Education
Christ"s College; Fettes College.
Christ"s College; Fettes College.
Educated at Fettes College and Christ"s College, Cambridge, he has designed a large number of golf courses or modifications to existing courses, mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He has also written a number of books about golf. He was golf correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph from its launch in 1961 until 1989, and has written for Country Life since 1983.
In 1957, he played cricket for Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship, making six appearances.
The highlight of his golfing career was qualifying for the 1970 Open Championship at the Old Course at Street Andrews.