Von Hagge has a reputation for creating demanding layouts, often characterised by tight fairways and the need for precise shot-making. He collaborated with Bruce Devlin on many of his earlier projects, and with Mike Smelek and Rick Baril on his later designs. Von Hagge's best known work includes, but is not limited to:

UNITED STATES:
Atchafalaya, LA (2005) / Boone Links, KY (1979) / Boynton Beach, FL (1984) / Colony West, FL (1970) / Crandon Key Biscayne, FL (1972) / Crystal Springs, NJ (1991, Crystal Springs course) / Doral, FL (1961, Blue Monster with Dick Wilson, and Red and Gold courses; 1984, Silver course with Bruce Devlin) / Emerald Hills, FL (1969) / The Cliffs, TX (1988) / Tucson Natl, AZ (1962, Catalina course) / Woodlands CC, TX (1978, Tournament course).

MEXICO & CARIBBEAN:
Bosque Real, Mex (2002) / Cinnamon Hill, Jamaica (2001, redesign) / El Tigre, Mex (2003) / Isla Navidad, Mex (1994) / Playacar, Mex (1994) / Tres Vidas, Mex (1995) / White Witch, Jamaica (2000).

EUROPE:
Anfi Tauro, Spain (2007) / Bogogno, Italy (1996, Del Conte course; 2000, Bonora course) / Courson, Fra (1991, both courses) / Emporda, Spain (1990) / Golf National, Fra (1990, Albatros course) / Is Arenas, Sardinia (2000) / Kempferhof, Fra (1990) / Les Bordes, Fra (1987) / Royal Mougins, Fra (1993) / Royal Sociedad Hipica Espanola, Spain (1997, North course; 2001, South course) / Seignosse, Fra (1989).

AUSTRALIA:
Ocean Shores (1972, with Bruce Devlin) / The Lakes (1967, redesign with Devlin).

Robert Bernhardt "Bob" Hagge, known to the golfing world as Robert von Hagge, is one of America's leading course architects of the modern era. He grew up as the adopted son of Ben Hagge, a golf course landscaper who had worked at one time with the legendary Donald Ross.

The enterprising young Hagge was raised next to a golf course, where he held the positions of caddie, shop boy (cleaning and repairing golf clubs), caddie master, course maintenance crewman, assistant greens superintendent and assistant golf professional. He was also a commercial illustrator for sporting magazines, and all this before his 17th birthday.

Known for his movie star good looks (he once appeared in television commercials as the "Marlboro Man"), von Hagge worked in the early-1950s as a club pro in New York, before travelling west to Hollywood. In California he had two unsuccessful marriages to sisters who played on the LPGA Tour - Alice and Marlene Bauer.

In 1955, Dick Wilson, one of America’s foremost golf course architects, employed von Hagge as an apprentice golf course designer. Within a few years Hagge was recognized by the profession as the principal designer on the Wilson firm. Von Hagge left the Dick Wilson Company in 1963, and set-up on his own. It was in the 1960s he changed his name to Robert von Hagge.

During six decades as a course designer, von Hagge was responsible for the design or redesign of 250 courses in the United States and 16 other countries. He initially worked in partnership with Bruce Devlin, and from the 1980s with Mike Smelek and Rick Baril. In the U.S., the Blue Monster course at Doral (for which Dick Wilson often gets the credit) and the Tournament course at The Woodlands in Texas are two of von Hagge's best known layouts. In Europe von Hagge's portfolio includes some of the best known layouts in France, as well as others in Italy and Spain. Les Bordes in the Loire Valley near Orleans is regarded by many as his masterpiece.