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For other persons named Donald Ross, see Donald Ross (disambiguation). Donald Ross is the name of Donald Ross (surgeon, British surgeon Donald Ross (golfer, Scottish golfer and golf course designer
Ross in 1905
Ross in 1905

Donald J. Ross (November 23, 1872–April 26, 1948) was one of the most significant golf course designers in the history of the sport. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A golf course consists of a series of holes each consisting of a Teeing ground, Fairway, rough and other hazards and a green with a pin and cup all designed for He was born at Dornoch in Scotland, but spent most of his adult life in the United States. Dornoch ( Gaelic: Dòrnach, d̪̊ɔːɾnəx is a town and Seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

Ross served an apprenticeship with Old Tom Morris in St Andrews before investing his life savings in a trip to the U. Thomas Mitchell "Tom" Morris Sr ( 16 June 1821 &ndash 24 May 1908) otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, was one of the St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn is a Town and former Royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. S. in 1899 at the suggestion of a Harvard professor named Robert Wilson, who found him his first job in the America at Oakley Country Club in Watertown, Massachusetts. The Oakley Country Club is a private 18 hole golf club located in Watertown, Massachusetts. The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In 1900 he was appointed as the golf professional at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, where he began his course design career and eventually designed four courses. Pinehurst Resort is an historic upmarket Golf resort at Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States He had a moderately successful playing career, winning three North and South Opens (1903, 1905, 1906) and two Massachusetts Opens (1905, 1911), and finishing fifth in the 1903 U.S. Open and eighth in the 1910 British Open. The North and South Open was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century The Massachusetts Open is the Massachusetts state open Golf tournament open to both amateur and professional golfers The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the US The Open Championship, or simply The Open (often referred to as the British Open outside the UK) is the oldest of the four major championships He later gave up playing and teaching to concentrate on course design, running a substantial practice with several assistants and summer offices in New England. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the His brother Alec won the 1907 U.S. Open. This article deals with Alexander Ross the golfer for other people with that name see Alexander Ross. The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the US

Ross's most famous designs are Pinehurst No. 2, Seminole, Oak Hill and Oakland Hills. Pinehurst Resort is an historic upmarket Golf resort at Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA 0 See also Oak Hill Country Club (disambiguation Oak Hill Country Club, located in Pittsford New York, a suburb of Rochester, has a rich Oakland Hills Country Club, a private Golf club in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, has hosted many prestigious professional golf He was involved in designing or redesigning around 600 courses. Some of his early work was in Virginia and includes Jefferson Lakeside Country Club. In some cases he didn't even visit the site, but on the courses where he was most closely involved he displayed great attention to detail. Often he created challenging courses with very little earth moving; according to Jack Nicklaus, "His stamp as an architect was naturalness. For his detailed statistics records and other achievements see List of career achievements by Jack Nicklaus. " His most widely known trademark is the crowned or "turtleback" green, most famously seen on Pinehurst No. 2, though golf architecture writer Ron Whitten argued in Golf Digest in 2005 that the effect had become exaggerated compared to Ross's intention because greenkeeping practices at Pinehurst had raised the centre of the greens. Golf Digest is a monthly Golf Magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States.

Ross often created holes which invited run-up shots but had severe trouble at the back of the green, typically in the form of fallaway slopes. In the 1930s he revolutionized greenskeeping practices in the Southern United States when he oversaw the transition of the putting surfaces at Pinehurst No. 2 from oiled sand to Bermuda grass.

Ross was a founding member and first president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, which was formed at Pinehurst in 1947. The American Society of Golf Course Architects ( abbreviated as ASGCA) is a professional organization of Golf course designers in America He was admitted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1977, a rare honour rarely awarded for anything other than playing success. The World Golf Hall of Fame is located in St Augustine Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site

Ross is most closely compared to the other two leading architects of the early 20th century, Alister MacKenzie and A.W. Tillinghast. Alister MacKenzie (born Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, 1870 died Santa Cruz California, 1934 was a British Golf course designer Albert Warren "Tillie" Tillinghast (1874&ndash May 19, 1942) was a noted American Golf course architect. Many argue that Ross's work does not consistently carry the same standard of quality as Mackenzie and Tillinghast's works. Evidence supporting this arugment includes the fact that a much higher percentage of Ross's courses have been altered, redesigned, or destroyed than Mackenzie and Tillinghast's. However, Ross is unmatched in the quantity of work he completed.

Ross died while completing his final design at Raleigh Country Club in North Carolina.

Donald Ross designed courses

This is not a comprehensive list. It is sorted by country, state/province, city, and then course.

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