James Braid¶

Five-time Open champion (1901–1910) turned prolific course architect; designer of hundreds of courses and holes across Britain.

Courses¶

Courses in this wiki he designed, redesigned, or contributed holes to:

• Elie — Earlsferry Links — holes 1, 2, 3, 18; born in Earlsferry
• Lundin Golf Club — new holes for the 1909 split from Leven
• Panmure — 1920s redesign
• Carnoustie — Championship Course — 1926–37 redesign
• Monifieth — Ashludie Course — the short secondary eighteen

About¶

Braid's work favoured strategic bunkering and bold green sites; his 1926–37 Carnoustie redesign produced the finishing stretch the Open still uses.