William Langford (golf)

William Bruce Langford (1887-1977) was a golf course designer and civil engineer from Austin, Illinois. He graduated from both Yale and Columbia University. During the golden age of golf design between the world wars, he produced many great golf courses primarily in the Midwest states. Langford’s work is reminiscent of golf course designers Seth Raynor, Charles Banks and Charles B. Macdonald. He died in Sarasota, Florida in 1977.

Along with Theodore Moreau, he produced over 200 golf courses. Some of the best include Wakonda in Des Moines, Iowa, Harrison Hills in Attica, Indiana, Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois,^[1] Maxinkuckee in Culver, Indiana (played often by Roy, Pete and Alice Dye early in their careers), Ozaukee in Mequon, Wisconsin, Lawsonia in Green Lake, Wisconsin, and Happy Hollow in Omaha, Nebraska.^[2]

Courses Designed

The following is a (partial) list of other courses designed or remodeled by William Langford:^{[3] [4]}

• Arkansas
  • Texarkana CC (1927) - Texarkana, AR
• Florida
  • Key West GC (1923) - Key West, FL
  • Martin County G&CC (1951) - Stuart, FL
• Illinois
  • Acacia CC (1917) - Indian Head Park, IL
  • Barrington Hills CC (1946) - Barrington, IL
  • Bloomington CC (1917) - Bloomington, IL
  • Bryn Mawr GC (1921) - Lincolnwood, IL
  • Butterfield CC (1922) - Bloomington, IL
  • Franklin County CC (back 9) (1921)(West Frankfort, IL)
  • Glen Oak CC (1922) - Glen Ellyn, IL
  • La Grange CC (1924) - La Grange, IL
  • Marquette Park GC (1917) - Chicago, IL
  • Park Ridge CC (1949) - Park Ridge, IL
  • Ruth Lake CC (1926) - Hinsdale, IL
  • Schaumburg CC (1928) - Schaumburg, IL
  • St. Clair Country Club (1911) - [Belleville, IL]
  • Winnetka GC (1917) - Winnetka, IL
• Indiana
  • Innsbrook CC (1919) - Merrillville, IN
  • Christiana Creek CC (1925 and 1945) - Elkhart, IN
  • Culver Military Academy (1920) - Culver, IN
  • Oakland City GC (1946) - Oakland City, IN
• Iowa
  • Ellis Park Muni (1949) - Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Keokuk CC (1951) - Keokuk, IA
  • Oneota CC (1921) - Decorah, IA
• Kansas
  • Milburn G&CC (1917) - Overland Park, KS
• Kentucky
  • Audubon CC (1921) - Louisville, KY
  • Indian Hills CC (1956) - Bowling Green, KY
  • Louisville CC (1921) - Louisville, KY
• Michigan
  • Blythefield CC (1927) - Belmont, MI
  • Country Club of Lansing (1919) - Lansing, MI
  • Marquette G&CC (1927) - Marquette, MI
• Minnesota
  • Mankato GC (1954) - Mankato, MN
  • Southview CC (1960) - West St. Paul, MN
• Mississippi
  • Clarksdale CC (1921) - Clarksdale, MS
• Nebraska
  • Highland CC (1924) - Omaha, NE
  • Omaha CC (1927) - Omaha, NE
• South Dakota
  • Minnehaha Country Club (1922) - Sioux Falls, SD
• Ohio
  • Fairlawn Country Club (1918) - Akron, OH
  • Portage Path Country Club (1918) - Akron, OH
• Tennessee
  • Chickasaw CC (1922) - Memphis, TN
  • Colonial CC (1916) - Cordova, TN
  • Gatlinburg G&CC (1956) - Pigeon Forge, TN
  • Green Meadow CC (1958) - Alcoa, TN
• Wisconsin
  • The Links at Lawsonia - Green Lake, WI
  • Ozaukee CC (1922) - Mequon, WI
  • Spring Valley CC (1927) - Salem, WI
  • West Bend CC (1922) - West Bend, WI

References

1. http://www.skokiecc.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=329360&ssid=225062&vnf=1
2. The Architects of Golf, Geoffrey S. Cornish and Ronald E. Whitten, Harper Collins (1993), page 318
3. The Architects of Golf, Geoffrey S. Cornish and Ronald E. Whitten, Harper Collins (1993), page 318 and 319
4. http://www.worldgolf.com/golf-architects/william-langford.html

Links

• http://thecaddyshack.blogspot.com/2007/06/architect-15-william-langford.html
• http://www.golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/mark-chalfant-the-architecture-of-william-b-langford/
• https://webspace.yale.edu/Yale-golf-history/Eras/1895-1923/Langford.htm