Tom Doak founded Renaissance Golf Design. He passed the reins some time ago and is no longer part of daily operations, but he remains the firm's founder and a friend to every RGD associate.

The firm today is led by Brian Schneider, Eric Iverson, Don Placek, and Brian Slawnik. Each spent 15 to 20 years learning the craft in the field before stepping into leadership, and that experience shows in how they work: walking sites together, refining ideas, shaping features, and making the thousands of small decisions that give each course its character. They devote more time and talent to each project than any other firm. It's how every course earns its place in the game's history.

Every project begins with walking the site, studying slopes, drainage, soil, wind, and how light moves across the land. Our process is as visual as it is technical. The best design decisions aren't made on paper; they're shaped in the field, in three dimensions, as features are being built.

We're on site for 100+ days per project. We shape greens and bunkers ourselves when possible. We stay until the course is right.