Best golf courses: New England

Geoff Cornish & William G. "Bill" Robinson.

Original design by Wayne E. Stiles & John Van Kleek (1927). Renovated by Gil Hanse (2009).

Geoffrey Cornish, Brian Silva & Mark Mungeam

Geoff Cornish & William G. "Bill" Robinson (1974), with later improvements by Mark Mungeam.

Original layout by Isaac Small (1892); redesigned by J. Henry McKinley (1913).

Brian Silva of Cornish, Silva & Mungeam.

Brian Silva of Cornish, Silva & Mungeam.

Brian Silva of Cornish, Silva & Mungeam.

Original design by English course architect Herbert Fowler (1922); modifications by Keith Foster (2007).

Original 6-hole course designed by three club members (1893). Extended to nine holes (1894) and then 18 holes (1899) by the club's first professional, Scotsman William "Willie" Campbell. The course was lengthened by Alex Campbell* (1902) and later revised and renovated by Rees Jones (1988). 9-hole Primrose course designed by William S. Flynn (1927). *Willie and Alex Campbell were not related, other than by the clan Campbell name.

Course designed by Donald Ross (1925), when club moved to its current Peabody site.

Brian Silva

Original design by Geoff Cornish (1961); renovation by Rees Jones (2012).

Pines course: designed by Geoffrey Cornish with input from Francis Oiumet (1956); modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1972). Redesigned by the firm of Coore & Crenshaw (Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw) (2021).
Oaks course: original design by Tom Fazio (2001); modifications by Tripp Davis (2021).

Brian Silva

Donald Ross's design work started in 1928, but the project was shelved due to the Wall Street Crash. Course eventually opened in 1938.

Mark A. Mungeam (of Cornish, Silva & Mungeam, Inc.).

Gil Hanse

Designed by Donald Ross (1917); modifications by Tom Doak (2008).

Roger Rulewich (back-nine opened 1978; front-nine in 1989).

Original design by Herbert C. Leeds (1894); modifications by Geoff Cornish (2005) and Gil Hanse (2013).

John Sanford

Current layout designed by Donald Ross (1913).

Original design by William Mitchell (1950) with later improvements by Walter Barcomb (1961).

Robert Trent Jones Sr.

Graham Cooke

Bob Cupp.

Graham Cooke

Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay

Al Zikorus

Original design by Geoff Cornish; redesigned by Stephen Kay and Robert McNeil.

Rees Jones designed both the North and South courses.

Roger Rulewich

Robert Trent Jones Sr.

Pete Dye & Tim Liddy

Damian Pascuzzo

The former Edgewood CC course was completely redesigned by Pete Dye (1982), and renamed TPC of Connecticut (later TPC River Highlands). Second renovation Bobby Weed (1989) with PGA Tour players Howard Twitty & Roger Maltbie as consultants.

Gary Player

Original 18-course designed by Geoff Cornish (1968), with a further 18 holes added by Hugh Barrett.
North course: original back-nine of Cornish layout (1969), plus nine holes by Barrett (1989).
South course: original front-nine of Cornish layout (1968), plus nine holes by Barrett (1995).

Brian Silva

Rees Jones

Original design at this location by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1956).

Geoff Cornish, Brian Silva & Mark Mungeam

Brian Silva

Original design at this location by Devereux Emmet (1923), with minor modifications and lengthening by Tom Fazio (2006).

Tom Fazio II (aka Tommy Fazio).

Edward Ryder

Original design by Charles Blair Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor and Charles Banks.

Mark A. Mungeam (of Cornish, Silva & Mungeam, Inc.).

Front-nine designed by Geoff Cornish & William G. "Bill" Robinson (1978); back-nine designed by Patrick Mulligan (1980).

Original nine designed by Ralph P. Marble (1963); extended to 18-holes by Howard Maurer (2003).

Geoff Cornish, Mark Mungeam & Brian Silva (of Cornish & Silva, Inc.)

Original nine-hole layout designed by the club's first professional, William F. Davis (1894), and extended by him to 18-holes (1899). Later improvements by Albert W. Tillinghast (1924) and Ron Forse (1999). Although Donald Ross was thought to have been involved at some stage in Newport's design, this was not apparently the case.

Arthur Hills and design associate Drew Rogers.

Original design by father/son team of William and David Gordon (1962); modifications by Tom Fazio (2017).

Jack Nicklaus II

Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw

Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).

Geoffrey Cornish, Brian Silva & Mark Mungeam

Brian Silva

Rees Jones

Clive Clark

Robert Trent Jones Jr

Originally a 9-hole course (1902). Rebuilt as an 18-hole course by Robert Elder (1974). Revamped by Brad Booth (2000).

Original 18-hole course designed by Wayne Stiles (1924).

Original 9-holes designed by Herbert C. Leeds (1891-96). Course extended to 18-holes (1920). Also credited with design inputs over the years: club member Waldron Bates, pro Shirley Liscomb, and golf course architect Donald Ross (1926).

Current layout designed by Walter Travis (1921).

Originally designed by Donald Ross (1915) and restored by Brian Silva (2008).

William Bradley "Brad" Booth

Dan Maples

Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Ty Butler).

C. Lennie Myshrall in consultation with Geoff Cornish.

Donald Ross

Brian Silva

Original design by Arnold Palmer (2002); redesigned by Gil Hanse in consultation with Brad Faxon (2007).

Rees Jones

Donald Ross

Original design by William S. Flynn & Frederic C. Hood (1922); renovated by Gil Hanse (1998, 2012).

Original nine-hole course designed by Willie Campbell (1898), which was folded into the original 18-hole Donald Ross design (1914). In 1926 Ross returned to further improve his original design. Restoration project led by Ron Forse (2008).

Steve Durkee

Original nine hole course designed by George Lowe (1902); extended to 18-holes by Wayne E. Stiles & John Van Kleek (1927).

Original design by John Duncan Dunn assisted by Walter J. Travis (1899). Later improvements by Geoff Cornish (1960) and Bruce Hepner (2005).

Original design by Walter J. Travis (1926); full-course renovation by Rees Jones (1991).

Gene Bates

Original designs by Alex Findlay (1898 & 1900), William H. Tucker (1905 & 1912) and Wayne E. Stiles (1925). Current layout designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1961).