Golf


The ‘ups and downs’ are undeniably both challenging and beautiful.


It is an 18‐hole par‐70 course, now some 6,700 yards in length. When Gavin came to Knole it was just 6,200 yards, but over the last four or five years his team have lengthened play over a number of holes to match changes in the game of golf, members’ expectations and abilities, and attract more sizeable events like the Tillman Trophy, already staged there. The club’s ambition, with justification, is to attract and host more prestigious events. Fortunately, there is plenty of room for Gavin to make changes.


“Being part of the Knole Estate is a privilege that the club


enjoys, and respects,” he says. “We share this magnificent open space with the many thousands of year round visitors that come to experience Knole House and the Park. We have a superb working relationship with Knole Estate.


Communication is crucial to that and we make sure we keep it advised of proposed alterations, in fact anything beyond routine presentation work, well in advance.”


Gavin and the club’s Green Committee meet on a monthly basis to discuss development of the course.


“We like to keep improving the course if we can to make it more challenging to the scratch golfer, and there is a sizeable group of category one players


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