Featured architects
King Collins Design
Tad King and Rob Collins, golf's boldest small crew
- Born
- Partnership formed 2010s
- Years active
- 2010s–present
- Works
- A short but influential list
- Era
- Contemporary
Why the name endures
Tad King, in golf construction since 1986, and Rob Collins built Sweetens Cove — nine holes on a Tennessee floodplain — largely with their own hands and almost no budget, and produced the most talked-about new course in America. Their work is unashamedly bold: huge greens, wild contour and no interest in convention.
Design principles
- Design and build with the same hands
- Greens of extreme size and contour as the main event
- Ambition unconstrained by budget or convention
Surviving work
Courses to see
Sweetens Cove
Tennessee, USA
Nine holes that changed expectations for small-budget golf.
Landmand
Nebraska, USA
Vast loess hills and greens measured in acres.
Ozarks National (consulted)
Missouri, USA
Ridge-and-holler golf in the Ozark hills.