Ross, as well as a "protege of Donald Ross," has been given credit for Ocala Golf Club for decades. In my research for a book on the club's history, I could find no connection between Ross and the actual architect.. E. Ellsworth Giles.
Daniel -
I'd be interested in hearing more about Giles, as I'm not even sure if it was Giles Sr. or Jr. that was involved at Ocala.
I have no doubts that Ross knew both of them. Sr. was a major figure in the Pittsburgh golf scene, working with the WPGA and writing for one of the local papers. Jr. was an accomplished player as a youth and at Princeton, and competed in at least two tournaments at Pinehurst that were probably overseen by Ross.
As for either of their architectural pedigrees, I have not heard their names associated with any other projects other than a site survey done for Wheeling CC in WV in the early 1920's.
As a side note, do you have any idea what course John Duncan Dunn built in Ocala?
Sven