Robert "Bob" Moote

(1924-2017)

Born: August 27, 1924

Died: Brampton, Ontario, Canada, June 29, 2017 at age 92

After earning a degree from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Moote worked with Stanley Thompson, ASGCA, one of the professional society%u2019s founding fathers. %u201CWhen I graduated from college, (Thompson) offered me a job. He gave me a pick and a shovel and sent me to the Maritimes (eastern Canada),%u201D Moote told Golf Course News in 1997. %u201CHe asked me what I wanted to do in the coming winter. I said I%u2019d like to take some drafting courses so I could put more on canvas. I did that at the University of Toronto and got so busy. We never slowed down. %u201CTo me, the allure is in getting lost in a project; deeply entrenched in it. You have to look at so many facets. You%u2019re building it for generations, not just for today.%u201D

With more than 60 years as a golf course architect, Moote%u2019s course list included: Silver Lakes Golf & Country Club, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada; North Halton Golf & Country Club, Georgetown, Ontario, Canada; Lakeridge Links, Whitby, Ontario, Canada; Dundee Resort Golf Course, West Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Ironshores Golf Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Moote became an ASGCA member in 1980 and an ASGCA Fellow in 1996.

Moote and his son (David Moote, ASGCA) headed Moote Golf Architects in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.