词条 | Desmond Muirhead |
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| name = Desmond Muirhead | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = March 23, 1923 | birth_place = Norwich, U.K. | death_date = May 2, 2002 | death_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = University of Cambridge University of British Columbia University of Oregon | employer = | occupation = Golf course designer | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Helen Muirhead | children = 3 daughters | parents = | relatives = | box_width = }} Gordon Desmond Muirhead (March 23, 1923 – May 2, 2002) was an English-born American golf course designer. Early lifeDesmond Muirhead was born on March 23, 1923 in Norwich, England.[1] He graduated from the University of Cambridge, the University of British Columbia and the University of Oregon.[1] CareerMuirhead designed many golf courses, including the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.[2] With Jack Nicklaus, he designed Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.[2] According to the Honolulu Advertiser, he "became one of the most respected golf course designers" in the United States.[1] An article in Golf Digest suggested that Muirhead "showed chutzpah in drawing inspiration from art, literature and Mother Nature but went off the deep end with fish bunkers and mermaid holes."[3] Personal life and deathMuirhead had a wife, Helen, and three daughters.[1] They resided in Newport Beach, California, where he died on May 2, 2002.[1] He was 79.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|last1=Lum|first1=Curtis|title=Golf-course designer Desmond Muirhead dead at 79|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Jul/30/ln/ln39a.html|accessdate=April 12, 2018|work=Honolulul Advertiser|date=July 30, 2002}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Muirhead, Desmond}}{{US-golf-bio-stub}}2. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Desmond Muirhead|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/190140553/?terms=%22Desmond%2BMuirhead%22|accessdate=April 12, 2018|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=May 23, 2002|page=D10|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Whitten|first1=Ron|last2=McLeod|first2=Kagan|title=Why the lack of innovation?|url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/whitten-course-critic-rant|accessdate=April 12, 2018|work=Golf Digest|date=September 13, 2010}} 9 : 1923 births|2002 deaths|People from Norwich|People from Newport Beach, California|English emigrants to the United States|Alumni of the University of Cambridge|University of British Columbia alumni|University of Oregon alumni|Golf course architects |
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