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 The American Society of Golf Course Architects (abbreviated as ASGCA) is a professional organization of golf course designers in America. Founded in 1946, its members are actively involved in the design of new courses and the renovation of existi ...

in 2012–13.

Early life

Cupp was born on December 27, 1939, in

Lewistown, Pennsylvania Lewistown is a borough in and the county seat of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the principal city of the '' Lewistown, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area'', which encompasses all of Mifflin County. It lies along the Juniata Riv ...

. He graduated from the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, i ...

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 Miami Dade College (Miami Dade, MDC or Dade) is a public college in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1959, it has a total of eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida College S ...

Career

Cupp designed many golf courses around the world. Among them are the

Shoal Creek Club Shoal Creek Club is an invitation-only private golf club in the southeastern United States, located in Shelby County, Alabama, southeast of Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham. Opened in 1977, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and is rated a ...

in Alabama, Desert Highlands Golf Club in Arizona, and the

Glen Abbey Golf Course Glen Abbey Golf Club is a privately-owned golf course in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. It is one of Canada's most famous golf courses and is home to the Golf Canada and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. It has hosted 30 Canadian Open Championships, ...

in Ontario, Canada. Cupp helped design courses for Jack Nicklaus from 1976 to 1982. He also designed the

Old Waverly Golf Club Old Waverly Golf Club, located in West Point, Mississippi, is an 18-hole championship golf course founded by the George Bryan family and 29 other founders in 1988. Designed by U.S. Open Champion Jerry Pate and Bob Cupp, Old Waverly has hosted man ...

West Point, Mississippi West Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, United States, in the Golden Triangle region of the state. The population was 11,307 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Clay County and the principal city of the West Point Micropolitan ...

, with

Jerry Pate Jerome Kendrick Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. As a 22-year-old rookie, he won the U.S. Open in 1976. Early years Born in Macon, Georgia, Pate grew up in the ...

, the Savannah Quarters Country Club in

Pooler, Georgia Pooler is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. According to the official 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 25,711, up 34.3% from the 2010 population of 19,140. Pooler is located northwest of Savannah along Interstates 95 and 1 ...

, with

Greg Norman Gregory John Norman AO (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian entrepreneur and retired professional golfer who spent 331 weeks as world number one in the 1980s and 1990s. He won 89 professional tournaments, including 20 PGA Tour tournament ...

, and the Witch Hollow Golf Course at the

Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club is a championship golf club in the northwest United States, located in North Plains, Oregon, northwest of Portland. The award-winning 36-hole club opened in 1992 and has hosted several major golf tournaments, including t ...

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, with

John Fought John Fought III (born January 28, 1954) is an American golf course architect and professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour. Amateur career Fought (rhymes with "boat") was born in Portland, Oregon. Hi ...

. With

Tom Kite Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He won the U.S. Open in 1992 and spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994. Career Kite w ...

, Cupp designed the

Liberty National Golf Club Liberty National is a country club in Jersey City, New Jersey adjacent to Liberty State Park on the Upper New York Bay. Its clubhouse, guest villas, teaching center, and "Cafe 12" halfway house were designed by Lindsay Newman Architecture and Desig ...

in Jersey City, New Jersey, and the 36-hole Legends Club in

Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020, its population was 83,454 ...

. Cupp served as the president of the

in 2012–13. He authored a novel about golf in 2007 and co-authored a non-fiction book about golf with Ron Whitten in 2012.

Personal life and death

Cupp married Pamela Amy-Cupp. They had two children, and they resided in the

Buckhead Buckhead is the uptown commercial and residential district of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, comprising approximately the northernmost fifth of the city. Buckhead is the third largest business district within the Atlanta city limits, behind Downto ...

neighborhood of

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

. Cupp died on August 19, 2016, in Atlanta.

Works

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Golf courses (original design)

* Angel Park (Short Course), Las Vegas, Nevada * Beacon Hall, Aurora, Ontario, Canada * Big Sky Golf and Country Club, Pemberton, British Columbia * Bradford Creek Golf Club, Greeneville, North Carolina * Costa del Sol, Miami, Florida * Cheeca Lodge, Islamorada, Florida * Council Fire Country Club, Chattanooga, Tennessee * Crosswater Golf Course, Sunriver, Oregon * Cumming’s Cove Club, Hendersonville, North Carolina * Deerhurst Inn and Country Club, Ontario, Canada * Eagle Ridge Golf Club, Raleigh, North Carolina * East Sussex National (East), London, England * East Sussex National (West), London, England * Emerald Bay Plantation, Destin, Florida * Estancia de Cafayate, Salta Province, Argentina * Estuary at Grey Oaks, Naples, Florida * Four Bridges, Cincinnati, Ohio * Frenchman’s Creek (South), West Palm Beach, Florida * Frenchman’s Creek (North), West Palm Beach, Florida * Grasslands at Oakbridge, Lakeland, Florida * Greystone Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama * Grizzly Ranch, Portola, California * Hawk’s Ridge, Ball Ground, Georgia * Homestead Air Force Base, Homestead, Florida * Indianwood (New), Lake Orion, Michigan * Jennings Mill Country Club, Athens, Georgia * John Kyle State Park, Saris, Mississippi * Kelly Plantation, Destin, Florida * Kiokawa Golf Club, Kiyokawa, Japan * La Playa Resort, Naples, Florida * Laurel Ridge Country Club, Waynesville, North Carolina * Legends Club of Tennessee North Course, Franklin, TN * Legends Club of Tennessee South Course, Franklin, TN * Langdon Farms, Clackamas County, Oregon * Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey * Little Course at Aspen Grove, Franklin, Tennessee * Mad River Golf Club, Nottawasaga, Ontario, Canada * Marietta Country Club, Kennesaw, Georgia * Mountain Spa Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada * Newcastle (Coal Creek), Newcastle, Washington * Newcastle (China Creek), Newcastle, Washington * Old Waverly Golf Club, Jackson, Mississippi * Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek), Cornelius, Oregon * 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 (East), Bonita Springs, Florida * Shadow Wood (West), Bonita Springs, Florida * Sonnenalp (Singletree), Edwards, Colorado * Spanish Hills, Camarillo, California * Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe, Vermont * Tatum Ranch, Phoenix, Arizona * Tierra Rejada Golf Club, Simi Valley, 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 * 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)

* Glen Arven Country Club, Thomasville, Georgia * Hidden Valley (defunct), Miami, Florida * Ironwood Golf Club (defunct), Naples, Florida * The Woodyard (defunct), Savannah, Georgia

References

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