Fred W. Hawtree
Name:
Frederick William HawtreeCountry:
EnglandLived:
[1916-2000]. Born Dec 21, 1916 in Bromley, Kent. Died on Sept 22, 2000 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, aged 84.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Golf course architect and writer; soldier and POW in WW2.Turned Pro:
n/aVice President, British Golf Greenkeepers' Association. Founder member and later President of the British Association of Golf Course Architects.
Fred W. Hawtree Jnr's best known work includes, but is not limited to:
BRITAIN & IRELAND:
Abergele (major redesign, 1960s) / Astbury GC (modifications, 1970s) / Athlone (modifications, 1972) / Bruntsfield Links GS (modifications, 1974) / Burnham & Berrow (nine-hole Channel course, 1977) / Cardigan (extension to 18 holes, 1969) / Coventry GC (new 11th & 12th holes, 1972) / Delamere Forest (renovation, 1959) / East Kilbride (1966) / Essendon (Old course, 1976) / Foxhills (Bernard Hunt and Longcross courses, 1975) / Gog Magog (Wandlebury course, first nine holes, 1969) / Hillside (current layout, 1960) / John O'Gaunt (John O'Gaunt course, 1948; Carthagena course first nine holes, 1960s) / Lindrick (modifications, 1930s) / Malone (modifications, 1965) / Massereene (extension from 9 to 18 holes, 1964) / Minchinhampton (Avening course, 1975) / Mortonhall (revisions, 1975) / Nefyn (modifications, 1980s) / Olton (modifications, 1953) / Portmarnock (Yellow-nine, 1971) / Royal Birkdale (modifications, 1960s) / Royal Liverpool (4th hole, 1966) / Sandiway (modifications, 1955) / Sandwell Park (par-3 16th, 1960s) / The Island (redesign, 1973) / The Worcestershire (nine replacement holes, 1970s) / Wellingborough (with son Martin Hawtree, 1972) / West Lancs (modifications, 1960s) / Western Gailes (modifications, 1976) / Westport (1973).
EUROPE:
Bad Ragaz, Switz (with Don Harradine, 1955) / Bondues, France (Hawtree course, 1967) / Düsseldorfer, Germany (1961) / Fontainebleau, France (modifications, 1963) / Fourqueux, France (construction mgt, 1963) / Lisbon Sports Club, Port (1962)/ Lyon GC, France (Brocards course, 1962) / Pals, Spain (1966) / Prieuré, France (East and West courses, 1965) / Rochefort, France (1964) / Royal Hainaut, Belg (Les Etangs-nine with son Martin Hawtree, 1990) / Royal Latem, Belg (redesign, 1950s) / Royal Limburg, Belg (1966) / Royal Waterloo, Belg (La Marache course, 1959) / Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France (Bleu and Rouge courses, 1959) / Son Vida, Mallorca (1964) / Terramar, Spain (modifications, 1972) / Vaudreuil, France (1961).
OUTSIDE EUROPE:
CC Johannesburg, RSA (Woodmead course, 1968) / Plettenburg Bay, RSA (1976) / Royal Harare, Zimbabwe (remodelled, 1950s) / Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (1975).
For over one hundred years, the Hawtree name has been associated with golf course design. Frederick George Hawtree (Fred Sr) started the business in 1912. He frequently worked with James Braid, and subsequently in partnership with J.H. Taylor from 1922 until 1939.
In 1955, when Fred Sr passed away, the business was taken on by his son Frederick William Hawtree (Fred Jr). Together with Charles Kenneth "CK" Cotton, J. Hamilton Stutt and Donald Harradine, Fred Jr was one of the four founders of the British Association of Golf Course Architects.
Since 1984, Martin Hawtree, Fred Jr's son, has headed-up the family design business, which over the years has been responsible for the design and remodelling of over 500 golf courses worldwide.
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