Rees Jones
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Rees Jones is an American golf course architect.
He was born in Montclair, New Jersey
the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones
and the younger brother of golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
His wife Susan was the executive assistant to photographer Edgar de Evia
in the 1970s.
His first exposure to golf course design came as a boy when he would accompany his father surveying courses. After attending Yale
and graduate studies at Harvard University
's Graduate School of Design, he joined his father and older brother at Robert Trent Jones Incorporated. He helped his father on numerous courses until forming his own firm in 1974. He has designed or redesigned over 100 golf courses in his career.
Jones continues to design courses and currently resides in his hometown of Montclair, New Jersey. He has also served as the president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. A noted environmentalist
, he has been a vocal champion for the cause of environmentally-friendly golf courses.
Jones received the 2004 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor.
He was born in Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile...
the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones
Robert Trent Jones
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. was a golf course architect who designed about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world...
and the younger brother of golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr. is a noted golf course architect. He is the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones and the brother of golf course designer Rees Jones....
His wife Susan was the executive assistant to photographer Edgar de Evia
Edgar de Evia
Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia , was a Mexican-born American photographer....
in the 1970s.
His first exposure to golf course design came as a boy when he would accompany his father surveying courses. After attending Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and graduate studies at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
's Graduate School of Design, he joined his father and older brother at Robert Trent Jones Incorporated. He helped his father on numerous courses until forming his own firm in 1974. He has designed or redesigned over 100 golf courses in his career.
Jones continues to design courses and currently resides in his hometown of Montclair, New Jersey. He has also served as the president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. A noted environmentalist
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
, he has been a vocal champion for the cause of environmentally-friendly golf courses.
Jones received the 2004 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor.
With Robert Trent Jones Incorporated
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(1972)
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(1994) - LPGA InternationalLPGA InternationalLPGA International is a golf community, located in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida. The golf facilities are owned by the City of Daytona Beach and operated under agreement with the LPGA. The golf club offers two 18-hole courses, Champions and Legends...
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(1998) - Greenville Country Club (Chanticleer), Greenville, SC (2002) - redesign
- Royal Oaks Golf ClubRoyal Oaks Golf ClubRoyal Oaks Golf Club is an 18-hole par 72 links style golf club. Opened in July 2000, the course is in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is the first course in Canada to be designed by U.S. Open Architect Rees Jones. It was built to US Open standards and can rightfully be considered a champion...
, Moncton New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
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(2000) - Old Chatham Golf Club, Durham, North CarolinaDurham, North CarolinaDurham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
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(2004) - reconstruction - Royal Montreal Golf Course, Blue Course (2004)
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