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Rees Jones (born September 16, 1941) is a noted golf course architect.

He was born in Montclair, New Jersey the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and the younger brother of golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, Jr.. His wife Susan was the executive assistant to photographer Edgar de Evia in the 1970s.

His first exposure to golf course design came as a boy when he would accompany his father surveying courses. After attending Yale and graduate studies at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, he joined his father and older brother at Robert Trent Jones Incorporated. He helped his father on numerous courses until forming his own firm in 1974. He has designed or redesigned over 100 golf courses in his career.

Jones continues to design courses and currently resides in his hometown of Montclair, New Jersey. He has also served as the president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. A noted environmentalist, he has been a vocal champion for the cause of environmentally-friendly golf courses.

While Jones has designed or redesigned 100+ courses, he is best known as the henchman called in when the USGA wants a course to be rendered so penal and unplayable that not even the world's best players can break par.

• Montauk Downs, Long Island, New York (1968)
• Ocean Pines, Maryland(1971)
• Turnberry Isle, Florida (1972)

• Arcadian Shores, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (1974)
• Marriott's Griffin Gate, Lexington, Kentucky (1981)
• Haig Point, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina (1986)
• Pinehurst #7, Pinehurst, North Carolina (1986)
• The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts (1988) - restoration
• Gleneagles at the Equinox, Manchester, Vermont (1992) - reconstruction
• Atlantic, Bridgehampton, New York (1992)
• Sandpines, Florence, Oregon (1992)
• Huntsville, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1994)
• Legend Trail, Scottsdale, Arizona (1995)
• Ocean Forest, Sea Island, Georgia (1995)
• Atlanta Athletic Club - Highlands Course, Duluth, Georgia (1995) - redesign
• East Lake, Atlanta, Georgia (1995) - reconstruction
• Poppy Ridge, Livermore, California (1996)
• Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, California (2001)
• Baker Hill, Newbury, New Hampshire (2003) - Golf Digest's voted Best Course in New Hampshire
• The Breakers Rees Jones Course, West Palm Beach, Florida (2004) - reconstruction
• Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri (2006) - reconstruction

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