Fossil Trace: About the Architect

Jim Engh
James J. Engh Golf Design Group, Inc.
900 W. Castleton Rd,
Castle Rock, CO 80104

A native of Dickinson, N.D., Engh, 45, earned a B.S. degree in landscape architecture with a concentration in turf grass science from Colorado State University. He has 23 years of experience in golf course design and construction, including four years in Europe and Asia while working from London for Cotton Pennick and later the International Management Group. He returned to the United States to start his own firm in 1991.

His Golf Digests magazine design awards include:

2003 — The magazine's first Architect of the Year award winner

2003 — Best New Private (The Club at Black Rock, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)

2003 — 2nd Best New Affordable Public (Fossil Trace Golf Club, Golden, Colo.)

2002 — Best New Upscale Public (Tullymore Golf Club, Stanwood, Mich.)

2001 — Best New Affordable Public (Golf Club at Redlands Mesa, Grand Junction, Colo.)

2000 — 2nd Best New Affordable Public (Hawktree Golf Course, Bismarck, N.D.)