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Synopsis
Harry Colt was the leading pioneer of the Golden Age of golf course design. Having served as Sunningdale Secretary before the Great War, Colt was commissioned to build the club’s New 18 hole course which opened for play at the height of the golfing boom in November 1923. As new equipment projected the golf ball over ever longer distances, Tom Simpson was commissioned to redesign the course. The remodelled course opened in 1935, the year of King George V’s Silver Jubilee. With some club members dissatisfied at the loss of holes which had been abandoned and others unhappy with the Jubilee Course’s new layout, a former war hero and distinguished Sunningdale Club Captain who was Colt’s business partner, John Morrison, made further dramatic changes to the course in 1938. After the Second World War broke out, the course was handed over to the army for military training purposes and was not reopened until October 1950. It has remained open ever since, continuing to evolve and set new challenges in response to the golfing technology of the present day. In this book, Sunningdale Golf Club member Adrian Pepper tells the story of one of the most enthralling inland courses in the British Isles, of the characters who have influenced its evolution and of the players who have overcome its challenges. This hand stitched, cloth covered, hardback book, embossed with gold foil and colour dustjacket is a limited edition was published in December 2023.
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About the Author
Adrian Pepper is an enthustiastic amateur golfer. He is a member of the Sunningdale Golf Club and a bagful of other clubs and golfing societies. Born in the West Midlands and educated at Repton School and Oxford University, he works in London in corporate communications
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