Stoke Park ‘Season’ To Launch With Re-Opening Of Colt Nine

Stoke Park ‘Season’ To Launch With Re-Opening Of Colt Nine

The new golf season at Stoke Park Golf Club gets underway on April 22 when members help relaunch the venue’s historic first nine holes, the Colt course. Dating back to 1908 and designed by the legendary Harry Colt, the nine-hole loop, which bears his name, has been closed for the winter while it underwent some reshaping of its bunkers. Every bunker on the front nine holes has been completely re-shaped and rebuilt with the inclusion of a bunker liner. The course will re-open with an 18-hole ‘shotgun start’ tournament for members, followed by…Read more …
Iconic Stoke Park To Get Five-Star Bunker Treatment

Iconic Stoke Park To Get Five-Star Bunker Treatment

Iconic golfing venue Stoke Park is to invest a seven-figure sum in a facelift of its 27 holes, which were created by Harry Colt in 1908. The first phase of works, which begins at the five AA Red Star Buckinghamshire country club, spa and hotel this month, will involve rebuilding every bunker on the Colt course - holes one to nine - with some minor design changes being made to their shape and size before the holes reopen in April. The renowned strategic positioning of the bunkers will remain, however, with just a…Read more …