page_title: Tom Vardon
section_title: Vardon designed courses
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Vardon / Golf course architecture / Vardon designed courses
caption_attribution_description: English: A group photo of the 1903 English golf team prior to their match against Scotland. There are a number of famous golfers in the photograph. James Sherlock stands back row on the far left. Front row third from left is J. H. Taylor and to his left is Tom Vardon. Albert Tingey, Sr. holds a spoon in hand on the far right, front row. Ted Ray is seated second from the right.
context_page_description: Thomas Alfred Vardon was a professional golfer from Jersey, Channel Islands, and the brother of golfing icon Harry Vardon. Tom was a superb player in his own right, often beating his legendary brother. From 1892 to 1909 he played in 18 Open Championships, finishing in the top-10 nine times. His best was a second-place finish to brother Harry in 1903 at Prestwick, and other notable placings were 1897 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake – 8th, 1902 at Hoylake – 5th, 1904 at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent – 4th, 1907 at Hoylake – T3.
  Vardon tied for ninth place in the 1916 U.S. Open held June 29–30 at Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He continued playing professional golf for four decades and became the oldest competitor at the 1930 U.S. Open at Interlachen Country Club.
context_section_description: Settle Golf Club, Settle, England (1895)
  Coventry Golf Club, Coventry, England (1911) - Course design Vardon, bunkers laid out by his brother Harry
  Kendal Golf Club, Kendal, England - alterations to the original layout
  Minot Country Club, Burlington, North Dakota (1929)
  Spooner Golf Club, Spooner, Wisconsin (1930)
  St. Augustines, Cliffsend, England (1907)
  Meadow Lark Country Club, Great Falls, Montana (1920)
  Stillwater Country Club, Stillwater, Minnesota (1924) - Vardon designed the original 9-hole course
  Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club, Strathpeffer, Scotland - added pot bunkers (1908)
  University of Minnesota, Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights, Minnesota (1929)
  White Bear Yacht Club, White Bear Lake, Minnesota - Course design by William Watson, redevelopment by Vardon and Donald Ross
  Southview Country Club, West St. Paul, Minnesota (1919)
caption: A group photo of the 1903 English golf team prior to their international match against Scotland.  Vardon is seated in the front row, third from the right.
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