Philip Mackenzie Ross

Philip Mackenzie Ross (1890–1974) was a Scottish golf course architect who began in 1920 as construction supervisor and assistant to Tom Simpson, working on projects in Belgium, France, and Spain. A founding member of the International Society of Golf Architects in 1929 with Colt and MacKenzie. His masterpiece was Southerness (1947), the last true linksland course built in Scotland—he reportedly preferred it over his more famous Turnberry restoration. He completely rebuilt Turnberry's Ailsa Course in 1951 after it had been an RAF airfield and covered in concrete. After 1945 he restored Royal Guernsey, Castletown, and Pyle & Kenfig. First president of BAGCA (1971).