Design Boot Camp 2026

Jan Bel Jan comes from a Pittsburgh, Pa., golf family and began her design career with Tom Fazio; she held a senior position in design, construction, and project management for more than twenty years before opening her own firm. Jan was elected to the ASGCA in 1990 and was the 2019-2020 ASGCA President.

Her experience as a registered Landscape Architect, Certified Arborist, and former assistant superintendent, provides Jan with a unique outlook on the playability, strategy, ecology, economics, and aesthetics of golf courses. The USGA prominently featured Jan in its 2017-2018 Golf Museum exhibit, “Breaking New Ground – Women and Golf Course Architecture.”

With a broad background in both golf course architecture and land planning, Jeff Blume, ASGCA, possesses knowledge in all aspects of golf course design. Blume’s exploration into golf course design began at Texas A&M University, from which he graduated with a degree in Landscape Architecture.

Soon after college, Blume joined Jeffrey Brauer’s firm, Golfscapes, and rose to the position of Project Architect. A few years later Blume joined the firm of Robert von Hagge and serves as Project Architect for assignments in the United States, Jaan, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Blume now has his own design firm, Jeffrey D. Blume, Limited, and has completed projects in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.

Brauer has designed more than 50 new courses and remodeled more than 80 during his golf course architecture career, starting in his native Chicago, before moving to Arlington, Texas.

Brauer is also a prolific author, writing a monthly column for “Golf Course Industry” magazine and as the lead author on “Designs on a Better Golf Course: Practical answers to common questions for Green Committees” for the ASGCA Foundation. He has also taught golf course design at his alma mater.

Now retired from active practice, he accepted the position of Director of Outreach for ASGCA, working on behalf of the members and the industry at large, including support for Foundation initiatives like this one.

With close to 40 years of design experience worldwide, Bruce Charlton, ASGCA is one of the most highly respected golf architects in the industry.

Since joining the RTJ II team in 1981, Bruce’s body of work is as remarkable as it is global and he has earned countless awards and accolades. His more than 50 designs are in virtually every corner of the globe, including Chambers Bay near Tacoma, Wash., site of the 2015 U.S. Open Championship.

Bruce joined RTJ II after receiving a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Arizona and went on to hone his skills under the tutelage of Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

He is a past president and current member of the prestigious American Society of Golf Course Architects.

Steve Forrest joined Arthur Hills after earning his Landscape Architecture degree from Virginia Tech in 1979. Since then, he has worked on five continents with hundreds of golf course design and renovation projects in his portfolio. He became a principal in the Hills’ firm in 1999, an ASGCA member in 1985, its President in 2007-08 and currently serves as President of the Foundation.

Four hundred plus projects bearing the Hurdzan name can now be found on 5 continents including a suite of “Top 100” North American designs. He became the fifth person in golf to achieve the non-playing “Grand Slam” as recipient of the highest honor from our industry’s “Big 3”: the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, the American Society of Golf Course Architects and the Golf Course Builders Association of America. Today, there are seven on that list: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson, Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Rees Jones, Pete Dye and Dr. Hurdzan. Dr. Hurdzan has authored 8 books, the first of which, Golf Course Architecture: Evolutions in Design, Construction, and Restoration Technology, is still regarded by many authorities as “the modern bible of golf course design.”

Tom Marzolf, a senior design associate at Fazio Design has worked for Tom Fazio since 1983. An ASGCA past president-2005-2006, Tom Marzolf is the first American ever admitted as a member of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects. He has helped Tom Fazio design 94 courses, and renovations for 4 US Opens, 3 US Women’s Opens & 3 PGA Championships. Adare Manor, County Limerick, Ireland, site of the 2027 Ryder Cup, won Golf Digest’s Best New Renovation in December 2018 & Golf Inc. Renovation of the Year Honors (2019).

Damian is a past president of the ASGCA. Over a 40-year career, he has designed and remodeled golf courses on three continents. Working with PGA Tour player Steve Pate since 2003, they have produced award-winning and financially successful projects in the US and Japan. Their complete renovation of Murasaki CC led to the course hosting both the Men's and Women's Japan Open. Pascuzzo has been one of the leading advocates of alternative golf courses as evidenced by their Challenge courses in California and Idaho.

A Wake Forest graduate and former member of Pete Dye’s construction crew, Bill Coore began his design career with hands-on experience before establishing his own practice. In 1985, he partnered with Ben Crenshaw to form Coore & Crenshaw, a firm known for its selective approach and commitment to thoughtful, site-sensitive design. Their work is guided by five key influences: the land itself, project goals, ownership vision, player experience, and a desire to avoid repetition. Favoring sites that support classic architecture and minimal earthmoving, Coore & Crenshaw have earned a reputation for creating timeless, strategic, and visually compelling golf courses.