Colonie Golf & Country
Club's Architect
Geoffrey S. Cornish, ASGCA (fellow)
Geoffrey Cornish
received a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia
and a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts, both in
agronomy. His interest in golf course architecture was aroused upon
graduation in 1935, when he was hired to evaluate soils and find
topsoil on the Capilano GC under construction in West Vancouver, BC,
after two of his classmates had turned the job down in favor of
graduate school. He then trained for four years with golf architect
Stanley Thompson and was later employed for a short time as
greenkeeping superintendent at the St. Charles CC, Winnipeg, Canada.
During World War II
Cornish served with the Canadian Army Overseas, returning to become
an associate of Stanley Thompson in 1946 and '47. This was followed
by an association with Lawrence S. Dickinson, pioneer turfgrass
scientist, at the University of Massachusetts until 1952, when he
entered private practice as a golf architect.
By 1980 Cornish had
planned more courses in the New England states than any other
architect in history. He had also designed and remodeled layouts in
other parts of the United States, in Canada and in Europe. He was
the author of numerous articles on course design and turfgrass
subjects. In 1981 he received The Golf Course Superintendents
Association of America Distinguished Service Award and in 1982 The
Donald Ross Award.
In 1964 Cornish was
joined by William G. Robinson, who in 1977 established the firm of
Cornish and Robinson, Golf Course Designers, Ltd. of Calgary,
Alberta. Together they prepared the publication GOLF COURSE DESIGN:
AN INTRODUCTION, distributed by the National Golf Foundation. In
1983 he was joined by Brian M. Silva to establish the firm of
Cornish and Silva, which in 1995 became
Cornish, Silva and
Mungeam, Inc.
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Cornish is the
co-author of THE GOLF COURSE by Cornish and Whitten, the definitive
history of course architecture and a wide seller in the US and UK.
In 1993 THE GOLF COURSE was updated and reprinted as THE ARCHITECTS
OF GOLF. This book has been called, "the ultimate reference source
for anyone interested in golf."
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Cornish, Silva and
Mungeam, Inc. are designers of such fine courses as:
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Stow
Acres in Stow, Massachusetts, a GOLF
DIGEST top 75 public course
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Shaker
Hills in Harvard, Massachusetts which was named
Runner-Up by GOLF DIGEST as The Best New Public
Course to Open in 1992
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The
Captains Course, selected by GOLF DIGEST
as the Best Public Course to open in the USA in 1985 and
currently ranked in the Top 25 Public Courses in America by
GOLF DIGEST
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Cyprian
Keyes Golf Club, selected by GOLF DIGEST
as the Fifth Best New Affordable Public Courses for 1998
RENOVATION work includes
such outstanding courses as:
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Seminole
Golf Club in North Palm Beach, Florida
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Olympia
Fields Country Club in Chicago, site of the
1997 U.S. Senior Open and
2003 U.S. Open
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The
Broadmoor in Colorado in preparation for the
1995 U.S. Women's Open
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Jupiter
Island in Florida
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Lookout
Mountain in Georgia
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Myopia
Hunt Club in Massachusetts.
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