“ Calumet became my home during a formative stretch of my late 20s and early 30s. It was a good golf course, originally designed by Donald Ross, that had overtime fallen victim to a number of events: a highway expansion that reduced its total land and altered the golf course, thousands of ill-advised tree plantings, shrinking green sizes, and of course, the economic crash in 2008, which sent the club’s membership spiraling into a bad place.”

Tags: Course Closure; Donald Ross; Illinois; Private Golf; Public Golf

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"In 2025 Seminole Golf Club underwent phase one of a project aimed at combatting a rising water table. In addition, the club decided to simultaneously conduct a restoration of their Donald Ross greens and bunkers, hiring Gil Hanse to complete the work."

Tags: Donald Ross; Florida; Gil Hanse; Private Golf; Restoration

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"Bobby Weed’s extensive experience as a Ross historian and restorer, along with his deep knowledge of Palma Ceia, allowed his team to efficiently improve the golf course design, infrastructure and playing experience. The course reopened Oct. 31."

Tags: Bobby Weed; Donald Ross; Florida; Private Golf; Restoration; Tom Bendelow

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"In February 2026, Fried Egg Golf Events head to Belleair Country Club for our first ever event on Florida's Gulf Coast. The club was founded in the 1800s before ultimately having 36 holes designed by Donald Ross in the 1910s. In 2022, Dana Fry and Jason Straka of Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design completed a hybrid renovation/restoration on the West Course, returning it to its former glory while also adding some new design features. Come February, the new course will be over three years old and be more than ready for Fried Egg Events to roll into town."

Tags: Connor T. Lewis; Dava Fry; Donald Ross; Florida; Jason Straka; Private Golf; Restoration

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“ In that article, and in the subsequent video, I pondered what the course would look like if the original front 9 routing created by Donald Ross was restored, as well as how the back 9 would change in some ways with a restoration. This takes into account what the original intent of Donald Ross might have been based on his master plan, and how that intent could be restored despite the missing chunk of land that was carved away by the highway”

Tags: Donald Ross; Michigan; Public Golf; Restoration

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"Located 28 miles north of Chicago, Exmoor C.C. was founded in 1896 as the third golf club in the state of Illinois. C.B. Macdonald designed the original nine holes before Donald Ross redesigned the layout in 1915, which remained largely unchanged until a restoration by Ron Pritchard in 2003."

Tags: Donald Ross, New York, Private Golf, Ron Prichard, USGA

"City officials said the $27 million renovation will be funded entirely through revised green fees rather than taxpayer dollars. City officials said the $27 million renovation will be funded entirely through revised green fees rather than taxpayer dollars. The course, originally designed by famed golf architect Donald Ross in the 1920s, will undergo a comprehensive upgrade, including renovated tee boxes, fairways, greens and an updated clubhouse."

Tags: Donald Ross, Florida, Municipal Golf, Public Golf, Renovation, Sanford Ferris Golf Course Design

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"History is a major value of Interlachen Country Club. Director of golf course and grounds Brian Boll reflects on a recent restoration, bringing the Minnesota course back to the architect's original designs."

Tags: Donald Ross, Minnesota, Private Golf, Restoration

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"Metacomet (the name was later changed to Metacomet Country Club) operated as a private club, and in a region of the country rich with Ross designs, it ranked among the finest, not as nationally renowned as, say, Wannamoisett, but locally beloved and rightly regarded as a premium test."

Tags: Donald Ross, Massachusetts, Public Golf

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"For Rich Shilling, keeping Philadelphia’s best muni in pristine condition is equal parts science, art and…honey. Maintaining Jeffersonville Golf Club—a Donald Ross gem that hosts more than 60,000 rounds a year—is no small task."

Tags: Donald Ross, Municipal Golf, Pennsylvania, Public Golf

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