Bobby Weed


Robert C. Weed, Jr.,, president of Bobby Weed Golf Design, is a golf course designer and builder specializing in design, renovation and repurposing. A protégé of Pete Dye, he resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Weed is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the Florida Turfgrass Association.

Education and professional career

Weed attended Presbyterian College and Lake City Community College, in North Florida, in the Golf Course Operations and Landscape Technology program. He began his professional career with an extended apprenticeship with Pete Dye, launching a collaboration of over 35 years’ duration and a lifelong friendship. Hired in 1983 by the PGA Tour as a Certified Golf Course Superintendent at TPC @ Sawgrass, Weed progressed to the Tour’s in-house Chief Designer from 1987–96, where he was responsible for the design of many of today’s best-known TPC venues, which continue as host sites for prominent Tour events. From 1985-95, Weed held certification through the GCSAA as a Certified Golf Course Superintendent.
In 1994, Weed formed Bobby Weed Golf Design, which has amassed a list of new and renovated courses that are ranked consistently at the top of their respective categories, including The Olde Farm Club, Spanish Oaks Golf Club, The Golf Course at Glen Mills, Medalist Golf Club and Timuquana Country Club.
Weed also is co-founder and a board member of HEAL!. The HEAL Foundation is a local non-profit organization, based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, serving individuals and families living with autism spectrum disorders. Weed has a nonverbal autistic daughter who has experienced much growth and success with the support of HEAL. Go to www.healautismnow.org for more information.

Selected course portfolio for Bobby Weed Golf Design

Weed started his own company in 1994—Bobby Weed Golf Design—and has designed or redesigned an impressive list of highly regarded courses. A partial list of his work follows:

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