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Discovering the life and work of a true artist: Donald Ross
I grew up playing a Donald Ross golf course, Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, so my standards of what a good golf course should be were based on a Ross design. I think being exposed early to a Donald Ross course provided me balance, as both a player and future golf course designer, because of the variety of shots found throughout each of his design. Ross was without a doubt a great influence on my design career, and he remains a personal favorite. I am happy to see Brad Klein devote a book to the work of Donald Ross. Brad is passionate about golf course design and that translates in his writing.
––Jack Nicklaus
I grew up playing a Donald Ross golf course, Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, so my standards of what a good golf course should be were based on a Ross design. I think being exposed early to a Donald Ross course provided me balance, as both a player and future golf course designer, because of the variety of shots found throughout each of his design. Ross was without a doubt a great influence on my design career, and he remains a personal favorite. I am happy to see Brad Klein devote a book to the work of Donald Ross. Brad is passionate about golf course design and that translates in his writing.
––Jack Nicklaus
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Over a career that lasted from the early 1900s to the late 1940s, no other golf course architect is credited with more fine layouts—or is more revered—than Donald J. Ross.
Born the son of a carpenter in Dornoch, Scotland in 1872, Ross became a fine golfer as a young man and eventually learned greenkeeping and clubmaking from legendary Old Tom Morris in St. Andrews. In 1899, after a stint as professional at Dornoch Golf Club, Ross headed for Boston to teach golf to the thousands of Americans eager to take up the “new” sport. His success as an instructor during summers in New England resulted in a chance to do the same thing during the winter at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. That stroke of luck quick led to an opportunity for the young Scotsman to design golf courses…and it was the beginning of a long and illustrious career—a model for many architects to come.
Brad Klein′s Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses is a monumental work on this monumental figure in golf. The text is rich in detail, and the book is filled with old drawings, maps, and photographs of many of Donald Ross′s most famous courses—several of which have been the site of numerous major championships over the years. From Oakland Hills in Michigan, to Oak Hill in New York. From Seminole in Florida, to French Lick in Indiana. From Interlachen in Minnesota, to Inverness in Ohio. And from Aronimink in Pennsylvania, to Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. And the list…goes on and on.
A lot of people who play golf today know the name of Donald Ross, but not enough of them are aware of the effect this modest and unassuming man had—and continues to have—on the game. Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses is a wonderful way to discover for themselves the life and work of a true artist.
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