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rthur Hills has been designing golf courses for over twenty-five years, with many gaining national recognition. In January 1992, Golf Digest honored Arthur Hills by naming The Golf Club of Georgia (Atlanta) and Harbour Pointe (Seattle) as "Best New Private Course" and "Best New Public Course" of 1991.

In January 1995, Golf Digest named The Thoroughbred at Double JJ Resort (Rothbury, MI) one of America’s Top Three "Best New Resort" courses and The Sanctuary Golf Club (Sanibel Island, FL) as one of the top ten "Best New Private" courses of 1994.

The Champions in Lexington, Kentucky, is currently ranked #1 in the state and played host to the 1993 Men’s NCAA Championship and 1994 USGA Senior Amateur Championship. Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, California has hosted the nationally televised SKINS GAME since 1992. The Golf Club of Georgia is the home of the Nationwide Championship on the Senior PGA Tour while Egypt Valley Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan annually hosts the First of America Senior PGA Tour event.

The Arthur Hills Course at Palmetto Dunes and Palmetto Hall Plantation are two of Hilton Head Island’s outstanding courses. Bonita Bay’s new Bay Island course in Bonita Springs, Florida is sure to make it’s mark among Florida’s Top Ten. The TPC at Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Florida has cracked the Golf Digest Top 100 list and is ranked in the top 10 courses in Florida. The Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, TX was named one of the Top Ten Best New Public courses by Golf Magazine in 1994.

Wingpointe in Salt Lake City, Utah; River Islands Golf Club outside of Knoxville, Tennessee; Walking Stick in Pueblo, Colorado; Windsor Parke in Jacksonville, Florida; The Legacy at Green Valley Las Vegas, Nevada and Legacy Ridge Golf Course in Westminster, Colorado are just a few of Hills’ public courses deserving of national recognition. Hills is currently designing a course for the new LPGA International Resort in Daytona Beach, FL.

To date, Hills has designed over 150 courses, plus another 100 or so which he has renovated. Many of the classic courses that have hosted major championships retain Arthur Hills as their golf course architect because of his reputation as a traditionalist. Hills was instrumental in helping Oakmont prepare for the 1994 U.S. Open and worked with Oakland Hills as the club prepared for the 1996 U.S. Open. Hills also played an important consulting role with Inverness as the club prepared for the 1993 PGA Championship.

What makes a great golf course architect? "Education, a good knowledge and appreciation of the game, a sense of golf’s history, and plenty of energy," says Hills, and he adds, "an accommodating family, no aversion to travel, an ability to get along with people and some artistic aptitude.

Hills graduated from Michigan State University in 1953 with a degree in Horticulture. He was a member of the MSU varsity golf team. After service with the U.S. Armed Forces, he obtained his Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Michigan. One of Hill’s greatest honors came in 1990 when both universities hired him to renovate their respective courses.