Architect
Walter Travis
Walter J. Travis (1862-1927) was born in Maldon, Australia, and became one of America's finest amateur golfers before turning to course design. Self-taught and famously exacting, he won three U.S. Amateur titles and the 1904 British Amateur before applying his strategic eye to architecture from his home base at Garden City Golf Club, which he remodeled into one of the country's toughest tests. He also designed Ekwanok Country Club in Vermont and Cape Arundel Golf Club in Maine, and contributed influential rerouting work to courses around New York. Travis championed subtle, well-guarded greens and demanding approach shots, publishing his ideas widely as founding editor of The American Golfer. His work helped shift American design away from imported British templates toward a distinctly strategic style suited to the era's rudimentary equipment.
- Courses on BogeyMap
- 5
- States
- 5
- Avg LooperScore
- 78.9
- Highest rated
- Equinox Golf Course
Biography
Walter J. Travis (1862-1927) was born in Maldon, Australia, and became one of America's finest amateur golfers before turning to course design. Self-taught and famously exacting, he won three U.S. Amateur titles and the 1904 British Amateur before applying his strategic eye to architecture from his home base at Garden City Golf Club, which he remodeled into one of the country's toughest tests. He also designed Ekwanok Country Club in Vermont and Cape Arundel Golf Club in Maine, and contributed influential rerouting work to courses around New York. Travis championed subtle, well-guarded greens and demanding approach shots, publishing his ideas widely as founding editor of The American Golfer. His work helped shift American design away from imported British templates toward a distinctly strategic style suited to the era's rudimentary equipment.
Where the work is: VT · ME · GA · DC · NY
