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Cleeve Hill occupies the highest point in the Cotswolds at 330 metres elevation, where Old Tom Morris created an inland links in 1891. The common land layout features limestone drainage, quarry hazards, and panoramic views across Gloucestershire and Wales, making this a distinctive golf holiday destination.
Cleeve Hill Golf Club
Cleeve Hill occupies the highest point in the Cotswolds at 330 metres elevation, where Old Tom Morris created an inland links in 1891. The common land layout features limestone drainage, quarry hazards, and panoramic views across Gloucestershire and Wales, making this a distinctive golf holiday destination.
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In 1835, aged fourteen, Old Tom Morris worked in Allan Robertson's St Andrews workshop making golf balls and clubs. It’s said they were never beaten in a challenge match when paired together.
In 1835, at the age of fourteen, Old Tom was apprenticed to Allan Robertson, who most historians consider as the first golf professional, and he worked in his mentor’s St Andrews workshop making golf balls and clubs. It’s said they were never beaten in a challenge match when paired together – especially in high stakes matches such as one for £400 against the Dunns of Musselburgh in 1849.
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Educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield before commencing medical studies at Caius College, Cambridge in 1888, Alister MacKenzie graduated from university with a couple of degrees in 1897, by which time he was already working in his father’s general medical practice.
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