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Bill Bergin
Bergin Golf Designs is led by Bill Bergin, whose background in the golf industry is
distinctive. Bergin played the world's best golf courses as a touring professional,
gained an understanding of club operations and the ability of the everyday player
as a teaching professional, and acquired technical design experience under the
guidance of noted designer Bob Cupp. Since founding Bergin Golf Designs in 1994,
Bergin has combined his strategic instincts and design experience with a dedication
to detail in project management. The integration of his design vision and expertise
with the quality of his project management system is unparalleled in the industry.
Over the last twenty years, Bergin has been involved in the planning and design of
over 80 projects, including more than 60 under his own banner. Highlighting
Bergin Golf Designs’ completed projects are Oaks Country Club, an A.W. Tillinghast
renovation in Tulsa, OK, selected as the 4th Best Remodel in the U.S. by Golf Digest
for 2015; Country Club of Winter Haven, named as one of Golf Digest’s Best New
Courses for 2014; Mirimichi, Justin Timberlake’s former course and Golfweek’s #1
Course You Can Play in Tennessee for 2014; Chariot Run, of the Horseshoe Southern
Indiana Casino and the #16 Best Casino Course in the US for 2013; Foxland
Harbor, a magnificent facility on Old Hickory Lake near Nashville, Tennessee, chosen
as one of Golfweek’s 2009 Best New Courses; and Chattanooga Golf & Country
Club, an acclaimed Donald Ross restoration on the banks of the Tennessee River in
downtown Chattanooga.
Prior to his work as a designer, Bill spent six years playing golf professionally, and
three years as a teaching professional at Cherokee Town & Country Club in Atlanta.
During his competitive days, the former Georgia Amateur Champion played in excess
of 250 professional tournaments worldwide, including three U.S. Opens, two
British Opens and over 50 PGA Tour events. Competing on courses such as St. Andrews,
Royal St. George’s, Pebble Beach, Olympic Club, and Baltusrol, and teaching
golfers of all abilities, has given him an astute awareness into the strategic quality
of a golf course and how it affects all players.