About
Watson’s very first design experience was helping create The Links at Spanish Bay, now a highly regarded true-links style course in the U.S., reflecting his deep appreciation and success on British links courses.
Tom Watson, renowned as both a championship golfer and a respected golf course architect, began his design career in the mid-1980s by collaborating with Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Sandy Tatum on The Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach. His extensive understanding of the game, built on a storied playing career that includes multiple major titles, informs his design ethos. As a golf course architect, Watson has crafted or renovated more than a dozen courses globally, with major projects such as The National Golf Club of Kansas City, Cassique at Kiawah Island, renovations to The Old Course at Ballybunion, and the Tom Watson Golf Course in Miyazaki, Japan. His signature approach emphasizes beauty, strategic challenge, environmental sensitivity, and playability for golfers of all skill levels. Golfers consistently praise his courses for memorable experiences and creative shot values, always aiming to inspire a desire to play again and again.
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