After his career as a professional golfer, George Fazio became a well-known golf course architect, usually designing with his nephew Tom Fazio and course designer Lou Cappelli. George Fazio's best known work includes, but is not limited to:

UNITED STATES: Aronimink (Penn, modifications); Bel-Air CC (Calif, modifications); Butler Natl (IL, with Tom Fazio); Columbia CC (MD, modifications with Tom Fazio); Edgewood-Tahoe (Calif, with Tom Fazio); Hershey CC, West course (Penn); Inverness Club (Ohio, redesign with Tom Fazio); Jupiter Hills Club, Hills & Village courses (FL, with Tom Fazio); Palmetto Dunes, Fazio course (SC); PGA Natl, Fazio course (FL, with Tom Fazio); Turtle Bay, Fazio course (Hawaii).

OUTSIDE UNITED STATES: National GC of Canada (Ont, with Tom Fazio); La Querce (Italy, with nephew Jim Fazio); Mahogany Run (U.S. Virgin Islands, with Tom Fazio); Rio Mar, Ocean course (Puerto Rico, with Tom Fazio); .

George Fazio is a member of a distinguished family of course designers, which includes his nephews Tom and Jim Fazio, and Jim's son Tom Fazio II (also known as Tommy). George became a successful professional golfer, with two PGA Tour wins to his name, career earnings of more than $50,000, and a third place finish in the 1950 U.S. Open, won by Ben Hogan.

Like most golfers of his generation, Fazio was also a club pro during his touring years. During the 1940s, he was head pro at Hillcrest CC in Los Angeles, where many of Hollywood's celebrities played. After his playing days, Fazio became a well-respected golf course architect, often working with his nephew Tom Fazio and course designer Lou Cappelli. Between them they built many notable golf courses, that often incorporated clover-leaf and butterfly-shaped bunkers.