Tom Doak is a golf course architect. He has 6 courses ranked among the top 100 in the world according to the "Top 100 Courses in the World"[1] March 2021 list compiled by Golf Magazine. These include Pacific Dunes in Oregon, Ballyneal in Colorado,[2] Barnbougle Dunes in Tasmania[3] and Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand. Doak lives in Michigan.
He was a student of golf course designer Pete Dye, although perhaps his greatest influence comes from Alister MacKenzie (about whom Doak wrote a book), designer of Cypress Point, Royal Melbourne, and consultant to Bobby Jones at Augusta National. In 2007, Doak restored Alister MacKenzie's home course, Pasatiempo, a Golf Magazine Top 100 course located in Santa Cruz, California.
Doak is the author of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses which is a guide to famous and obscure golf courses around the world. The original version of the book was intended for a select group of friends and golf course architects. The sanitized version became a coffee table book which also included Doak's photography. Despite being toned down, the book includes several extremely critical reviews of golf courses and alienated several well-regarded golf course architects. For example, in his entry for Talamore Golf Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, designed by Rees Jones, Doak wrote that the "dull layout" made him "want to spit."
^"It's here! GOLF's 2020-21 ranking of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S." Golf Magazine. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
^"Ballyneal Offers a Private Authentic Inland Links Experience". Ballyneal Golf Club. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
^"GetStarted Australia - Piecing together your web strategy". barnbougledunes.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2001. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
TomDoak is a golf course architect. He has 6 courses ranked among the top 100 in the world according to the "Top 100 Courses in the World" March 2021...
James Foulis and Robert Foulis. The course was subsequently redesigned by TomDoak. In 1906, the club secured the services of the great Willie Anderson who...
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opened on July 1, 2001. Pacific Dunes was designed by Michigan architect TomDoak, and sculpted by his design firm, Renaissance Design, Inc. Pacific Dunes...
Long Island. Opened in 2006, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and TomDoak and is adjacent to the National Golf Links of America and Shinnecock Hills...
North-East. The 18 hole championship layout was designed by course architects TomDoak and Mike Clayton, and is set among sand dunes overlooking Bass Strait....
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one side and the Bay of Todos Santos on the other. Golf course architect TomDoak announced he will lead the project design on The Fried Egg podcast in 2022...
its name from the nearby headland of Cape Kidnappers. It was designed by TomDoak in 2004 and was funded by American developer Julian Robertson. In 2007...
frequently - most notably the husband & wife team of Pete and Alice Dye, and TomDoak. The design element can be used as a green complex of any "par" hole -...
(1,615 m) above sea level. A significant restoration by noted architect TomDoak was carried out during 2008 and opened for play in spring 2009. The course...
ISBN 9781579652371. Retrieved 15 May 2015. Dave Richards (August 25, 2010). "TomDoak Redesigns Greens and Tees at Country Club of Detroit". Retrieved May 10...
simulation. Impressed by Flory's photorealistic model, Keiser hired architect TomDoak to bring the replica to life. It's expected to be completed in 2023. Another...
"Red," "Blue," and "Black" - Red is designed by Coore & Crenshaw, Blue by TomDoak, and Black by Gil Hanse. Golfweek magazine named Streamsong the best new...
Total holes 18 Website www.pasatiempo.com Designed by Alister MacKenzie TomDoak (restoration) (1996-2007) Par 70 Length 6,500 yards (5,944 m) Course rating...
(1897) Willie Park, Jnr. (1915) Howard C. Toomey & William S. Flynn (1925) TomDoak (1999) Par 70 Length 6,577 yards (6,014 m) Course rating 72.3 Slope rating...
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the United States TomDoak Frank Duane Francis Duane designed golf courses, ratings and reviews George Duncan, golfer and architect Tom Dunn Cynthia Dye...
is home to Barnbougle Dunes, a public golf course designed by architect TomDoak which opened in 2004 and is ranked among the top 100 courses in the world...
The course was updated and restored to its original design in 2009 by TomDoak of Renaissance Golf Design. Oyster Harbors was first inhabited by the Wampanoag...
beauty to the Langland Bay Golf Club, the club invited golf architect TomDoak to rebuild and redesign its bunkers in 2015. The parish church of St Mary's...
staff, donors, and the general public. The Rawls Course was designed by TomDoak of Renaissance Golf Design, Inc., Traverse City, Michigan. Starting from...
head coach of the Yale University golf team. Will Smith has worked for TomDoak and Gil Hanse. The OC conducts many events each year for charity. These...
the conference's founding in the 1954 season. The program's home venue is Doak Field, which opened in 1966. Elliott Avent has been the head coach of the...
golf practice facility, designed by world-renowned golf course architect TomDoak, offered a leading urban land use plan, incorporating golf practice and...
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