Royal Wimbledon Golf

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From its creation Royal Wimbledon club played on Wimbledon popular, revealing the Tom Dunn designed training course with London Scottish driver. Four holes round the Windmill had been lost and changed in 1901 but, sadly, no map associated with the modified design has survived.

The arrangement had been completely amicable, nevertheless arrival of a 3rd individual, newly- formed Wimbledon Town Golf Club and more and more unwanted existence of nannies, their particular prams additionally the picnic events who found the small close cut vegetables irresistible, generated installing obstruction, frustration and, perhaps undoubtedly, the choice to go it alone. In 1907, RWGC started construction of its very own training course, created by Willie Park Jnr, on 240 acres of farmland adjoining the typical, rented from Warren Farm.

The new course, but had beenn’t perfect and a radical redesign through the famous Harry S Colt (just who happened to be an associate) ended up being done in 1924 at a price of £7, 000. It is virtually the program we play these days with a couple of adjustments. The very first being the surrender of old 17th to create room for wartime allotments and also the removal of the 18th Green to a safer length through the Club home.

Measuring 6, 366 yards for the men and 5, 581 the women, with traditional Scratches of 71 and 73 respectively, the course has encountered a continuous programme of enhancement in recent years built to enhance the artistic aspects, drive back players’ improved equipment and fitness and supply appropriate practice and training services.