78:
in 1911, he spent seven months in
Scotland and England in 1910 developing ideas. He admitted that many concepts built into the Merion design came from this trip, including the 3rd hole on the East course being inspired by
54:
together made up the "Philadelphia School" of golf course architecture. Together, the group designed over 300 courses, 27 of which are on in the top 100 golf courses in the world.
261:
227:
256:
201:
62:
Wilson was born in
Trenton, New Jersey to Lt. Col. William Potter Wilson & Ellen Stover Dickson Wilson and was very talented at golf. A
176:
251:
27:, consistently ranked among the top golf courses in the USA. Wilson also finished the last four holes at the famous
145:
104:
71:
231:
109:
100:
80:
43:
139:
130:
51:
39:
28:
271:
266:
63:
20:
164:
113:
67:
47:
205:
135:
126:
75:
35:
24:
180:
228:"Golf Digest Course Critic: Seaview Marriott Resort & Spa, Galloway Township, N.J."
245:
66:
freshman at 18, he won the first course championship at
91:
The following courses were designed by Hugh Wilson:
19:(November 13, 1879 - February 3, 1925) was a
8:
116:- Work did not include placement of bunkers.
262:Scottish emigrants to the United States
157:
144:Phoenixville Country Club (9 holes) -
7:
23:. He is most famous for designing
14:
177:"Essortment - Merion Golf Club"
74:. After being chosen to design
1:
257:American landscape architects
288:
202:"Merion Golf Club History"
146:Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
105:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
72:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
83:'s 15th and 17th holes.
110:Seaview Marriott Resort
81:North Berwick Golf Club
252:Golf course architects
140:Ardmore, Pennsylvania
131:Ardmore, Pennsylvania
101:Cobbs Creek Golf Club
40:George C. Thomas, Jr.
29:Pine Valley Golf Club
64:Princeton University
21:golf course designer
165:Philadelphia School
114:Absecon, New Jersey
68:Aronimink Golf Club
34:Wilson, along with
17:Hugh Irvine Wilson
279:
236:
235:
223:
217:
216:
214:
213:
204:. Archived from
198:
192:
191:
189:
188:
179:. Archived from
173:
167:
162:
138:(West Course) -
136:Merion Golf Club
129:(East Course) -
127:Merion Golf Club
103:(Olde Course) -
87:Courses designed
76:Merion Golf Club
36:A.W. Tillinghast
25:Merion Golf Club
287:
286:
282:
281:
280:
278:
277:
276:
242:
241:
240:
239:
225:
224:
220:
211:
209:
200:
199:
195:
186:
184:
175:
174:
170:
163:
159:
154:
123:
112:(Bay Course) -
97:
89:
60:
12:
11:
5:
285:
283:
275:
274:
269:
264:
259:
254:
244:
243:
238:
237:
234:on 2006-12-11.
230:Archived from
226:Whitten, Ron.
218:
193:
168:
156:
155:
153:
150:
149:
148:
142:
133:
122:
119:
118:
117:
107:
96:
93:
88:
85:
59:
56:
52:William Fownes
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
284:
273:
270:
268:
265:
263:
260:
258:
255:
253:
250:
249:
247:
233:
229:
222:
219:
208:on 2012-06-09
207:
203:
197:
194:
183:on 2010-08-05
182:
178:
172:
169:
166:
161:
158:
151:
147:
143:
141:
137:
134:
132:
128:
125:
124:
120:
115:
111:
108:
106:
102:
99:
98:
94:
92:
86:
84:
82:
77:
73:
69:
65:
57:
55:
53:
49:
45:
44:William Flynn
41:
37:
32:
30:
26:
22:
18:
232:the original
221:
210:. Retrieved
206:the original
196:
185:. Retrieved
181:the original
171:
160:
90:
61:
48:George Crump
33:
16:
15:
272:1925 deaths
267:1879 births
246:Categories
212:2009-04-16
187:2009-04-16
152:References
121:Private
95:Public
58:Career
50:, and
70:in
248::
46:,
42:,
38:,
31:.
215:.
190:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.