"I’m a sucker for a municipal course, but I rarely played Dunedin Golf Club when I lived just a few miles away in the early 2000s. The layout carried the name of famous architect Donald Ross as the original designer, but there just wasn’t much Ross left in the ground. Other than accessibility, there was little to draw fans of golf architecture to the course that sits less than half a mile from the Intracoastal Waterway north of St. Petersburg."

Tags: Donald Ross; Florida; Kris Spence; Public Golf; Restoration

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"Officially opened in July 1909 at a cost of $2,190, the clubhouse replaced an earlier wooden Golf House with three rooms and a corrugated iron roof. It, in turn, has now been replaced by a new $19 million facility."

Tags: Donald Ross; History; Scotland

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"Sure, there were award-winning renovations of Donald Ross’ Mid Pines, Pine Needles and Southern Pines designs in the North Carolina Sandhills. Those placed Franz in many new development conversations, but that elusive solo project lingered like the “Best Golfer to Never Win a Major” label."

Tags: Donald Ross, Golf Course Architecture, Kyle Franz, North Carolina

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"Golfweek's Jason Lusk shows you the $6 million restoration of municipal Dunedin Golf Club in Florida, just northwest of Tampa."

Tags: Donald Ross, Florida, Kris Spence, Public Golf, Renovation

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"The article traces the unlikely arc of Dunedin Golf Club, a Donald Ross design on Florida’s Gulf Coast, just north of Tampa, born in the boom years of the 1920s, humbled by the Depression and reborn as a municipal course long before “muni” became a bootstrapping badge of honor. Along the way, it served as the PGA of America’s headquarters, hosted 18 straight Senior PGA Championships and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, even as it drifted from its Golden Age roots."

Tags: Donald Ross; Florida; Kris Spence; Public Golf; Restoration

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When the Ross Expert Speaks - He Affirms Charles River's Standing Among the Finest in New England

The Donald Ross Society held an outing at Charles River this summer, attended by Brad Becken, one of the Society’s longest-serving leaders and a nationally recognized authority on Donald Ross’s work. Mr. Becken has served the Society in several key capacities, including President and Executive Secretary.

Mr. Becken is widely regarded for his comprehensive knowledge of Ross’s design principles, his extensive familiarity with original Ross plans and archival materials, and his practical counsel to clubs engaged in restoration, renovation, or long-term planning. He is frequently the initial point of contact for clubs seeking authoritative guidance on how best to preserve or restore Ross’s architectural intent.

In his published assessments, Mr. Becken has written that Charles River is the most underrated Ross course in New England. Moreover, he ranks Charles River as the finest Ross course in the region and among his top three Ross designs overall.

Mr. Becken has evaluated or consulted with dozens of Ross clubs and has played more than 300 Ross-designed courses. His perspective on Charles River therefore reflects one of the broadest and most experienced views within the Ross community.

The Donald Ross Society is a nationally respected nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Donald Ross–designed golf courses. Since its founding in 1989, the Society has become a leading voice in the modern restoration movement. Its mission is to support courses in maintaining—and, when appropriate, restoring—the strategic, artistic, and playable characteristics that define Ross’s work.

Tags: Brad Becken, Donald Ross, Massachusetts, Private Golf

"The group, Calumet Collaborative, is comprised of disparate parties interested in saving both the golf course, a century-old design of famed architect Donald Ross, and the acreage itself. They banded together in recent days in response to the decision of W&E Ventures, the current property owner, to close the golf course permanently and to seek permission from Hazel Crest to get it rezoned for industrial use to sell it to Ryan Industries."

Tags: Development; Donald Ross; Illinois

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“ His grandson, Dr. Bob Jones IV, will visit Sara Bay on February 27, 2026, for a fireside chat to discuss his grandfather’s involvement in the club’s history, and to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Match of the Century.”

Tags: Bobby Jones; Centennial; Donald Ross; Florida; Kris Spencer; Restoration

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"The action began with the Donald Ross Closest-to-the-Hole Challenge. Justin Foster (Ridgewood Country Club) earned top honors with a pinpoint tee shot that finished just inside seven feet, claiming a substantial luxury gift package from Donald Ross Sportswear."

Tags: Donald Ross; Leadership

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"The Woodberry Forest School in the rolling hills of central Virginia boasts something very few (if any) high schools in the world can claim - its very own Donald Ross course right in the middle of its bucolic campus. It's a nine-hole course with small, crowned greens. It weaves down and back up the hill three times, around athletic fields, past cattle pastures and in the shadows of the gymnasium and chapel and infirmary that each can come into play with a wayward approach shot."

Tags: Donald Ross; Public Golf; Virginia

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