Ian Scott-Taylor’s golf architectural career has spanned twenty years to include involvement with or leading over fifty major design projects throughout sixteen countries.

Scott-Taylor’s belief in classic strategic golf traces back to his early years in North Wales and his love of the game from his father, an officer in the merchant navy. Ian studied at West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, City and Guilds London Institute and the University of Wiltshire.

At the Royal Commission of Ancient and Historic Monuments, Ian worked on some of the most environmentally sensitive sites in the United Kingdom.  He became an expert on historic landscapes and site recognition.  Scott-Taylor remains one of the only golf course architects in the British Isles to work on heritage and ecological issues for the British Government.

In 1985 Scott-Taylor joined the David Williams Partnership.  In his position with other notable golf course designers, he developed his skills and gained a reputation for precision scheme, and working drawings.

Ian opened his own practice in 1991 and worked with David Feherty, Brian Huggett, and Ian Woosnam on numerous sites.  With Wales as his home base, Ian’s projects took him to Turkey, Dubai, Ireland and the U.S.

Ian Scott-Taylor came to the United States to create a championship British golf course on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  The Result?  Hunters Oak Golf Club, Queenstown, MD. Ian moved to the United States to build his vision of a championship golf course.  During the project, he spoke to his father often about their mutual respect for the game and the land on which it was played. After completion, he remained in the U.S.

He saw a special need for accurate restoration of classic courses and environmentally sensitive solutions for course improvement and expansion.  Ian Scott-Taylor’s goal is to build  courses  that will become the timeless  standard of the game.