 course

The club credits Dan Odell with designing The Tooth. Its official course history says Odell used the natural features of the Dogpound Creek valley as his guidelines, incorporating the site's elevation, creek and natural water hazards into the layout.

Bruce Weller

1 course

Credited alongside Peter Alliss and Clive Clark with the design of the present Sunbury Golf complex by multiple independent golf-course references. Publicly available sources do not clearly distinguish which portions of the 27-hole development were individually attributable to Weller.

McKay and Sons

1 course

The official Calderwood Valley website explicitly credits McKay and Sons with designing the par-70 course.

Tom Jones

1 course

Credited in recent historical reporting as a co-designer of the original course that opened in 1992.

Dave Axland

1 course

Part of the team credited by the official site with later course renovation work.

Ernie Yelton

1 course

IndianaGolf credits Ernie Yelton as the designer of Pittsboro Golf Course and dates the course to 1964.

Dan Maples

1 course

Purchased approximately 170 acres of the property and designed the original Longleaf course, which opened in 1988.

Robert Trent Jones II Golf Architects

1 course

Architecture firm commissioned to design both courses; Bruce Charlton led the work.

Bob Baldock

1 course

Worked with William P. Bell on course alterations in the 1940s and subsequently served as superintendent.

Lester George

1 course

American golf course architect known for creative renovations and environmental design

Ed Shearon

1 course

Plymouth Meeting–based architect blending classic Philly style with smart, play-friendly layouts

Ken Elkin

1 course

South African PGA pro turned prolific Western Cape course designer

Thomas Winton

1 course

Scottish-born greenskeeper turned U.S. golf course designer of the 1920s

Andrew Green

1 course

Restoration specialist blending Golden Age principles with modern precision