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As a child, Bruce Borland was so passionate about golf that he built and meticulously maintained a putting green in his parents’ backyard, sparking the career that would make him a prominent golf course architect.
Bruce Borland was an influential American golf course architect born in 1958 in Peoria, Illinois. Fascinated with golf from a young age, he built a putting green in his backyard and later earned a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois. Borland began his career at several Chicago-based firms before founding his own design company, ProDesign, in 1989. His talent soon led him to join the renowned Jack Nicklaus at Golden Bear International (Nicklaus Design), where he became a senior design associate. Throughout his career, Borland contributed to the design and development of many acclaimed courses, including Colleton River Plantation in South Carolina, Barrington Golf Club in Ohio, and Coyote Creek Golf Club in Illinois. He was known for both his innovative approach and his dedication to advancing golf course architecture. Tragically, Borland's career was cut short in 1999 when he died in a plane crash alongside golfer Payne Stewart, leaving behind a significant legacy in golf course design.
