Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Current design by English course architect Harry Colt (1930).
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Dr Alister MacKenzie
Sat'day restrictd
Newcastle upon Tyne
George Rochester
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Dr Alister MacKenzie was among those who contributed to the design of Bingley St Ives.
Visitors welcome
Carlisle
James Braid
Wkends restrictd
Newcastle upon Tyne
Harry Colt
Not Saturdays
Carlisle
Original course laid out by Tom Simpson. Revamped after WW2 by Scottish course architect Philip Mackenzie Ross, who created the layout which is largely unchanged to this day.
Visitors welcome
Douglas, IoM
Original design by Old Tom Morris, with later improvements by Philip Mackenzie Ross (1940s) and Donald Steel.
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Colt course: Scott Macpherson (2011), in the style of Harry Colt.
Filly course: originally a 9-hole course, extended to 18 by Hawtree, Cram & Glendinning (1980s) and refurbished by Scott Macpherson (2011).
Weekdays only
Leeds
Major Charles Atkinson MacKenzie (younger brother of Dr Alister MacKenzie).
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Original layout by Tom Chisholm (1891). Subsequent changes made by Tom Dunn (1890s), prior to a major redesign by Harry Vardon in conjunction with Ted Ray, J.H. Taylor and James Braid (1905). Later improvements also made by Harry Colt (1907, 1911 & 1931); Dr Alister MacKenzie (1912 & 1920) and C.K. Cotton (1948 & 1952).
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Original nine-hole design by Tom Dunn (1890), extended to 18 by R. Collins (1894), and further modified by Willie Fernie (1898) and Willie Park Jr (1903). Significantly modified and lengthened by James Braid (1930); further modifications by Frank Pennink (1963).
Visitors welcome
Leeds
James Braid designed the current layout at Ogden in 1920, building on the earlier design work of George Lowe (1906), Herbert Fowler (1908) and Dr Alister MacKenzie (1912).
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Current design by English course architect Harry Colt (of Colt, Alison & Morrison) (1937).
Wkends restrictd
Leeds
Original layout designed by Sandy Herd. Many others, including Dr Alister MacKenzie, designed later course improvements.
Not Saturdays
Newcastle upon Tyne
C.K. "Ken" Cotton designed the current layout in 1951, revamping some earlier design work by Harry Vardon (1907).
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Original design by Tom Dunn, with later modifications by Alex Herd, Herbert Fowler, Dr Alister MacKenzie, Fred Hawtree and Donald Steel.
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Harry Colt with significant modifications by Dr Alister MacKenzie.
Saturday restrictd
Leeds
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Gaunt
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Current layout designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1970).
Wkends restrictd
Leeds
Dr Alister MacKenzie
Wkends restrictd
Leeds
Sandy Herd
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Marc Westenborg (of Hawtree Design)
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Original 9-hole course laid out by Sandy Herd (1906), increased to 18-holes (1906) and subsequently modified by James Braid.
Weekdays only
Leeds
Dr Alister MacKenzie
Visitors welcome
Leeds
Major Charles A. Mackenzie (brother of Alister MacKenzie).
Visitors welcome
Carlisle
Willie Campbell & George Lowe
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
First 14 holes laid out by Dr Duncan McCuaig (1874) and extended to 18 holes (1891). Improved and lengthened by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1925). The four additional holes designed by Frank Pennink (1970s).
Visitors welcome
Carlisle
Original layout by David Grant (1892). Redesigned soon afterwards by Willie Park Jr. Later improvements by Dr Alister MacKenzie.
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Dave Thomas
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Neil Coles
Visitors welcome
Carlisle
George Lowe laid out the first nine holes (1891). Eighteen months later the course was extended to 18-holes.
Visitors welcome
Newcastle upon Tyne
Martin G. Hawtree of Hawtree Limited.
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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