Greg Nash - 45 Courses

Golf architect Photo, Greg Nash

(1905 - 2001)

Born: May 10, 1949, Hays, Kansas

Died: August 21, 2015, Anthem, Arizona at age 66

Nash received a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Arizona.

He established his firm, Greg Nash Design, on the foundation of creating beautiful, playable golf courses that provide fun, fair challenges to players of all abilities while blending seamlessly with their natural surroundings. After completion of a golf course, Greg Nash Design continued to work with its clients as consultants, helping them set up cost%u2013effective and environmentally sensitive maintenance programs. These programs included the use of sophisticated irrigation systems, climatically suitable turfgrasses, ground covers, and trees.

Notable designs from Nash included: Anthem Country Club, Anthem, Ariz.; Club Terravita, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Sun City Palm Springs Golf Course, Palm Springs, Calif.; and Sun City Summerlin Golf Course, Las Vegas.

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