Billy Fuller Donald Ross work experience:

Alamance Country Club, Burlington, NC (see below);

Highlands Country Club, Highlands, NC (I have been working with this club since 1996, both consulting and design work); most recent work has included new 10th green complex, extension to #11 green, and new putting and chipping green complex;

Hinsdale Golf Club, Clarendon Hills, IL (western suburb of Chicago)…BFGD established a Restoration / Preservation Master Plan for this Donald Ross design in 2005-2006;

Augusta Country Club, Augusta, GA (While working at Augusta National I played most of my golf at Augusta C.C.  After leaving ANGC I worked with Cupp in a Ross renovation of Augusta C.C.)

Rosedale Golf Club in Toronto, Canada

East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA (When Rees Jones was hired to restore the golf course, I was hired as consultant to watch over the project with the golf course superintendent)

Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, NC (consultant)

Palm Beach Country Club, Palm Beach, FL (consultant)

Jekyll Island Golf Club, Georgia (consultant)

Benvenue Country Club, Rocky Mount, NC (consultant)

Hyde Park Golf & C.C., Cincinnati, OH (consultant)

Belle Meade, Nashville, TN (consultant)

Shelby Golf Course, Nashville, TN (First Tee program)

Pine Needles Golf Club, Southern Pines, NC (I was assistant golf course superintendent at Pine Needles in 1973.  I spent months studying Donald Ross’s history while living and working there, including Mid Pines and Pinehurst #2.  I lived in a garage apartment on #2 and spent many hours after work walking the course and studying archives.

Alamance C.C. was the last set of plans Donald Ross drew.  He died before the course was constructed.  A golf pro then took Ross’s plans, cleared the routing per his plan, then put his own strategy into the golf course.  The Club eventually discovered the plans and hired Cupp and I to put Ross’s strategy into the course.

Chicago, IL (While master planning and renovating Hinsdale Golf Club in Chicago ( Ross design), I had the good fortune of studying numerous Donald Ross courses, including Beverly Country Club, Evanston Golf Club, Old Elm Club and Oak Park Country Club)

I am a huge fan of Golden Era Period (late 1800’s to 1950).  I have worked on as many Seth Raynor courses as Donald Ross, and a few William “Billy” Bell and Perry Maxwell.  I have played Chicago Golf Club (C.B. MacDonald and Seth Raynor) several times as well as Shore Acres (Raynor).  I consulted extensively at Country Club of Charleston, SC (Seth Raynor) and Yeaman’s Hall Golf Club (Seth Raynor).

The key to any Golden Era designer is understanding his style.  They all had great strategic design and taught us modern designers how to design strong and proper strategy from tee to green.