People & the land Architect
Architect
Bill Coore
Bill Coore began his professional design and construction career with Pete Dye’s firm in 1972. Earlier golf at Pinehurst’s Donald Ross courses and Perry Maxwell’s Old Town Club had introduced him to older approaches to course design.1
In the archive 3 Courses at 2 Clubs
Course work
Published course connections in the archive.
- Co-designCo-design of the 13-hole short course.
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- RedesignDesign of the public 18-hole layout, opened in 2020.
- Co-design
Learning Design Through Construction
Working with the Dyes brought practical construction experience and an introduction to books on golf architecture. Coore’s firm describes those books as a shared foundation with Ben Crenshaw, who was studying and collecting them independently. Coore established his own design company in 1982 before their later partnership.1
Sources and record notes4 references
Sources for this history
- About: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw
Coore & Crenshaw
Primary page paragraphs describing the named architect and project, reviewed in the retained original.
Consulted 2026-11-14
Architect record sources
- Old Sandwich Golf Club (opens in a new tab)Architect identity · Course design
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: named design work (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: named design work (opens in a new tab)Course design