Favorite Course Designer

[zackcurringolf]

My all time favorite is A.W Tillinghast. Love his bunkering work and his courses are just amazing.

[apprenti23]

I'm a huge fan of William Langford. Some of his green complexes are the best I've ever seen.

[One_Putt_Blunder]

Classic Mackenzie
Current Coore/Crenshaw

[Wooderson]

Perry Maxwell.

[CaptainRook]

Donald Ross

[longballjs]

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Donald Ross
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Same here, Donald Ross. If I could play Plainfield CC everyday for the rest of my life, I'd die the happiest man alive.

[birdiebeggar]

My favourite designer is Tom Doak because his work is very original and his courses are fun to play. Stanley Thompson is another favourite if mine and I am fortunate to have played several of his courses living in Canada.

[Ferguson]

Dan Maples
Ellis Maples

[MichiganMan]

Donald Ross
Allister MacKenzie

Both understood how to make a course difficult for all skill levels without making it long. They were geniuses at bunker placement and creating the proper size/shape green complex to fit the hole.

[burniemac]

Perry Maxwell

[DoubleorQuits]

Pretty much all the golden age architects.

[HighSpeedScene]

Lots of great designers - hard to choose. But I know my least favorite: Art Hills

[ebk]

Many, many favorites. Here in my neck of the neck of the woods I have to say George C. Thomas.

[zer0]

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I'm a huge fan of William Langford. Some of his green complexes are the best I've ever seen.
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Was coming here to post the same thing, but if you're gonna say Langford you should probably also include his often-partner Moreau.

[Bonneville85308]

Donald Ross. Although the speed at which some Ross courses keep their greens at currently doesn't really jive with what they were designed for, leading to a lot of ridiculous putts.

[golfdaddy01]

I like fazio and rees jones ,

[VOX]

So many great ones but I will give a shout out to Eddie Hackett and Seth Raynor.

[Uncle Chunk]

Another vote for Donald Ross.

[edresnick]

Terrible Tillie. Love Bethpage and Winged Foot.

[ohiowilly]

Classic: Donald Ross
Modern: Mike Strantz

[bcawley01]

RTJ and Pete Dye

[prsgtrman]

Mike strantz

[BigManSlim]

I'm a member of a Tillinghast club so I'm pretty biased. Also have played 3 William Flynn tracks and all 3 are super special.

[Noles]

William Flynn...such an artist!

[BigManSlim]

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Well the only 3 I've played are: Lancaster CC, Cascades (Homestead) and some place on Long Island called Shinnecock ��

Edit: actually just looked it up and he did CC of Harrisburg, Huntington Valley and several other Phily courses that I've played. All are good with Huntington Valley in particular being a real gem.

[WillMK5]

Has to be A. W. Tillinghast. So many great courses on Long Island that he's designed.

[RichieHunt]

If you can find a course that is suitable to how long the ball flies, Donald Ross in a landslide. The problem is a lot of his courses have become obsolete since the ball travels so far these days. George C. Thomas has more designs that are still suited for the longer ball and I really like them. Modern day architect I would probably go with Ron Garl. If everything is equal in terms of resources for the club and making the most out of those resources, Garl's designs are top notch.





RH

[rhino2020]

RTJ

[Lionstar]

Fazio and Pete Dye are my favorites, but I would give the edge to Fazio. Bob Cupp is also an under recognized master.

[jerebear21]

donald ross and if you can get on one of his courses, seth raynor... too bad he died at such a young age, leaving us under privilege with nothing but private courses....