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Nov 25, 1921. In. Oviedo, Florida. Died. Apr 2003. About. The River Course at Grand Harbor in Vero Beach, Fla., typifies Joe Lee's golf course design style. Tim Gavrich/Golf Advisor. Joe Lee might be the most prolific golf course architect you've never heard of. Over his 40-plus year career, Lee would leave a mark on some 200 golf courses.
Just saw an article on usga.org that said that Joe Lee has passed away. Here is the link: Joe Lee and one quote from the article: Lee was involved in the design and renovation of more than 250 courses, including Doral’s Blue Monster, La Costa, and Bay Hill, collaborating with noted architect Dick Wilson in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Joe Lee was the consumate southern gentleman. He will be sorely missed. Ron Whitten's recent book is wonderful, and full of Joe's design philosophy, wit, and wisdom. It is available through Joe's Foundation. I can get information on this if anyone wishes. He was a very modest man, something unique to golf course architects. ian: I met Joe at ...
The mad scientist of golf course architecture, along with his wife Alice, who died at 91 in 2019, designed nine courses on Golf Digest's most recent ranking of 100 Greatest Courses, including...
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 · That’s where he met Dick Wilson, one of the era’s most prominent course designers. Lee and Wilson worked hand-in-hand on such fabled layouts as Cog Hill No. 4 near Chicago and Orlando’s Bay Hill, now Arnold Palmer’s home. When Wilson died in 1965, Lee set out on his own. The Indian Mound Course is one of golf course architect, Joe Lee ...
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 Open).
