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Joe Lee was a prolific late-20th-century golf course architect. He worked on more than 200 golf courses in his career, including several dozen Florida golf courses.
Joe Lee was one of golf's most celebrated architects of the 20th century. Over his 40-plus year career, Lee left a mark on some 200 golf courses. A direct descendant of Civil War general Robert E. and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, Lee got his start in golf working for Dick Wilson. As Wilson's career and life petered out due to alcoholism, Lee ...
Oct 23, 2015 · Jack Nicklaus greatly admires this designer’s golf courses. So does Golf Digest architecture editor Ron Whitten, who wrote an entire book about his work titled, Joe Lee: 50 Years of Golf Design. His layouts have hosted scores of professional tournaments and thrilled everyday golfers for more than 60 years. It’s a wonder Joe Lee isn’t […]
Architect Jo Lee. “Gentleman Joe Lee” earned a reputation as a southern gent who designed and built player-friendly golf courses around the world including, Palm Beach National Golf and Country Club. His courses are known to challenge all levels of golfers. Blue Monster, LaCosta, Bay Hill, Cog Hill (Western Open) and Warwick Hills (Buick ...
Gentleman Joe Lee. For over 50 years, Mr. Joe Lee was a golf course architect and a consummate gentleman of the game. Joe Lee might be the greatest golf course architect you never heard of. Joe Lee remained surprisingly anonymous despite creating and renovating more than 250 golf courses (including both the Magnolia and Oak Golf Courses ...
There’s a reason Golf Links referred to us as “one of the best golf clubs along Florida’s southeast coast”. Bent Pine is the crown jewel of the 80 Florida courses designed by golf architect, “Gentleman” Joe Lee, who also co-designed Doral’s Blue Monster and Orlando’s Bay Hill, with his early partner, Dick Wilson.
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May 1, 2003 · Noted golf architect Joe Lee was being flown into Orlando by a course developer a few years back when he looked out the window and caught an awful eyeful. Down below was a smelly swamp with a sizab…
