from the Experts in Golf Holidays
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Tom Fazio has designed more than 120 courses, many of which rank in the Top 100 in the U.S.
He was voted Best Modern Day Golf Course Architect three times by Golf Digest magazine and in 1995 received the The Old Tom Morris Award, the highest recognition awarded by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
Tom Fazio Facts
| Name | Thomas Fazio |
| Born | 10 Feb, 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
Kiawah Island
5 Nights, 3 Rounds
North Carolina
5 Nights, 3 Rounds
Miami - South East
5 Nights, 3 Rounds
South West Ireland
1 Night, 1 Round
Tom Fazio was born in Norristown, Philadelphia and went to the Lansdale Catholic High School. He began his career in golf course design as a teenager in 1962, joining the family business which was run at the time by his Uncle George, a former Tour player, in Pennsylvania. However, in 1972, he left to start his own design firm in Jupiter Florida.
Since then, Tom has designed over 120 courses across North, Central and South America and the odd course overseas including Waterville Golf Links in Ireland.
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what his signature finish is. His course designs vary greatly, with some being determined by the landscape and others where the landscape is totally moved.
Perhaps more than any architect in history, Fazio possesses an absolute vision of how golf fits into a landscape. The holes of a Fazio course are frequently framed by a flashed bunker, a change in fairway direction to emphasize dramatic off-course scenery. The flowing contours of a Fazio course tend to blend together easily, his designs tend to be an enjoyable scenic walk.
Take Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, for example, where 3,000 tonnes of earth was moved to make way for Fazio’s imaginings. What can be certain is that the vast majority of his designs have a magnificent grandeur about them.
His most notable designs include Pinehurst No. 6 & No. 8, Barefoot Resort, Wild Dunes. Most recently, he revamped the layout of Adare Manor, due to host the Ryder Cup in 2027.
Los Angeles Coast
5 Nights, 3 Rounds
Dominican Republic
7 Nights, 3 Rounds
South West Ireland
1 Night, 2 Rounds
St James
7 Nights, 4 Rounds
Nevada
Shadow Creek
Wynn Las Vegas
Arizona
Grayhawk Golf Club
Oregon
The Pronghorn Resort
South Carolina
TPC Myrtle Beach
West Virginia
The Greenbrier
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