England, United Kingdom
The parkland course at Bristol & Clifton Golf Club sits a couple of miles west of the Clifton suspension bridge and the free draining nature of the property means winter tees and greens are rarely in use.
Bristol & Clifton Golf Club
The parkland course at Bristol & Clifton Golf Club sits a couple of miles west of the Clifton suspension bridge and the free draining nature of the property means winter tees and greens are rarely in use.
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Cotton didn't take up golf course architecture until the end of WWII when well over 50. In between times he taught as a schoolmaster before drifting into the role of secretary at Parkstone and Stoke Poges.
Donald Steel wrote a story for the Sunday Telegraph with Ken Cotton, who subsequently became his senior partner. He was building two courses – St Pierre and Ross-on-Wye – in the early 1960s, so he went to both locations and wrote a piece about building new golf layouts, which he found absolutely fascinating.
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