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}} Michael John Hurdzan (born September 11, 1943) is an American golf course architect, author, and a retired United States Army Colonel, who served with the United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets). He is a member and past president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Member Profile > Michael Hurdzan )〕 who is noted for designing and renovating many golf courses and clubs,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dr. Michael Hurdzan )〕 including U.S. Open golf courses. Hurdzan is a recipient of the Old Tom Morris Award, the Donald Ross Award and the Don A. Rossi Award,〔 〕 the "triple crown" of his profession and an honor he shares only with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Byron Nelson, Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Rees Jones and, as of 2015, Pete Dye. ==Background== Hurdzan was born on September 11, 1943. He studied Turfgrass Management at the Ohio State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1966, and earned a master's degree in Plant and Soil Science in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Environmental Plant Physiology in 1974 at the University of Vermont.〔 He later returned to the Ohio State University to study Landscape Architecture, and completed 3 of the 4 years program in 1978.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael J. Hurdzan Curriculum Vitae )〕 While he was still an undergraduate at Ohio State University, Hurdzan was an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) student. He later became a commander in the United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets). His unit was prepared to fight in the Vietnam War, but had it orders canceled twice.〔 He received his Certificate of Retirement from the United States Army in 1996;〔 he retired with the rank of a Colonel.〔 Hurdzan's father was a caddy who taught himself how to play golf, and tried unsuccessfully to play on the PGA Tour before becoming a golf instructor; he taught at Beacon Light Golf Course in Columbus, which was owned then by golf course architect Jack Kidwell who later became Hurdzan's influence, a past president of the ASGCA and an inductee of the Ohio Historical Society. Like his father, during his elementary school years, Hurdzan started as a caddy; he later became Kidwell's greenkeeper at the age of 13.〔 His son Christopher Hurdzan is his business partner at Hurdzan Golf. At his spare time, Hurdzan likes to do superkart motor racing; sometimes, he races tracks at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Road America, Virginia International Raceway and has attained 147 miles per hour at Daytona International Speedway.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael John Hurdzan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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