Clyde Johnston 

Clyde Johnston is the principal golf architecture and design firm based on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Formed in March of 1987 to offer professional golf course design services, Johnston company has completed over 75 golf course design projects, both new layouts, and renovations of existing designs

Johnston has received awards for several of his designs including Cherry Blossom GC, Heather Glen Golf Links, Jacksonville Golf and Country Club, Old South Golf Links, and Covered Bridge Golf Club, owned and co-designed by Fuzzy Zoeller. Clyde Johnston has also been involved in numerous golf course renovations including those at The Landings Club courses Oakridge, Plantation and Palmetto, the Savannah Golf Club, Moss Creek Plantation, and Sea Pines Country Club, along with many other courses in the Hilton Head Island area.

Johnston was elected to membership in the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1988 and served on the Board of Governors for two terms, then as president in 2002-2003. Johnston was elected to the Low Country Golf Hall of Fame in March of 2017.

Johnston's mission statement, and that of his design firm, is a philosophy of good stewardship of the land, honoring all environmentally sensitive issues, and assisting the golf industry by promoting environmental awareness. “We prefer to work with the natural contours and vegetation of the land rather than force the golf course design on it,” says Johnston.

Website: http://www.clydejohnston.com/