Donald Maclennan Arklay Steel (born 23 August 1937) is a former golfer and is a noted golf course designer, as well as being a writer and journalist. Educated at Fettes College and Christ's College, Cambridge,[1] he has designed a large number of golf courses[2] or modifications to existing courses, mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[3] Several late 20th century and early 21st century golf course architects worked under Steel in their early careers, among them Martin Ebert, Jonathan Gaunt, Tom Mackenzie.
Steel has also written a number of books about golf. He was golf correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph from its launch in 1961 until 1989, and has written for Country Life since 1983.[4] In 1957, he played cricket for Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship, making six appearances.[5]