Featured architects
Mike DeVries
Michigan sand, glacial ground, and a caddie's eye
- Born
- Michigan, USA
- Years active
- 1990s–present
- Works
- A small, closely watched body of work
- Era
- Contemporary
Why the name endures
Raised in Michigan and educated at Lake Forest College, DeVries came to design by way of a love of the game and apprenticeships with Tom Doak and Tom Fazio. His courses read the glacial landforms of the upper Midwest closely, and his greens have a reputation among architecture students for boldness.
Design principles
- Read the glacial land before drawing a single hole
- Greens bold enough to be the memory of the round
- Rugged, unmanicured hazard edges
Surviving work
Courses to see
The Kingsley Club
Michigan, USA
Sandy, wind-blown ground and severe, brilliant greens.
Greywalls
Michigan, USA
Rock outcrops above Lake Superior.
Cape Wickham
King Island, Australia
With Darius Oliver: a coastline as good as any in golf.