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Mike Strantz (May 27, 1955 - June 10, 2005) was an American golf course architect based out of South Carolina. In 2000, he was named as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Golf Architects of All Time" by ''Golfweek'' magazine.〔Hackenberg, Dave. (15 June 2005). ("Inverness' Open prospects not promising" ). ''Toledo Blade''. Retrieved July 24, 2012〕 ==Life and career== Strantz was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Walbridge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Mike Stratz Design )〕 He graduated from Michigan State University in 1978 with a degree in turf grass management. He began his career working on the grounds crew at Inverness Club in Toledo where Tom Fazio was preparing the course for the 1979 U.S. Open. Fazio noticed that Strantz had a gift for the work and was invited to join his construction crew in Hilton Head, South Carolina on Moss Creek Plantation. Strantz continued to work for eight additional years as an on-site designer for Fazio’s Links and Harbour courses at Wild Dunes near Charleston, Lake Nona, Wade Hampton Club, Osprey Point on Kiawah Island and Black Diamond Ranch in Florida among others.〔 In 1987, he left Fazio’s company to oversee the reconstruction of Wild Dunes and for the construction of Dunes West in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Upon completion of Dunes West, Strantz was hired by Myrtle Beach's Legends Group as Director of Golf Design for their Parkland course.〔 He formed his own design company, Michael Strantz Studios in 1988 where he was free to apply his own design philosophies to forthcoming projects. His first solo project was Caledonia Golf and Fish Club on Pawleys Island, South Carolina in 1993. Strantz designed nine courses: * Caledonia Golf and Fish Club (South Carolina)〔 * True Blue (South Carolina) * Bulls Bay (South Carolina)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Bulls Bay Golf Course )〕 * Tobacco Road (North Carolina)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Village of Pinehurst Area Golf )〕 * Tot Hill Farm (North Carolina)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Tot Hill Farm Golf Club )〕 * Royal New Kent (Virginia) * Stonehouse (Virginia)〔Hackenberg, Dave (April 12, 1997). "Strantz a Top Designer". ''Toledo Blade'', Toledo, Ohio, page GT-8〕 * Silver Creek Valley (California)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Silver Creek Valley Country Club )〕 * Monterey Peninsula Country Club - Shore Course (California)〔 Strantz's last project before his death from cancer at the age of 50, was the renovation of Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course.〔Kroichick, Ron (September 2, 2010). ("New course to test Pebble Beach field" ). ''San Francisco Chronicle''. Retrieved July 24, 2012〕 Among his acknowledgments, Strantz was listed as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Golf Architects of All Time" by ''Golfweek'' in 2000, and he was earlier described as the "most in-demand course designer in the U.S." by ''Golf World'' in 1989. Three of his courses were listed in the top twenty of ''Golf Digest's'' 2007 list of the 50 toughest golf courses in the US. 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「Mike Strantz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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