People & the land Architect
Architect
Donald Ross
Donald Ross was born in Dornoch, Scotland, in 1872. He moved to the Boston area in 1899 to work as the golf professional at Oakley Country Club. The following year, he accepted James Walker Tufts’s offer to serve as Pinehurst’s professional.1
From Dornoch to an American practice
His training brought several kinds of work together. At St Andrews, Ross apprenticed with Old Tom Morris and learned about course design, maintenance and greens. Back in Dornoch, he worked as a professional and greenkeeper before leaving for America.1
Pinehurst’s account of his design practice emphasizes his attention to the contours of greens and the sandy ground that recalled Scotland. The crowned putting surfaces at No. 2 made the approach and the recovery shot central parts of the test, with small slopes carrying substantial consequences.2
Ross designed Aronimink and Seminole and redesigned East Lake in 1913, connecting three distinct course histories.345
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Course work
22 Courses at 18 Clubs
- Redesign
- Redesign
- Redesign
- CompletionExpansion from nine to eighteen holes and remodeling of the original nine.
- Renovation
- Redesign
- CompletionExpansion of Campbell’s nine-hole layout to eighteen holes.
- RenovationRevision of the existing eighteen-hole course.
- Original design
Sources
- Columbus Country Club (opens in a new tab)Architect identity · Course design
- Aronimink Golf Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Brae Burn Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- PGA Tour East Lake media guide (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Erie County Parks, Recreation and Forestry (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents Association / Hole Notes (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Minneapolis Golf Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Oak Hill Country Club, East Course (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Oak Hill Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Oakland Hills Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Pinehurst Cc (opens in a new tab)Course design
- National Park Service Pinehurst study (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Pinehurst Cc (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Scioto Cc (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Bronxville, NY – About Us - Siwanoy Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Skokie Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Pete Dye & Donald Ross Golf Courses | French Lick Resort (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Wannamoisett Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Worcester Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Wykagyl Country Club (opens in a new tab)Course design