David Williams

Neil Coles

Berkshire

England

Located between Maidenhead and Reading, the 18-hole layout at Castle Royle Golf & Country Club is ostensibly an early 1990s Neil Coles design, and you will find it listed as one of the completed projects in the Neil Coles & Associates website.

If, however, you know that Coles has had a very close working relationship down the years with architect David Williams, then a look at the David Williams Golf Design website reveal that Castle Royle is also listed there (along with just about every other Neil Coles new build item in his portfolio).

It stands to reason that every great golfer who later in his career puts his name to the design of a golf course should have a professional architect at his side to advise and look after all the technical niceties on new build projects so it seems only fair that Coles & Williams, although heading different companies, are recognised for their joint efforts.

Castle Royle has been described by David Williams as “a testing course, especially when played off the back tees [and] it regularly hosts events on the PGA Seniors Tour. Five new lakes and extensive bunkering make this a considerable test to golfers of all standards.”

Castle Royle

Newbury & Crookham

Britain & Ireland

Occupying a 180-acre property, the course at Castle Royle Golf & Country Club was designed to USGA specification by Neil Coles and David Williams in 1994.