News:

Welcome to the Golf Club Atlas Discussion Group!

Each user is approved by the Golf Club Atlas editorial staff. For any new inquiries, please contact us.

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Michael Dugger

  • Karma: +0/-0
Henry or Harry Colt, which is it??
« on: December 29, 2007, 01:02:08 AM »
His tombstone says Henry but I see Harry all the time.

Which is it...or both?
Logged
What does it matter if the poor player can putt all the way from tee to green, provided that he has to zigzag so frequently that he takes six or seven putts to reach it?     --Alistair Mackenzie--

Neil_Crafter

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re:Henry or Harry Colt, which is it??
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2007, 01:24:55 AM »
Michael
Fred Hawtree's "Colt & Co." has it as Henry on the title page and then Harry inside the text and no explanation as to why one and not the other. Hawtree includes the wording from the headstone as being Harry. I can't offer any further explanation without someone digging up his birth certificate. Puzzling. Was Henry a typo on the title page? If so, its one of some magnitude.
Neil
Logged

Tony_Muldoon

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re:Henry or Harry Colt, which is it??
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2007, 04:58:12 AM »





From a plaque inside his church.




« Last Edit: December 29, 2007, 04:59:57 AM by Tony_Muldoon »
Logged
Let's make GCA grate again!

Andrew Summerell

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re:Henry or Harry Colt, which is it??
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2007, 05:00:57 AM »
You may find it's like a lot of people whose name is John, but are called Jack, or Charles, but are called Chuck.
Logged

Daniel_Wexler

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re:Henry or Harry Colt, which is it??
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2007, 05:44:45 AM »
For what it's worth, Harry Vardon's given name was Henry as well.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up