Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

Robert Trent Jones, Jr., has been designing golf courses for most of his 67 years. The son of the legendary architect who built Peachtree in Atlanta and remodeled Oakland Hills in Michigan, Jones branched out on his own in the 1960s. Since then, he has made his name with courses like The Links at Spanish Bay in California, Blessings in Arkansas, and literally hundreds more. His sculpted landscapes can be found in China, the UAE, and on the White House lawn, where he fashioned the putting green for President Clinton. He recently took some time from his still-frenetic design schedule to speak with Austin Kelley about landscape, environment, and the connections between golf architecture, Beethoven, and World War I.