Charles Blair Macdonald

Canadian / American

1955 - 1939

Black & White Image of Charles Blair MacDonald in 1895

C.B. Macdonald actually coined the term “golf architect” and is considered the father of American golf architecture. With Seth Raynor, he built some of America’s first great courses with Chicago Golf Club, National Golf Links, Shinnecock Hills, Sleepy Hollow, and the original Lido Golf Club. Macdonald won the first-ever U.S. Amateur Championship in 1895 and authored Scotland’s Gift, Golf in 1928.

Courses by Charles Blair Macdonald

Piping Rock Club

Locust Valley, New York, United States

Sleepy Hollow Country Club

Scarborough, New York, United States

St. Louis Country Club

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

The Creek

Locust Valley, New York, United States

The Greenbrier – The Old White Course

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States