Designers

SCRATCHED

May 2026
Golden Age (pre-1937) · 1870–1934

Alister MacKenzie

English physician turned golf architect, MacKenzie wrote the foundational text on design (The Spirit of St Andrews) and laid out three of the most celebrated courses in the world on three different continents in his short career.

Spectacular natural-looking bunkers and width that rewards angles.
Most notable: Augusta National · Cypress Point · Royal Melbourne West · Crystal Downs · Kingston Heath
10 courses in the catalog
  1. 1
    Royal Melbourne Golf Club
    Australia · 1931
  2. 2
    Augusta National Golf Club
    Augusta · Georgia · United States · 1933
  3. 3
    Turnberry
    United Kingdom · 1906
  4. 4
    Kingston Heath Golf Club
    Cheltenham · Australia · 1925
  5. 5
    Crystal Downs Country Club
    Michigan · United States · 1933
  6. 6
    New South Wales Golf Club
    La Perouse, Sydney · New South Wales · Australia · 1926
  7. 7
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    Victoria Golf Club
    Cheltenham · Australia · 1903
  8. 8
    Cypress Point Golf Course
    Pebble Beach · California · United States · 1928
  9. 9
    The Metropolitan Golf Club
    Oakleigh South · Australia · 1908
  10. 10
    Paraparaumu Beach Golf Course
    New Zealand · 1929