Gil Hanse


Gilbert Hanse is an American golf course designer. Hanse, along with his business partner Jim Wagner, was selected to design the Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course, the first Olympic venue to host golf since 1904.

Education

Hanse attended secondary school at Hunter Tannersville High School in Tannersville, New York. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and his master's in landscape architecture from Cornell University in 1989. Hanse was the recipient of the William Frederick Dreer Award, which allowed him to spend a year in Great Britain studying the history of golf architecture.
File:Mossy Oak Golf Club sign architect Gil Hanse.jpg|thumb|Gil Hanse's project, Mossy Oak Golf Club, at Old Waverly in West Point, Mississippi

Golf Course Design

In 1993 Hanse founded Hanse Golf Course Design. His longtime design partner Jim Wagner joined the firm in 1995. Friend and golf historian Geoff Shackelford has also assisted in the design of several projects. Other members of the design team include Kevin Murphy, Ben Hillard, Bill Kittleman, Tom Naccarato, Amy Alcott. Hanse Golf Design's in house golf construction team is named Caveman Construction. He has mentored younger golf architects in various projects as shapers, notably Kyle Franz at The 2016 Rio Olympic Golf Course, Blake Conant at Oakland Hills Country Club, Kye Goalby at Pinehurst Number 4, Angela Moser at Los Angeles Country Club.

Golf Courses (Original Design)

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  • The Apogee Club, 2024
  • Applebrook Golf Club, 2001
  • Ban Rakat Club - Ballyshear, Thailand, 2021
  • Boston Golf Club, Hingham, Massachusetts, 2005
  • CapRock Ranch, Valentine, Nebraska, 2021
  • Craighead at Crail Golfing Society, Scotland, 1998
  • Castle Stuart, Scotland, 2009
  • Childress Hall, Texas, 2025
  • Circle T Ranch, Westlake, Texas, 2021
  • DAMAC Hills, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2016
  • Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Texas, 2023
  • French Creek Golf Club, Pennsylvania, 2004
  • Golf Club of DBI, Tennessee, 2023
  • High Grove, Florida, 2024
  • Inniscrone Golf Club, Pennsylvania, 1998
  • Jonathan's Landing Golf Club, Jupiter, Florida, 2021
  • Ladera, Thermal, California, 2022
  • Kinsale, Florida, 2024
  • Les Bordes, France 2021
  • Mossy Oak Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi, 2016
  • Ohoopee Match Club, Georgia, 2018
  • Olympic Golf Course, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 2016
  • Pinehurst, North Carolina, 2017
  • Prairie Club, Valentine, Nebraska, 2010
  • Rustic Canyon, California, 2002
  • Stonewall, Pennsylvania, 1992
  • Streamsong Black, Florida, 2017
  • The Park West Palm, Florida, 2023

    Golf Courses (Restoration)

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  • Burning Tree, Bethesda, Maryland, 2019
  • Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas, 2024
  • Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018
  • La Costa, 2024
  • Los Angeles Country Club, California, 2016
  • Maggie Hathaway, Los Angeles, California, 2023
  • Narin & Portnoo Links, Donegal, Ireland, 2020
  • Pinehurst, Pinehurst, North Carolina, 2016
  • Royal Sydney, Australia, 2023
  • Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California, 2024
  • Soule Park, Ojai, California, 2005
  • TPC Boston, Massachusetts, 2007
  • Sewanee: The University of the South Golf Course, 2013
  • Vineyard Golf Club, Massachusetts, 2015

    Golf Courses (Closed/No Longer Exist - NLE)

  • The Capstone Club, Brookwood, Alabama, Opened in 2002 – Closed in 2014
  • Tallgrass, Shoreham, New York, Opened in 2000 – Closed in 2017