Bob Cupp

Bob Cupp (December 27, 1939 – August 19, 2016) was an American golf course designer. He designed many golf courses worldwide and was the president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 2012–13.

Early life Cupp was born on December 27, 1939, in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Alaska, followed by an associate degree in golf turf management at Miami Dade College.

Career Cupp designed many golf courses around the world. He also designed the Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, with Jerry Pate, the Savannah Quarters Country Club in Pooler, Georgia, with Greg Norman, and the Witch Hollow Golf Course at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Oregon, with John Fought.

Cupp served as the president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 2012–13. Pumpkin Ridge (Witch Hollow), Cornelius, Oregon Port Armor Golf Club, Greensboro, Georgia Pelham Municipal, Pelham, Alabama Palmetto Hall Plantation, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Rarity Pointe, Knoxville, Tennessee Reunion Golf Club, Jackson, Mississippi Reynold’s Plantation, Greensboro, Georgia Royal Kenfield, Henderson, Nevada Rush Creek Golf Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota Savannah Harbor, Savannah, Georgia Settindown Creek, Roswell, Georgia Shadow Wood (North), Bonita Springs, Florida Shadow Wood (South), Bonita Springs, Florida Sonnenalp (Singletree), Edwards, Colorado Spanish Hills, Camarillo, California Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe, Vermont Tatum Ranch, Phoenix, Arizona Tierra Rejada Golf Club, Moorpark, California The Reserve North Course, Hillsboro, Oregon Thousand Hills Golf Club, Branson, Missouri TPC at Starr Pass, Tucson, Arizona Walden Lake Country Club, Plant City, Florida Water’s Edge Par Three, San Francisco, California Woodside Plantation, Aiken, South Carolina

Golf courses – rebuild Alamance Country Club, Burlington, North Carolina Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia Baltimore Country Club West, Baltimore, Maryland Bobby Jones Golf Course, Atlanta, Georgia Capital City Club Brookhaven, Atlanta, Georgia Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia Frenchman’s Creek South, West Palm Beach, Florida Forest Height’s Country Club, Statesboro, Georgia Fiddlesticks Country Club, Ft. Myers, Florida Feathersound Country Club, Clearwater, Florida Grand Geneva Resort and Spa, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Highland Park Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama Hawk’s Landing Golf Club, Orlando, Florida John A White Park, Atlanta, Georgia Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona North River Yacht & Country Club, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Oak Ridge Golf Club, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Pecan Valley Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas Swan Point, Charles County, Maryland The Greenbrier (Meadows), White Sulphur Springs, WV The Rookery, Marco Island, Florida University or Oklahoma Golf Club, Norman, Oklahoma Vinny Links at Shelby Park, Franklin, TN Woodfield Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida

Golf courses – renovation Atlanta Country Club, Marietta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta Georgia Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club, Bluegrass, Tennessee Brook-Lea Country Club, Rochester, New York Bryn Mawr Country Club, Chicago, Illinois Cartersville Country Club, Cartersville, Georgia Clarksville Country Club, Clarksville, Tennessee Colonial Country Club, Ft. Worth, Texas Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Greenville, South Carolina Evanston Golf Club, Skokie, Illinois Emerald Bay Plantation, Destin, Florida Gaston Country Club, Gastonia, North Carolina Gatlinburg Country Club, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Glen Arven Country Club, Thomasville, Georgia Hillendale Country Club, Baltimore, Maryland Indianwood Old Course, Lake Orion, Michigan Indian Hills Country Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky Indian Hills Country Club, Marietta, Georgia Lago Mar Country Club, Plantation, Florida Marrietta Country Club, Kennesaw, Georgia Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove, New York Olde Town Club, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Palm River Golf Club, Naples, Florida Peachtree Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia Preston Trail Golf Club, Dallas, Texas Rosedale Country Club, Toronto, Canada Santa Barbara Golf Club, Santa Barbara, CA Summit Golf and Country Club, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Tualatin Country Club, Tualatin, Oregon The Country Club, Farmington, Connecticut The Golf Club of Avon, Avon, Connecticut The Palm Course at Grey Oaks, Naples, Florida Wanakah Country Club, Hamburg, New York Woodmont Country Club, Rockdale, Maryland Weston Golf Club, Weston, Massachusetts

Golf courses – restoration Leatherstocking Country Club, Cooperstown, New York Oakhurst Links, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Seaview Resort(Bay), Absecon, New Jersey Seaview Resort(Pines), Absecon, New Jersey

Golf courses (closed/no longer exist – NLE) Hidden Valley (defunct), Miami, Florida Ironwood Golf Club (defunct), Naples, Florida The Woodyard (defunct), Savannah, Georgia