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William Russell Roberts

(1923 - 2003)

Born: Gaithersburg, Maryland

Died: Gaithersburg, Maryland, Feb 3, 2003, at age 80.

William Russell designed, built and maintained golf courses on the Eastern Seaboard, all within several hundred miles of his Maryland home.

Mr. Roberts was born and raised on a farm in Gaithersburg, and it was there that he operated his business, Russell Roberts Co. Inc. Two of the last golf courses he designed were the Hidden Valley Resort in Pennsylvania and the Bay Club in Ocean City. Not only did Mr. Roberts design the golf courses, he often participated in the construction, operating a backhoe and doing the clearing, scooping and filling work himself.

He served in the Navy during World War II, attending an engineering school in Norfolk and later learning to fly Navy aircraft. After the war, he flew private airplanes in the course of his business, and often landed Cessna aircraft on golf courses.

After the war, he worked with Frank Murray building courses for golf architect Frank Tull. Between 1955 and 1959 the pair, Murray and Roberts, designed and built courses on their own. Murray moved his operations to Florida and Roberts continued designing and building courses in a several hundred mile radius of his home.

COURSES DESIGNED
Delaware
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Cavaliers Country Club
100 Addison Dr
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Delaware
19702
302/738-4573
Year Built:
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Mapledale Country Club
39 Mapledale Rd
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Delaware
19904
302/674-2877
Year Built: 1969
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Old Landing Golf Course
300 Old Landing Rd
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Delaware
19971
302/227-3131
Year Built: - 1962
Maryland
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Bay Club, The West Course
9122 Libertytown Rd
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Maryland
21811
410/641-4081
Year Built: - 1989
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Bowie Golf & Country Club
7420 Laurel-Bowie Rd
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Maryland
20715
301/262-8141
Year Built:
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Clearview Golf Course
5650 Country Club Road
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Maryland
21613
410/228-4808
Year Built: - 1927
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Chesapeake Bay Golf Club at Rising Sun
128 Karen Dr
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Maryland
21911
410/658-4343
Year Built: 1968
3 Rankings / Reviews
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Hagerstown Municipal Golf Course
2 S Cleveland Ave
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Maryland
21740
301/733-8630
Year Built: - 1957
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Nassawango Country Club, CLOSED 2015
3940 Nassawango Rd
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Maryland
21863
(410) 632-3114
Year Built: 1970
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Northwest Park Golf Course, Inside Nine
15701 Layhill Rd
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Maryland
20906
(301) 598-6100
Year Built: 1964
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Patuxent Greens Country Club, CLOSED 2018
14415 Greenview Dr
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Maryland
20708
Year Built: 1960
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Rocky Point Golf Course
1935 Back River Neck Rd
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Maryland
21221
(410) 391-2906
Year Built: 1971
3 Rankings / Reviews
Pennsylvania
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Fairview Golf Course
Route 72 S
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Pennsylvania
17083
717/273-3411
Year Built: - 1959
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Golf Club At Hidden Valley, The
1 Craighead Dr
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Pennsylvania
15502
814/443-8000
Year Built: 1958
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Heritage Hills Golf Resort
2700 Mount Rose Ave
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Pennsylvania
17402
(717) 755-4653
Year Built: 1989
1 Rankings / Reviews
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Penn Oaks Country Club | Penn Oaks Golf Course
150 Penn Oaks Dr
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Pennsylvania
19382
(610) 399-6865
Year Built: 1966
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Virginia
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Eastern Shore Yacht & Country Club
14421 Country Club Rd
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Virginia
23410
757/787-4519
Year Built:
West Virginia
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Valley View Golf Course
Route 220 S
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West Virginia
26836
(304) 538-6564
Year Built: 1969