6 Woking Surrey, England Tom Dunn, 1893 The first of many classic heathland courses from the south of England to appear in our Top 100, Woking was first laid out by Scottish golf professional Tom Dunn, with Stuart Paton and John Low’s subsequent work making the course what it is today. The club is currently working with golf course architects Thomson Perrett & Lobb and is set to unveil a new sixteenth hole in the coming weeks. The Honors Course Tennessee, USA Pete Dye, 1983 Created by American businessman Jack Lupton to honour the game of amateur golf, this private club is known for its compelling blend of a Pete Dye golf course and the natural plants and wildlife painstakingly nurtured by greenkeeper David Stone. Shadow Creek Nevada, USA Tom Fazio, 1989 Having transformed a parcel of desert into a pine tree-lined golf course, complete with lakes and streams, Shadow Creek is recognised for its feat of landscape engineering. “What Fazio and Wynn did there expanded everyone’s idea of what man can do,” says Armen Suny of Suny Zokol Golf Design. Neil Haworth of Nelson & Haworth says: “With money, talent and creativity anything can be built!” Peachtree Georgia, USA Robert Trent Jones, 1947 “As near like Augusta National as possible, and better, if possible,” Bobby Jones is quoted as saying in the planning of Peachtree. Robert Trent Jones was hired and the Jones’s partnership produced a course that is known for its use of contour, with barely a flat lie to be found. Torrey Pines (South) California, USA William F. Bell, 1957 With expansive views over the Pacific Ocean, this public golf course was redesigned by Rees Jones and Greg Muirhead in 2001 to meet the contrasting requirements of public play and professional tournaments, including the 2008 US Open. Olympic Club (Lake) California, USA Sam Whiting, 1927 When the original 1924 Lake and Ocean courses designed by Willie Watson were damaged in landslides, superintendent Sam Whiting remodelled and rebuilt both. Robert Trent Jones reworked the Lake course, which is characterised by its severely sloping fairways, for the 1955 US Open, the first of five it has hosted, and Bill Love oversaw work in advance of the most recent, in 2012. ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #100 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #99 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #98 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #97 “ With money, talent and creativity, anything can be built!” Neil Haworth on Shadow Creek Architects’ Choice Top 100 Golf Courses ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #100 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #96 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #96 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #95 Photo: Marcus Lovelock PinPoint Golf
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