England, United Kingdom
Willie Park Junior laid out the course at Knebworth Golf Club and it’s surprisingly hilly with dramatic elevated tees, large greens and a mainline railway line that comes into play on several holes.
Knebworth Golf Club
Willie Park Junior laid out the course at Knebworth Golf Club and it’s surprisingly hilly with dramatic elevated tees, large greens and a mainline railway line that comes into play on several holes.
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Willie Park Jr. was born in Musselburgh, the second of four sons of (Old) Willie Park, four-time Open Champion. Young Willie won the Open twice himself, becoming one of five Musselburgh men to do so.
Willie Park Jr. was born in 1864 in Musselburgh, the second of four sons belonging to (Old) Willie Park, the four-time Open Champion. Young Willie would win the Open twice himself, becoming one of five Musselburgh golfers to do so. In fact, of the first twenty-nine Opens played, eleven were won by men from the Honest Toun.
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Hawtree is the longest continuous practice of golf course construction and design on record. Started by Frederick George Hawtree in 1912, the firm was then managed by his son Frederick William Hawtree when he joined the firm in 1938. Grandson Martin Grant Hawtree entered the family business in the early 1970s, taking over operations a decade later.
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