By Design - Issue 54, 75 Years Special Report

9 # 7 William B. Langford After earning a degree in civil engineering (and starring on the golf team) at Yale, Langford formed a golf design firm with Theodore Moreau, which had great success in the Midwest before the partnership dissolved during World War II. Langford went solo and by the end of his career had produced over 200 golf courses. He was a two-time ASGCA President and was an advocate for shorter courses; he discussed the potential of six-hole layouts on smaller sites at the 1952 Annual Meeting. Designs include: Lawsonia Links (Wisconsin), The Wakonda Club (Iowa), Harrison Hills (Indiana) # 13 # 4 # 6 # 3 # 10 Photo: credit # 11 Donald Ross Born and trained in Dornoch, Scotland, Ross moved to the U.S. in 1899 where he, in the first four decades of the twentieth century, designed more than 400 courses and became one of the best-known golf course architects of all time. Ross is known for his efficient routings, angles of play and ’crowned’ putting surfaces. He served as honorary ASGCA President in 1947. Designs include: Pinehurst No.2 (North Carolina), Oakland Hills (Michigan), Seminole (Florida) # 13 Stanley Thompson Thompson is often regarded as Canada’s most successful golf course architect, having designed or remodeled 120 courses over 40 years, the vast majority in his homeland. Known for his work in dramatic mountain terrain, Thompson’s design style included many memorable short holes, including the Devil’s Cauldron at Banff, a 170-yard drop shot over a glacial lake to an amphitheater green located beneath Mount Rundle. Designs include: Jasper Park, Banff Springs (both Canada) # 8 Robert F. Lawrence Designs include: Desert Forest GC (Arizona), University of New Mexico Golf Course, Desert Greens Golf Course (both New Mexico) # 9 Perry Maxwell Designs include: Southern Hills, Dornick Hills Golf & Country Club (both Oklahoma), Prairie Dunes CC (Kansas) # 10 J. B. McGovern Designs include: Overbrook Golf Club (Pennsylvania) # 12 Wayne Stiles Designs include: Thorny Lea Golf Club, South Shore CC (both Massachusetts), Brigantine Golf Links (New Jersey) # 14 Robert White Designs include: Richmond County CC (New York), Swamp Fox Golf Club (South Carolina), Green Brook CC (New Jersey)