Alister MacKenzie

This article is about the golf course architect. For other persons with similar names, see Alistair Mackenzie (disambiguation).

Alister MacKenzie
Dr. Alister MacKenzie
Born(1870-08-30)30 August 1870
Normanton, Yorkshire, England
Died6 January 1934(1934-01-06) (aged 63)
NationalityBritish
Alma materCambridge University
OccupationArchitect
Design

Alister MacKenzie (30 August 1870 – 6 January 1934) was an English golf course architect whose course designs span four continents. Originally trained as a surgeon, MacKenzie served as a civilian physician with the British Army during the Boer War where he first became aware of the principles of camouflage. During the First World War, MacKenzie made his own significant contributions to military camouflage, which he saw as closely related to golf course design.[1]

MacKenzie is amongst the most famous golf architects in history.[2] He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and designed more than 50 golf courses, including three that remain in Golf Digest's 2022 Top 10 golf courses in the world: Augusta National Golf Club and Cypress Point Club in the US, and Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West Course) in Australia.[3]

  1. ^ MacKenzie 1920, pp. 128–131; Behrens 2009
  2. ^ Mrowice, Todd. "The Most Famous Golf Course Designers". Golf Link. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. ^ Szurlej, Ron Whitten,Stephen. "The World 100 Greatest Golf Courses – Golf Digest". Golf Digest. Retrieved 2 June 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)