Ken Brown

Ken Brown has a wealth of experience as a touring professional golfer and more recently as a television golf commentator. Both roles have equipped him with a unique insight into golf course architecture since he has played and visited some of the finest golf courses in the world. His analytical approach to playing the game to a very high standard shines through in his commentary and provides a very valuable input in the assessment of established courses where clubs are looking to do course improvement work. In addition he has the knowledge of what is required to design a true championship course, having played on so many.

Born in Scotland in 1957, Ken Brown became a professional golfer in 1974 and played on the PGA European Tour from 1976-92. He also played on the US PGA Tour from 1984-91. Ken took part in five Ryder Cup events between 1977 and 1987 and was a member of the victorious European team in 1985 and 1987. During this time he had four wins on the European Tour and one on the US Tour as follows:

In addition he had 10 second-place finishes on the European Tour including two in the Italian Open in 1980 and 1983 and four for the PGA Championship in 1978, 1980, 1981 & 1983.

Since retiring as a touring professional, Ken has commentated first for Sky TV between 1993-2000 and then for BBC television from 2000 to the present day. He is an honorary member of the PGA and has been on the board of directors of the European Tour since 1997.

In golf course architecture, before teaming up with CGD he designed a 27-hole development at Aldwickbury Park Golf Course and completely redesigned Harpenden Common, both near Luton in the UK. Ken has worked as a Consultant with Creative Golf Design since 2000, and has provided design advice to over 20 established golf clubs during that time including Aldeburgh, Coombe Hill, Drift, Moortown, Newark, North Hants, Notts (Hollinwell), Roehampton, Royal Wimbledon, Rufford Park, Sherwood Forest, South Herts and The Warrington golf clubs, amongst others. The major course improvement work at Coombe Hill Golf Club, in London, which involved rebuilding and repositioning around 70 bunkers and extending 3 greens was awarded Course Renovation of 2004 by Golf World Magazine.