Coore & Crenshaw

The Muny Conservancy is about preservation, restoration, and education. We will restore the 141-acre course with the award-winning architecture firm Coore & Crenshaw.

In 2021 Bill Coore, ASGCA, and Ben Crenshaw were the recipients of the American Society of Golf Course Architects prestigious Donald Ross Award. The award is based on those that have made a significant contribution to the game of Golf and the profession of Golf Course architecture. Together the pair have designed some of the world’s most unique and well-respected golf courses, including Sand Hills Golf Club in Mullen, Neb.; Sheep Ranch Golf Course in Bandon, Ore.; Cabot Cliffs in Nova Scotia, Canada; Kapalua Plantation Course in Maui, Hawaii; Streamsong Resort Red Course in Fort Meade, Fla.; Friar’s Head in Riverhead, N.Y.; and the new Te Arai Links, New Zealand. Among their course renovations is Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C.

“Ben Crenshaw embodies everything you could ever ask for in a golf professional,” said ASGCA President Forrest Richardson. “When you combine his love for golf course architecture and his work with a respected golf course architect on an equal basis — hand-in-hand — there may be no better example of how the tour player can have a positive influence on the design of great golf courses.”

“Bill Coore has always taken time to mentor young designers. Generations to come will benefit from his unselfish effort to pass along his philosophy and approach to creating great golf experiences,” Richardson said. “Together, Ben and Bill demonstrate the great benefit that comes from collaboration in our profession, especially when the work is carried out with balance and respect.”