Robert Trent Jones, Sr
Architect Profile Robert Trent Jones (1906-2000) Born: Ince, England Robert Trent Jones, Sr. has surely earned a place in golf’s pantheon. Over a period spanning seven decades, Robert Trent Jones, Sr. has designed (or re-designed) some 500 golf courses in over 40 states and 35 countries. It is not only the quantity of his work that impresses, however; it is also the number of enduring golf courses he has created, and the fact that he never tires of turning them out. Born in Ince, England, on June 20, 1906, Robert Trent Jones, Sr. was 6 when he accompanied his parents to East Rochester, N.Y., where he later caddied at The Country Club of Rochester. Robert Trent Jones, Sr. soon developed into a scratch golfer, and was the low amateur in the 1927 Canadian Open. Around that time, Robert Trent Jones, Sr. met and was inspired by Donald Ross, the Scottish golf architect who was designing Oak Hill in Rochester. At Cornell, Robert Trent Jones, Sr. studied surveying, agronomy, landscaping, horticulture, architecture and sketching. Just as Robert Trent Jones, Sr. was ending his studies in 1930, however, the course design open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com business ground to a halt thanks to the Depression. Robert Trent Jones, Sr. formed a partnership with Canadian architect Stanley Thompson and helped on two of his most famous projects, Capilano in Vancouver and Banff in the Canadian Rockies. Robert Trent Jones, Sr. also did six low-budget courses on his own that incorporated W.P.A.
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