Bergin Golf Designs is led by Bill Bergin, whose background in the golf industry is distinctive.  Bergin played the world's best golf courses as a touring professional, gained an understanding of club operations and the abilities of the every day player as a teaching professional, and acquired technical design expertise under the guidance of noted designer Bob Cupp. 

Involved in projects ranging from exclusive private clubs to high-end daily fee golf courses, on terrain as diverse as the Gulf Coast lowlands to the hills of Tennessee, Bergin’s qualifications afford him a keen insight into golf course layouts and enable him to provide a comprehensive design package.  Over the last fifteen years, Bergin has been involved in the planning and design of more than 40 projects, including fifteen revisions.  While working for Bob Cupp, Golf World’s 1992 Architect of the Year, he was able to blend his strong strategic background with the actual mechanics of golf course design to become skilled in all phases of the design process.

Highlighting Bergin Golf Designs’ completed projects are Fairvue Plantation, in Gallatin, Tennessee; The Auburn University Club, in Auburn, Alabama; and Chariot Run, The Golf Course of Caesars Indiana.  The Auburn University Club has been a featured golf course on GolfDigest.com and The Club at Fairvue Plantation recently opened with more than 600 members. 

Before his work as a designer, Bill spent six years playing golf professionally and three years as a teaching professional at Cherokee Town & Country Club in Atlanta.  During his competitive days, the former Georgia Amateur Champion played in excess of 250 professional tournaments worldwide, including three U.S. Opens, two British Opens and more than 50 PGA Tour events.  Competing on courses such as St. Andrews, Royal St. George’s, Pebble Beach, Olympic Club, and Baltusrol, and teaching golfers of all abilities has given him an astute awareness into the strategic quality of a golf course and how it affects all players.  Highlighting Bill’s playing career was a tournament-low 66 in the third round of the 1984 British Open at St. Andrews, leading him to a 14th place finish among the best golfers in the world.  Bill Bergin is a former Class A PGA Professional and earned a Business degree from Auburn University in 1981.

Joining Bergin Golf Designs in the summer of 2006, Justin Killingsworth has added his own diverse skills and golf experience to the company.  With a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and a degree in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design from the University of Tennessee, Justin has combined his love for the game of golf with a well planned education.
           
            Before gaining employment with Bergin Golf Designs, Justin honed his knowledge of the game through both competitive play and work experience.  Prior to college, Justin spent his summers on the golf course working on maintenance crews as well as playing the game.  While working on the maintenance staff of two Chattanooga area golf courses, he was able to assist the superintendent in daily course preparation and maintenance.  As a student at the University of Tennessee, Justin obtained plant knowledge and construction experience by interning for four years with a landscape design company.  His training consisted of developing design concepts, creating artistic renderings, and field implementation.  As a graduate student at LSU, Justin interned for LJC Planning and Design, where he assisted in various projects ranging from city master planning to small scale park design.