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Donald Ross

1900 to 1948 · Scotland
34 courses in the directory, 21 rated

Best of Donald Ross

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Aronimink Golf ClubDonald Ross · 19289.8Aronimink Golf ClubNewtown Square · PennsylvaniaPrivateWalkableMembersOak Hill Country Club: EastDonald Ross · 19269.7Oak Hill Country Club: EastRochester · New YorkPrivateWalkableMembersEast Lake Golf ClubTom Bendelow and Donald Ross · 19089.6East Lake Golf ClubAtlanta · GeorgiaPrivateWalkableMembers

Donald Ross grew up in Dornoch, came to Pinehurst in 1900 and left America around four hundred courses. He routed holes along the natural line of the land and defended them with crowned greens that shed poorly struck shots, not with water. Many of his courses have been restored in the last twenty years, and on those the short game decides the round.

SignatureCrowned, falling-away greens and the running approach

North Carolina 5Canada 3Tampa 3Daytona 2Jacksonville 2Miami 2Pennsylvania 2St. Petersburg 2Boca Raton 1Colorado 1Delray Beach 1Fort Myers 1Gainesville 1Georgia 1+7 more

Courses we’ve rated

21 courses, oldest first

1890s

  1. 1895Bedford Springs Golf ClubBedford · Pennsylvania9.4

1900s

  1. 1906Southern Pines Golf ClubSouthern Pines · North Carolina8.8
  2. 1907Pinehurst No. 2Pinehurst · North Carolina9.6
  3. 1908East Lake Golf ClubAtlanta · Georgia9.6

1910s

  1. 1912Pinehurst No. 4Pinehurst · North Carolina9.4
  2. 1917French Lick Resort: The Donald Ross CourseFrench Lick · Indiana8.9
  3. 1918The Broadmoor Golf ClubColorado Springs · Colorado9.2

1920s

  1. 1921Mid PinesSouthern Pines · North Carolina9.1
  2. 1926Oak Hill Country Club: EastRochester · New York9.7
  3. 1927Pine NeedlesSouthern Pines · North Carolina9.3
  4. 1928Aronimink Golf ClubNewtown Square · Pennsylvania9.8

1930s

  1. 1938George Wright Golf CourseBoston · Massachusetts8.5

Year not recorded

  1. Mississaugua Golf CourseMississauga · Canada9.5
  2. Belleair Country Club: EastBelleair · Florida9.4
  3. Belleair Country Club: WestBelleair · Florida9.4
  4. Essex Golf CourseLaSalle · Canada9.4
  5. Riviera Country ClubCoral Gables · Florida9.3
  6. Elmhurst Golf CourseSpringfield · Canada9.1
  7. Gulf Stream Golf ClubDelray Beach · Florida9.0
  8. Mark Bostick Golf Course At The University of FloridaGainesville · Florida8.9
  9. Palma Ceia Golf & Country ClubTampa · Florida8.8

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