Background
Cornish, Geoffrey St. John was born on August 6, 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1955.
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Golf course construction continues to burgeon in the United States, Asia, and around the world. This book meets the needs of practicing landscape architects and other practicing professionals involved in the design or re-design of golf courses. Each classic hole is described in terms relevant to the designer including its basic design, its maintenance, and its impact on the golfer's game. Three samples accompany each classic hole illustrating varying replications and how those replications were appropriated for the new course. Graves and Cornish are two of the most famous and respected golf course architects in the United States, who have designed or remodeled a combined 1,000+ courses, taught more than 60 seminars on golf course design, and are both past presidents of the American Society of Golf Course Architects.
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When it comes to golf course design, Robert Muir Graves and Geoffrey S. Cornish are true masters. Over the past few decades, they have produced every type of course imaginable: long and short, entry level and upscale, courses built on ocean bluffs and swamps, courses located in the United States and around the world. Now, drawing on this vast experience and their popular golf course design seminars held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and nationwide for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Graves and Cornish share a wealth of expertise on all aspects of design and construction in this outstanding book. Golf Course Design covers all of the major historic, aesthetic, business, and technical issues of the subject-- from course layout, hole design, drainage, irrigation, and turf-grass selection to planning, financing, construction, and environmental considerations.
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Cornish, Geoffrey St. John was born on August 6, 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1955.
Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture., University British Columbia, Canada, 1935. Master of Science, University Massachusetts, 1952. Doctor Science (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1987.
Golf course architect Thompson-Jones & Company, Toronto, Canada, 1935-1947. Instructor University Massachusetts, 1947-1952. Private practice golf course architecture Amherst, Massachusetts, since 1952.
Visiting lecturer University Massachusetts.
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Served to major Canada Army, 1940-1945. Member American Society Golf Course Architects (president 1975, Donald Ross award 1982), British Association Golf Course Architects (honorary), Soil Science Society of America, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Carol Burr Gawthrop, March 31, 1951.