Education
Clare College.
Clare College.
He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Limited. He participated in the design of over 300 golf courses (115 on his own) in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Colt"s courses of note in the United Kingdom include Sunningdale (New course), Rye, Blackmoor, Brancepeth Castle, Camberley Heath, Stoke Park Club, Calcot Park, Goring and Streatley Golf Club, Hendon Golf Club, Tyneside and the East & West Courses at Wentworth Club.
He performed extensive redesigns of Sunningdale (Old course) and of Muirfield and the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, two of the courses on the rota for the Open Championship.
In Canada, his courses for the Hamilton Golf and Country Club and the Toronto Golf Club are highly respected. He also designed in 1914 the first Spanish course bigger than 4.300 yards, the Club de Golf Sant Cugat, promoted by the Barcelona Traction Light and Power Company Limited.
While it is often joked that "the sun never sets" on a course designed by architect Robert Trent Jones, this is actually true for the works of Colt and his collaborators. Colt was educated at Monkton Combe School near Bath before taking a law degree at Clare College, Cambridge, where he captained the Cambridge University Golf Club in 1890.