{{Short description|American golf course architect}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox person |name=Tom Fazio |image=Tom Fazio at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club (cropped).jpg |caption=Fazio in 2015 |image_size= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1945|2|10}} |birth_name= Thomas Fazio |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |occupation=Golf course architect }} '''Thomas Fazio''' (born February 10, 1945) is an American [[golf course architect]].<ref name=interview>{{cite magazine |last=Ginella |first=Matt |title=Q&A with Tom Fazio |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tomfazio |magazine=[[Golf Digest]]|access-date=February 16, 2021 |date=April 27, 2009}}</ref>
Fazio graduated in 1962 from [[Lansdale Catholic High School]] and was inducted into its hall of fame in 2007. He began his career in [[golf course design]] with his family's firm in suburban [[Philadelphia]], which he left in the 1960s; he established his own firm in [[Jupiter, Florida]] in 1972. He is the nephew of [[George Fazio]], who often credited Tom with jump-starting his own career in golf course architecture.<ref name=interview/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dunne |first=Thomas |title=The Philosophy of Tom Fazio |url=https://www.linksmagazine.com/the_essential_tom_fazio/ |magazine=[[Links (magazine)|Links]]|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>
Fazio has designed more than 200 courses, 46 of which have been ranked by ''[[Golf Digest]]'' in their greatest 200 courses in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hennessey |first=Stephen |title=Tom Fazio discusses big budgets, the evolution of course design and why golf in the Ozarks should be on your radar |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tom-fazio-discusses-big-budgets-the-evolution-of-course-design-and-why-golf-in-the-ozarks-should-be-on-your-radar |magazine=[[Golf Digest]]|access-date=February 16, 2021 |date=February 5, 2019}}</ref> His individual honors include "Best Modern Day Golf Course Architect", which he received from ''Golf Digest'' three times. In 1995, Fazio became the second course architect to receive the [[Old Tom Morris]] Award—the highest recognition awarded by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
==Notable golf courses designed by Tom Fazio== The following is a partial list of courses designed by Fazio:
*''OD'' denotes courses for which Fazio is the original designer *''R'' denotes courses reconstructed by Fazio
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Name ! Contribution ! Year built ! City / Town ! State / Province ! Country ! Comments |- | [[Old Overton Club]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1993 || [[Vestavia Hills, Alabama|Vestavia Hills]] || [[Alabama]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- |[[Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck|Trump National GC Colts Neck]] | align="center" |R | align="center" |2005 |[[Colts Neck Township, New Jersey|Colts Neck Township]] |[[New Jersey]] |{{flagicon|United States}} United States |Reconstructed by Fazio in 2009 |- | {{sort|Estancia Club|[[The Estancia Club]]}} || align=center|OD || align=center|1995 || [[Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale]] || [[Arizona]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | Pelican Hill GC (North Course, South Course) || align=center|OD || align=center|2008 || [[Newport Coast, Newport Beach |Newport Coast]], [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]] || [[California]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || 36 holes |- | Oak Creek GC || align="center" |OD || || [Irvine, California |[[Irvine, California|Irvine]]|| [[California]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || Risk of closure |- | [[Primm Valley Golf Club|Primm Valley GC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1997 || [[Nipton, California|Nipton]] || [[California]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || Closed |- | Rams Hill GC || align=center|OD || align=center| || [[Borrego Springs, California|Borrego Springs]] || [[California]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | {{sort|Preserve GC|[[Santa Lucia Preserve|The Preserve GC]]}} || align=center|OD || align=center|1999 || [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Diedrich |first1=Richard J. |title=The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse |date=2008 |publisher=Images Publishing Group |location=Mulgrave, Vic. |isbn=9781864702231 |page=244 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WONgTVIO_0C&dq=%22Santa+Lucia+Preserve%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA244 |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> || [[California]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Lake Nona Golf & Country Club|Lake Nona G&CC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1986 || [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] || [[Florida]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[PGA National Resort]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1980 || [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida|Palm Beach Gardens]] || [[Florida]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Conway Farms Golf Club|Conway Farms GC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1991 || [[Lake Forest, Illinois|Lake Forest]] || [[Illinois]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Victoria National Golf Course|Victoria National GC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1996 || [[Newburgh, Indiana|Newburgh]] || [[Indiana]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Squire Creek Country Club|Squire Creek CC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|2002 || [[Choudrant, Louisiana|Choudrant]] || [[Louisiana]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Shadow Creek Golf Course|Shadow Creek GC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1990 || [[Las Vegas]] || [[Nevada]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | Hudson National GC || align=center|OD || align=center| || [[Croton-on-Hudson, New York|Croton-on-Hudson]] || [[New York (state)|New York]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Pinehurst Resort]] No. 6 and No. 8 || align=center|OD || align=center|1979; 1996 || [[Pinehurst, North Carolina|Pinehurst]] || [[North Carolina]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Quail Hollow Club]] || align=center|R || align=center|1959 || [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] || [[North Carolina]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Firestone Country Club|Firestone CC]] (West Course) || align=center|OD || align=center|1989 || [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]] || [[Ohio]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Sand Ridge Golf Club|Sand Ridge GC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1998 || [[Munson Township, Geauga County, Ohio|Munson Township]] || [[Ohio]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | Sawmill Creek GC || align=center|OD || align=center| || [[Huron, Ohio|Huron]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glaser |first1=Susan |title=Cedar Point reopens nature-themed Sawmill Creek, a newly renovated resort without the roller coaster vibes |url=https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2022/06/cedar-point-reopens-nature-themed-sawmill-creek-a-newly-renovated-resort-without-the-roller-coaster-vibes.html |website=cleveland.com}}</ref> || [[Ohio]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Karsten Creek]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1994 || [[Stillwater, Oklahoma|Stillwater]] || [[Oklahoma]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | [[Congaree Golf Club|Congaree GC]] || align="center" |OD || align=center|2018 || [[Ridgeland, South Carolina|Ridgeland]] || [[South Carolina]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- |Osprey Point | align="center" | | align="center" | |[[Kiawah Island]] |South Carolina |{{flagicon|United States}} United States | |- | [[TPC of Myrtle Beach]] || align=center|OD || align=center|1999 || [[Burgess, South Carolina|Burgess]] || [[South Carolina]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |- | {{sort|National GC of Canada|[[The National Golf Club of Canada|The National GC of Canada]]}} || align=center|OD || align=center|1975 || [[Woodbridge,_Ontario|Woodbridge]] || [[Ontario]] || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]] || |- | [[Corales Golf Course|Corales GC]] || align=center|OD || align=center|2010 || [[Punta Cana]] || [[La Altagracia Province]] || {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Dominican Republic]] || |- | [[Adare Manor]] || align=center|R || align=center|2015 || [[County Limerick]]<ref name="gm">{{cite web |last1=Tremlett |first1=Sam |title=What Courses Has Tom Fazio Designed? |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/the-game/what-courses-has-tom-fazio-designed-187296 |website=Golf Monthly |access-date=February 16, 2021 |date=October 17, 2019}}</ref> || [[Munster]] || {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Ireland]] || |- | [[Augusta Municipal Golf Course|Augusta Municipal GC]] || align=center|R || align=center|2026 || [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] || [[Georgia, United States|Georgia]] || {{flagicon|United States}} United States || |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://golfarchitects.lib.msu.edu/faziot/index.html ASGCA Architect's Gallery - Tom Fazio entry] *[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldtalklive/2007/11/09/World-Talk-LIVE-Special-Guest-Tom-Fazio/ Tom Fazio Interview with Brett Cohen on World Talk LIVE!] *[http://www.jonathanslandingrealestate.com Jonathan's Landing - Jupiter, Florida Community With Course Designed By Tom Fazio] *[http://asgca.org/members/82?mid=61 American Society of Golf Course Architects profile]
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