About
Paul Albanese once authentically restored Golden Age-style bunkers at Christiana Creek Country Club by constructing them using horses, providing rare insight into early golf course construction methods.
Paul Albanese is a distinguished American golf course architect recognized for his innovative designs and global reach. A graduate of Cornell University, where he captained the golf team, Albanese later earned a master’s in landscape architecture from Harvard. His focus on golf course design began in academia, where he garnered a prestigious Penny White grant to study classic Scottish golf landscapes. Early in his career, he worked with Jerry Matthews in Michigan, playing key roles in acclaimed projects such as Timberstone Golf Course and contributing to highly praised courses like Mill Creek Golf Club and Quail Ridge. As co-founder of Albanese & Lutzke, he has designed courses not only across the U.S. but also internationally, including work in Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, and Morocco. Albanese is also known for deeply integrating Native American cultural landscapes into his designs, especially through award-winning resort developments such as Tatanka and Sage Run. He currently also serves as Director of Golf Course Architecture at the Edinburgh College of Art, mentoring future generations of golf architects.
