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American golf pioneer (1855–1939)

This article is about the American golfer and golf course architect. For the military historian, see Charles B. MacDonald.

Charles Blair Macdonald (November 14, 1855 – April 21, 1939) was a major figure in early American golf.

He built the first 18-hole course in the United States, was a driving force in the founding of the United States Golf Association, won the first U.S. Amateur championship, and later built some of the most influential golf courses in the United States, to the extent that he is considered the father of American golf course architecture.

He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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Early years

Macdonald was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to naturalized American parents — a Scottish father and Canadian (part Mohawk) mother — and grew up in Chicago. In 1872 at age 16, he was sent to St Andrews University,^[1] and while there he voraciously played golf. Tutored by Old Tom Morris, Macdo Charles Blair Macdonald - PRESERVED LINKS CYNEL