Golden Era Inspiration
Billy Fuller has been a student of Golden Era Golf Design principles for 40 years, starting as Golf Course Superintendent at Augusta National Golf Club 1981 to 1986. He departed Augusta immediately following Jack Nicklaus’s ’86 Master’s win to pursue his lifelong dream of golf course architecture with world-class architect Robert E. “Bob” Cupp. He made many trips to Scotland and England while designing two courses in England, studying the works of the founding fathers of strategic design. He continued studies across North America while assisting Cupp with more than one hundred new golf courses and 30 plus renovations.
Experience Counts
After 20 years with Bob Cupp, Billy formed Billy Fuller Golf Design in 2006.
“The formation of Billy Fuller Golf Design was a natural next step for me. Our mission to create courses that are strategically challenging, aesthetically memorable, and in harmony with natural surroundings. Equally important is to provide an agronomically sound foundation necessary to produce excellent turf conditions while striving to satisfy the vision of the ownership. From 2006 to 2025 we have master planned and renovated 30 courses and designed and built one new course. ”
Erik Belgum has worked with Billy Fuller Golf Design since 2013 and became a Design Associate in 2022. Erik is from Atlanta. Georgia and is a registered Landscape Architect in the state of GA (License No. LA001852).
