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William Henrichsen Neff

(1905 - 2001)

Born: September 22, 1905, Salt Lake City, Utah

Died: March 24, 2001, Holliday, Utah, at age 95

Died: Salt Lake City at age 95.

William Henrichsen Neff was the foremost golf course architect in Utah during the first boom of golf course construction in Utah from 1950 through 1980. He designed and supervised construction of three country club courses, Oakridge, Alpine, and Bloomington, and they remain three of Utah's most playable and enjoyable courses.

On the public side he designed and supervised construction of Bountiful Ridge, St. George Golf Club, Stansbury Park, Mountain View, the Canyon and Lake nines at Wasatch Mountain, the second nine at Davis Park, Cascade Fairways, Cottonwood Club, Fore Lakes, Westland Hills (later became Glenmoor), the mountain nine at Hidden Valley CC, the original nine at Park City, and Sweetwater.

A landscape architect for over 20 years, he shifted focus to golf in 1954 when he helped implement architectural changes to the Salt Lake Country Club under direction of architect William P. Bell. He also worked with architect Ralph Plummer and contractor Enoch Smith in the redesign at The Country Club in 1960 when the interstate was built through the club.

He became the on site contractor for architect William F. Bell in the construction of Riverside CC. In that capacity they became a team and built the second nine at Bonneville, and the courses at Mountain Dell and Rose Park. He then ventured out on his own and became Utah's premier home-grown golf course architect until he retired.

He was one of the early members of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and helped write the by-laws for the organization and reorganize it into a professional and purposeful structuring.

COURSES DESIGNED
Idaho
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Sage Lakes Municipal Golf Course
100 E 65 N
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Idaho
83401
208/528-5535
Year Built: 1993
Utah
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Alpine Country Club
4994 W Country Club Dr
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Utah
84003
(801) 322-3971
Year Built: 1959
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Bear Lake Golf Course
Bear Lake Blvd
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Utah
84028
435/946-8742
Year Built: 1970
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Bloomington Country Club
3174 Bloomington Dr E
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Utah
84790
(435) 673-2029
Year Built: - 1969
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Bountiful Ridge Golf Course
2430 S Bountiful Blvd
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Utah
84010
801/298-6040
Year Built: 1975
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Cascade Fairways Golf Course, CLOSED 2013
1313 E 800 N
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Utah
84097
Year Built: - 1968
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Cottonwood Country Club
1780 E Lakewood Dr
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Utah
84117
(801) 277-2691
Year Built: - 1960
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Davis Park Golf Course
1074 E Nichols Rd
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Utah
84037
(801) 544-0401
Year Built: 1968
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Eagle Mountain Golf Course
960 E 700 S
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Utah
84302
435/723-3212
Year Built:
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East Bay Golf Course, Championship Course
1860 Se Bay Blvd
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Utah
84606
801/373-6262
Year Built: - 1986
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East Bay Golf Course, Executive Course
1860 Se Bay Blvd
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Utah
84606
801/373-6262
Year Built: - 1986
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Fore Lakes Golf Course -Par 3
1285 W 4700 S
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Utah
84123
801/266-8621
Year Built: 1974
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Fore Lakes Golf Course -The Executive
1285 W 4700 S
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Utah
84123
801/266-8621
Year Built: 1974
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Glen Eagle Golf Club
3176 W 1700 S
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Utah
84075
801/773-4653
Year Built: 1998
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Glenmoor Golf Course
9800 S 4800 W
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Utah
84095
801/280-1742
Year Built: 1967
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Mountain View Golf Course
2400 W 8660 S
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Utah
84088
(801) 255-9211
Year Built: - 1968
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Oakridge Country Club
1492 W Shepard Ln
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Utah
84025
801/295-5531
Year Built: - 1957
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Ogden Golf & Country Club
4197 Washington Blvd
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Utah
84403
(801) 621-2063
Year Built: 1914, 1984
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Park City Golf Course
1541 Thaynes Cyn Dr
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Utah
84060
435/615-5800
Year Built: 1963
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Stansbury Park Golf Course
1 Country Club Dr
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Utah
84074
801/328-1483
Year Built: 1972
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University Of Utah Golf Course, CLOSED 2009
102 Central Campus Dr
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Utah
84112
CLOSED
Year Built: - 1900
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Wasatch Mountain State Park, Lake Course
1281 Warm Springs Dr
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Utah
84049
(435) 654-0532
Year Built: - 1966
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Wasatch Mountain State Park, Mountain Course
1281 Warm Springs Dr
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Utah
84049
(435) 654-0532
Year Built: - 1972
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