Architect
6 courses on Course Vaults
Armand Farina was a World War II veteran who became both a competitive player and golf course designer in upstate New York. He holds a distinguished record in regional professional golf, having won the Northeast New York PGA Championship five times—a mark that stood for decades as the section's benchmark for excellence.
As a course architect, Farina is credited with designing Van Patten Golf Club in Clifton Park, New York. The facility features multiple nine-hole loops—Blue, Red, and White—that can be combined into various eighteen-hole configurations, offering golfers flexibility and variety across the property's layout. His design work reflects the practical, playable approach common among architect-players of his era.
Farina's dual career as competitor and designer gave him firsthand insight into course strategy and shot values, experience he brought to his architectural projects in the Capital Region of New York.
Sources: Wikipedia articles linked above; course list from Course Vaults.
