Henry Shapland Colt (4 August 1869 – 21 November 1951) was a golf course architect born in Highgate, England, the sixth child and younger son of a barrister. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd. He participated in the design or redesign of over 300 golf courses (115 on his own) in all six inhabited continents, including those at Wentworth Club, Sunningdale, Muirfield, Royal Portrush, and Royal Liverpool.
Canterbury Golf Club Is A Harry Colt Gem
Colt’s courses of note in the UK include: Canterbury, Crews Hill, Newport, Stoke Park, Tandridge Golf Club, which features Colt Corner, Oxford Golf Club, Ladbrook Park Golf Club, Denham Golf Club, St George’s Hill, Goring and Streatley Golf Club
Goring and Streatley Golf Club
Denham Golf Club
Crews Hill Golf Club
Newport Golf Club
Sunningdale (New course), Belfairs Golf Club, Rye, Blackmoor, Swinley Forest, Brancepeth Castle, Peebles Golf Club, Brokenhurst Manor, Camberley Heath, Calcot Park, Goring and Streatley Golf Club, Alnmouth Golf Club (Foxton), Grimsby Golf Club, Hendon Golf Club, Tyneside, Tidworth Garrison and the East & West Courses at Wentworth Club.
Tidworth Garrison Golf Club
He performed extensive revisions of Sunningdale (Old course), Woodhall Spa, Muirfield and Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.
