were not related. To make this distinction clear, Robert began using the middle name "Trent" shortly afterward. In 1955, Gene Hamm helped Jones build the Duke University Golf Course in Durham, North Carolina. He moved from there to Delaware to continue work with Jones, and then in 1959 moved back to Raleigh where he began his own design career. During the 1950s, Jones' annual income was reported as being $600,000—according to Golf Digest, no one other than Ben Hogan earned more money from golf at that time. Jones' clients included U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, for a putting green at the White House and a single hole at Camp David, as well as the Rockefeller family, Aga Khan and Hassan II of Morocco, for private courses. He was commissioned in 1990 to design a set of 18 courses in Alabama, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the largest single golf design contract in history. Jones was married to Ione Jones, who died in 1987 and with whom he had two sons: Robert Jr. and Rees, both of whom became golf course architects. Jones continued to design golf courses in his later years until health problems prompted him to retire to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he died on June 14, 2000, six days before his 94th birthday. His final course, the Southern Highlands Golf Club, was completed in 1999. Awards 1987 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America 1987 World Golf Hall of Fame 1972 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement See also List of golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones References External links Robert Trent Jones Society Golf course architects British emigrants to the United States 20th-century American architects World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni People from Ince-in-Makerfield 1906 births 2000 deaths