How To Become A Golf Course Designer?
How To Become A Golf Course Designer?
I am a sophomore in college and recently became very interested in becoming a golf course designer when leaving school. Does anyone know how I can accomplish that? What kind of requirments or schooling are needed? Any info would be appreciated. (I am a golfer)
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2.2.2010
Best Answer – Chosen by Voters Cornell has a program. Basically you need experience in landscape architecture, irrigation and drainage. You could follow someone like Fazio but the real shakers in architecture are Tom Doak, Gill Hanse and Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw. You;ll need to get some type of position as a shaper basically digging and moving dirt as an introduction. It is a tough field currently, most architects are starving because not many new courses are being built.
2.2.2010
Also, another point to note, is that you have to have incredible connections. Golf courses are designed primarily by a small number of designers (<100). That makes a very difficult field to get into.You have to have a strong engineering background. Look up the bios on Tom Fazio or Jim Engh.
2.2.2010
I would call a golf course design company and ask them.
2.2.2010
There are several Colleges that offer golf course design curriculum's. Most of them are in the southeast and the southwest. A strong background in civil engineering is desirable for a course designer.If you have the engineering skills such as civil engineering, write letters to the course design companies and market yourself to them. There are a lot of course design companies out there and I am certain more than a few would take a flier on a young talented person with aspirations on becoming a course designer.