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This is a list of golf course architects and golf course design firms. Golf course architecture is a specific discipline of landscape design, with many architects represented in the United States by the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Some architects are highly successful professional golfers who went on to design golf courses.
The MacDonald boys playing golf by the 18thC portrait painter Jeremiah Davison. The exact origins of the sport of golf are unclear. The most widely accepted theory is that the modern game of golf originated in Scotland in the High Middle Ages. [17] The first golf courses and clubs were established in the country. [18]
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The 18th hole at the Old Head Golf Links on the Old Head of Kinsale. Although the term links is often used loosely to describe any golf course, few golf courses have all of the design elements of true links courses, including being built on linksland. [citation needed] The presence of a seaside location does not guarantee a links golf course.
Hayling Golf Club, Hayling Island, Hampshire [1] [2] Littlehampton Golf Club, Littlehampton, West Sussex [1] Littlestone Golf Club – Warren and Championship Courses, Littlestone, Kent [1] Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent [1] Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent [1] [3] Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent [1] [3]
The course was purchased in the 1950s by Albert Surprenant [2] and the original course was replaced by an 18 hole layout known as the Pines. [3] The course filed for bankruptcy in 2020, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. It was subsequently purchased by Escalante Golf for $10 million. [4] The International hosted the LIV Golf Invitational Boston in ...
The coat of arms granted to "The Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd" in 2011 bears the battle cry: "Nunquam Concedere".In 2008, Trump promoted the golf course with a coat of arms that he had used for his American businesses, but was warned by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the highest authority for Scottish heraldry, that a Scottish law disallows the use of unregistered arms.
Carnoustie has four courses – the historic Championship Course, the Burnside Course, the Buddon Links Course and a free-to-play short, five-hole course called The Nestie. Carnoustie Golf Links is one of the venues in the Open Championship rotation and has hosted golf's oldest major on eight occasions (1931, 1937, 1953, 1968, 1975, 1999, 2007 ...