Course Architects
Two Scots, Willie Park Jr. (1864–1925) of Musselburgh and Donald J. Ross (1872–1948) of Dornoch, at different times designed and routed the golf course. On November 26, 1916, The Minneapolis Tribune wrote, "Willie Park, well known golf course architect, arrived yesterday to lay out the course of the Minneapolis Golf Club". Discovered field notes of the original land survey firm show that Mr. Park routed the course in early December 1916. Mr. Ross' involvement is demonstrated thorough a routing plan of the course executed by Donald J. Ross Associates, Inc. in 1920 that was recently found by the Chair of the History Committee of the Donald Ross Society. The two routings will be framed and displayed within the clubhouse.
Willie Park Jr.
Willie Park Jr. is considered to have been the first great modern day golf course architect. His course design accomplishments include the championship layouts at Sunningdale (Old), Berkshire, England and Carnoustie (revision), Angus, Scotland. In 1926 Bobby Jones said of Sunningdale "I wish I could take this golf course home with me". Park was a principal in the first purpose-built residential golf community at Huntercombe, Oxfordshire, England, incorporating a course he designed. He designed about 50 courses in the U.S. and 100 in Britain. Some others of note are Western Gailes, Gullane #2 and #3, and Luffness New (revision) all in Scotland, Maidstone Club in New York, Olympia Fields-North in Illinois and Woodway in Connecticut.
Donald J. Ross
In 1919, about the time MGC was considering relocating the clubhouse, Donald J Ross and his design assistant Walter B. Hatch were completing the revision of Willie Watson's original design of Interlachen C.C. In 1920, Donald Ross J. Associates, Inc produced a revised routing of MGC to accommodate the relocation of our clubhouse. Their routing plan remains intact today. Other Ross courses in Minnesota are White Bear Yacht Club (1915), Woodhill C.C. (1916), Minikahda C.C. (1917), Interlachen C.C. (1919) and Northland C.C. (1927).
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