Featured architects
Harry Colt
The architect who brought strategy inland
- Born
- 1869, England
- Years active
- c. 1905–1939
- Works
- 300+ worldwide
- Era
- Golden Age
Why the name endures
Colt translated the strategic principles of links golf to heathland and parkland ground, proving intelligent design did not require the coast. A solicitor by training and the first secretary of Sunningdale, he set the template for the inland championship course.
“A good shot should be rewarded and a poor shot punished.”
Harry Colt
Design principles
- Risk and reward written into every hole
- Bunkering placed to influence decisions, not to punish
- Layouts that reward precision over power
Surviving work
Courses to see
Sunningdale (Old)
Berkshire, England
The heathland benchmark: subtle elevation and superb green complexes.
Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
Northern Ireland
An Open venue of dramatic elevation and the finest set of green sites in Ireland.
Muirfield
East Lothian, Scotland
Colt's returning-loops routing made the wind a different question on every hole.