Alister MacKenzie (30 August 1870 – 6 January 1934) was an English golf course architect whose course designs span four continents. Originally trained as a surgeon, MacKenzie served as a civilian physician with the British Army during the Boer War where he first became aware of the principles of camouflage. During the First World War, MacKenzie made his own significant contributions to military camouflage, which he saw as closely related to golf course design.
MacKenzie is amongst the most famous golf architects in history. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and designed more than 50 golf courses, including three that remain in Golf Digest‘s 2022 Top 10 golf courses in the world: Augusta National Golf Club and Cypress Point Club in the US, and Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West Course) in Australia.
Course chronology
1907 – Alwoodley Golf Club, Leeds, England
Alwoodley Golf Club was the first of MacKenzies great course designs
1909 – Moortown Golf Club, Leeds, England
Originally designed by Dr Alister MacKenzie, Moortown is set in 175 acres of dramatically contrasting mainly level woodland and moorland.
1912 – Reddish Vale Golf Course, Stockport, England
1913 – Castletown Golf Links, Isle of Man
1913 – Dewsbury District Golf Club, West Yorkshire, England
Dewsbury District Golf Club
1913 – Garforth Golf Club, Leeds, England
1913 – Hazel Grove Golf Club, Cheshire, England
1913 – Headingley Golf Club, Leeds, England (renovations)
1913 – Horsforth Golf Club, Leeds, England (renovations)
1913 – Sitwell Park Golf Club, Rotherham, England
1914 – Darlington Golf Club, County Durham England (new course)
1914 – Oakdale Golf Club, Harrogate, England
1914 – Crosland Heath Golf Club, Linthwaite, England
1917 – Nelson Golf Club, Nelson, Lancashire England
1919 – Sutton Coldfield Golf Club, North Warwickshire, England
1920 – Bury Golf Club, Unsworth, England
1920 – Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club, Felixstowe, England
1920 – Wetherby Golf Club, Leeds England
Wetherby Golf Club
1921 – Cleckheaton & District Golf Club, Bradford, England (new course)
1921 – Walsall Golf Club, West Midlands, England
1921 – Fulwell Golf Club, England (renovations)
1921 – The Portland Course at the Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland
1921 – Weston-super-Mare Golf Club, Weston-super-Mare, England (redesign)
1922 – Hadley Wood Golf Course, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire[22]
1922 – Sand Moor Golf Club, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1922 – Stanmore Golf Club, Middlesex, England
1922 – Pitreavie (Dunfermline) Golf Club, Fife, Scotland
1922 – Bonnyton Golf Club, Eaglesham, Scotland
1922 – Campo de Golf de la Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1924 – Duff House Royal Golf Club, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1924 – Temple Newsam Golf Club, Leeds, England
1924 – Douglas Golf Club, Cork, Ireland
1927 – Cork Golf Club, Cork, Ireland
1924 – Muskerry Golf Club, Cork, Ireland
1924 – Bolton Old Links Golf Club, Bolton, Lancashire
1924 – Teignmouth Golf Club, Devon, England
1925 – Seaton Carew Golf Club Course, Seaton Carew, Durham County, England
Seaton Carew Golf Club – A Dr Alister MacKenzie masterpiece
1925 – Stanley Park Golf Course, Stanley Park, Blackpool, England
1925 – South Moor golf club (course re-design)
1925 – Ravensworth Golf Club, Gateshead, England (re-design)
1925 – Galway Golf Club, Galway, Ireland.
1925 – Low Laithes Golf Club, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
1925 – Cavendish Golf Club, Buxton, Derbyshire, England
1925 – Willingdon Golf Club, Eastbourne, England
1925 – Rhayader Golf Club, Cwmdauddwr, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales
1925 – Faversham Golf Club, Kent England – redesign
1926 – Titirangi Golf Club, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand
1926 – Royal Adelaide Golf Club, Adelaide, Australia
1926 – The Worcestershire Golf Club, Malvern, Worcestershire, England
1926 – The Flinders Golf Club, Flinders, Victoria, Australia (consultant on existing design)
1926 – Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Australia
1926 – New South Wales Golf Club, Sydney, Australia
1926 – Royal Queensland Golf Club, Brisbane, Australia
1927 – Worcester Golf & Country Club, Worcester, England
1927 – Hazlehead Park (MacKenzie Championship Course), Aberdeen, Scotland
1927 – Limerick Golf Club, Limerick, Ireland
1927 – Lahinch Golf Club (Old Course), Ireland
1927 – Blairgowrie Golf Club (Rosemount Course), Perth and Kinross, Scotland
1927 – Meadow Club, Fairfax, California, USA
1927 – Redlands Country Club, Redlands, California, USA
1927 – Douglas Golf Course, Pulrose, Isle of Man
1928 – The Valley Club of Montecito Santa Barbara, California, USA
1928 – Cypress Point Club, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA
1928 – Northwood Golf Club, Monte Rio, California, USA
1928 – Fray Bentos Golf Club, Fray Bentos, Rio Negro, Uruguay
1928 – Libertad Golf Club, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
1929 – Nenagh Golf Club, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
1929 – Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz, California, USA
1929 – Claremont Country Club, Oakland, California, USA
1929 – Crystal Downs Country Club, Frankfort, Michigan, USA
1930 – Jockey Club (Buenos Aires) de San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1930 – Club de Golf del Uruguay (Punta Carretas), Montevideo, Uruguay
1930 – Green Hills Country Club, Millbrae, California, USA
1931 – Bingley St Ives Golf Course, Harden, Bingley, West Yorkshire, England
1931 – Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course) at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1931 – St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba; MacKenzie Nine
1931 – University of Michigan Golf Course, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
1931 – Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West Course), Melbourne, Australia
1932 – Sharp Park Golf Course, Pacifica, California, USA
1932 – Haggin Oaks Golf Course, Sacramento, California, USA
1932 – Pontefract and District Golf Club, West Yorkshire, England which incorporated a number of classic Mackenzie greens
1933 – Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, USA
