Steve Burns in the office, and on site at Legion Golf Course in
Everett, Washington, with Jay Stovall, foreman for golf course
contractor Daylen, Inc.
Steve Burns is a nationally certified landscape architect
(CLARB #1087), registered in Illinois (#157.001219), Florida (#986),
South Carolina (#568), and Washington (#682 inactive), and is a
member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. He is Owner
and Principal of Burns Golf Design, which he founded in
November of 1988. He studied pre-engineering at Ohio Wesleyan
University for one year on a National Merit Scholarship, and Received
his Bachelor of Science Degree in Landscape Architecture from The
Ohio State University in 1981. Mr. Burns is responsible for all areas
of activity for Burns Golf Design. He is an experienced
CAD user, and gets involved in the actual
drawing production in addition to his other activities. His design
work earned him both a 1999 and a 2000 "Board Room Magazine
Excellence in Achievement Award." Steve is the only architect
that won this award both years.
Mr. Burns served as a Design and Construction Associate for
Fazio Golf Course Designers, Inc. from 1981-1988. He spent his
first year and one half in the office, where his responsibilities
included design and drawing preparation. His last five and one half
years were spent in the field, where he was the Designer's
Representative for six highly-rated golf course projects. His
responsibilities in the field included preparation of several
drawings for each project, construction observation, and a major
portion of the actual golf course design, as the firm did most of its
design in the field.
Mr. Burns spent the summer of 1980 on the golf maintenance crew at
Sombrero Country Club in Marathon, Florida.
Mr. Burns worked for The Wadsworth Golf Construction
Company in 1978, on an irrigation system renovation at JDM
Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens Florida, and supervising laborers
at Lost Tree Village Club in North Palm Beach, Florida.
The following is a partial list of projects on which Mr. Burns had
significant responsibility. Course ratings may not reflect the latest
rating period:
- Hawks Nest Golf Club
- Wooster, Ohio - An upscale daily-fee course, which opened nine
holes in July of 1993, and the second nine in May of 1994. The
golf course is drawing capacity play from throughout Ohio. The
January '96 Golf Digest ranked Hawks Nest among the
top 5 public-access courses in Ohio. The 2000-2001 edition of
Golf Digest's Places to Play awarded Hawks Nest a
rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, placing it among North America's 201
best public-access courses. Only 16 courses, including legendary
courses such as Pebble Beach and Pinehurst #2, achieved all 5
stars. It earned 4.5 stars again in the 2002-2003 edition.
Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field
design.
- Cobblestone Golf Course
- Kendallville, Indiana - 18 hole development course. Construction
completed October 1997. Opened May 1998. Ranked the 8th "Best New
Affordable Public Course of 1999" by Golf Digest.
The 2002-2003 edition of Golf Digest's Places to
Play awarded Cobblestone a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars.
One year after opening, it began hosting an annual NGA Hooters
Professional Golf Tour event. Responsibilities included design,
drawing preparation, and field design.
- The Country Clubs of Fox
Meadow, Meadow Course - Medina, Ohio - A private
development course, built around a fifty-five acre lake, completed
July 1995. Governor Voinovich called this the nicest project in
Ohio. The course would have been among Golf Digest's
"Top 10 Best New Private Courses of 1996" had they allowed
walking, and received the associated two bonus points, like all of
the top ten did. Responsibilities included design, drawing
preparation, and field design.
- Legion Memorial Golf Course -
Everett, Washington - 18 hole major remodeling project.
Construction was completed June 1998, and the course re-opened
September 1, 1998. In the past, the golf course, which averages
over 70,000 rounds a year, was plagued by extremely muddy
conditions much of the time. After remodeling, the all-new course
is one of the driest in the Puget Sound area. Because of the
substantial improvement of the layout and conditions, Legion's
rating improved from 2 stars to 4 stars, on a scale of 5, in the
2000-2001 edition of Golf Digest's Places to Play.
The May 2000 Golf Digest listed the course among the
four most improved in their rating. Responsibilities included
design, drawing preparation, and field design.
- Club de Golf Malinalco -
San Sebastián de Amola, México - A weekend home
community for residents of México City. The course,
considered by many to be the best in México, was selected
to host the 1993 Mexican PGA tournament. Responsibilities
included all design, most of the drawing preparation, and field
design.
- Hammock Dunes Golf Links - Palm Coast, Florida -
Selected by Golf Digest as one of the five "Best New
Private Courses of 1989", and the 11th best course in Florida.
Selected in a 1993 Golf Course News poll, of golf
course architects and builders, as the best private seaside course
to open in the last five years. Responsibilities included design,
drawing preparation, and field design.
- John's Island West - Wabasso, Florida - Rated by
Golf Digest as the 10th best course in Florida.
Golfweek ranked it #24 among "America's Best Modern
Courses" (those built in 1960 or later). Written about in many
publications as one of the best examples of environmentally
sensitive golf course development. Responsibilities included
design, drawing preparation, and field design.
- Long Point at Amelia Island Plantation - Fernandina
Beach, Florida - Rated by Florida's Best Golf
Courses as the 5th best course in Florida, and "The
prettiest course in Florida, no ands, ifs, or buts about it."
Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field
design.
- Wachesaw Plantation - Murrells Inlet, South Carolina -
Rated the 9th best course in South Carolina, and called the #1
course in Myrtle Beach by Golf Digest .
Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field
design.
- Hunter's Green - Tampa, Florida - Golf Digest
said about Hunter's Green, "Fazio is as good as anyone
working today and Hunter's Green is more proof of it."
Responsibilities included design, drawing preparation, and field
design.