I was sort of wondering....there is some crossover of golf courses on thier website, that I had always assumed were "Doak" courses. If I didn't know anything about architecture, my default assumption would be Ogilvy played a role in the creation of both St. Andrews Beach and Barnbougle, but I suspect he had nothing to do with the creation of either of them.
Is that common to share the credit, or is that an industry thing to have grey lines of who did what?
Kalen:
To be fair, my web site does not make much note of Mike Clayton's role at Barnbougle or St. Andrews Beach, either. It used to, before we edited down the descriptions of the courses to being very short. And it's always a matter of interpretation how much credit one person or another should get. Mike had a lot to do with some of the holes at Barnbougle [particularly the 7th and 15th, which are prominently pictured on his web site], and not so much on other holes [to the best of my memory, the 4th and 13th were mostly my idea].
Mike's associate Ashley Mead was also the project manager at Barnbougle. But, no, Geoff Ogilvy was not involved in either project. His parents were members of St. Andrews Beach, actually; and he had offered to wear their logo on Tour for a relatively small price back in 2004, but our clients [who, to be fair, were about to go bankrupt] failed to come up with the money to sponsor him the season he won the U.S. Open.
As to your general question, unfortunately, it's pretty common for architects to take more credit than they deserve for projects they have "worked on". Just check out the Tulsa Country Club promotional stuff regarding Rees Jones and the courses he designed or significantly redesigned ... I'll bet you didn't know he did Pinehurst #2!