By Design - Issue 54, 75 Years Special Report

22 ASGCA DONALD ROSS AWARD T he Donald Ross Award, ASGCA’s highest honor, is presented annually to those who have made significant and lasting contributions to the profession of golf course architecture. Here is the list of the winners from 1976, when it was first presented, to 2021. • 1976 Robert Trent Jones 1977 Herbert Warren Wind 1978 Herb and Joe Graffis 1979 Joe Dey 1980 Gerald Micklem 1981 James Rhodes 1982 Geoffrey Cornish 1983 Al Radko 1984 Dinah Shore 1985 Peter Dobereiner 1986 Deane Beman 1987 Charles Price 1988 Frank Hannigan 1989 Dick Taylor 1990 John Zoller 1991 Michael Bonallack 1992 Paul Fullmer 1993 Brent Wadsworth 1994 James R. Watson 1995 Pete Dye 1996 Ron Whitten 1997 Gene Sarazen 1998 Judy Bell 1999 Arnold Palmer 2000 Jamie Ortiz-Patiño 2001 Jack Nicklaus 2002 Byron Nelson 2003 Bill Campbell 2004 Thomas Cousins 2005 John Singleton 2006 Jim Awtrey 2007 Dr. Michael Hurdzan 2008 George Peper 2009 Ron Dodson 2010 Tim Finchem 2011 James Dodson 1977 Herbert Warren Wind Herbert Warren Wind spent most of his career as a golf writer at The New Yorker , and was also known for his books on golf, its history and architecture. He co-authored ‘Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf ’ with Ben Hogan, and in 1976, co- authored ‘The World Atlas of Golf ’, a survey of the world’s top golf courses, which has been re-issued in several editions. Wind would later team up with golf writer Robert MacDonald to set up the Classics of Golf Library, which preserves many works of golf literature. 1984 Dinah Shore Singer, actress and TV host Dinah Shore was also a champion of women’s golf, beginning in 1972 when she was invited by Colgate-Palmolive to host an LPGA Tour event they were sponsoring. That would become a major tournament, the Nabisco Dinah Shore, now known as the ANA Inspiration. Shore was the first woman to receive the ASGCA Donald Ross Award and she would go on to be elected an honorary member of the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1994, which would become part of the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1998. 1991 Michael Bonallack After a successful amateur golf career, which included winning the Amateur Championship and the English Amateur five times each, Michael Bonallack became one of the golf industry’s leading figures. He was president of the Golf Club Managers’ Association (1974–84), chairman of the European Tour (1976-82), and chairman of the Golf Foundation (1977–82). But it was his role as secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews from 1983 to 1999 that Bonallack is best known for, as he oversaw the expansion of The Open and substantial reinvestment into developing the game of golf.