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After studying landscape architecture on the Hill, Tom Doak \u201982 went on to create some of the sport\u2019s most admired locales<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Tom Doak \u201982 sets out to design a golf course, he\u2019s often more interested in what he can leave untouched than what he can change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The renowned course architect has built a career around a minimalist approach to design\u2014using existing hills, trees, and other natural features to create layouts that are as challenging to play as they are beautiful to look at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doak currently has 10 courses ranked among the world\u2019s top 100, according to Golf<\/em> magazine\u2019s 2025\u201326 listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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They include New Zealand\u2019s Tara Iti, Oregon\u2019s Pacific Dunes, Australia\u2019s Barnbougle Dunes, and Ireland\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you have a good piece of land, there\u2019s a lot of ideas already out there if you can just find them,\u201d Doak observes. \u201cYou may be able to shape land any way you want, but you can\u2019t plant an old elm tree or build a view of the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doak currently has 10 courses ranked among the world\u2019s top 100, according to Golf<\/em> magazine\u2019s 2025\u201326 listing.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Many of Doak\u2019s most celebrated projects have been built on sandy terrain, where natural dunes and contours create interesting challenges for golfers, while well-draining soil facilitates construction and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His work has attracted widespread attention from major publications, including Sports Illustrated<\/em> and the New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stonewall Links in Pennsylvania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As Golf Digest<\/em> says of Pacific Dunes, which sits 100 feet above the ocean on the Oregon coast: \u201cHoles seem to emerge from the landscape rather than being superimposed onto it, with rolling greens and rumpled fairways framed by rugged sand dunes and marvelously grotesque bunkers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you have a good piece of land, there\u2019s a lot of ideas already out there if you can just find them. You may be able to shape land any way you want, but you can\u2019t plant an old elm tree or build a view of the ocean.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For Doak, designing a course begins long before construction, with an extensive planning process that can take up to a full year. From the initial conversation with a client to opening day, it typically takes four to five years to complete a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe puzzle of figuring out where the golf holes go on a good piece of land is one of my favorite parts about what I do; that\u2019s half the success of the course right there,\u201d says Doak, who’s based in northern Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have to be able to read a topographic map well\u2014but a map also doesn\u2019t show you the background, the views off-site, and where there are nice trees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holes seem to emerge from the landscape rather than being superimposed onto it, with rolling greens and rumpled fairways framed by rugged sand dunes and marvelously grotesque bunkers.<\/p>\n Golf Digest<\/strong><\/em>, on Pacific Dunes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And Doak isn\u2019t shy about sharing his opinions about other courses. In the late 1980s, he self-published the first incarnation of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses<\/em><\/a>, a collection of his (often brutally honest) reviews of some 700 he\u2019d visited around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially intended for friends seeking recommendations, the guide included blunt criticism of courses Doak considered subpar. He printed just 40 books\u2014but once word started to spread, unauthorized copies began circulating and attracting attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onsite during construction of the course at Rock Creek Cattle Company in Montana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was very controversial,\u201d Doak recalls. \u201cIf you read about a new course in a magazine, the words used to categorize it are \u2018good,\u2019 \u2018better,\u2019 or \u2018best.\u2019 Nobody ever says anything\u2019s \u2018not that great\u2019 or \u2018overrated.\u2019 Other golfers do make assessments like that\u2014they just never put them in print.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1980s, Doak self-published the first incarnation of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses<\/em>, a collection of his (often brutally honest) reviews of some 700 he\u2019d visited around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The guide has since expanded to five volumes covering more than 2,500 courses, all rated on the \u201cDoak Scale,\u201d a 0\u201310 system that has become a familiar reference among golfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he opined of Nevada\u2019s Wolf Creek, which he dubbed a 2: \u201cI can\u2019t rate it a zero because I do think someone should have built a course on this spectacular terrain\u2014they just shouldn\u2019t have built this course!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Te Arai Links in New Zealand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Doak\u2019s interest in the field began in childhood, when he accompanied his father to business meetings held at some of the country\u2019s most popular golf resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intrigued by how different they were from the public course a mile from his home in Stamford, CT, he eventually decided to pursue course design, transferring from MIT after his freshman year to study landscape architecture in CALS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The puzzle of figuring out where the golf holes go on a good piece of land is one of my favorite parts about what I do; that\u2019s half the success of the course right there.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

An award from the college later funded a year of independent study abroad, giving him the opportunity to travel throughout Great Britain and Ireland, visiting 172 properties and learning about design and maintenance from greenskeepers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(He recently co-founded a scholarship<\/a>, named in his honor, that will allow early career golf course architects to have similar experiences built around their own interests.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High Pointe Golf Club in Michigan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Upon returning to the U.S., Doak worked for another practitioner before launching his own design firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His first project, High Pointe in Northern Michigan, opened when he was just 28\u2014and more than three decades later, Doak had the opportunity to revamp it, creating a new course that incorporates portions of the original layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor most people, playing in a beautiful setting is worth a lot,\u201d Doak says. \u201cAll the best golf courses\u2014they\u2019re challenging, but they’re also beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: Te Arai Links in New Zealand. (All images provided.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published November 9, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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