Tom Dunn (golf course architect)

Thomas Dunn
Tom Dunn, c. 1889
Personal information
Born(1849-12-29)29 December 1849
Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
DiedMay 1902 (aged 52)
Blagdon, Somerset, England
Sporting nationality Scotland
SpouseIsabella Gourlay
ChildrenIsabella May Gourlay Dunn
John Duncan Dunn
Seymour Dunn
Norah Eleanor Dunn
Career
Turned professional1869
Best results in major championships
The Open Championship6th: 1868

Thomas Dunn (29 December 1849[1] – May 1902[2]) was a golfer, golf club maker and prolific architect of many golf courses in the early 20th century. Less celebrated than his contemporary, Old Tom Morris, Dunn created many functional layouts and helped lead the development of courses away from the coast into inland heathland locations, notably many around London.[3] In total, Dunn had four top-10 finishes in the Open Championship.

  1. ^ "Births at Inveresk and Musselburgh". OPR Births 689/00 0170 0254. ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Obituary". The Times. 9 May 1902. p. 10.
  3. ^ Graves, Robert Muir; Cornish, Geoffrey S. (23 July 1998). Golf Course Design. John Wiley & Sons. p. 4. ISBN 9780471137849.