Richmond Park Golf Course
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 Richmond Park
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| Coordinates | 51°27′6.84″N 0°15′16.92″W / 51.4519000°N 0.2547000°WCoordinates: 51°27′6.84″N 0°15′16.92″W / 51.4519000°N 0.2547000°W |
| Location | East Sheen |
| Established | 1923 |
| Type | public |
| Owned by | The Royal Parks |
| Operated by | Glendale Golf since 2004 |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Princes course | |
| Designed by | Fred Hawtree |
| Par | 69 |
| Length | 5,868 yards (5,366 m) |
| Dukes course | |
| Designed by | Fred Hawtree |
| Par | 69/68 |
| Length | 6,217 yards (5,685 m) |
Richmond Park Golf Course, a public, daily fee golf course comprising two 18-hole courses, is located in Richmond Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and is home to Richmond Park Golf Club.
During and following the First World War there was a growth of provision of sports facilities within Richmond Park granted by the British monarchy. In order to provide golf facilities to "local artisans", unable to afford membership of private clubs, George V commissioned J. H. Taylor, one of the famous "Great Triumvirate" of Braid, Taylor and Vardon, to lay out an 18-hole golf course with architect Fred Hawtree on the eastern side of Richmond Park in the early 1920s. The golf course was opened in 1923 by Edward, Prince of Wales (who was to become King Edward VIII and, after his abdication, Duke of Windsor). This became known as the "Princes Course". In 1925, following the course's success, a second 18-hole course was added, again designed by Hawtree and inaugurated this time by the Duke of York (later George VI), giving the course its title of the "Dukes Course".
In 1985 Martin Hawtree, grandson of the original architect, was commissioned to undertake a programme of modernisation on the two courses.
The course lies on the boundary of the park to the east of Beverley Brook, between Roehampton and Robin Hood gates, and is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, bordering on the London Borough of Wandsworth. The Alton Estate, Roehampton, dominates the western skyline.
The course was developed on the former "Great Paddock" of Richmond Park, an area used for feeding deer for the royal hunt. The tree belt in this part of the park was supplemented by additional planting in 1936.
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