Gil Hanse

Gilbert Hanse (born August 12, 1963) is an American golf course designer. Hanse, along with his business partner Jim Wagner, was selected to design the Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course, the first Olympic venue to host golf since 1904.

Education Hanse attended secondary school at Hunter Tannersville High School in Tannersville, New York. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and his master's in landscape architecture from Cornell University in 1989. Hanse was the recipient of the William Frederick Dreer Award, which allowed him to spend a year in Great Britain studying the history of golf architecture.

Golf Course Design In 1993 Hanse founded Hanse Golf Course Design. His longtime design partner Jim Wagner joined the firm in 1995. Friend and golf historian Geoff Shackelford has also assisted in the design of several projects. Other members of the design team include Kevin Murphy, Ben Hillard, Bill Kittleman, Tom Naccarato, Amy Alcott. Hanse Golf Design's in house golf construction team is named Caveman Construction. He has mentored younger golf architects in various projects as shapers, notably Kyle Franz at The 2016 Rio Olympic Golf Course, Blake Conant at Oakland Hills Country Club (South), Kye Goalby at Pinehurst Number 4, Angela Moser at Los Angeles Country Club (South).

Golf Courses (Original Design)

Sources: The Apogee Club, 2024 Applebrook Golf Club, 2001 Ban Rakat Club - Ballyshear, Thailand, 2021 Boston Golf Club, Hingham, Massachusetts, 2005 CapRock Ranch, Valentine, Nebraska, 2021 Craighead at Crail Golfing Society, Scotland, 1998 Castle Stuart, Scotland, 2009 Childress Hall, Texas, 2025 Circle T Ranch, Westlake, Texas, 2021 DAMAC Hills, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2016 Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Texas, 2023 French Creek Golf Club, Pennsylvania, 2004 Golf Club of DBI, Tennessee, 2023 High Grove, Florida, 2024 Inniscrone Golf Club, Pennsylvania, 1998 Jonathan's Landing Golf Club, Jupiter, Florida, 2021 Ladera, Thermal, California, 2022 Kinsale, Florida, 2024 Les Bordes (New), France 2021 Mossy Oak Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi, 2016 Ohoopee Match Club, Georgia, 2018 Olympic Golf Course, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 2016 Pinehurst (The Cradle), North Carolina, 2017 Prairie Club (Horse), Valentine, Nebraska, 2010 Rustic Canyon, California, 2002 Stonewall (Old Course), Pennsylvania, 1992 Streamsong Black, Florida, 2017 The Park West Palm, Florida, 2023

Amagansett Golf Club

Golf Courses (Restoration)

Source: Aronimink Golf Club, Pennsylvania, 2018 Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) (Lower), New Jersey, 2020 Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper), New Jersey, 2024 Biltmore Forest Country Club, North Carolina, 2022 Country Club of Rochester, New York, 2001 Cobbs Creek, Pennsylvania, 2025 Denison University Golf Course, Ohio, TBA Denver Country Club, Colorado, 2009 Essex County, New Jersey, 2004 Fenway Golf Club, New York, 1997 Fishers Island Club, New York, 1995 Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, 2000 Honors Course, Tennessee, 2022 Kittansett Club, Massachusetts, 1995 Lake Merced Golf Club, California, 2022 Lakewood Country Club, Colorado, 1993 Los Angeles Country Club (North), California, 2007 Marion, Massachusetts, 2024 Merion Golf Club (East), Pennsylvania, 2014 Merion Golf Club (West), Pennsylvania, 2025 Myopia Hunt, Massachusetts, 2011 Oakland Hills Country Club (South), Bloomfield Township, Michigan, 2020 Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania, 2024 Olympic Club (Lake), San Francisco, California, 2024 Quaker Ridge Golf Club, New York, 2002 Palmetto Golf Club, South Carolina, 2007 Plainfield Country Club, New Jersey, 1999 Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey, 1999 Rockaway Hunting Club, 2009 Rolling Green, Pennsylvania, 2021 Sakonnet Golf Club, Rhode Island, 1999 Savannah Golf Club, Georgia, 2018 Sleepy Hollow Country Club, New York, 2006 Southern Hills Country Club, Oklahoma, 2015 St. George's Golf and Country Club, New York, 1999 Taconic Country Club, Massachusetts, 2008 The Creek, New York, 1997 The Country Club, Ohio, 2023 The Country Club, Massachusetts, 2009 Tokyo Golf Club, Japan, 2008 Waverley Country Club, Oregon, 2009 Westhampton Country Club, New York, 2009 Wianno Club, Massachusetts, 2012 Winged Foot Golf Club (East), New York, 2014 Winged Foot Golf Club (West), New York, 2017 Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts, 2018 Yale Golf Course, Connecticut, 2024 North Hempstead Country Club, New York, 1994

Golf Courses (Renovation)

Source: Burning Tree, Bethesda, Maryland, 2019 Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas, 2024 Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018 La Costa (Champions), 2024 Los Angeles Country Club (South), California, 2016 Maggie Hathaway, Los Angeles, California, 2023 Narin & Portnoo Links, Donegal, Ireland, 2020 Pinehurst (Number 4), Pinehurst, North Carolina, 2016 Royal Sydney, Australia, 2023 Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California, 2024 Soule Park, Ojai, California, 2005 TPC Boston, Massachusetts, 2007 Sewanee: The University of the South Golf Course, 2013 Vineyard Golf Club, Massachusetts, 2015

Golf Courses (Closed/No Longer Exist - NLE) The Capstone Club, Brookwood, Alabama, Opened in 2002 – Closed in 2014 Tallgrass, Shoreham, New York, Opened in 2000 – Closed in 2017