ROBERT TRENT JONES

'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."
Born in Ince, England, Jones accompanied his parents to the United States at the age of five. The family settled in East Rochester, New York where young Robert took a job at a local golf club. He became an avid and skilled golfer as a youth, but health problems prevented him from joining tournament competition.
He attended Cornell University, where he designed his own course of study to become a professional golf course designer, taking courses in landscape architecture, agronomy, horticulture, hydraulics, surveying, public speaking, and economics. At Cornell he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
After receiving his college degree, he formed a partnership with Canadian architect Stanley Thompson, and helped design several courses in Canada, including Capilano in Vancouver and Banff in the Canadian Rockies. In the late 1930s he struck out on his own and began designing and building local golf courses in America, many using labor provided by the Works Progress Administration.
Shortly after World War II, he got his first big assignment designing the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta in collaboration with golf legend Bobby Jones. 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, Jones retired to his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He died there peacefully just a few days short of his 94th birthday. His sons Rees Jones and Robert Trent "Bobby" Jones, Jr., have followed in his footsteps and are now course designers. Jones sometimes collaborated with his sons. For example, his last design, The Marshes in Ottawa, Canada, is a collaboration with Robert Trent Jones Jr, and was finished after his death in 2000.

Contents

Courses Designed

Original

Re-designs

References

External links

Courses Designed

Original

★ Midvale, Penfield, New York, 1931

★ Chamonix, France, 1934

★ Green Lakes State Park GC, Fayetteville, New York, 1935.

★ Amsterdam Municipal GC,Amsterdam, New York, 1937

★ Casperkill Golf Course, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1944

★ Lido Golf Club, Lido Beach, New York, 1947

★ Tamiment Golf Club, Pocono Mountains,Tamiment, PA,^[1] 1947

★ Peachtree, Atlanta, Georgia, 1948

★ Dunes G&BC, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1949

★ Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University, 1954

★ Washington Duke Inn & Golf Course, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1955

★ Dorado Beach, Dorado, Puerto Rico, 1958

★ Point O'Woods, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1958

★ Bellerive CC, Creve Coeur, Missouri, 1959

★ Timberlane Country Club, Gretna, Louisiana,^[2] 1959

★ North Hills, Manhasset, New York,^[3] 1961^[4]

★ Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, Minnesota, 1962

★ Golden Horseshoe (Gold Course), Williamsburg, Virginia, 1964

★ Sotogrande-Old, Cadiz, Spain, 1964

★ Mauna Kea Beach, Kamuela, Hawaii, 1965

★ Spyglass Hill, Pebble Beach, California, 1966

★ Eugene, Eugene, Oregon, 1967

★ Boyne Highlands-Heather, Boyne, Michigan, 1968

★ Firestone-North, Akron, Ohio, 1969

★ Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course, 1971/Creek Course 1979)^[5]

★ Springs Course, House on the Rock Resort, Spring Green, Wisconsin 1972

★ Witch's Cove Golf Course, Lake Ozark, Missouri 1973^[6]

★ Crumpin-Fox, Bernardston, Massachusetts, 1978, 1990

★ Troia, Setubal, Portugal, 1979

★ San Andrés Golf Club, Bogotá, Colombia

★ Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada, 1983

★ Metedeconk National, Jackson, New Jersey, 1987

★ Robert Trent Jones, Gainesville, Virginia, 1991

★ Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Alabama, 1992-2005 http://www.rtjgolf.com/trail/history.htm - 2 New courses added by his company after his death.

★ Fox Hollow Golf Course, New Port Richey, Florida, 1994

★ Dominican Republic, Playa Grande, 1997

★ Madeline Island Golf Club, La Pointe, Wisconsin

★ The Marshes Golf Club, Ottawa, Canada

★ Tanglewood Park (Championship Course), Winston-Salem, NC

★ Gleannloch Farms County Club, Spring, TX

Re-designs

★ Durand-Eastman Golf Course, Rochester, New York, 1933

★ Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia, 1947, 1950

★ Oakland Hills-South, Bloomfield Township, Michigan, 1950, 1972, 1984

★ Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower), Springfield, New Jersey, 1952

★ Olympic Club (Lake), San Francisco, California, 1954

★ Oak Hill-East, Rochester, New York, 1955, 1967

★ Southern Hills, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1957

★ Rockland Country Club, Sparkill, New York, 1965

★ Montauk Downs, Montauk, New York, 1968

★ Firestone-South, Akron, Ohio, 1969

References

1. http://www.tamiment.com
2. http://www.timberlanecc.com
3. http://www.longislandgolfnews.com/Course%20descriptions/northhillscountryclub.htm
4. http://www.northhillscc.com/html/content_03_history_01.html
5. http://www.carolinatracecc.com
6. http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/golf-course.asp?course=13731

External links

★ SI GolfOnline