Robert Trent Jones

Robert Trent Jones was born on June 20, 1906, in Ince-in-Makerfield, England, to Welsh parents. While at Cornell, Jones joined Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Fraternity. == Career ==

in upstate New York was designed by Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1936. Jones went into business with Canadian architect Stanley Thompson after concluding his studies at Cornell, and with him designed courses in Canada. Following his partnership with Thompson, Jones went into business on his own and began designing local courses in the United States in the 1930s. In 1955, Gene Hamm helped Jones build the Duke University Golf Course in Durham, North Carolina. He moved from there to Delaware to continue work with Jones, and then in 1959 moved back to Raleigh where he began his own design career. During the 1950s, Jones' annual income was reported as being $600,000—according to Golf Digest, no one other than Ben Hogan earned more money from golf at that time. Jones' clients included U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, for a putting green at the White House and a single hole at Camp David, as well as the Rockefeller family, Aga Khan and Hassan II of Morocco, for private courses. He was commissioned in 1990 to design a set of 18 courses in Alabama, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the largest single golf design contract in history. == Personal life ==

Jones was married to Ione Jones, who died in 1987 and with whom he had two sons: Robert Jr. and Rees, both of whom became golf course architects. == Death ==

Jones continued to design golf courses in his later years until health problems prompted him to retire to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he died on June 14, 2000, at age 93. His final course, the Southern Highlands Golf Club, was completed in 1999. == Awards and honors ==

• In 1987, Jones was honored with the Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. • In 1987, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. • In 1972, Jones was honored with the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. == See also ==