Geoffrey Cornish
Geoffrey S. Cornish ( born August 6, 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, † February 10, 2012 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States) was a Canadian golf course architect who was known primarily for his standard works on the subject of golf architecture. Full-time, he designed over 200 golf courses in Canada, the United States and Europe. He specialized in it cheap to build public places that were suitable for a wide range of skill levels.
Life
Cornish studied crop science at the University of British Columbia. After he received his bachelor's degree there, he continued his studies at the University of Massachusetts, where he and later received an honorary doctorate from his master.
1935 Cornish began to be active in golf course design and worked for Stanley Thompson. During the Second World War he served in the Canadian Army and was stationed from 1940 to 1945 in Europe. Upon his return to Canada he was working for Thompson again. In 1952, Cornish became independent in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1967, he joined the American Society of Golf Course Architects ( ASGCA ). From 1975 to 1976 he served as president of the ASGCA and was beside Michael Hurdzan Co- Chairman of the ASGCA History Committee.
During his career, Cornish published a series of books. The Golf Course and The Architects of Golf regarded as standard works of the golf course designs. He was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1996.
Publications
- The Golf Course (1981 ) along with Ronald Whitten
- The Architects of Golf (1992 ) along with Ronald Whitten
- Golf Course Design and Robert Muir Graves (1998)
- Eighteen Stakes on a Sunday Afternoon ( 2002)
- Classic Golf Design (2002)
- Golf Course Design: An Annotated Bibliography and Highlights of its history, along with Dr. Michael Hurdzan, ASGCA (2005)