caption fullname pga usopen death_date death_place children birth_place status wghofid imagesize wghofyear birth_date masters open image article_title name
ross in 1905 donald james ross dnp 5th : 1903 26 april 1948 pinehurst , north carolina , u.s. lillian ross dornoch , scotland professional donald-ross 200 1977 23 november 1872 dnp 5th : 1903 donald ross 1905.png donald ross -lrb- golfer -rrb-
 donald ross
donald ross -lrb- golfer -rrb-

donald james ross -lrb- november 23 , 1872 -- april 26 , 1948 -rrb- was a golf course designer .
he was born in dornoch , scotland , but became a citizen of and spent most of his adult life in the united states .
he was involved in designing or redesigning around 400 courses from 1900 -- 1948 , laying the foundation for america 's golf industry .
