Robert Trent Jones
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a golf course architect who designed (or re-designed) about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world. It has been jokingly said that, "The sun never sets on a Robert Trent Jones golf course."
He is sometimes confused with the famous amateur golfer and Grand Slam winner, Bobby Jones, with whom he worked from time to time.
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