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Ron Prichard, Golf Course Architect
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| Personal Information
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| Birth Place |
Fayson Lakes, New Jersey
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| Age |
57
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| Education |
Graduate of Economics and Fine Arts from Middlebury College, in Middlebury, Vermont
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| Career |
Golf course architect and restoration expert
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| Most Famous Projects |
Architect of TPC at Southwind in Memphis, host of the PGA Tour's St. Jude Classic; restored famed Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, site of the 2003 Senior PGA Championship
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| Famous Redesigner of... |
Donald Ross, Seth Raynor, A.W. Tillinghast, Willie Park, Jnr., and William Flynn.
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Ron Prichard is a renowned golf course designer.
Ron Prichard attended Middlebury College, in Middlebury, Vermont and concentrated my studies on Economics and Fine Arts. While attending Middlebury, Prichard was a member of the golf team with which he traveled throughout New England to play many wonderful old golf courses. After graduating from Middlebury in 1963 and serving as an officer in the U.S. Army until his discharge in 1966, Ron Prichard then began a sixteen year long endeavor as he traveled the world working for famous designers Joe Finger, Desmund Muirhead, and Bob Von Hagge, until finally opening up his own practice in 1983.
He was a student of golf course designer Joe Finger, Desmund Muirhead, and Bob Von Hagge, although perhaps his greatest influence comes from the works of Donald Ross, Seth Raynor, A.W. Tillinghast, Willie Park, Jnr., and William Flynn, whose golf courses he is renowned for his restoration of.
Ron Prichard attended Middlebury College, in Middlebury, Vermont and concentrated my studies on Economics and Fine Arts. While attending Middlebury, Prichard was a member of the golf team with which he traveled throughout New England to play many wonderful old golf courses. After graduating from Middlebury in 1963, Prichard served in the U.S. Army as an Officer. During his recreation time here he played such courses as Longmeadow, Essex County, Worcester, and Myopia Hunt Club, in Massachusetts; the Yale Golf Course, and Fishers Island off the coast of New London, Connecticut; Wannamoisett, Rhode Island Country Club, and Newport Golf Club, Rhode Island; Shinnecock Hills, The National Golf Links, and Garden City on Long Island; Ridgewood, Baltusrol, Essex Fells, Pine Valley, and Somerset Hills in New Jersey, and Glens Falls in New York.
For sixteen years, since his discharge from the U.S. Army in 1966, Ron Prichard has studied golf architecture and been associated with three capable architects--Joe Finger, Desmund Muirhead, and Bob Von Hagge--who demonstrated a variety of styles and influences in their work. He has traveled constantly studying the greatest golf courses in the world in an effort to discover the secrets of the world's early master architects and had built the beginnings of a photographic slide library (now exceeding sixteen thousand slides) of most of the great classical golf courses in Scotland, Ireland, England, and the United States.
Many young men who have established young firms, have been trained only with an understanding of the “American perception of golf,” by men who themselves have never traveled to Scotland, Ireland, or England – never studied the early classic courses in America. In an effort to create golf courses which architects feel will better challenge the best golfers, most golf courses opening today severely penalize the less capable player and fail to stand the test of championship play. Many of these new courses embarrass and humiliate the player of modest skill. This is unfortunate, and faulty.
| Golf Course
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Location
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| Bear Brook Golf Community
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Sussex, New Jersey
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| Clearcrest Pines Golf and Banquet Center
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Evansville, Indiana
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| Fairway Hills Golf Club
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Columbia, Maryland
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| Franklin County Country Club
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Washington, Missouri
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| Hickory Valley Golf Club
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Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
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| Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
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| Ironwood Golf Club
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Richmond, Virginia (planning stage)
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| Nagoya Century Golf Club
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Nagoya, Japan
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| PineCrest Country Club
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Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
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| Selman Field Golf Course
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Monroe, Louisiana
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| Sendai Asagami Golf Resort
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Sendai, Japan
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| Tournament Players Club at Southwind
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Germantown, Tennessee
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| Wedgewood Country Club
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Conroe, Texas
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| Golf Course
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Location
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| Alexandria Country Club
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Alexandria, Louisiana
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| Bayou de Saird Country Club
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Monroe, Louisiana
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| Greenbriar Hills Country Club
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Kirkwood, Missouri
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| Hanover Country Club
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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| Indian Valley Country Club
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Telford, Pennsylvania
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| Lake Charles Country Club
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Lake Charles, Louisiana
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| Lakeside Country Club
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Houston, Texas
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| Lakewood Country Club
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Dallas, Texas
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| Montammy Golf Club
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Alpine, New Jersey
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| North Hills Country Club
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North Hills, Pennsylvania
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| Stones River Country Club
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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| Golf Course
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Location
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Original Architect
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| Aronimink Country Club
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Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
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Donald J. Ross 1928
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| Barton Hills Country Club
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Donald J. Ross 1920
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| Beverly Country Club
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Chicago, Illinois
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Donald J. Ross 1914
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| Blue Hill Country Club
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Canton, Massachusetts
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| Charles River Country Club
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West Newton, Massachusetts
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Donald J. Ross 1921
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| Cherokee Country Club
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Knoxville, Tennessee
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Donald J. Ross 1910
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| Coatesville Country Club
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Coatesville, Pennsylvania
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Alex Findlay 1921
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| Cohasset Golf Club
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Cohasset, Massachusetts
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Donald J. Ross 1922
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| Concord Country Club
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Concord, Massachusetts
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Donald J. Ross 1914
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| Elmhurst Golf and Country Club
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Donald J. Ross 1919
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| Exmoor Country Club
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Park, Illinois, (planning stage)
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Donald J. Ross 1914
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| Country Club of Farmington
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Farmington, Connecticut
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Devereaux Emmett 1923
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| Franklin Hills Country Club
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Franklin, Michigan
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Donald J. Ross 1926
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| Harkers Hollow Golf Club
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Phillipsburg, New Jersey
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Robert White
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| Hatherly Country Club
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Scituate, Massachusetts
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Unknown Designer 1897
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| Highlands Country Club
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Highlands, North Carolina
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Donald J. Ross 1926
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| Huntingdon Valley Country Club
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Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
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William S. Flynn 1927
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| Idle Hour Country Club
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Lexington, Kentucky, (planning stage)
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Donald J. Ross 1924
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| Irondequoit Country Club
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Pittsford, New York
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Donald J. Ross 1916, 1948
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| Jeffersonville Golf Club
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West Norriton, Pennsylvania
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Donald J. Ross
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| Lake Shore Country Club
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Glencoe, Illinois
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Thomas Bendelow, Redesign; Donald J. Ross
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| Cherokee Country Club
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Knoxville, Tennessee
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Donald J. Ross 1910
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| Locust Hill Country Club
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Pittsford, New York
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Seymour Dunn 1914 and Robert Trent Jones 1931
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| Longmeadow Country Club
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Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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Donald J. Ross 1921
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| Manasquan River Golf Club
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Brielle, New Jersey
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Robert White 1922
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| Metacomet Country Club
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East Providence, Rhode Island
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Donald J. Ross 1921
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| Minikahda Club
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Donald J. Ross 1917
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| Mink Meadows Golf Club
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Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
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Wayne Stiles 1935
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| Minneapolis Golf Club
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St. Louis Park, Minnesota, (planning stage)
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Willie Park, Jr., and Donald J. Ross 1920
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| Morris County Golf Club
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Morristown, New Jersey
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Seth Raynor
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| Mount Kisco Country Club
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Mount Kisco, New York
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A.W. Tillinghast
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| Mountain Ridge Country Club
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West Caldwell, New Jersey
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Donald J. Ross 1929
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| Country Club of New Bedford
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North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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Donald J. Ross 1924
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| New Haven Country Club
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New Haven, Connecticut
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Willie Park, Jr.
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| North Shore Country Club
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Glen Head, Long Island, New York
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Albert W. Tillinghast
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| The Orchards Golf Club
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South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Donald J. Ross 1922 & 1927
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| Point Judith Country Club
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Narragansett, Rhode Island
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Donald J. Ross
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| Richmond Country Club
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Staten Island, New York
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Robert White 1916
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| Riverton Country Club
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Riverton, New Jersey
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Donald J. Ross 1916
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| Rye Golf Club
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Rye, New York
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Devereaux Emmett
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| St. Davids Golf Club
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Wayne, Pennsylvania, (planning stage)
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Donald J. Ross 1926
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| Skokie Country Club
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Glencoe, Illinois
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Donald J. Ross 1914; William B. Langford and Theodore J. Moreau 1935
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| Skytop Lodge
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Skytop, Pennsylvania
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Robert White 1927
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| Suburban Golf Clu
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Union, New Jersey
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Albert W. Tillinghast
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| Texarkana Country Club
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Texarkana, Arkansas
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William B. Langford, Theodore J. Moreau 1927
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| Trenton Country Club
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West Trenton, New Jersey
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| Wannamoisett Country Club
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Rumford, Rhode Island
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Donald J. Ross 1928
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| Wanumetonomy Golf and Country Club
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Middletown, Rhode Island
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Seth Raynor 1922
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| Warwick Country Club
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Warwick, Rhode Island
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Donald J. Ross 1924
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| Wilmington Municipal Golf Course
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Wilmington, North Carolina
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Donald J. Ross 1925
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| Worcester Country Club
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Worcester, Massachusetts, (planning stage)
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Donald J. Ross 1913
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