This is Stoke Poges (or Stoke Park as it is called once more). The holes on the lake side of the house were altered when the golf club was taken over to become an opulent resort. These pictures were taken in 1920 when the courses must have been quite new.
This is captioned Enfield Town 1920. Note the profusion of trench-like cross bunkers on many of these courses.
Sheringham 1920. I don’t know if these particular holes survive, some were lost to coastal erosion. I think it was at Sheringham about this period that Joyce Wethered was asked if the noise of a passing train had disturbed her concentration during a putt. She hadn’t even noticed it!
The London Country Club grew out of the London Flying Club. It was eventually taken over by RAF Hendon. MacKenzie’s 9-hole course was lost at this time. The RAF Museum is now situated here and a very worthwhile visit it makes.
I have already posted a later photo of Highgate, when the reservoir was being built into the course. These are older, from 1920 and before the reservoir. The layout was, if I remember correctly, by Cuthbert Butchart.
Epsom on Derby Day. Plentiful bunkers.
Bushey Hall. This is from 1922. The club dates from 1890.
Hull at Kirk Ella 1925.
South Bedfordshire at Luton 1926
Walsall. This was a MacKenzie course, but after this photo was taken in 1926 a new road was built through the course and much of it altered.
This is Moor Park in 1926, not long after the courses opened. The style of bunkering is shown very clearly. The West Course is in the foreground, the High Course beyond the house.
Rotherham, about which I know nothing.
The courses of Royal Wimbledon and Wimbledon Common are pretty well adjacent, so I’ve called all these Wimbledon, to get out of having to distinguish which is which! These are from 1926. I think there may be more to follow.
