Martin Hawtree
Name:
Martin Grant HawtreeCountry:
EnglandBorn:
Jan 22, 1947 in Beckenham, Kent.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Golf course architect.Turned Pro:
n/aPresident, British Institute of Golf Course Architects (1996/97).
Martin Hawtree best known work includes, but is not limited to:
BRITAIN & IRELAND:
Bearwood Lakes (1996) / Brampton Park (with Simon Gidman, 1991) / Castlerock (Mussenden course modifications, 2018) / Close House (Filly course second nine, with John Glendinning, 1980s) / Cork GC (major renovation, 2010) / Coventry GC (renovation, 1994) / Dooks (redesign, 2005) / Dun Laoghaire (2006) / Gog Magog (Wandlebury course second nine holes, 1997) / Hunstanton (modifications, 2010s) / John O'Gaunt (Carthagena course second nine holes, 1970s) / Lahinch (Old course redesign, 2003) / Luffenham Heath (modifications, 2003) / Minchinhampton (Cherington course, 1995; Avening course modifications, 1995) / Portmarnock (modifications, 2002) / Rockliffe Hall (with Hawtree Ltd lead designer Marc Westenborg, 2009) / Royal Birkdale (renovation, 1993) / Royal Dublin (modifications, 2002) / Royal Liverpool (modifications, 2010) / The Dorset (1991) / The Island (modifications, 1990s) / Trump Intl, Doonbeg (redesign, 2014) / Trump Intl, Aberdeen (Old course, 2012; MacLeod course, 2025) / Wellingborough (with father Fred W. Hawtree, 1972) / Wynyard (1996).
EUROPE:
Chantilly, France (Vineuil course renovation, 2017) / Durbuy, Belg (1991) / Granville, France (modifications, 1992) / La Tournette, Belg (Anglais course, 1988) / Les Aisses, France (redesign, 2010) / Mazury G&CC, Poland (2002) / Naxhelet, Belg (2014) / Pine Cliffs, Portugal (1991) / Rinkven, Belg (modifications, 2010s) / Royal Bendinat, Mallorca (1986 & 1995) / Royal Hainaut, Belg (Les Etangs-nine with father Fred W. Hawtree, 1990) / Royal Ostend, Belg (modifications, 1990s) / Royal Waterloo, Belg (Le Lion and La Marache course modifications, 2004/05) / Simon's, Denmark (A+B nines, 1993; C-nine 2007) / Terramar, Spain (modifications, 1972) / Vallda, Sweden (2009) / Titanic, Turkey (1998) / Vilamoura, Portugal (Old course modifications, 1997; Millenium course, 2000).
OUTSIDE EUROPE:
Golden Greens, India (2000) / CC Johannesburg, RSA (Rocklands course, 1992) / Tarrandowah, Canada (2007) / Toronto GC, Canada (Colt course renovation, 2009/10).
For over one hundred years, the Hawtree name has been associated with golf course design. Frederick George Hawtree (Fred Sr) started the business in 1912. He frequently worked with James Braid, and subsequently in partnership with J.H. Taylor from 1922 until 1939.
In 1955, when Fred Sr passed away, the business was taken on by his son Frederick William Hawtree (Fred Jr). Together with Charles Kenneth "CK" Cotton, J. Hamilton Stutt and Donald Harradine, Fred Jr was one of the four founders of the British Association of Golf Course Architects.
Since 1984, Martin Hawtree, Fred Jr's son, has headed-up the family design business, which over the years has been responsible for the design and remodelling of over 500 golf courses worldwide. Martin studied for a PhD in Urban Design & Planning at Liverpool University.
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