GEORGE FAZIO TOM FAZIO

No other architect has more designs on Golf Digest’s Top 200 List of American Golf Courses than Tom Fazio, the nephew of George Fazio. Also a native of Norristown, Tom Fazio moved with his family to Lansdale, before going to work – right out of high school – with Uncle George.

His list includes more than 200 golf course designs, including some of the most glamorous names in all of golf including, Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Pinehurst No. 4 and No. 8, Treetops in Michigan, Osprey Point on Kiawah Island, Caves Valley, and Estancia in Arizona.

Fazio’s travels across the country may have kept him away from designing projects in his home state and county. It was not until 1990 that Fazio finally put his imprint on Montgomery County with the construction of the new Centennial Nine at Philadelphia Country Club. Built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the club, this new nine sits on hills that rise majestically from the Schuylkill River.

But the Norristown native didn’t neglect Montgomery County. The ultra-private Squires Golf Club opened in the midst of a flurry of activity in Southeast Pennsylvania. On the public side, Fazio designed 12 holes at Westover Golf Club, before a disagreement with one of the owners caused the course to be finished locally.