“To me, it’s got the same name; it’s East Lake Golf Club. It’s in the same property, similar square footage. But that’s about it. I think the only thing that’s the same are the directions of the hole.” - Xander Schauffele 

Tags: Andrew Green, Donald Ross, Georgia, PGA Tour, Restoration

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"Immediately after the 2023 Tour Championship, Green set to work on reimagining East Lake using as inspiration a previously unknown aerial photo from 1949 before any renovations were made to Ross’ design. The photo offered surprising detail that provided guidance on green and bunker shapes as well as the overall topography of the original layout."

Tags: Andrew Green, Donald Ross, Georgia, PGA Tour, Private Golf, Restoration

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"The Club is excited to unveil Andrew Green’s restoration, which combines elements of the original Donald Ross design with exciting new changes that reflect the modern game."

Tags: Andrew Green, Donald Ross, Georgia, Restoration, PGA Tour

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"A special congratulations to Interlachen Country Club and Golf Course Architect, Andrew Green for the rebirth of a Donald Ross Golden Age Classic. The club triumphantly reopened for their membership this past weekend after a 14 month restoration."

Tags: Andrew Green, Connor T. Lewis, Donald Ross, Minnesota, Restoration

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"Jones becomes the third member of his family to be named Ross Award recipient. His father was honored with the inaugural award in 1976 and his brother, ASGCA Past President Rees Jones, received the 2013 award."

Tags: ASGCA, California, Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones Jr

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"In 2024, Jones’ longtime efforts to secure copyright protection for the creative work of golf course architects advanced with the introduction of a bill in the U.S. Congress, the Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement Act (BIRDIE Act). The bill would update the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990, which provided copyright protection for buildings, to now extend the protections to include golf courses."

Tags: ASGCA, California, Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones Jr 

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"In the 1960s, after studying geology and majoring in history and American studies at Yale University – where he played varsity golf – and attending a year of law school at Stanford University, Jones joined his father, Robert Trent Jones, in the family business of golf course design. One of his earliest projects was Spyglass Hill Golf Club in Pebble Beach, California."

Tags: ASGCA, California, Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones Jr

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"Originally designed by Donald Ross and established in 1923, Rackham is an 18-hole course located in Huntington Woods adjacent to the Detroit Zoo. Rackham is recognized as one of Ross’s 10 best public courses and plays to a par of 71 and measures 6,555 from the tips."

Tags: Donald Ross, Michigan, Troon

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"The founding members of Oakland Hills hired Ross, a renowned golf course architect who also designed Detroit Golf Club (now home of the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic), in 1917 to build the South Course. According to the club’s archives, Ross said, “The Lord intended this for a golf course” when he first saw the property."

Tags: Donald Ross, Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner, Michigan, Private Golf, USGA

"The course is classic Ross, a links style using the shores of Elk Lake – which can be seen from every single hole except No. 8 – as the main core. The course opens with and closes with par 5s. With yardages ranging from 2465 to 3067 yards, most golfers will not need driver. Accuracy is more important on the open yet heather-lined fairways."

Tags: Centennial, Donald Ross, Michigan, Private Golf 

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