Architecture Timeline
Many of the course profiles are lesser known venues that don’t overtly promote themselves, but where the authors believe there is something important to be learned. They may not be ‘championship’ courses or necessarily the best conditioned, but they all share the single most important characteristic; they are inspiring to play. The course fall into one of four distinct architectural periods.
Architecture Timeline
Many of the course profiles are lesser known venues that don’t overtly promote themselves, but where the authors believe there is something important to be learned. They may not be ‘championship’ courses or necessarily the best conditioned, but they all share the single most important characteristic; they are inspiring to play. The course fall into one of four distinct architectural periods.
1848
- Gutta ball introduced
1850
Old Tom Morris
1860
The Old Course at St. Andrews
- Feature Interview with Kevin Cook on Tommy’s Honor
- The Reverse Old Course by Jeremy Glenn
- Feature Interview on links golf with Paul Daley
- Feature Interview on St. Andrews with Darren Kilfara
- Feature Interview with Richard Goodale No. 2
Richard Chambers and George Morris
1880
- North Berwick (West), Scotland
- Royal Aberdeen, Scotland
- Royal St. Georges, England
- Feature Interview with Lorne Rubenstein on Dornoch
- Royal Dornoch as profiled by Rich Goodale under My Home Course
- The Architectural Evolution of Royal Dornoch by Rich Goodale
- Feature Interview with Richard Goodale on Experience Royal Dornoch
1890
- The Early Golf Architects: Beyond Old Tom by Tom MacWood
- Feature Interview with Stuart Bendelow re: Tom Bendelow
R.B. Wilson
Willie Campbell
James McKenna
Herbert Cory Leeds
Willie Fernie
Devereux Emmet
Harold Finch-Hatton and W.H. More
Harry Hunter
1900
- Arts and Crafts Golf, Part I, The Dark Ages, Victorian Aesthetics by Thomas MacWood
- Part II, The Reformers, The Arts & Craft Movement by Thomas MacWood
- Part III, Country Life, The Guide by Thomas MacWood
- Part IV, Lamplighters by Thomas MacWood
- Part V, The Converging Arts in America, Arts and Crafts Golf by Thomas MacWood
Walter Travis
- Cape Arundel, ME, USA (restoration work by Bruce Hepner)
- Ekwanok, VT, USA (with John Duncan Dunn)
- Garden City GC, NY, USA
- Hollywood GC, NJ, USA (restoration work by Rees Jones)
- Feature Interview with Bob Labbance on Walter Travis
- Evolution of the Westchester Country Club Golf Courses by Michael B. Prystowsky
Willie Park, Jr.
- Huntercombe, England
- Kilspindie, Scotland
- Maidstone, NY, USA
- Notts, England
- Olympia Fields (North), IL, USA
- Silloth on Solway, Cumbria, England
- Sunningdale (Old), England
- The Sunningdale Story by Guy Bennett and John Churchill
Stuart Paton
Haskell (rubber-core) ball introduced in 1902
The Foulis Brothers
Herbert Fowler
George Combe
Harry Colt
- H.S. Colt of East Hendred by Tony Muldoon
- County Sligo, Ireland
- Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Netherlands
- Royal County Down, Northern Ireland
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England
- Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland
- Royal Zoute, Belgium
- Saint-Germain, France
- Sunningdale (New), England
- Sunningdale (Old), England
- The Sunningdale Story by Guy Bennett and John Churchill
- Swinley Forest, England
Henry C. Fownes
- Oakmont, PA, USA
- Below the Trees by Dunlop White III
- Feature Interview with Dunlop White re: Tree Management Part I
- Feature Interview with Dunlop White re: Tree Management Part II
James Braid
- Brora, Scotland
- Fraserburgh, Scotland
- Goswick, England
- Hunstanton, England
- Lundin, Scotland
- Pennard, Wales
- Royal Cinque Ports, England
- St. Enodoc, England
- Feature Interview with John Moreton on James Braid
Lawrence Van Etten
Charles Blair Macdonald
- Mid Ocean, Bermuda (restoration by Tom Doak)
- National Golf Links of America, NY, USA
- Piping Rock, NY, USA
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA (restoration work by Gil Hanse and George Bahto)
- Feature Interview with George Bahto on C.B. Macdonald
- Feature Interview No. 2 with George Bahto on C.B. Macdonald
1910
J.F. Abercromby
George Crump
Donald Ross
- Beverly, IL, USA (restoration work by Ron Prichard)
- Broadmoor, IN, USA (restoration work by Tom Doak)
- Cedar Rapids, IA, USA (restoration by Ron Prichard)
- Charles River, MA, USA (restoration work by Ron Prichard)
- Essex County, MA, USA
- French Lick Resort, IN, USA
- George Wright Golf Course, MA, USA
- Glens Falls, NY, USA
- Highlands, NC, USA (restoration work by Ron Prichard)
- Holston Hills, TN, USA
- Inverness, OH, USA
- Mid Pines, NC, USA
- Pinehurst No.2, NC, USA
- Pine Needles, NC, USA
- Plainfield, NJ, USA (restoration work by Gil Hanse)
- Roaring Gap, NC, USA
- Salem, MA, USA
- Skokie, IL, USA (restoration work by Ron Prichard)
- Southern Pines, NC, USA
- Wannamoisett, RI, USA
- assist at White Bear Yacht Club, MN, USA
- Wilmington Golf Course, NC, USA
- Feature Interview with Walker Taylor IV on Donald Ross
- Feature Interview with Khris Januzik on Donald Ross
- Feature Interview with Brad Klein on Donald Ross
- Feature Interview with Michael Fay on Donald Ross
- Feature Interview with Chris Buie on Donald Ross
- Essex G&CC, Canada: Evolution of a Classic Course by Jeff Mingay Ross Restoration
- Guidelines as presented by The Ross Society
A.W.Tillinghast
- Bethpage (Black), NY, USA
- Fenway, NY, USA (restoration work by Gil Hanse)
- Somerset Hills, NJ, USA
- Winged Foot (East), NY, USA
- Winged Foot (West), NY, USA
- Feature Interview with Rick Wolffe on A.W. Tillinghast
- Selling a Tree Program at your Club by Gary Sherman
- Feature Interview with Phil Young on A.W. Tillinghast
- Feature Interview No. 3 with Phil Young
Seth Raynor
- Blue Mound Golf & Country Club, WI, USA (restoration by Bruce Hepner)
- Camargo, OH, USA (restoration work by Tom Doak)
- Country Club of Charleston, SC, USA
- Country Club of Fairfield, CT, USA (restoration by Bruce Hepner)
- Fishers Island, NY, USA
- Lookout Mountain, GA, USA (restoration work by Brian Silva)
- Monterey Peninsula (Dunes), CA, USA (with Robert Hunter, modified by Rees Jones)
- Saint Louis CC, MO, USA (restoration work by Brian Silva)
- Shoreacres, IL, USA
- Westhampton, NY, USA
- Yale, CT, USA
- Yeamans Hall, SC, USA (restoration work by Tom Doak)
- Feature Interview with Dr. Henry Terrie on Seth Raynor
- Feature Interview with Mark Stovall and Scott Wicker
- Mountain Lake, FL, USA – Blending Old and New in Renovating a Classic by Mike Sweeney
Herbert Strong
William Watson
Norman Macbeth
1920
- A Round of Golf Courses: Bernard Darwin as compiled by Tom MacWood
- Outward Nine
- Inward Nine
- 19th Hole
- Feature Interview with Ralph Livingston re: hickory golf
Alister Mackenzie
- Alwoodley Golf Club, Leeds, England (with Harry Colt)
- Augusta National, GA, USA
- California Golf Club of San Francisco, CA, USA
- Crystal Downs, MI, USA (with Perry Maxwell)
- Cypress Point, CA, USA (with Robert Hunter)
- The Jockey Club (Red Course), Argentina
- New South Wales, Australia (modified by Eric Apperly)
- Pasatiempo, CA, USA
- Royal Melbourne (West), Australia (with Alex Russell)
- The Valley Club of Montecito, CA, USA (with Robert Hunter)
- Reddish Vale, England
- The Scarlet Course at Ohio State as profiled by Tom MacWood
- Art in Architecture by Max Behr
- The Art of Golf Design by Geoff Shackelford
- A Dream Decision by Tom MacWood
Charles Hugh Alison
- Gliding past Fuji – C.H. Alison in Japan by Tom MacWood
- Kirtland, OH, USA (restoration by Forse Design)
- Milwaukee, WI, USA (restoration by Renaissance Design)
- Naruo, Japan
- Orchard Lake, MI, USA (restoration by Keith Foster)
- Playing golf at Kawana, Japan by Noel Freeman
George Thomas
- Los Angeles (North), CA, USA
- Riviera, CA, USA
- Feature Interview with George Thomas as told to Geoff Shackelford
- A Historian’s Dream Article by Geoff Shackelford
Stanley Thompson
- Banff Springs Golf Course, Canada
- Cape Breton Highlands – 1937 to 1941
- Cape Breton Highlands Links, Canada
- The 16th hole at Cape Breton Highlands by Jeff Mingay
- Capilano, Canada
- Jasper Park, Canada
- Jasper Park History
- St. George’s, Canada
- The Architectural Evolution of Stanley Thompson by Ian Andrew
- Feature Interview with Lorne Rubenstein on Canadian golf
- Banff Springs by Jeremy Glenn
- Feature Interview with Stanley Thompson as told to Jeff Mingay & Ian Andrew
- Feature Interview with Head Professional Joe Robinson
H. Chandler Egan
William Flynn
- Cascades, VA, USA
- Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA
- Kittansett, MA, USA (restoration work by Gil Hanse)
- Lancaster, PA, USA (restoration by Ron Forse)
- Shinnecock Hills, NY, USA
- The Country Club, MA, USA (restoration by Gil Hanse)
- The Country Club (Pepper Pike), OH, USA (restoration by IMG Design)
- Flynn’s Lehigh CC as profiled by Mark Fine
Stiles & Van Kleek
- Taconic, MA, USA
- Challenges of Restoring a Classic American Golf Course by Kevin Mendik
- Feature Interview with Bob Labbance and Kevin Mendik
Skip Wogan
William Langford and Theodore Moreau
- Culver Academies Golf Club, IN, USA
- Harrison Hills, IN, USA
- Lawsonia (Links), WI, USA
- Skokie, IL, USA (restoration work by Ron Prichard)
- The Architecture of William B. Langford by Mark Chalfant
- West Bend, WI, USA
Alex Findlay
Tom Simpson
Major C. K. Hutchison
- Pitlochry, Scotland
- Royal West Norfolk, England (with Horace Hutchinson)
- Woodhall Spa, England
- West Sussex, England
Sir Guy Campbell
- Royal Cinque Ports, England
- West Sussex, England
- A Web Browser’s Guide to UK Golf Courses by Mark Rowlinson
Perry Maxwell
- Prairie Dunes, KS, USA
- Southern Hills, OK, USA
- Feature Interview with Randy Hunt
- Maxwell’s Old Town Club as profiled by Dunlop White
- Old Town Club, NC, USA
- The Designer from the Great Plains by Chris Clouser
- Why Dornick Hills should be Restored by Chris Clouser
- Southern Hills: Maxwell’s Crown Jewel by Chris Clouser
- Feature Interview with Chris Clouser
Charles Banks
Fred Findlay
1930
Alex Campbell
- Leadhills and the Joys of Gutta Percha by Mark Rowlinson
- Feature Interview with Daniel Wexler regarding Missing Links
- Feature Interview No. 2 with Daniel Wexler regarding Lost Links
Eric Apperly
World War II
1946
Alex Russell
1950
Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
Press Maxwell
Ralph Plummer
1960
Javier Arana
Ellis Maples
Pete Dye
- Blackwolf Run (River), WI, USA
- French Lick Resort (Pete Dye Course), IN, USA
- Full Cry at Keswick Golf Club, VA, USA
- Honors Course, TN, USA (with P.B. Dye)
- The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, SC, USA
- Whistling Straits, WI, USA
- Review of Teeth of the Dog, Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic by Bryan Izatt
Robert Von Hagge
Red Lawrence
Dick Wilson
1970
Eddie Hackett
1980
Ed Seay
Jack Nicklaus
- Cabo del Sol (The Ocean Course), Mexico
- Dismal River (White Course), NE, USA
- May River Golf Club, SC, USA
Tom Fazio
1990
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw
- Bandon Trails, OR, USA
- Chechessee Creek, SC, USA
- Cuscowilla, GA, USA
- Dormie, NC, USA
- Farmington (East), VA, USA
- Friar’s Head, NY, USA
- Hidden Creek, NJ, USA
- Kapalua (Plantation), HI, USA
- Sand Hills, NE, USA
- Talking Stick (O’odham), AZ, USA
- Trinity Forest, TX, USA
- We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro), AZ, USA
- Feature Interview with Bill Coore
- A Renaissance Movement in Golf Architecture by Tom Paul
Tom Doak
- Apache Stronghold, AZ, USA
- Ballyneal, CO, USA
- Barnbougle Dunes, AUS
- Beechtree, MD, USA
- Cape Kidnappers, NZ
- Heathland, SC, USA
- High Pointe, MI, USA
- Lost Dunes, MI, USA
- Pacific Dunes, OR, USA (with Jim Urbina)
- Riverfront, VA, USA
- Rock Creek, MT, USA
- Streamsong (Blue), FL, USA
- Tara Iti, New Zealand
- The Loop, MI, USA
- Feature Interview with Tom Doak no. 1
- Feature Interview with Tom Doak no. 2
- Feature Interview with Tom Doak no. 3
- Feature Interview with Tom Doak no. 4
- Feature Interview with Tom Doak no. 5
- Feature Interview with Jim Urbina
- Feature Interview with Jim O’Neal
- Feature Interview with Mike Keiser
- Feature Interview with Stephen Goodwin
- Feature Interview with Dave Wilber
- A Review of Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links, Tasmania, Australia by Matthew Mollica
- A Review of Gunnamatta Course, St. Andrews Beach, Victoria, Australia by Mark Ferguson
Steve Smyers
Donald Steel & Associates
- Redtail, Ontario, Canada
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England
- The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle, Scotland
Mike Strantz
Thomson & Wolveridge
Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
Bob Harrison
- Moonah Course at The National Golf Club, Australia (with Greg Norman)
- Nirwana Bali, Indonesia (with Greg Norman)
- Feature Interview with Bob Harrison
- National Golf Club (Moonah) as profiled by Matthew Mollica
- Ardfin Golf Course, Scotland
Pat Ruddy
Brian Silva
Bunker Hill (Dave Axland and Dan Proctor)
- Delaware Springs, TX, USA
- Bunker Hill’s Wild Horse GC as profiled by RJ Daley
- Feature Interview with Dave Axland
- Feature Interview with Don Graham
Gil Hanse
- Craighead Golf Course at Crail, Scotland
- Inniscrone, PA, USA
- Rustic Canyon, CA, USA (wih Jim Wagner and Geoff Shackelford)
- Feature Interview with Gil Hanse
- Castle Stuart Golf Links (with Mark Parsinen)
- The Cradle and Thistle Dhu, Pinehurst, NC, USA
Hurdzan & Fry
Tim Liddy
David Kidd
2000
David Harman
Mike DeVries
Mike Clayton
- Barnbougle Dunes, AUS
- Feature Interview with Mike Clayton
- Feature Interview No.2 with Mike Clayton
- Feature Interview No. 3 with Paul Daley re: his book Golf Architecture – A Worldwide perspective
- A Review of Gunnamatta Course, St. Andrews Beach, Victoria, Australia by Mark Ferguson
Baxter Spann
Forrest Richardson
Bob Cupp
Mike Nuzzo
Richard Mandell
Mark K. Fine
Graham Marsh
Kelly Blake Moran
Randall Thompson
Jim Engh
2010
Lester George
Rod Whitman
Ron Whitten
Martin Hawtree
Mark Parsinen
Ted Robinson Jr.
Nicolas Joakimides
Keith Foster
Eric Iverson, Brian Schneider, Brian Slawnik, Don Placek
Jackson Kahn