Gordon Desmond Muirhead (March 23, 1923 – May 2, 2002) was an English-born American golf course designer.
[1] Muirhead designed many golf courses, including the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
[2] With Jack Nicklaus, he designed Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.
[2] According to the Honolulu Advertiser, he "became one of the most respected golf course designers" in the United States.
[1] An article in Golf Digest suggested that Muirhead "showed chutzpah in drawing inspiration from art, literature and Mother Nature but went off the deep end with fish bunkers and mermaid holes.