Architect
Tom Doak
Golf course architect and author who worked three years with Pete Dye, founded Renaissance Golf Design and is credited with more than 50 courses. Source
- Life
- Born 1961
- Firm
- Doakgolf
- Based in
- Traverse City, Michigan
Painting: Tara Iti. Watercolour. Original image by Jacob Sjöman, from Top100GolfCourses.com
On The Golf List
7 courses credited to Doak, best ranked first.
- 1Tara Iti
NorthMangawhai · New Zealand · opened 2015
- 3
Te Arai Links (North)NorthTomarata · New Zealand · opened 2023
- 4
Barnbougle DunesTASBridport · Australia · opened 2004
- 4
Cape KidnappersNorthTe Awanga · New Zealand · opened 2004
- 13The National (Gunnamatta)
VICCape Schanck · Australia · opened 2000
- 16St Andrews Beach
VICFingal · Australia
- 45Concord
NSWConcord · Australia
History
In order, each line from a published source.
- 1982
Tom Doak used a Dreer Award to spend 1982 and 1983 studying the best golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland. Source
- 1989
His first course, High Pointe Golf Club near Williamsburg, Michigan, opened in 1989. Source
His break came when Mike Keiser hired him to design the second course at Bandon Dunes Resort in Oregon. Source
In Tasmania he designed Barnbougle Dunes together with Australian Michael Clayton. Source
In New Zealand he designed Tara Iti, a private club north of Auckland, and later the North Course at neighbouring Te Arai Links. Source
Latest work
Newest dated projects anywhere in the world, from published reports.