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Donald Ross

1872 to 1948 · 396 courses credited to Donald Ross

About Donald Ross

Donald Ross was born in Dornoch, Scotland, in 1872 and went on to design or rework hundreds of courses in North America before he died in 1948. His base was Pinehurst, North Carolina, and most of his clients were in the Northeast and the Southeast.

This page gathers the courses credited to him that still exist as playable golf courses. It is deliberately wide: some are famous championship venues, some are municipal courses, and many are private clubs that most golfers will never see from the inside.

396 courses are listed (383 in the United States and 13 in Canada). 313 are confirmed by at least two sources; 83 rest on one source, or the sources disagree about whether the course still exists or was heavily redesigned. Most are original designs; a few are redesigns or renovations, and some rest on attribution alone.

This is a list, not a ranking: courses are shown by state, then by name. A name that is a link has a Good Track page. Credits are "credited to", as the sources record them. Know better? Tell us.

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Alabama 4 courses

California 1 course

Colorado 5 courses

Connecticut 6 courses

Florida 37 courses

Georgia 12 courses

Illinois 16 courses

Indiana 3 courses

Iowa 1 course

Kansas 1 course

Kentucky 1 course

Maine 10 courses

Maryland 4 courses

Massachusetts 54 courses

Michigan 21 courses

Minnesota 6 courses

Missouri 1 course

New Hampshire 11 courses

New Jersey 11 courses

New York 29 courses

North Carolina 47 courses

Ohio 28 courses

Pennsylvania 29 courses

Rhode Island 12 courses

South Carolina 6 courses

Tennessee 10 courses

Texas 2 courses

Vermont 1 course

Virginia 12 courses

Wisconsin 2 courses

Manitoba 3 courses

New Brunswick 3 courses

Nova Scotia 2 courses

Ontario 4 courses

Quebec 1 course

Sources

Every credit comes from these public sources. The list was last checked on 2026-10-12.