# Arthur Hills

Arthur Hills (1930 – May 18, 2021) was an American golf course designer. He designed more than 200 new golf courses, including private, resort, upscale, and public golf courses around the world. In addition, Arthur Hills' firm, Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates, has been requested to renovate or modify more than 120 courses, including some of the country's most renowned clubs, often in preparation for major USGA and PGA Championships.

## Early life and education

Hills was born in 1930 in Toledo, Ohio. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Agronomy) in 1953 and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan.

## Career

Hills designed his first golf course in 1967: the course was Brandywine Country Club in Toledo, Ohio. Hills stated that his main goal when designing a golf course was to make it playable for everyone of every skill level. Hills designed golf courses in Portugal (2001), Croatia (2012), and Sweden.
Hills later served as chief designer for Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates. Much of the work that he performed was redesigning golf courses.

## Courses designed

The following is a partial list of courses designed by Arthur Hills:
* OD denotes courses for which Hills is the original designer
* R denotes courses reconstructed by Hills
* A denotes courses for which Hills made substantial additions
* E denotes courses that Hills examined and on the construction of which he consulted
| Name | Contribution | Year Built | City / Town | State / Province | Country | Comments |
| Heritage Highlands G&CC | OD | 1997 | Tucson | Arizona | United States | New private 18 holes |
| Palm Valley GC | OD | 1993 | Phoenix | Arizona | United States | New public 18 holes |
| San Ignacio GC | OD | 1989 | Green Valley | Arizona | United States | New public 18 holes |
| Bighorn GC (Mountains Course) | OD | | Palm Desert | California | United States | |
| Black Gold GC | OD | | Yorba Linda | California | United States | |
| CrossCreek GC | OD | | Temecula | California | United States | |
| Half Moon Bay Golf Links (Ocean Course) | OD | | Half Moon Bay | California | United States | |
| Journey at Pechanga | OD | | Temecula | California | United States | |
| Glacier Club (Valley Course) | OD | | Durango | Colorado | United States | |
| Heritage Eagle Bend GC | OD | | Aurora | Colorado | United States | |
| Legacy Ridge GC | OD | | Westminster | Colorado | United States | |
| Walking Stick GC | OD | | Pueblo | Colorado | United States | |
| Heritage Shores | OD | | Bridgeville | Delaware | United States | |
| Plantation Lakes G&CC | OD | | Millsboro | Delaware | United States | |
| White Clay Creek CC | OD | | Wilmington | Delaware | United States | |
| American GC | OD | | Vero Beach | Florida | United States | |
| Club Pelican Bay | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| Colliers Reserve | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| Coral Oaks GC | OD | | Cape Coral | Florida | United States | |
| CC at Mirasol | OD | | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | United States | |
| Deer Creek GC | OD | | Deerfield Beach | Florida | United States | |
| Fiddler's Creek | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| Forest Glen G&CC | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| FoxFire CC | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| Heron Creek GC | OD | | North Port | Florida | United States | |
| LPGA International Legends | OD | | Daytona Beach | Florida | United States | |
| Miami Beach GC | OD | | Miami Beach | Florida | United States | |
| Miromar Lakes Beach and GC | OD | | Miromar Lakes | Florida | United States | Signature golf course |
| Myerlee CC | OD | 1972 | Fort Myers | Florida | United States | Top 100 golf |
| Palencia Club | OD | | St. Augustine | Florida | United States | |
| Palmetto-Pine CC | OD | | Cape Coral | Florida | United States | |
| Quail Creek CC | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| River Strand G&CC | OD | | Bradenton | Florida | United States | |
| Stoneybrook at Palmer Ranch | OD | | Sarasota | Florida | United States | |
| Stoneybrook G&CC of Sarasota | OD | | Sarasota | Florida | United States | |
| Stoneybrook West GC | OD | | Winter Garden | Florida | United States | |
| Tampa Palms G&CC | OD | | Tampa | Florida | United States | |
| The GC at Cypress Head | OD | | Port Orange | Florida | United States | |
| The Groves Course | OD | | Sarasota | Florida | United States | The Meadows CC |
| The Preserve at Ironhorse | OD | | West Palm Beach | Florida | United States | |
| The Sanctuary GC | OD | | Sanibel Island | Florida | United States | |
| TPC Treviso Bay | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| Vista Plantation | OD | | Vero Beach | Florida | United States | |
| Wilderness CC | OD | | Naples | Florida | United States | |
| Olde Atlanta GC | OD | | Suwanee | Georgia | United States | |
| The GC of Georgia | OD | | Alpharetta | Georgia | United States | |
| The Standard Club | OD | | Johns Creek | Georgia | United States | |
| Towne Lake Hills GC | OD | | Woodstock | Georgia | United States | |
| The Hawthorns G&CC | OD | | Fishers | Indiana | United States | |
| Bolingbrook GC | OD | | Bolingbrook | Illinois | United States | |
| Chicago Highlands | OD | | Westchester | Illinois | United States | |
| Stonewall Orchard GC | OD | | Grayslake | Illinois | United States | |
| Tallgrass CC | OD | | Wichita | Kansas | United States | |
| Champion Trace GC | OD | | Nicholasville | Kentucky | United States | |
| Persimmon Ridge | OD | | Louisville | Kentucky | United States | |
| University Club of Kentucky | OD | | Lexington | Kentucky | United States | |
| Blue Mash GC | OD | | Olney | Maryland | United States | |
| Manor CC | OD | | Rockville | Maryland | United States | |
| Maryland National GC | OD | | Middletown | Maryland | United States | |
| River Downs GC | OD | | Finksburg | Maryland | United States | |
| The Links at Lighthouse Sound | OD | | Bishopville | Maryland | United States | |
| Waverly Woods GC | OD | | Marriottsville | Maryland | United States | |
| Woodmont CC | OD | | Rockville | Maryland | United States | |
| Bay Harbor Golf Club | OD | | Bay Harbor | Michigan | United States | 27 holes |
| Double JJ Resort | OD | | Rothbury | Michigan | United States | |
| Egypt Valley CC | OD | | Ada | Michigan | United States | |
| Fieldstone GC | OD | | Auburn Hills | Michigan | United States | |
| Fox Hills GC | OD | | Plymouth | Michigan | United States | |
| Giant Oaks GC | OD | 1969 | Temperance | Michigan | United States | Top 100 golf |
| Glacier Club GC | OD | | Washington | Michigan | United States | |
| HawksHead Links | OD | | South Haven | Michigan | United States | |
| Lakes of Taylor GC | OD | | Taylor | Michigan | United States | |
| Leslie Park GC | R | | Ann Arbor | Michigan | United States | Voted Michigan's Best Municipal Course by Golf Digest |
| Lyon Oaks GC | OD | | Wixom | Michigan | United States | |
| Mill Race GC | OD | | Jonesville | Michigan | United States | |
| Oakhurst G&CC | OD | | Clarkston | Michigan | United States | |
| Pheasant Run GC | OD | | Canton Twp | Michigan | United States | |
| Pine Trace GC | OD | | Rochester Hills | Michigan | United States | |
| Red Hawk GC | OD | | East Tawas | Michigan | United States | |
| Shepherd's Hollow | OD | | Clarkston | Michigan | United States | |
| Stonebridge Golf Club | OD | | Ann Arbor | Michigan | United States | Public 18-holes. Ranked Top 10 Public Golf Course in Metro Detroit, August 2022 |
| The Arthur Hills Course at the Boyne Highlands Resort | OD | | Harbor Springs | Michigan | United States | |
| The Legacy GC | OD | | Ottawa Lake | Michigan | United States | |
| The Moors GC | OD | | Portage | Michigan | United States | |
| Walnut Creek CC North Nine | OD | | South Lyon | Michigan | United States | |
| Chaska Town Course | OD | | Chaska | Minnesota | United States | a top rated 18-hole municipal course |
| Peveley Farms GC | OD | | Eureka | Missouri | United States | |
| The Legacy GC | OD | | Henderson | Nevada | United States | |
| Country Club of North Carolina Dogwood | R | 1963 | Pinehurst | North Carolina | United States | |
| Country Club of North Carolina Cardinal | R | 1970 | Pinehurst | North Carolina | United States | |
| Belmont CC | OD | | Perrysburg | Ohio | United States | |
| Brandywine CC | OD | | Maumee | Ohio | United States | |
| Brookledge GC | OD | | Cuyahoga Falls | Ohio | United States | |
| Catawba Island Club | OD | | Port Clinton | Ohio | United States | |
| Detwiler Park GC | OD | | Toledo | Ohio | United States | |
| Inverness Club | R | | Toledo | Ohio | United States | |
| Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club | OD | | Powell | Ohio | United States | Signature course |
| Legendary Run GC | OD | | Cincinnati | Ohio | United States | |
| Maumee Bay GC | OD | | Oregon | Ohio | United States | |
| Pipestone GC | OD | | Miamisburg | Ohio | United States | |
| Red Hawk Run GC | OD | | Findlay | Ohio | United States | |
| Shaker Run GC | OD | | Lebanon | Ohio | United States | |
| Stone Ridge GC | OD | | Bowling Green | Ohio | United States | |
| The Virtues GC (Longaberger GC) | OD | | Nashport | Ohio | United States | |
| Turnberry GC | OD | | Pickerington | Ohio | United States | |
| Weatherwax GC | OD | | Middletown | Ohio | United States | |
| Wetherington CC | OD | | West Chester | Ohio | United States | |
| Rose Creek GC | OD | | Edmond | Oklahoma | United States | |
| Colonial Golf & Tennis Club | R | | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| Regents Glen CC | OD | | York | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| Arthur Hills GC | OD | | Hilton Head Island | South Carolina | United States | |
| Cedar Creek GC | OD | | Aiken | South Carolina | United States | |
| Coosaw Creek Course | OD | | North Charleston | South Carolina | United States | |
| River Island GC | OD | | Kodak | Tennessee | United States | Now known as Island Pointe GC |
| The Blackthorn Club at the Ridges | OD | | Johnson City | Tennessee | United States | |
| Westhaven GC | OD | | Franklin | Tennessee | United States | |
| Heritage Ranch G&CC | OD | | Fairview | Texas | United States | |
| Stonebridge Ranch CC | OD | | McKinney | Texas | United States | Hills Course |
| Trophy Club CC | OD | | Trophy Club | Texas | United States | Whitworth Course |
| Wolfdancer GC | OD | | Cedar Creek | Texas | United States | |
| Wingpointe | OD | | Salt Lake City | Utah | United States | closed November 15, 2015 |
| Belle Haven CC | OD | | Alexandria | Virginia | United States | |
| Colonial Heritage GC | OD | | Williamsburg | Virginia | United States | |
| Heritage Hunt G&CC | OD | | Gainesville | Virginia | United States | |
| Trump National GC — Washington, D.C. (The River Course) | OD | | Potomac Falls | Virginia | United States | |
| Harbour Pointe GC | OD | | Mukilteo | Washington | United States | |
| La Crosse CC | OD | | Onalaska | Wisconsin | United States | |
| Washington County GC | OD | | Hartford | Wisconsin | United States | |
| Silver Creek GC | OD | | Garden River | Ontario | Canada | Garden River First National |
| Croatian Dream | OD | | Dubrovnik | | Croatia | |
| Paraiso del Mar GC | OD | | La Paz | Baja California Sur | Mexico | |
| Oitavos Dunes | OD | | Cascais | Lisbon | Portugal | |
| Hills Golf Club | OD | | Mölndal | | Sweden | south of Gothenburg |
| The Vintage Club | OD | | Khlong Dan | Samut Prakan | Thailand | east of Bangkok, Thailand |