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ARCHITECT EXTRAORDINAIRE:
ROBERT TRENT JONES

Robert Trent Jones was born in England to Japan, with more than three dozen
in 1906 but came to America with his of them having played host to national
parents when he was 5 years old. or international championships. RTJ
Jones took up golf as a youngster and has created some of the truly best golf
became a fine player. At the age of 16, courses in America like Peachtree GC,
he set a course record while playing Spyglass Hill GC, Firestone CC,
in the Rochester (NY) City Golf Hazeltine National GC, Robert Trent
championship. In 1927, he was the Jones GC and Point O’ Woods G&CC.
low amateur in the Canadian Open. Jones remodeled a great many other golf
courses, as well. Thanks to his successful
While attending Cornell University,
remodeling of Oakland Hills for the ’51
Jones decided he wanted to be a golf
U.S. Open, Jones also was consistently
course designer. Since the school did
called in to remodel the venues for other
not have a formal program in this
major championships. His two sons,
field, Jones was allowed to set up the
Rees and Robert, Jr., are also renowned
curriculum for a degree in landscape
architecture. golf course architects like their father.
Over the next five decades, Robert Trent In Golfweek’s rankings of America’s best
Jones created plans for over 450 golf golf courses, nearly half of the Top 100
courses in 42 states and 23 countries… were designed by Robert Trent Jones,
from Arizona to Alaska, from Germany Sr., including the Point O’ Woods.
Painting of Robert Trent Jones

John and Mary Muehlstein

congratulate

Bruce Pfa and

Point O’ Woods

for the

2019 Western Amateur

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