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The home of the East Berkshire
Golf Club is at Crowthorne, near Wellington College.
In fact, the moving spirits in the formation of the
Club in 1903 were, for the most part, connected with
the College, where they had for some time been playing
over a short course laid out in the College grounds.
In1909 the original Company sold their property to the
late Mr Howard Palmer, JP, who became the first President
of the Club. A generous lease was offered in 1931 that
made it possible for the Club to proceed with their
plans for the building of the present well-designed
and attractive Club House. Mrs Palmer's son, Mr Reginald
H R Palmer, is now the President of the Club.
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The Course stands on the North
Downs near the western end of that glorious belt of
pine and heather country that was once the Forest of
Windsor. The Club House is a quarter of a mile from
Crowthorne Station, on the Southern line from Waterloo.
By road the best route is through Staines, Sunningdale
and Camberley to York Town, there turning right into
the Reading road past Sandhurst to Crowthorne. An ancient
Roman road, known to later superstition as the Devil's
Highway, traverses the southern edge of the course,
but little signs of it remain, and the visitors attention
is more likely to be caught by the beauty of the surroundings,
the brilliant orange of the gorse in spring time standing
out against the dark green of the firs, or in autumn
the rich purple of the heather contrasting with the
varied tints of the magnificent old oaks and beeches.
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The course, which was laid out
by Peter Paxton, is rich in natural hazards, particularly
skilful use being made of a couple of water courses
to guard the greens at two of the short holes. The heather,
as always, makes the best kind of rough, and somewhat
unusual use has been made of it to provide a cross hazard
for a number of our second shots. The phrase is not
entirely appropriate, since heather is not a hazard,
but it is just as effective a guard as a bunker would
be. The ground is sufficiently undulating to provide
a pleasing variety in the shots we are called upon to
play, and the round of just over 6,300 yards is sufficiently
long to test the game of any ordinary player.
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