Occupying a gently rolling, wooded property to the north of Hilton Head Island, the 18-hole golf course at Cherokee Plantation was Donald Steel’s first design in the United States.
Occupying a gently rolling, wooded property to the north of Hilton Head Island, the 18-hole golf course at Cherokee Plantation was Donald Steel’s first design in the United States.
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Cricket was Donald Steel's first sporting love and he played for Fettes College, becoming the first person from a Scottish school to play in the Public Schools XI against the Combined Services at Lord’s.
Donald Steel grew up as a young boy in Hillingdon on the outskirts of London during a time of bombing raids and air raid shelters. His father was a surgeon, physician and Medical Director of a large hospital and his mother was a nursing sister.
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