Served as host of W. Hal Brooks Memorial Golf Tournament and Gala, in honor of his father. Event was held for 11 years in his hometown and benefited hundreds of youth and teenage programs.

Partner in Knott-Linn-Brooks House, a golf course design company based in Palo Alto, Calif.

His first start-to-finish project, Southern Oaks GC outside Fort Worth, Texas, opened to rave reviews in 1999.