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17-416: The original 18-hole golf course and a new clubhouse opened in 1928. In the 1950s, Robert Trent Jones Sr. led a major course renovation, transforming Upper Montclair Country Club into the present 27-hole championship design. In 2000, the club hired Roger Rulewich to complete a course renovation project that included installing state-of-the-art drainage and irrigation system, while reshaping and restoring all of

34-729: A Robert Trent Jones golf course." He is often confused with the famous amateur golfer Bobby Jones with whom he worked from time to time. Jones received the 1987 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor. Also in 1987, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame . Robert Trent Jones was born on June 20, 1906, in Ince-in-Makerfield , England , to Welsh parents. At age five or six, Jones emigrated with his parents to

51-517: A golf professional, Jones attended Cornell University , undergoing a customized course of study that would allow him to pursue his interest in golf course design, during which time he designed nine holes of the university's golf course, now known as the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University (he designed the other nine holes in 1954). While at Cornell, Jones joined Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Fraternity. Jones

68-504: A list of the leading courses outside the United States. This is created using information from national golf associations, plus votes by the same panelists supplemented by some additional ones with international knowledge. In 2010, Golf Digest produced its inaugural ranking of "America's Top 50 Courses for Women". In creating the ranking, the magazine used nominations and evaluations by its panel of over 100 female raters as well as

85-401: A panel of several hundred golf experts. The magazine also produces lists of the best new courses, the best golf resorts, the best courses in each U.S. state and best American golf courses for women. Before the "Greatest" rankings were introduced in 1985, Golf Digest produced lists called at different times America's 100 Most Testing Courses and America's 100 Greatest Tests of Golf . Alongside

102-540: The Southern Highlands Golf Club , was completed in 1999. Golf Digest Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Warner Bros. Discovery through its TNT Sports unit. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. The magazine started by John F. Barnett in 1950 in Chicago, moved to Connecticut in 1964 and

119-436: The "100 Greatest Courses" ranking, and using the same methodology, Golf Digest publishes a list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses". In this context, "public" means a golf course that is open to play by the public, as opposed to a private club—not necessarily a course operated by a governmental entity. In addition to its national rankings, Golf Digest also ranks courses at a state level. The magazine also compiles

136-524: The 1950s, Jones' annual income was reported as being $ 600,000—according to Golf Digest , no one other than Ben Hogan earned more money from golf at that time. Jones' clients included U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower , for a putting green at the White House and a single hole at Camp David , as well as the Rockefeller family , Aga Khan and Hassan II of Morocco , for private courses. He

153-544: The Magazine Section in recognition of the excellence of a regular section of a magazine based on voice, originality and unified presentation. In April 2014, Golf Digest was widely criticized when, after neglecting to picture a female golfer on their cover for six years, they chose to picture model Paulina Gretzky in a revealing outfit as their May 2014 cover. The move was "particularly frustrating" to LPGA golfers. LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan issued

170-665: The United States in the 1930s. Many of these, such as the 1936 course at Green Lakes State Park (see photo), were built using labor provided by the Works Progress Administration . Shortly after World War II , Jones got his first major assignment designing the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta in collaboration with golf legend Bobby Jones . At Bobby Jones' request, Jones redesigned the 11th and 16th holes at Augusta National Golf Club . Despite

187-493: The United States, where they arrived in East Rochester, New York . Jones worked as a caddie at The Country Club of Rochester and accepted a job as golf professional at Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club in nearby Sodus Point, New York . He met Donald Ross as a youth and, taking up the game, recorded the best score of all the amateur golfers at the 1927 Canadian Open and set a course record at Rochester. While working as

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204-529: The bunkers throughout the 27-hole facility. Upper Montclair has appeared in episodes of The Sopranos . 40°50′52″N 74°10′30″W  /  40.847726°N 74.175075°W  / 40.847726; -74.175075 Robert Trent Jones Robert Trent Jones Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a British–American golf course architect who designed or re-designed more than 500 golf courses in 45 U.S. states and 35 countries. In reference to this, Jones took pride in saying, "The sun never sets on

221-542: The similarity of their names, the two men were not related. To make this distinction clear, Robert began using the middle name "Trent" shortly afterward. In 1955, Gene Hamm helped Jones build the Duke University Golf Course in Durham, North Carolina . He moved from there to Delaware to continue work with Jones, and then in 1959 moved back to Raleigh where he began his own design career. During

238-482: The woman-friendly criteria established by the editors. Those criteria included: at least one tee less than 5,300 yards; at least two sets of tees with USGA slope and course ratings for women; run-up areas to most or all greens and minimal forced carries for those playing from the forward tees. In 2009, Golf Digest was nominated for a National Magazine Awards by the American Society of Magazine Editors in

255-1276: Was commissioned in 1990 to design a set of 18 courses in Alabama, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail , the largest single golf design contract in history. In 1979, the Northern California Golf Association selected Robert Trent Jones Jr., son Jones Sr., to design the Poppy Hills Golf Course situated in Pebble Beach, California . Jones Sr. had previously crafted the Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach, and during this project, he received valuable assistance from his son. Their combined expertise has led them to design of over 400 golf courses worldwide. Jones continued to design golf courses in his later years until health problems prompted him to retire to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida , where he died on June 14, 2000, at age 93. His final course,

272-463: Was married to Ione Jones, who died in 1987 and with whom he had two sons: Robert Jr. and Rees , both of whom became golf course architects. Jones went into business with Canadian architect Stanley Thompson after concluding his studies at Cornell, and with him designed courses in Canada. Following his partnership with Thompson, Jones went into business on his own and began designing local courses in

289-586: Was sold to The New York Times Company in 1969. The Times company sold their magazine division to Condé Nast in 2001. The headquarters of Golf Digest is in New York City relocated from Connecticut. On May 13, 2019, Discovery, Inc. acquired Golf Digest from Condé Nast, in order to integrate with GolfTV . Golf Digest produces a biennial ranking of the world's best golf courses. Since 1965, Golf Digest has produced biennial rankings of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses". The courses are voted on by

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