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Thomas A. Marzolf

Fazio Course Designers
Hendersonville, NC

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Biographical Sketch

Tom Marzolf is Past President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and is based in Hendersonville, N.C. He holds a B.L.A.R. in landscape architecture from Virginia Tech (minor in art and art history), graduating cum laude in 1982.

Marzolf has worked for Fazio Golf Course Designers, Inc. since 1983 and is one of the Senior Design Associates with the firm. Among the notable layouts recently designed by Marzolf as the lead designer are Ritz Carlton Members Course, Sarasota, Fla.; The Greenbrier Sporting Club – The Snead Course, White Sulphur Springs, Va.; The Capital City Club – The Crabapple Course, Atlanta, Ga.; and The Green Monkey Course, Barbados, B.W.I.

Some of the recent remodeling projects include Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.; Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa.; Firestone Country Club – South Course, Akron, Ohio; Winged Foot Golf Course, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; and Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.; Riviera Country Club, Santa Monica, CA. Marzolf has also been the firm's senior consulting architect for a number of golf tournaments, including the 2010 U.S. Open – Women’s; the 2006 and 2007 U.S. Opens; the 2002 U.S. Senior Open; the 2003, 2004 and 2005 U.S. Amateurs; and the 1997 and 2003 PGA Championships.

Marzolf may be reached at (828) 693-0052.

Consulting Architect for Tournaments

Event Course Year
U.S. Open - Womens Trump National, Bedminster 2017
U.S. Open - Womens Oakmont Country Club 2010
U.S. Open - Womens Saucon Valley Country Club 2009
U.S. Mid Am Saucon Valley Country Club 2014
U.S. Amateur Riviera Country Club 2017
U.S. Amateur Pinehurst #4 2008
U.S. Open - Mens Oakmont Country Club 2016
U.S. Open - Mens Merion Golf Club 2013
U.S. Open - Mens Oakmont Country Club 2007
U.S. Open - Mens Winged Foot Golf Club 2006
U.S. Senior Open Caves Valley Golf Club 2002
U.S. Amateur Merion Golf Club 2005
U.S. Amateur Winged Foot Golf Club 2004
U.S. Amateur Oakmont Country Club 2003
U.S. Senior Amateur Wade Hampton Golf Club 2013
U.S. Senior Amateur The Virginian 2004
U.S. Senior Amateur The Farm Golf Club 2005
PGA Championship - Womens Westchester Country Club - West Course 2015
PGA Championship Oak Hill Country Club 2013
PGA Championship Oak Hill Country Club 2003
PGA Championship Winged Foot Golf Club 1997
PGA Senior Championship Oak Hill Country Club 2008
PGA Senior Championship Firestone-South 2003
ATT National - PGA Tour Aronimink Golf Club 2010-2011
Nissan-L.A. Open - PGA Tour Riviera Country Club 1999-2017
Honda Classic - PGA Tour Mirasol Country Club 2004-2006
NCAA Division I - Men's Championship Riviera Country Club 2012
Wegman's L.P.G.A. Championship Locust Hil Country Club 2011-2013
World Tour Event, American Express Capital City Club 2003
World Tour Event, N.E.C., Bridgestone Firestone - South 2001-2017
World Tour Event, World Cup Sandy Lane Country Club 2006

Designed a putting green at the Vice President's residence in Washington, D.C. - October 1999.