John Fought was born in Portland, Oregon, on 28 January 1954 and first established his reputation as a player. At Brigham Young University, where he earned an accounting degree, a distinguished collegiate career culminated in victory at the 1977 U.S. Amateur. He turned professional, joined the PGA Tour the following year and won two events in 1979. Persistent neck and back problems, however, gradually restricted his future at the highest competitive level. That constraint opened a second career. During the late 1980s Fought joined Bob Cupp’s practice. He did not want to become merely a player’s name attached to a development and learned drawing, earthwork, green detail and construction. Cupp eventually placed him in charge of a Portland branch and made him the principal West Coast designer. Pumpkin Ridge, Crosswater, Langdon Farms and Rush Creek belong to this collaborative period and should retain joint attribution. Fought established his own Scottsdale practice in 1995. The Gallery South, Windsong Farm, The Reserve South, Sand Hollow and Trophy Lake demonstrate an ability to work in desert, north-western forest and open Minnesota landscapes. Tour experience allows him to understand risk from an elite player’s viewpoint, but the courses are not championship tests alone. They generally establish a clear hierarchy of options and preserve a reasonable route for the average golfer. He is also a dedicated student of architectural history. In Fought’s view, an architect must understand the game, master construction and know classical motifs. This culture led naturally into restoration. At Pine Needles he used plans, photographs and Donald Ross archives to recover lost forms and strategy. Other renovation work includes Dallas Country Club, Country Club of Jackson, Indian Wells and western clubs. A living architect, Fought combines two rarely united forms of authority: national-amateur champion and technically trained practitioner from a major firm. His work demonstrates that competitive knowledge becomes genuine architecture only when supported by drawing, history, construction and precise attention to the everyday experience of members.
Grande compréhension du jeu de championnat, étude des classiques, stratégie claire et dessins très maîtrisés; intérêt particulier pour la restauration de Donald Ross et l’adaptation aux sites de l’Ouest.
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