Harry Colt

Two Bunkers by H. S. Colt, representing the then-new natural style, 1914

Henry Shapland "Harry" Colt (4 August 1869 – 21 November 1951) was a golf course architect born in Highgate, England. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd. 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 UK 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 Ltd. 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 ^[1]before taking a law degree at Clare College, Cambridge,^[2] where he captained the Cambridge University Golf Club in 1890.

In 1897 he became a Founder Member of the Royal & Ancient Rules of Golf Committee.

Results in major championships

Note: Colt played in only The Open Championship and The Amateur Championship.

Tournament	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899
The Open Championship	T38	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Amateur Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64	R32	R32	R64	R32

Tournament	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
The Amateur Championship	R32	QF	R64	DNP	R64	DNP	SF	R128	QF	R128

Tournament	1910	1911	1912
The Amateur Championship	R32	QF	R32

DNP = Did not play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Yellow background for top-10

Source for 1895 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 8 May 1895, pg. 8.

Source for 1896 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1896, pg. 11.

Source for 1898 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1898, pg. 10.

Source for 1899 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1899, pg. 11.

Source for 1900 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 10 May 1900, pg. 13.

Source for 1901 British Amateur: Golf, June 1901, pg. 413.

Source for 1902 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 30 April 1902, pg. 10.

Source for 1904 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 1 June 1904, pg. 11.

Source for 1906 British Amateur: Golf, July 1906, pg. 30.

Source for 1907 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 29 May 1907, pg. 12.

Source for 1908 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 29 May 1908, pg. 14.

Source for 1909 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July 1909, pg. 11.