Architect

Dick Wilson

American golf course architect, born in Philadelphia, who designed over sixty courses and developed a style suited to the flat country of Florida. Source

Life
1904–1965

Painting: Metropolitan. Illustration only; the painting is still to come.

On The Golf List

One course credited to Wilson, best ranked first.

  1. 14
    Metropolitan

    VICSouth Oakleigh · Australia · opened 1908

History

In order, each line from a published source.

  1. Dick Wilson learned the trade on the team of Philadelphia architects Howard Toomey and William Flynn. Source

  2. 1931

    In 1931 he supervised construction of Toomey and Flynn's overhaul of Shinnecock Hills. Source

  3. After the Second World War he became a course designer in his own right. Source

  4. 1960

    In 1960 he did work for Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne, designing replacement holes after the club lost land. Source

  5. 1965

    He died in 1965, aged 61. Source

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