Robert Trent Jones
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Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a golf course architect who designed (or re-designed) about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world. It has been jokingly said that, "The sun never sets on a Robert Trent Jones golf course."

He is sometimes confused with the famous amateur golfer and Grand Slam winner, Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones (golfer)
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...

, with whom he worked from time to time.

Biography

Born in Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield, usually known just as Ince is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.Ince is contiguous to Wigan and serves as a residential suburb of Wigan, Being divided locally by a train line into two separate areas - Higher Ince and Lower Ince,...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, Robert Trent Jones accompanied his parents to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 at the age of five. The family settled in East Rochester, New York
East Rochester, New York
East Rochester is a coterminous town and village located southeast of the City of Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The village, home to about 6,587 people, is bounded by Pittsford to the west and south and Perinton to the north and east. The southern boundary is delimited by New York State...

 where young Robert took a job becoming the first golf professional at Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club which is located in the Sodus Point, NY area. He became an avid and skilled golfer as a youth, but health problems prevented him from joining tournament competition.

Jones attended Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

, where he designed his own course of study to become a professional golf course designer, taking courses in landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...

, agronomy
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...

, horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...

, hydraulics
Hydraulics
Hydraulics is a topic in applied science and engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids. Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties. In fluid power, hydraulics is used for the generation, control,...

, surveying
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...

, public speaking, and economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

. During his studies at Cornell, he designed the back nine of Cornell's Robert Trent Jones Golf Course. The course was not used until 1941. Jones later returned in 1954 to complete the front nine. At Cornell, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Delta Kappa Epsilon is a fraternity founded at Yale College in 1844 by 15 men of the sophomore class who had not been invited to join the two existing societies...

 fraternity.

After receiving his college degree, Jones formed a partnership with Canadian architect Stanley Thompson
Stanley Thompson
Stanley Thompson was a Canadian golf course architect. He was a co-founder of the American Society of Golf Course Architects....

, and helped design several courses in Canada, including Capilano in Vancouver and Banff
Banff National Park
Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...

 in the Canadian Rockies
Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA...

. In the late 1930s he struck out on his own and began designing and building local golf courses in America. Many of these, such as the 1936 course at Green Lakes State Park
Green Lakes State Park
Green Lakes State Park is a New York State Park located east of Syracuse in the Town of Manlius. The park is strikingly scenic, and has a "masterpiece" golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones very early in his career. Green Lake itself is perhaps the most studied meromictic lake – one in...

 (see photo), were built using labor provided by the Works Progress Administration
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects...

.

Shortly after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Jones got his first big assignment designing the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta in collaboration with golf legend Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones (golfer)
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...

. Despite the similarity of their names, the two men were not related. In fact Robert began using the middle name "Trent" shortly afterward to avoid confusion.

Jones' courses are noted for their artistic landscaping, innovative use of bunkers, liberal use of water hazards, and deft placement of greens and hazards that encourage a high level of strategy. He believed that golf should be a no risk; no reward sport and his designs encouraged daring play.

Jones continued working well past usual retirement age, often working on several courses at the same time. Following a period of failing health, he retired to his home in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...

, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. He died there peacefully just a few days short of his 94th birthday. His sons Rees Jones
Rees Jones
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...

 and Robert Trent "Bobby" 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....

, have followed in his footsteps and are now course designers. He sometimes collaborated with his sons. For example, his last design, The Marshes in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada, is a collaboration with Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and was finished after his death in 2000.

Jones received the 1987 Old Tom Morris Award
Old Tom Morris Award
The Old Tom Morris Award is the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America's most prestigious honor. It is presented each year to an individual who "through a continuing lifetime commitment to the game of golf has helped to mold the welfare of the game in a manner and style exemplified by...

 from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America was originally founded in 1926 when 60 superintendents met at the Sylvania Country Club in Toledo, Ohio to form the National Association of Greenkeepers of America ....

, GCSAA's highest honor. He was also inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
World Golf Hall of Fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site serves both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 golf organizations from all over the world.The Hall of...

 in 1987 as well.

Original

  • Tecolote Canyon Executive Golf Course, San Diego, California, 1964
  • Midvale, Penfield, New York
    Penfield, New York
    Penfield is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 36,242 at the 2010 census.The town was incorporated in 1810 by the proprietor, Daniel Penfield, who purchased the town lands in 1795 and moved to the area in 1809. Penfield is a suburb of Rochester, New York...

    , 1931
  • Chamonix
    Chamonix
    Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...

    , France
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

    , 1934
  • Green Lakes State Park
    Green Lakes State Park
    Green Lakes State Park is a New York State Park located east of Syracuse in the Town of Manlius. The park is strikingly scenic, and has a "masterpiece" golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones very early in his career. Green Lake itself is perhaps the most studied meromictic lake – one in...

     GC, Fayetteville, New York
    Fayetteville, New York
    Fayetteville is a village located in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the village had a population of 4,190. The village is named after Lafayette, a national hero of both France and the United States...

    , 1935
  • Amsterdam Municipal GC, Amsterdam, New York, 1937
  • Pottawatomie Golf Course, St. Charles, Illinois
    St. Charles, Illinois
    St. Charles is a Chicago suburb in Kane and DuPage counties of Illinois, United States, and is roughly west of Chicago on Illinois Route 64. According to a 2004 census estimate, the city has a total population of 32,134. The official city slogan is Pride of the Fox, after the Fox River that runs...

    , 1939
  • Punta Borinquen Golf Club, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
    Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
    Aguadilla , founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is spread over 15 wards and Aguadilla Pueblo...

    , 1940
  • Hancock Golf Course, Hancock, New York
    Hancock, New York
    Hancock, New York may refer to one of the following locations in New York State:*Hancock , New York*Hancock , New York...

    , 1941
  • Casperkill Golf Course, Poughkeepsie, New York
    Poughkeepsie (city), New York
    Poughkeepsie is a city in the state of New York, United States, which serves as the county seat of Dutchess County. Poughkeepsie is located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany...

    , 1944
  • San Andrés Golf Club, Bogotá
    Bogotá
    Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

    , Colombia
    Colombia
    Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

    , 1945
  • Lido Golf Club, Lido Beach, New York, 1947
  • The Patterson Club, Fairfield, Connecticut
    Fairfield, Connecticut
    Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...

    , 1947
  • Tamiment Golf Club, Pocono Mountains, Tamiment, Pennsylvania, 1947
  • Peachtree, Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

    , 1948
  • West Point Golf Course, West Point, New York
    West Point, New York
    West Point is a federal military reservation established by President of the United States Thomas Jefferson in 1802. It is a census-designated place located in Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census...

    , 1948
  • Dunes G&BC, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
    Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina. It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the...

    , 1949
  • Raymond Memorial Golf Course, Columbus, Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio
    Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

    , 1952
  • Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University
    Cornell University
    Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

    , 1954
  • Washington Duke Inn & Golf Course, Duke University
    Duke University
    Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

    , Durham, North Carolina
    Durham, North Carolina
    Durham 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...

    , 1955
  • Seven Oaks Golf Course at Colgate University
    Colgate University
    Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

    , 1956
  • The Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo Park, New York
    Tuxedo Park, New York
    Tuxedo Park is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 731 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined...

    , 1956
  • Glendora Country Club, Glendora, California
    Glendora, California
    Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2010 census, the population of Glendora was 50,073....

    , 1957
  • Portsmouth Country Club, Greenland, New Hampshire
    Greenland, New Hampshire
    Greenland is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,549 at the 2010 census. It is drained by the Winnicut River and bounded on the northwest by Great Bay.- History :...

    , 1956
  • Houston Country Club, Houston, Texas
    Houston, Texas
    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

    , 1956
  • Dorado Beach, Dorado, Puerto Rico
    Dorado, Puerto Rico
    Dorado is a small tourist town in the northern coast of Puerto Rico, west of San Juan and is located in the northern region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Toa Alta, east of Vega Alta, and west of Toa Baja. Dorado is spread over five barrios and Dorado Pueblo...

    , 1958
  • Point O'Woods
    Point O'Woods Golf & Country Club
    The Point O'Woods Golf & Country Club is a private golf club located in Benton Township, Berrien County, Michigan, United States, near Benton Harbor.-History:...

    , Benton Harbor, Michigan
    Benton Harbor, Michigan
    Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan which is located west of Kalamazoo. The population was 10,038 at the 2010 census. It is the lesser populated of the two principal cities included in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a...

    , 1958
  • Yellowstone Country Club, Billings, Montana
    Billings, Montana
    Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over...

    , 1958
  • Bellerive CC
    Bellerive Country Club
    Bellerive Country Club is a golf country club located in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. The course will be hosting the 2013 Senior PGA Championship, and also the 100th annual PGA Championship, which will be held in 2018.-History:...

    , Town and Country, Missouri
    Town and Country, Missouri
    Town and Country is a wealthy inner ring suburb in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, with a population of 10,815 as of the 2010 census. Town and Country has the highest median household income of any city in Missouri with population over 10,000 and also has one of the highest median...

    , 1959
  • Timberlane Country Club, Gretna, Louisiana
    Gretna, Louisiana
    The city of Gretna is the parish seat of Jefferson Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. Gretna is on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    , 1959
  • North Hills
    North Hills Country Club
    North Hills Country Club is a country club which relocated located in the 1960's to North Hills, New York, USA. The club was founded in 1927 at the current location of Douglaston Park.The golf course in North Hills was designed by Robert Trent Jones in 1961....

    , Manhasset, New York
    Manhasset, New York
    Manhasset is a hamlet and neighborhood in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 8,080....

    , 1961
  • Wilmington Country Club (South Course), Wilmington, Delaware
    Wilmington, Delaware
    Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

    , 1960
  • London Hunt Club, London, Ontario
    London, Ontario
    London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

    , Canada, 1960
  • Sugarbush Golf Club, Warren, Vermont
    Warren, Vermont
    Warren is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,681 at the 2000 census. The center of population of Vermont is located in Warren. It is set between the two ranges of the Green Mountains, with approximately 25% of the town under Green Mountain National Forest...

    , 1961
  • Hazeltine National GC
    Hazeltine National Golf Club
    Hazeltine National Golf Club is a golf club located in Chaska, Minnesota. It is a private club and therefore closed to guests not accompanied by a member. The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1962....

    , Chaska, Minnesota
    Chaska, Minnesota
    As of 2005, there were 22,467 people and 8,194 households residing in the city. The population density was 1,640 people per square mile . There were 6,235 housing units at an average density of 454.1 per square mile...

    , 1962 http://www.hngc.com/
  • Apollo Beach Golf and Sea Club, Apollo Beach, Florida
    Apollo Beach, Florida
    Apollo Beach is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 14,055 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Apollo Beach is located at ....

    , 1962
  • Royal Ka'anapali Golf Course, Maui, Hawaii, 1962
  • Fallsview Resort and Spa Ellenville, New York
    Ellenville, New York
    Ellenville is a village in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 4,135 at the 2010 census. The postal ZIP code is 12428. The telephone exchange is predominantly 647 and an overlaid 210 in the 845 area code.- Geography :...

    , (nine hole), 1963
  • Hominy Hill Golf Course
    Hominy Hill Golf Course
    Hominy Hill Golf Course is a public 18-hole golf course in Colts Neck, New Jersey. The course was established in 1964 and was designed by Robert Trent Jones.-Tournaments:...

    , Colts Neck, New Jersey
    Colts Neck Township, New Jersey
    Colts Neck is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,142.What is now Colts Neck Township was established by an act of the New Jersey Legislature as Atlantic Township on February 18, 1847, from portions of Freehold...

    , 1964
  • Otter Creek Golf Course, Columbus, Indiana
    Columbus, Indiana
    Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,061 at the 2010 census, and the current mayor is Fred Armstrong. Located approximately 40 miles south of Indianapolis, on the east fork of the White River, it is the state's 20th largest...

    , 1964
  • Golden Horseshoe (Gold Course), Williamsburg, Virginia
    Williamsburg, Virginia
    Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...

    , 1964
  • Sotogrande-Old
    Valderrama Golf Club
    The Valderrama Golf Club is one of the best known golf clubs in Europe. It is located in the resort of Sotogrande, San Roque in the Andalusia region of Southern Spain, a few miles from Gibraltar, and has a single 18 hole course, along with a 9 hole par 3 course.Valderrama was constructed in 1974...

    , Cadiz, Spain, 1964
  • Mauna Kea Beach, Kamuela, Hawaii, 1965
  • Link Hills Country Club, Greeneville, Tennessee
    Greeneville, Tennessee
    Greeneville is a town in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. It is the only town with this spelling in the United States, although there...

    , 1965
  • Valencia Country Club, 1965
  • Broadmoor Golf Club
    Broadmoor Golf Club
    The Broadmoor Golf Club is a golf resort located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, consisting of three 18-hole courses; East, West, and Mountain. The East Course, a Donald Ross design opened in 1918, has hosted several USGA championships since 1959, most recently the 2011 U.S. Women's Open, won by So...

    , West Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...

    , 1965
  • Bel Meadow Golf Club, Mount Claire, West Virginia, 1965
  • Spyglass Hill
    Spyglass Hill Golf Course
    The Spyglass Hill Golf Course, also known as "the Glass", is a golf course located on the Monterey Peninsula in California, United States. The course is part of the Pebble Beach Company, which also owns the Pebble Beach Golf Links, The Links at Spanish Bay, and the Del Monte Golf Course.Spyglass...

    , Pebble Beach, California
    Pebble Beach, California
    Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It lies at an elevation of 3 feet . Pebble Beach is a small coastal resort destination, home to the famous golf course, Pebble Beach Golf Links....

    , 1966
  • Salmon Falls Country Club (9 holes) Hollis, Maine, 1966
  • Mission Viejo Country Club, Mission Viejo, California
    Mission Viejo, California
    Mission Viejo is a city located in southern Orange County, California, U.S. in the Saddleback Valley. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States, and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in its size...

    , 1967
  • Black Hall Club, Old Lyme, Connecticut
    Old Lyme, Connecticut
    Old Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The Main Street of the town is a historic district. The town has long been a popular summer resort and artists' colony...

    , 1967
  • Eugene, Eugene, Oregon
    Eugene, Oregon
    Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

    , 1967
  • Birnam Wood Golf Club. (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • Boyne Highlands-Heather, Boyne, Michigan, 1968
  • Glen Oak Golf Course (originally Ransom Oaks Country Club, with son Rees Jones), East Amherst, New York, 1969
  • Firestone-North
    Firestone Country Club
    The Firestone Country Club is a private golf club located in Akron, Ohio, United States.The Club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West—each of which hosted a televised golf event, respectively the American Golf Classic, the CBS Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf, in...

    , Akron, Ohio
    Akron, Ohio
    Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

    , 1969
  • Ferncroft Country Club (formerly Topsfield Country Club), Middleton, Massachusetts
    Middleton, Massachusetts
    Middleton is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,987 at the 2010 census.- History :Middleton was first settled in 1659 and was officially incorporated in 1728. Prior to 1728 it was considered a part of Salem, and contains territory previously within the...

    , 1969
  • Lyman Orchards, Robert Trent Jones Course, Middlefield, Connecticut
    Middlefield, Connecticut
    Middlefield is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,203 at the 2000 census. The town includes the village of Rockfall-History:...

    , 1969
  • Port Royal Golf Course
    Port Royal Golf Course
    Port Royal Golf Course is a golf club located in Southampton, Bermuda.-History:Located in the Southampton Parish, Southampton Golf Club, as the course was originally known, was founded in 1965 under the chairmanship of Mr. Reginald Tucker, with land being purchased in July 1965 after being given...

    , Southampton, Bermuda, 1970
  • The Southern California Golf Association, Murrieta, California
    Murrieta, California
    Murrieta has a Mediterranean climate or Dry-Summer Subtropical . Murrieta has plenty of sunshine throughout the year, with an average of 263 sunshine days and 35 days with measurable precipitation annually....

    , 1970
  • Spring Valley Lake Golf CC, Spring Valley Lake, California
    Spring Valley Lake, California
    Spring Valley Lake is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California. Spring Valley Lake sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Spring Valley Lake's population was 8,220.-Geography:...

    , 1970
  • Chaska Par 30, Chaska, Minnesota
    Chaska, Minnesota
    As of 2005, there were 22,467 people and 8,194 households residing in the city. The population density was 1,640 people per square mile . There were 6,235 housing units at an average density of 454.1 per square mile...

    , 1971
  • Crag Burn Golf Club, East Aurora, New York
    East Aurora, New York
    East Aurora is a village in Erie County, New York, United States, southeast of Buffalo. The Village of East Aurora lies in the eastern half of the Town of Aurora.The population was 6,673 at the 2000 census...

    , 1969
  • Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course, 1971/Creek Course, 1979)
  • Springs Course, House on the Rock Resort, Spring Green, Wisconsin
    Spring Green, Wisconsin
    Spring Green is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,444 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Spring Green.-Geography:Spring Green is located at ....

    , 1971 http://www.thehouseontherock.com
  • Pevero Golf Club - Costa Smeralda - Sadinia, Italy, 1972
  • Witch's Cove Golf Course, Lake Ozark, Missouri
    Lake Ozark, Missouri
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,489 people, 649 households, and 427 families residing in the city. The population density was 211.6 people per square mile . There were 1,143 housing units at an average density of 162.4 per square mile...

    , 1973
  • Playa Dorada - Puerto Plata - Dominican Republic, 1976
  • Radisson Greens Golf Club, Baldwinsville, New York
    Baldwinsville, New York
    Baldwinsville is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,053 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area....

    , 1978
  • Crumpin-Fox, Bernardston, Massachusetts
    Bernardston, Massachusetts
    Bernardston is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,155 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

    , 1978, 1990
  • Troia, Setubal, Portugal, 1979
  • Kananaskis Country, Kananaskis Village, Alberta, Canada, 1983
  • Stonemont Course, Stone Mountain, Georgia
    Stone Mountain, Georgia
    Stone Mountain is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,802 at the 2010 census. It is an outer suburb of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.-Geography:...

    , 1977
  • Metedeconk National, Jackson, New Jersey, 1987
  • Golf Club Castelconturbia, Agrate Conturbia, Piemonte, Italy, 1987 http://www.castelconturbia.it
  • MetroWest, Orlando, Florida
    Orlando, Florida
    Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

    , 1987
  • Chateau Whistler, Whistler, British Columbia
    Whistler, British Columbia
    Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

    , 1989
  • Robert Trent Jones, Gainesville, Virginia
    Gainesville, Virginia
    -Demographics:Gainesville is currently the third-largest CDP in Prince William County. As of the census estimate of 2009, there were 28,662 people, 10,300 households, and 8,604 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,150.2 people per square mile . There were 10,300 housing units...

    , 1991
  • Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
    Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
    The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a collection of championship caliber golf courses, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., distributed across the state of Alabama, as part of investments by the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The Trail started with 378 holes at eight sites throughout the state,...

    , Alabama
    Alabama
    Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

    , 1992-2005 - 2 New courses added by his company after his death.
  • Fox Hollow Golf Course, New Port Richey, Florida
    New Port Richey, Florida
    New Port Richey is a city in Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is a suburban city included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    , 1994
  • Adare Golf Club, Limerick, Ireland 1995
  • Celebration, Orlando, Florida
    Orlando, Florida
    Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

    , 1996
  • Eagle Point Golf Course, Eagle Point, Oregon
    Eagle Point, Oregon
    Eagle Point is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 8,469 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-2000 Census data:...

    , 1996 http://eaglepointgolf.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
  • Dominican Republic, Playa Grande, 1997
  • Madeline Island Golf Club, La Pointe, Wisconsin
    La Pointe, Wisconsin
    La Pointe is a town in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The town includes all of the Apostle Islands. There is also an unincorporated community named La Pointe on Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands . The population was 246 at the 2000 census...

  • The Marshes Golf Club
    Marshes Golf Club
    The Marshes Golf Club is a public golf club located in Ottawa, Ontario The Marshes golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones II.-Courses:* The Marshes – opened in June 2002. An 18 hole, par-72 championship course.* The Marchwood – opened in 2002...

    , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Tanglewood Park (Championship Course), Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...

  • Gleannloch Farms County Club, Spring, Texas
    Spring, Texas
    Spring, Texas is a census-designated place within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Harris County, Texas, United States, north of Downtown Houston. The population was 54,298 at the 2010 census...

  • Santa Maria, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...

  • Carambola Golf Resort, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands
    United States Virgin Islands
    The Virgin Islands of the United States are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S...

  • Dyrham Park Country Club, Hertfordshire, England, date unknown
  • Masterpiece Course at Treetops Resort, Gaylord, Michigan
    Gaylord, Michigan
    Gaylord is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,681. It is the county seat of Otsego County. The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord; it is by far the smallest settlement serving as the location of an active Roman...

  • Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
    Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
    Hilton Head Island or Hilton Head is a resort town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is north of Savannah, Georgia, and south of Charleston. The island gets its name from Captain William Hilton...

  • Cacapon Resort State Park
    Cacapon Resort State Park
    Opened in 1933, the Cacapon Resort State Park is located on the eastern slopes of Cacapon Mountain in Morgan County, West Virginia. Panorama Overlook, at the southern end of the park and above sea level, is the highest point in the park and in Morgan County.- Features :* 48-room Lodge* 12-room...

    , Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
    Bath (Berkeley Springs), West Virginia
    Bath is a town in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Morgan County. The town is incorporated as Bath, but it is often referred to by the name of its post office, Berkeley Springs. The population of the town was 663 according to the 2000 United States...

  • Costa Del Sol, Spain
    • Marbella Golf CC, Marbella, Spain
    • Los Naranjos, Marbella, Spain
    • Las Brisas, Marbella, Spain
    • La Cañada, Cádiz, Spain
    • Valderrama, Cádiz, Spain
    • Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain
    • Mijas Golf, Spain
    • Los Olivos
    • Los Lagos Mijas Costa
  • Willow Lakes, Bellevue, Nebraska
    Bellevue, Nebraska
    Bellevue is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 50,137 at the 2010 census. Eight miles south of Omaha, Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Originally settled in the 1830s, It was the first state capitol. Bellevue was incorporated in...

  • Hilldale Golf Club, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
    Hoffman Estates, Illinois
    Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003...

  • Rivershore Golf Links, (Kamloops, British Columbia) 1981
  • Stockley Park Golf Club, Middlesex, England 1993
  • Osprey Meadows, Donnelly, Idaho

Re-designs

  • Durand-Eastman Golf Course, Rochester, New York
    Rochester, New York
    Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...

    , 1933
  • Valley View Golf Course, Utica, New York
    Utica, New York
    Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....

    , 1939
  • Champions of Columbus (formerly Winding Hollow Country Club), Columbus, Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio
    Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

    , 1948
  • Galloping Holl Golf Course, Union, New Jersey
    Union Township, Union County, New Jersey
    Union is a Township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. In the 18th century, the area that is now Union was then called Connecticut Farms...

    , 1949
  • Augusta National Golf Club
    Augusta National Golf Club
    Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual...

    , Augusta, Georgia
    Augusta, Georgia
    Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...

    , 1947, 1950
  • Oakland Hills-South, Bloomfield Township, Michigan
    Bloomfield Township, Michigan
    Bloomfield Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan:*Bloomfield Township, Huron County, Michigan*Bloomfield Township, Missaukee County, Michigan*Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan...

    , 1950, 1972, 1984
  • Baltusrol Golf Club
    Baltusrol Golf Club
    The Baltusrol Golf Club is a private 36-hole golf club located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. Among the many prestigious tournaments it has hosted, Baltusrol was most recently the site of the 2005 PGA Championship. The course architect is A. W...

     (Lower), Springfield, New Jersey
    Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey
    Township of Springfield is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population increased to a record high of 15,817....

    , 1952
  • Olympic Club
    Olympic Club
    The Olympic Club is a San Francisco, California, athletic club and private social club with three golf courses located at San Francisco's border with Daly City, California. The club's main "City Clubhouse" is located in downtown San Francisco. The club's "Lakeside Clubhouse" is located just north...

     (Lake), San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California
    San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

    , 1954
  • Oak Hill-East
    Oak Hill Country Club
    Oak Hill Country Club, located in the Town of Pittsford, New York, a suburb of Rochester, has a rich history of golf. It started out in 1901 as only 9 holes on 85 acres on the banks of the Genesee River in Rochester. The clubhouse was no more than a converted farm house...

    , Rochester, New York
    Rochester, New York
    Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...

    , 1955, 1967
  • Southern Hills, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...

    , 1957
  • Tavistock Country Club, Tavistock, New Jersey
    Tavistock, New Jersey
    Tavistock is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the population was only five people, making it the smallest municipality by population in New Jersey, with just seven fewer residents than nearby Pine Valley, which has 12.Tavistock was incorporated as a...

    , 1958
  • Rockleigh Golf Course, Rockleigh, New Jersey
    Rockleigh, New Jersey
    Rockleigh is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 531.Rockleigh was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 13, 1923 from portions of Northvale.New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked...

    , 1964
  • Rockland Country Club, Sparkill, New York
    Sparkill, New York
    Sparkill, formerly known as Tappan Sloat, is an affluent, suburban hamlet in the Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Palisades; east of Tappan; south of Piermont and west of the Hudson River...

    , 1965
  • Montauk Downs
    Montauk Downs State Park
    Montauk Downs State Park is a state park in Montauk, New York, USA. The park is located in Suffolk County near the eastern tip of Long Island's South Fork, about east of the village of Montauk...

    , Montauk, New York
    Montauk, New York
    Montauk [ˈmɒntɒk] is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet with the same name located in the town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States on the South Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 3,851 as of 2000...

    , 1968
  • Firestone-South
    Firestone Country Club
    The Firestone Country Club is a private golf club located in Akron, Ohio, United States.The Club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West—each of which hosted a televised golf event, respectively the American Golf Classic, the CBS Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf, in...

    , Akron, Ohio
    Akron, Ohio
    Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

    , 1969
  • Rio Rico Golf Resort, Rio Rico, Arizona
    Rio Rico, Arizona
    Rio Rico is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 18,962 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Rio Rico is located at ....


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