Golf Club Atlas
GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Adrian_Stiff on January 07, 2014, 10:10:52 AM
-
1 THE BERKSHIRE RED 6379 72 Berkshire 1928 Herbert Fowler
2 THE BERKSHIRE BLUE 6260 70 Berkshire 1928 Herbert Fowler
3 SWINLEY FOREST 6045 69 Berkshire 1909 Harry Colt
4 BEARWOOD LAKES 6800 72 Berkshire 1996 Martin Hawtree
5 DONNINGTON GROVE 7108 72 Berkshire Dave Thomas
6 EAST BERKSHIRE 6345 70 Berkshire 1903 Peter Paxton re: Howard Swann
7 TEMPLE 6248 70 Berkshire 1909 Willie Park Jnr
8 DOWNSHIRE 6416 69 Berkshire 1973 Fred Hawtree
9 MILL RIDE 6752 72 Berkshire 1990 Donald Steele
10 CALCOT PARK 6216 70 Berkshire 1930 Harry Colt
11 CASTLE ROYLE 6828 72 Berkshire 1994 Neil Coles
12 WEST BERKSHIRE 7001 74 Berkshire 1975 <<<<maybe Fred Boobyer
13 NEWBURY & CROOKHAM 5918 69 Berkshire 1873 J H Turner
14 SONNING 6366 70 Berkshire 1911
15 GORING & STREATLEY 6355 70 Berkshire 1895 Tom Dunn
16 READING 6251 70 Berkshire 1910 James Braid
17 MAIDENHEAD 6360 70 Berkshire 1896
18 WINTER HILL 6408 71 Berkshire 1976 Charles Lawrie
19 WOKEFIELD PARK 6961 72 Berkshire 1998 Jonathon Gaunt
20 SAND MARTINS 6204 70 Berkshire 1993 E T Fox
21 ROYAL ASCOT 5716 68 Berkshire 1887 J H TayloNLE
22 MAPLEDURHAM 5625 69 Berkshire 1992 Bob Sandow
23 DONNINGTON VALLEY 6335 71 Berkshire 1985
24 BLUE MOUNTAIN 6097 70 Berkshire 1993
25 BIRD HILLS 6212 69 Berkshire 1985 Clive Smith
26 NEWBURY RACECOURSE 6311 70 Berkshire 1994
27 SULHAM VALLEY 6121 71 Berkshire 1992
28 THEALE 6392 72 Berkshire M LOWE
29 THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD 4560 62 Berkshire 1901 MUIR FERGUSON
30 DATCHET 6087 69 Berkshire 1890 J H Taylor
31 HENNERTON 2730 34 Berkshire 1992 Dion Beard
32 BEARWOOD 5614 68 Berkshire 1986
33 BILLINGBEAR PARK 5700 68 Berkshire
34 DEANWOOD PARK 4230 64 Berkshire 1995
35 HURST 3105 35 Berkshire 1979
nle BLACK SWAN Berkshire
nle ETON COLLEGE 3560 58 Berkshire
nle LAVENDAR PARK 28 Berkshire
IF ANYONE CAN FILL THE GAPS THAT ARE NOT ON GCA PLEASE EMAIL ME ON adrian@theplayersgolfclub.com
-
Adrian,
I believe that the Royal Ascot course designed by Taylor was within the racecourse and is NLE. I think the club recently moved across the road to a newly built course. Google Earth (or even the satellite view on Google Maps) shows what looks like the remnants of the original course within the racecourse, with a very new looking course over the road. The club's website doesn't help, except that the course pictured does look very new. Sorry not to have any further info, I used to play cricket there occasionally (also inside the racecourse and remember the golf holes around the cricket ground and vaguely recall reading that the golf club had moved.
-
East Berkshire has been quite significantly renovated by Howard Swan's practice over the last few years.
-
I’m enjoying these threads I just wish I could help more.
Controversial rating for the GCA crowd Adrian! Although if you are going to base it on tournaments played on the course you have the right result. It’s a shame that The Berkshire can no longer draw talented amateurs to it’s tournament. Somewhere I have the photo of the board as you come in. Faldo, Lyle and many others won there.
Just to say the following moved from their old course this Century. I have a feeling that Donald Steel did the new one but can’t prove it.
http://www.royalascotgolfclub.co.uk/the-club/
(Just seen Mark's post)
Would like to know who did The Downshire. On a flat piece of land they created a really nice course and as you would expect from a council owned course, excellent value for money.
-
I hadn't realised that there would be so few courses in Berkshire, given that it's to a large extent a continuation of the Surrey sandbelt. Thanks, Adrian, for a useful resource.
-
Mark it suprised me too. I am expecting big things from you when I post Cheshire :O)
-
I live in Berkshire and I must admit I am also surprised by how few courses we have. I guess it is partly because we don't think in terms of county boundaries and there are loads of good courses around, but some of them are in Surrey, Oxfordshire or Bucks.
However, if you look on the Sunningdale website, the postal address is in Berkshire. I think those 2 courses would sneak into the top half of the ranking:
http://www.sunningdale-golfclub.co.uk/contact-us
There will be one fewer Berkshire course soon. Bearwood (the small 9 holed round the corner from my club Bearwood Lakes) has been bought by Reading FC and the property is to be converted into a training facility.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/golfers-flattened-reading-fc-bid-6247656
As for the rankings, Sunningdale apart, it has all been said. I think the broad strokes are correct, but after the top 3, who knows really?
Bearwood Lakes may not be everyone's favourite, but I think it is a fine course and the head greenskeeper shares a lot of the sensibility of GCA members - firm and fast, clearing trees, nice natural features and varying the shape and distribution of the rough to keep it fresh.
-
Downshire, F. Hawtree
Newbury & Crookham, J.H. Turner
Bird Hills, Clive D. Smith