architects
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James Braid
Dunbar Golf Club
King Collins Dormer
Sweetens Cove Golf Club
Kyle Franz
Mid Pines Golf Club
Langford & Moreau
Lawsonia Golf Course (Links)
Mike Clayton
Victoria Golf Club (Australia)
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Mike Strantz
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Old Tom Morris
St. Andrews (Old Course)
Royal County Down
Royal Portrush (Dunluce Links)
Muirfield
Perry Maxwell
Southern Hills Country Club
Prairie Dunes Country Club
Old Town Club
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Oak Hill Country Club (East Course)
St. Louis Country Club
Oakland Hills Country Club (South)
Congressional Country Club (Blue Course)
Seth Raynor
Chicago Golf Club
Fishers Island Club
Southampton Golf Club
The Yale Golf Course
Shoreacres
Stanley Thompson
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Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert
Royal Portrush (Dunluce Links)
Annesley Links at Royal County Down Golf Club
Tom Simpson
County Louth Golf Club (Baltray)
Muirfield
Tom Weiskopf
Black Desert
Walter Travis
Country Club of Scranton (Old Course)
Cape Arundel Golf Club
Country Club of Troy
Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek
Olde Salem Greens Golf Course
William Flynn
The Kittansett Club
Cherry Hills Country Club
Lancaster Country Club
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