The Stoke Poges golf course is the finest parkland course in England, created on the centuries old turf of the original deer park, created by Capability Brown and Humphry Repton.

The following is an extract from Colt’s report in 1908:- “The soil is a light sandy loam and gravel, which should dry very quickly after heavy rain, thus assuring good Golf during the winter months. I should hesitate to make even deep bunkers, as the soil is so porous that there ought to be no difficulty as to drainage. With little exception deer have grazed over the Park for years past. The turf is very fine, and could hardly be better.”

The course was opened in July 1909 and received immediate acclaim:- “If there were no palatial clubhouse and no beautiful gardens and grounds, the course itself would take a great deal of beating anywhere within thirty miles of London. Mr. H.S. Colt, to whom belongs the credit of designing it, has scored a great success and his reputation as a green architect, already high, will be greatly enhanced by this the latest of his works.”
(Golf Illustrated, page 95, 16th July 1909).

The course has also stood the test of time: “Longevity and history do not necessarily make for a great golf course but in the case of Stoke Poges, it becomes immediately apparent why this layout has withstood the considerable test of time. It got off to a good start when the original landlord called on Harry Colt to offer his services as a designer. The course now has Colt’s finest single hole (the seventh at Stoke Park Club), a short par three upon which the notorious twelfth at Augusta was modelled.”
(Today’s Golfer, page 71, April 1992).

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