Gil Hanse

At Winged Foot, that work began with a plan for all 36 holes. In a 2020 interview, Hanse recalled restoring the East Course first. The Club then moved ahead with the West, whose restoration was completed in 2017.²

His example was practical: reopening the fronts of greens gave members room to run a ball onto the putting surface. Mapping technology also allowed the team to rebuild greens with greater confidence that their contours could be reproduced.²

For Hanse, research into A.W. Tillinghast’s work guided those decisions. In the same interview, he credited Wagner and Winged Foot superintendent Steve Rabideau alongside his own contribution.²