Barry Serafin (golf course architect)
Barry Serafin is a golf course architect from New Albany, Ohio, working in Ohio and surrounding states. Serafin has been designing courses since 1987. Of the several dozen courses he has designed, 10 have been listed in the Golf Digest list of "Places to Play". Courses. The Players Club at Foxfire in Columbus, to which he added nine holes, is rated among the 201 Best Places To Play in North America. Golf Digest also selected Serafin's New Albany Links course as one of its Top-10 Best New Affordable Public Golf Courses for 2001. Golf  Digest's ratings of Ohio golf courses list 2 Serafin-designed courses (Chapel Hill in Mount Vernon, and The Links at Echo Springs in Johnstown) among 21 in the state with a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5.0, the highest in Ohio. There are also 4 Serafin-designed courses (Black Diamond in Millersburg, New Albany Links in New Albany, Reserve Run in Poland, and Foxfire in Lockbourne) among 61 in the state with a Golf Digest rating of 4.0 stars out of 5.0. Four of the 37 courses that BestCourses.com selected for their Best Golf Courses in America list  of Ohio courses (out of 641 Ohio courses total) were designed by Serafin. Additionally, GolfWeek rates Black Diamond (Millersburg) as the 3rd-best public access course in the state of Ohio. Current and Ongoing Projects. Triple Crown Country Club, Union, Kentucky Working with PGA tour player Steve Flesch on bunker renovation. Worthington Hills Country Club, Worthington, Ohio Master plan and renovation of entire course. Completed Project List. Major course design and renovation projects completed by Serafin (plus design awards): The Players Club at Foxfire, Columbus, Ohio Golf Digest Places To Play Golf Digest The 201 Best Places to Play in  North America GolfStyles Ohio 100 Must-Play Courses of Ohio BestCourses.com Best Golf Courses in America Liberty Hills Golf Club, Bellefontaine, Ohio Golf Digest Places To Play Bucyrus Country Club, Bucyrus, Ohio Memorial Park Golf Course, Kenton, Ohio Echo Hills Golf Course, Piqua, Ohio Elks Golf Club, Wilmington, Ohio Golf Digest Places To Play Chapel Hill Golf Course, Bangs, Ohio Golf Digest Places To Play GolfStyles Ohio 100 Must-Play Courses of Ohio The Links at Echo Springs, Johnstown, Ohio Golf Digest Places To Play GolfStyles Ohio 100 Must-Play Courses of Ohio BestCourses.com Best Golf Courses in America Mount  Vernon Country Club, Mount Vernon, Ohio Red Oaks Golf Course, Bloomingdale, Ohio Kyber Run Golf Course, Johnstown, Ohio Widow's Watch Golf Course, Lexington, Kentucky 1999 Lexington Open - TearDrop Golf Tour Golf Digest Places To Play Reserve Run Golf Course, Boardman, Ohio Golf Digest Places To Play GolfStyles Ohio 100 Must-Play Courses of Ohio New Albany Links, New Albany, Ohio 2001 Golf Digest Best New Affordable Golf Course Golf Digest Places To Play Midwest Collegiate Amateur Series Golf Styles Ohio 100 Must-Play Courses of Ohio BestCourses.com Best Golf Courses in America Black Diamond Golf Course, Millersburg, Ohio Golf  Digest Places To Play GolfStyles Ohio 100 Must-Play Courses of Ohio GolfWeek Magazine Best Course You Can Play BestCourses.com Best Golf Courses in America Majestic Springs Golf Course, Wilmington, Ohio Golf Digest Places To Play GolfStyles Ohio 100 Must-Play Courses of Ohio Lakeland Golf Course, St. Paris, Ohio Ohio University Golf Course, Athens, Ohio Scioto Reserve Golf & Athletic Club, Columbus, Ohio Mid-Ohio Golfer Best New Private Club