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Adam Lawrence

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Colt's course in Hastings
« on: June 18, 2014, 09:30:05 AM »
I was just reading an obituary of Harry Colt on the British Newspaper Archive site, and it mentioned that, along with Douglas Rolland, he was responsible for adding nine holes to the Hastings course in the late 1890s, at the same time as he was working on Rye (although long before he became a full time architect). The course was closed and sold for building land in 1938.

Does anyone know any more about this course? Obviously it would have been one of the very first things Colt did - it would be fascinating to find out a little more.
Adam Lawrence

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Craig Disher

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Re: Colt's course in Hastings
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2014, 04:12:59 PM »
Adam -
Do you know where the Colt course was located. From some early aerials I found two NLEs, one to the east of town on the cliffs off Barley Lane, the other was farther west nearer St. Leonards.

Adam Lawrence

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Re: Colt's course in Hastings
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2014, 04:24:50 PM »
Courtesy of Melvyn Morrow, the first nine, which predated Colt, were on East Hill, to the south of Barley Lane, while the nine that Colt and Rolland added were on the other side of the lane.
Adam Lawrence

Editor, Golf Course Architecture
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Principal, Oxford Golf Consulting
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Author, 'More Enduring Than Brass: a biography of Harry Colt' (forthcoming).

Short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.

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