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Steve Smyers Honors

Architect of the Year:
iGolf, America Online, 1996

Leading Architect of “The Next Generation”: Golf World Special Report, ‘94
Ranked among “The Game’s Leading Architects”: Golf World Special Report, ‘98
Member of American Society of Golf Course Architects since 1989
American Society of Golf Course Architects Board of Governers
United States Golf Association Executive Committee Member 2006
USGA Equipment Standards Committee Member
USGA Championship Committee Member
USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Committee –Chairperson
USGA Green Section Committee Member
USGA ITS Committee Member
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Chart Hills Golf Club London, England

Best New Course in the British Isles: Golf World (UK), 1993
Best Inland Course in the British Isles: Following the Fairways, 1996
Featured as a “Great Golf Course of the British Isles”; LINKS Magazine, ‘98
European PGA Qualifer site – annually
European LPGA Ford Ladies Open site – ‘95
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Wolf Run Golf Club Indianapolis, Indiana

Featured as a “Modern Classic”: LINKS Magazine 1996
First Golf Course sanctioned by: The Audubon Society
100 Best Modern Golf Courses (No. 28): iGolf, America Online 1996
In Top 50 - 100 Best Modern Courses in America: GOLFWEEK
– every year ‘97

No. 15 Ranking - 100 Best Modern Courses in America: GOLFWEEK, ‘00
No. 4 in Indiana - Golf Digest’s Top State Golf Courses ’96, ‘04
No. 6 in Indiana - Golf Digest’s Top State Golf Courses ‘98
No. 3 in Indiana - Golf Digest’s Top State Golf Courses ‘05
PGA Indiana Sectional Championship site – ‘91
USGA Qualifier site – ’91, ‘92, ’93, ’94, ‘04
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The Members Club At Four Streams Golf Beallsville, Maryland

Host of Middle Atlantic Amateur Championship, ‘99
Host of Professional Golf Association Toyota Challenge
– Mid Atlantic Section, ‘99
Host of Mason Dixon Challenge Match – ‘03
Site of USGA Mid Amateur Qualifier – ‘03
No. 8 in Maryland - Golf Digest’s Top State Golf Courses ‘04
No. 5 in Maryland - Golf Digest’s Top State Golf Courses ‘05
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Kokopelli Golf Club, Marion, Illinois

No. 2 Ranking – Best Buys in Public Access Golfing:
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, ‘01
No. 10 Ranking – America’s Best in Illinois: GOLFWEEK ‘02
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Royal Harare Golf Club Harare, Zimbabwe

No. 1 in Zimbabwe - Golf Digest’s Top Courses ‘05
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Old Memorial Golf Club Tampa, Florida

No. 55 Ranking - 100 Best Modern Courses in America: GOLFWEEK, ‘00
Featured as a Modern Classic Course: LINKS Magazine, ‘99
No. 68 Ranking – GOLF, Top 100 Courses In The U.S., ‘99
No. 7 Ranking – America’s Best New Private Courses: GolfDigest, ‘98
Resource Regulation Design Excellence:
Southwest Florida Water Management Dist.
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Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club, Pokolbin, N.S.W., Australia

Top 20 Resort Golf Course in Australia: AUSTRALIAN GOLF
No. 96 Australia’s Top 100: AUSTRALIAN GOLF DIGEST, ‘03
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Southern Dunes Golf Club Orlando, Florida

10 Most Influential Courses Built in the Last Ten Years:
LINKS Magazine, ‘98
Top 50 Ranking – Best Public Courses in the U.S.: GOLFWEEK, ‘99
No. 78 Ranking - 100 Best Modern Courses in America: GOLFWEEK, ‘00
No. 6 Ranking – America’s Best Florida Public Access Courses
GOLFWEEK, ‘05
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Isleworth Country Club Windermere, Florida

Ranking - Top 100 Residential Courses in America: GOLFWEEK, ‘04
Site of Tavistock Cup – ‘05
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Blue Heron Pines East Atlantic County,
New Jersey

No. 7 Ranking – America’s Best in New Jersey: GOLFWEEK, ‘05
Host of United States Golf Association Public Links Championship, ‘03
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LochenHeath Golf Course, Traverse City, Michigan

No. 7 Ranking – America’s Best in Michigan: GOLFWEEK, ‘02
U.S. Mid Amateur Qualifier site – ‘05
No. 2 Ranking - Top 10 Places You Can Play: GOLF ‘01
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Grande Pines Golf Course, Orlando, Florida

Runner-Up, Renovation of the Year - GOLF INC., ‘04
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Royce Brook Golf Club, Hillsborough, New Jersey

Ranked 2nd Best Daily Fee Course in New Jersey – ‘99
West Course No. 4 ranking – America’s Best in New Jersey:
GOLFWEEK, ‘05
East Course No. 8 ranking – America’s Best in New Jersey:
GOLFWEEK, ‘05
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Links at Heartland Crossing, Indianapolis, Indiana

Host of Indiana Golf Association Mid Amateur
Better Ball Championship, ‘99
Host of United States Golf Association’s Mid Amateur Qualifier, ‘99

Ranked on GOLF DIGEST’s Top 200, ‘03
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