The PGA Remembers . . .
The PGA of Canada is deeply saddened by the passing of famed golf course architect, Geoffrey Cornish.
Cornish was inducted to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1996 and his biography can be read HERE.
Cornish, who was born Aug. 6, 1914 in Winnipeg, passed away Friday in Amherst, Mass., at the age of 97.
The former president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects first got his start in the business working for Stanley Thompson during the construction Vancouver’s Capilano Golf & Country Club in 1935. He also played a role in the creation of Highland Links in Ingonish, N.S. In total, Cornish and his associates designed 240 golf courses in North America and Europe.
In addition to being a course architect, Cornish worked as a greenskeeper at St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg.
He was also a Major in the Canadian Army during WWII from 1940-1945.
The two books—The Golf Course and The Architects of Golf—Cornish co-authored with Ronald Whitten are considered groundbreaking research materials on the architects of golf around the world. He also authored several other books.
Cornish was inducted to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1996 and his biography can be read HERE.