Tripp Davis

Tripp Davis is a Texas-based golf course architect whose portfolio spans municipal layouts, daily-fee facilities, and private clubs across the American South and Southwest. His work emphasizes strategic variety and playability across different skill levels, with particular strength in Oklahoma and Texas markets.

Among his notable designs, Preston Trail Golf Club in Dallas stands as a significant private course renovation, while Old American Golf Club (originally The Tribute at the Colony) in The Colony, Texas, showcases his ability to create compelling destination golf. In Oklahoma, Davis designed Belmar Golf Club in Norman and Cherokee Hills Golf Club in Catoosa, both reflecting his understanding of regional terrain and playable challenge. Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, Iowa, extends his reach into the Midwest with a links-inspired design.

More recently, Davis completed a 2022 renovation of the Riverside Course at Atlanta Athletic Club, a storied venue that previously hosted the 1990 U.S. Women's Open and underwent a prior Rees Jones renovation in 2002. His body of work demonstrates consistent attention to strategic golf design in both new construction and restoration projects.

Sources: Wikipedia article on Atlanta Athletic Club; course list from Course Vaults.