death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title significant_projects name
19 may 1942 toledo , ohio philadelphia , pennsylvania american 7 may 1876 a.w.tillinghast1909.jpg a. w. tillinghast
 baltusrol foot golf club , newport country club , ridgewood country golf club & the shawnee inn & golf resort club , bethpage state park , winged a.w. tillinghast
a. w. tillinghast

albert warren `` tillie '' tillinghast -lrb- may 7 , 1876 -- may 19 , 1942 -rrb- was a noted american golf course architect .
tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf ; he worked on no fewer than 265 different courses .
he was elected to the world golf hall of fame in 2014 and was inducted in july 2015 .
tillinghast was born in 1874 in philadelphia , pennsylvania , the son of benjamin collins tillinghast , owner of a rubber goods company there .
he died in 1942 in toledo , ohio .
tillinghast-designed courses have hosted multiple professional golf major championships -- the 1927 and 1949 pga championships , contested at cedar crest park , and hermitage country club , respectively ; the u.s. open in 2002 and 2009 , contested at the black course of bethpage state park ; the 2005 pga championship , contested at baltusrol golf club , which has also been the host of seven u.s. opens ; the 2006 u.s. open , contested at winged foot golf club ; and many others .
he also designed the course at the ridgewood country club , used for the 1935 ryder cup and scarboro golf and country club in toronto , host of the canadian open for four occasions .
in westchester county -lrb- new york -rrb- alone , among the most noted of the sixteen courses that tillinghast designed there are fenway golf club , scarsdale ; wykagyl country club , new rochelle ; old oaks country club , purchase ; quaker ridge golf club , scarsdale ; scarsdale golf club , hartsdale , where he designed the back nine ; briar hall golf & country club -lrb- now trump national golf club -rrb- and sleepy hollow country club in briarcliff manor ; and winged foot golf club -lrb- east & west -rrb- , mamaroneck .
another notable tillinghast golf course was created specifically for paramount pictures founder adolf zukor in 1920 , now known as paramount country club , in rockland county , new york .
tillinghast was also the uncredited co-designer of several green complexes at century country club in purchase .
the wissahickon course at the philadelphia cricket club is dedicated to tillinghast , who designed the course in 1920 .
