Got the itch to play a Ross classic? View some of his best public golf courses in the U.S.
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Got the itch to play a Ross classic? View some of his best public golf courses in the U.S.
Grove Park, recently acquired by Omni Hotels, features a Ross design from 1926. (Courtesy of Grove Park Inn)
In upstate New York, Ross laid out The Sagamore Golf Course in 1928 in the foothills of the Adirondacks. (Courtesy of The Sagamore)
In Atlantic City, Seaview Hotel & Golf Club hosted the PGA Championship in 1942. (Oleg Volovik/TravelGolf)
Long before the Dye course came to French Lick, Ross laid out the original ‘Hill Course’ at French Lick Resort, which hosted the 1924 PGA Championship. (Courtesy of French Lick Resort)
The most famous public Ross design in America is where he lived most of his life in the U.S.: Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. (Courtesy of Pinehurst)
Minutes from Pinehurst, the Lodge at Pine Needles is a regular U.S. Women’s Open host. (Getty Images)
The best Ross design open to the public in South Florida is The Biltmore, also home to a posh hotel onsite. (Mike Bailey/GolfChannel.com)
Once private, Cleveland’s Hawthorne Valley is now a public Ross-designed option. (Jason Deegan/GolfChannel.com)
Can’t get on Oakland Hills? The Detroit area has several public Ross layouts, including 36-hole Warren Valley. (Jason Deegan/GolfChannel.com)
Ross didn’t build many courses west of the Mississippi, but his most well-known is Broadmoor East, opened in 1918. (PremierAerials.com)
Ross didn’t design Royal Dornoch, but he was born and learned the game as greenskeeper here before heading to St. Andrews and later Pinehurst. (Courtesy of Royal Dornoch)
Donald Ross laid out the Panorama Course at Balsams Resort in New Hampshire, which is currently closed for renovations. (Jeff White/TravelGolf)
You can play a collection of Ross-designed replica holes at Boyne Highlands in Northern Michigan. (Courtesy of Boyne Resorts)