Harry S Colt Architect by Design

Harry Shapland Colt - architect of Ladbrook Park. 
Arguably the finest golf course designer of the 20th century, Harry Colt planned Ladbrook Park and Stoke Poges in 1908, Swinley Forest in 1910 and 36 holes at St Georges Hill in 1913. In that same year, he was invited by George Crump, creator of Pine Valley, to work with the routing of the holes on the great New Jersey course. One of his great achievements was the Eden course at St Andrews for the Royal and Ancient club in 1912, no doubt a contract much sought after by designers at the time. From a flat and unpromising piece of land, cramped in places, Colt laid out a course quite worthy of St Andrews and which continues to give pleasure to this day.
Included in his portfolio are the Wentworth courses and the remodelling of Muirfield; in Spain, Puerto de Hierro in Madrid and the Severiano Ballesteros home course, Real Club de Golf de Pedrena; in France, courses at Cannes and Le Touquet, and in Germany the Frankfurter and Hamburger courses. Prominent work in America was Sea Island in Georgia, the Country Club of Detroit, and Burning Tree, near Washington.
Harry Colt helped to train other leading architects in Dr Alister Mackenzie (Augusta, Pebble Beach etc.), C.H. Alison, J.S.F. Morrison and John Harris. Between them they designed over 300 courses in 24 countries.
Colt was probably the first golf architect who had been a professional golfer, the first to use the drawing board extensively, the first tree-planter and the first truly international designer. He left a mark on the British landscape and was possibly the finest golf architect Britain produced.
Further information is contained in the pdf files attached, with grateful thanks and acknowledgement to Stoke Poges Golf Club and Michael Rees, who reports with great interest and love of Colt designed golf courses.