Mapledurham,
Reading, Berkshire RG4 7UT
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Joe Templer (PGA, Head Golf Professional)The Course:
18 holes. Open links-style Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland & open countryside.
Designer:
Original design at this location by David Williams (2000); redesigned by Canadian architect Thomas "Tom" McBroom (2020).
The now closed Reading GC course at Emmer Green was originally designed by James Braid (1910), modified by Harry Colt (1913), and later revamped by Philip Mackenzie Ross (1930s).
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2 mi NW of Caversham / 3 mi NW of Reading.
The Caversham "Home of Reading Golf Club": embarking on a new future in 2021, the long-established Reading Golf Club moved from its Emmer Green home to a new location in nearby Caversham. The move involved merging with the much newer Caversham Heath Golf Club, and a revamp of the Caversham Heath course into a modern top-quality layout designed by Canadian-architect Tom McBroom.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire (book in advance).
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The Caversham, through various mergers and closures, can trace its history back to the original Reading GC (est. 1898). In 1910 the original club, which played at Tilehurst, was joined in the Reading area by a second club, the Caversham & South Oxfordshire GC. The members of the latter played on a James Braid course located at Emmer Green.
By 1918 the Reading GC and its Tilehurst course had effectively ceased to operate. Meanwhile the Caversham & South Oxfordshire GC forged on, having acquired many of the members and trophies from the defunct Reading GC. Caversham & South Oxfordshire was renamed as Reading & South Oxfordshire GC in 1928, and then Reading GC from 1939.
Caversham Heath Golf Club, a new course for the Reading area opened for play in 2000. In 2020 it merged with Reading GC, whose course at Emmer Green was sold for housing development.
The combined clubs, Reading and Caversham Heath, agreed on a new name, The Caversham "Home of Reading Golf Club". They also agreed that Canadian course architect Tom McBroom should redesign the Caversham Heath course into a modern top-quality layout (to be known as the Eynston course, after Caversham Heath's founder Jack Eynston).
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