Robert Trent Jones, who was involved in the creation of nearly 500 new courses and as many redesigns and remodels, began his career in the early 1930s when he partnered Stanley Thompson, a leading Canadian golf course architect. Leaving Thompson in the mid-1930s, he created a number of public courses as part of the Work Progress Administration in the depression. After the Second World War his career flourished again, the Oakland Hills golf course becoming known as 'the Monster' following his redesign for the 1951 U.S. Open. Bobby Jones regarded his namesake as the best golf course architect he had ever met.