Jay Blasi started playing golf at age two on a green his dad built in the backyard. He was doodling golf holes at four and in high school, he listed "designing a U.S. Open golf course" as his career goal.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 2000, Blasi moved to California and joined Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects. In his 11 years at RTJII, Blasi served as Project Architect at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., The Patriot in Owasso, Okla., and Stanford University's Siebel Varsity Golf Training Complex in Palo Alto.
In 2012, Blasi started his own firm, Jay Blasi Design, based in Los Gatos. Since forming his company, Blasi has led major transformations of Santa Ana CC in Orange County, Calif., Lakeside CC in Houston, Texas, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and Poppy Ridge in Livermore. He also collaborated with RTJII on a renovation of SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, host site of the 2023 U.S. Senior Open Championship.
Blasi’s honors and recognition include a Forward Under 40 Award from the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association (2015), being named as a ‘Top Five Architect under 40’ by Golf Channel in 2017 and being listed among The Next Superstar Architects by Today's Golfer in 2025.
He is currently working with clients in California, Minnesota, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin, and also serves as a contributing writer for Golfweek Magazine.