Dick Wilson

Orlando, FL

Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge is a private club in Orlando, Florida. Dick Wilson designed the original course in 1961, using elevation changes and Florida terrain to build a course meant for strategic, aerial approach shots. Arnold Palmer bought the club in 1975 and reworked it over the following decades into a tougher championship test, and it was his winter home course for the rest of his life. The course has hosted the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational since 1979 and has produced wins from many of the game's top players, including Tiger Woods. The par-4 18th, a demanding closing hole with water down the left side, is one of the best-known finishing holes on tour. Bay Hill is a private club owned by the Palmer family. Golf is available to members and to guests staying at the on-site Lodge; it is not open for outside daily-fee play.

Miami, FL

Dick Wilson designed the Blue Monster, which opened in 1962 as the centerpiece of what was then Doral Country Club in Miami, Florida. The flat South Florida site let Wilson build a course defined by water, with lakes and canals working their way into nearly every hole and greens raised above the fairways for drainage. Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner led a full renovation completed in 2014, reshaping several holes, adding new lakes at the par-3 15th and the drivable par-4 16th, and leaving the long-standing 18th hole largely untouched. The 18th still finishes along water and remains the course's signature test. The Blue Monster hosted a PGA Tour event every year from 1962 through 2016, including the Doral Open and later World Golf Championship events. It later hosted LIV Golf events. The course is part of the Trump National Doral resort and is open to resort guests and club members, with four courses sharing the property.

Lemont, IL

Dubsdread is the championship course at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, Illinois. Dick Wilson and Joe Lee designed it, and it opened in 1964 as Cog Hill's No. 4 course. Rees Jones carried out a major renovation in 2008. It is the longest and hardest of the four courses on the property, running to about 7,554 yards with deep, steep-faced bunkering, tree-lined corridors and firmly contoured greens. The name has stuck because the course asks for full shots from the first hole to the last. Dubsdread hosted the Western Open and later the BMW Championship on the PGA Tour, along with a 1997 U.S. Amateur. It remains fully open to public play.

Miami, FL

Classic Doral resort course alongside the Blue Monster

Carlsbad, CA

The North Course at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California, was originally designed by Dick Wilson in 1965, with additional holes added by Joe Lee in the 1970s and 1980s. The resort hosted dozens of PGA Tour events over more than three decades, including the Tournament of Champions and the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. The course underwent renovations in 2011 by Damian Pascuzzo, Steve Pate, and Jeff Brauer, and a further redesign led by Gil Hanse beginning in 2023 that positioned it to host the NCAA Division I Golf Championships. It operates as a resort course open to hotel guests and outside play by reservation, playing to a par of 72.

Lake Worth, FL

Atlantic National Golf Club is a daily-fee course in Lake Worth, Florida, in Palm Beach County, west of downtown West Palm Beach. It was designed by Joe Lee, an architect known for a large body of Florida golf course work. The layout features water hazards on several holes along with strategically placed bunkers along fairways and green sides, and it offers four sets of tees intended to accommodate golfers of varying skill levels. Atlantic National operates as a public course open to daily-fee play, with tee times bookable online and an E-Club membership program offering discounted rates. It is used regularly for group outings and corporate tournaments in the West Palm Beach area.

Carlsbad, CA

La Costa Resort & Spa's South Course, now operated as the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa South Course, is an 18-hole resort layout in Carlsbad, California, north of San Diego. The course plays to a par of 72 and measures close to 7,000 yards from the championship tees, with a rating of 74.8 and slope of 138. The resort has long been a Southern California golf destination, pairing its two courses with a full hotel, spa, and event facilities. The property is about 89 miles from Los Angeles and 31 miles from downtown San Diego. The South Course operates as a resort facility, primarily serving hotel guests and outside players who book through the resort.

Jekyll Island, GA

The Pine Lakes Course at Jekyll Island Golf Club is a Dick Wilson design on Jekyll Island, Georgia, one of four public courses on this historic barrier island owned by the State of Georgia. The 6,802-yard, par-72 layout winds through mature pine forests and coastal marshes with classic Lowcountry character. Jekyll Island Golf Club is one of the largest public golf complexes in the Southeast, offering 63 holes of public golf on a state-owned island accessible to all Georgia residents and visitors.

Pine Mountain, GA

The Mountain View Course at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain is one of the courses at the historic resort, a longtime host of the PGA Tour's Buick Challenge. The layout plays over rolling, wooded terrain, a resort course that welcomes guest play.