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(July 28,1931 - 2005, March, 8)

Born: Charlotte, North Carolina

Died: Charlotte, North Carolina, at age 73

Mr. Gibson grew up on East Blvd. in Dilworth, North Carolina and attended Charlotte schools. He graduated high school from Carlisle Military Academy. He also attended Clemson University and Belmont Abbey College. Porter combined his natural gift for art and drawing with his talent as an amateur golfer into a lifetime career of land planning and golf course architecture.

Over the course of his career, he worked with several great golfers, including one of the greatest golfers of all time, Sam Snead. From 1958 to 1960 he designed courses for the Sam Snead Golf and Motor Lodge Company.

During the 1960's he designed for the B & G Construction Company.

From 1971 - 1974 he was a partner with Bob Toski in the golf design company Tait-Toski-Gibson Inc.

After 1974, Porter Gibson set up hos own independent course design company.

Along with Bob Toski, they were among the first golf architects to use waste water irrigation systems for golf courses. At the time, this was considered revolutionary but his outside-the-box thinking is now something that is done quite regularly with golf course architecture.

He designed and built golf courses up and down the East Coast. His Carolina courses include Deer Track Plantation at Myrtle Beach, Santee National in Santee, SC, Woodbridge Golf Course in Shelby, NC, Westport Golf Course in Denver, NC and Mallard Head Golf Course in Mooresville, NC.

COURSES DESIGNED
Florida
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Palm Beach National Golf Course
7500 Saint Andrews Rd
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Florida
33467
561/965-3381
Year Built: 1962
2 Rankings / Reviews
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Tomoka Oaks Golf & Country Club
20 Tomoka Oaks Blvd
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Florida
32174
(386) 677-7117
Year Built: - 1964
2 Rankings / Reviews
Illinois
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Meadows Golf Club Of Blue Island, The
2802 123rd St
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Illinois
60406
708/385-1994
Year Built: 1994
3 Rankings / Reviews
Maryland
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Breton Bay Golf & Country Club
21935 Society Hill Rd
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Maryland
20650
301/475-2300
Year Built:
2 Rankings / Reviews
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White Plains Golf Course
1015 St. Charles Parkway
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Maryland
20695
(301) 645-1300
Year Built: - 1974
2 Rankings / Reviews
North Carolina
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Mooresville Golf Course
W Wilson Ave
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North Carolina
28115
(704) 663-2539
Year Built: 1978
4 Rankings / Reviews
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Piney Point Golf Club
48688 Piney Point Rd
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North Carolina
28128
(704) 474-3985
Year Built: 1964
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Smoky Mountain Country Club
1300 Conley's Creek Rd
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North Carolina
28789
(828) 497-4653
Year Built: - 1996
1 Rankings / Reviews
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South Carolina
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Cherokee National Golf Course
422 Cherokee National Hwy
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South Carolina
29341
864/489-9417
Year Built:
1 Rankings / Reviews
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Deer Track Golf Resort, South Course, CLOSED 2006
1705 Platt Blvd
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South Carolina
29587
Year Built: - 1982
1 Rankings / Reviews
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Foxboro Golf Club
1438 Davis State Rd
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South Carolina
29148
803/478-7000
Year Built: 1987
1 Rankings / Reviews
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Links At Lakewood Golf Course
3600 Green View Pkwy
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South Carolina
29150
(803) 481-5700
Year Built: 1989
3 Rankings / Reviews
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Santee National Golf Club
Hwy 6 W
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South Carolina
29142
803/854-3531
Year Built: 1989
5 Rankings / Reviews
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Wedgefield Plantation Golf Course, CLOSED 2016
129 Clubhouse Ln
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South Carolina
29440
(843) 546-8587
Year Built: 1973
6 Rankings / Reviews
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Woodhaven Golf Club
215 Woodhaven Dr
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South Carolina
29670
(864) 646-9511
Year Built: 1971
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Deer Track Golf Resort, North Course, CLOSED 2006
1705 Platt Blvd
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South Carolina
29587
Year Built: - 1974
1 Rankings / Reviews
Virginia
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Ivy Hill Golf Club
1327 Ivy Hills Dr
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Virginia
24551
804/525-2680
Year Built: 1973
1 Rankings / Reviews
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Meadows Golf and Swim Club, CLOSED 2017
1111 Round Meadow Dr
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Virginia
24073
Year Built: 1955