Advisory Panel
Cameron Sinclair
Two renowned Golf Architects, Donald Steel and Cameron Sinclair, who both worked with Frank Pennink in the highly successful ‘Cotton Lawrie Pennink’ Partnership, have welcomed the launching of this website and have offered to join our advisory panel.
Donald Steel
Donald Steel is, of course, also a brilliant golf author and was the Daily Telegraph’s golf correspondent for many years. His book “Classic Golf Links of Great Britain and Ireland” published in 1992, containing Brian Morgan’s wonderful photography has, to use a pun, become a classic of our time.
David Golding
David Golding, apprenticed as a greenkeeper, became a Golf Course Manager and a great friend of Jim Arthur’s, having not quite made the grade as a Golf Pro.
He, since the 1990s, has been the man behind the development of greenkeeper training and education that has come on by leaps and bounds in recent years in Great Britain and Europe. He is the Education Director of The GTC and brings a depth and wealth of experience from whom FineGolf is lucky to be able to take advice.
The architect of Walton Heath’s regeneration as a true heathland course in the last ten years is Simon Creagh Chapman, their Chairman of Green.
Simon Creagh Chapman
He is enthusiastic, devoted and decisive. He understands that the prime purpose of any Green Committee is to throw its support behind the Course Manager/Head Greenkeeper (in Walton Heath’s case, the renowned Ian McMillan, who was involved previously with the so important, ground breaking heathland regeneration work at Hankley Common) and fight their battles when it comes to policy making and expenditure. Simon is prepared to be judged by results and under his stewardship one of our most famous inland courses is being nursed back to what is the new Fine Golf trend. We will enjoy his company and advice.
It is an honour to also welcome George Mobbs as an advisor, a well known county golfer and Secretary at Northamptonshire County Golf
George Mobbs
Club from1966 to 1981. He served as a council member of the Golf Society of Great Britain for 13 years and was influential in helping the Society through a difficult period.
He has spent 60 years collecting and collating golf course photographs and has generously offered his entire collection of fourteen volumes to Fine Golf.
Michael and Anthony
Thanks also to Michael Evans and Anthony Ramm, the most brilliant website designer and programmer, who have with patience creatively interpreted the needs of FineGolf from myself, who was an IT neanderthal when the project started.
I take full responsibility for all editorial comment, while I thank John Harris, the golf historian ( see Dunbar GC review in East Scotland area) who has been a great support with his intelligent comment and knowledge of English!