Coore

Bill Coore and former star pro player Ben Crenshaw, who are believed not to have bid on Rio, are known for gently integrating their courses into the landscape at such courses as Bandon Trails in Oregon.

If You Can't Wait for Rio 2012

"So much is based on the strategy of wide fairways," Coore told me.

A Classic Returns to Its Natural State Jeff Neuman 2011

Take, for example, the new Dormie Club near Pinehurst, N.C., with its strategic, 300-acre walking course designed by Bob Coore and Ben Crenshaw.

How to Infiltrate Forbidden Fairways John Paul Newport 2011

Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw Bill Coore and former star pro player Ben Crenshaw, who are believed not to have bid on Rio, are known for gently integrating their courses into the landscape at such courses as Bandon Trails in Oregon.

Fairway to Rio John Paul Newport 2012

The first name of Bill Coore, one of the designers of the Dormie Club near Pinehurst, N.C., was incorrectly given as Bob in Saturday's Golf Journal column.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

Coore and Crenshaw's Sand Hills in Nebraska, rated by Golfweek as the best U.S. course built since 1960, opened in 1996.

When Building a Course Makes Sense John Paul Newport 2011

Coore and Crenshaw also designed the other U.S. course scheduled to open next year, this one at Bandon Dunes, the hard-to-get-to golf mecca on the southern coast of Oregon.

When Building a Course Makes Sense John Paul Newport 2011

As architects it hired the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (Sand Hills, Friar's Head) to build one of the courses and Tom Doak (Pacific Dunes, Ballyneal) to build the other.

When Building a Course Makes Sense John Paul Newport 2011

Coore told me its total construction cost was $1.5 million.

When Building a Course Makes Sense John Paul Newport 2011

The first name of Bill Coore, one of the designers of the Dormie Club near Pinehurst, N.C., was incorrectly given as Bob in Saturday's Golf Journal column.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011