n 1985, Neil Haworth joined the respected Canadian Golf Course Architecture firm of Graham Cooke and Associates. After several years of intensive work in the cool Canadian climate, Neil made the big leap across the Pacific to decidedly tropical Singapore, establishing the Asian offices of what was then the respected firm of Nelson & Wright in 1990. Neil became a director of the new firm in 1992. Chairman of Nelson & Haworth since 2000, Neil has overall responsibility for the company’s operations outside of the United States.

Over the past decade, Neil has designed many Asia’s top golf courses, including Shenzhen Golf Club in Guangzhou, China and Sheshan International Golf Club near Shanghai, China’s most exclusive golf club and home of the HSBC Champions tournament. Shan Shui Golf Course in Sabah is a masterpiece of design on a beauiful rainforest site that was voted "Best Golf Course in Asia" in 2000 by "Asian Golf Monthly."

In order to better service the many N&H clients in China, Neil has been based in Shanghai since 2002, allowing him to make many more site visits and to provide personal service to clients in this burgeoning market.

Neil was elected a full member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects in 1999.