Wentworth Membership has unveiled plans to renovate its 100-year-old East Course and construct a brand new golf academy and par-3 course.
The 6,200-yard East Course on the famend Surrey venue was designed by Harry Colt and first opened for play in 1924, two years earlier than the extra well-known West Course, venue for this week’s BMW PGA Championship, was constructed.
The renovation undertaking, which is to be carried out by main architects European Golf Design working intently with Wentworth’s senior administration workforce, will purpose to return the par-68 course to its heathland roots, restoring Colt’s unique design values.
Among the many adjustments outlined embody intensive bunker reshaping, with quite a few the course’s smaller bunkers being mixed to create larger ones, whereas a number of of the inexperienced complexes and fairways may also be reshaped and redefined.
A woodland administration programme will improve the panorama as a part of the membership’s continued dedication to sustainability.
In a separate improvement, the membership is to construct a brand new golf academy that may embody three indoor educating studios, a placing studio, an out of doors brief recreation space and a café with outside seating.
That includes the most recent know-how for recreation enchancment, the world surrounding the academy may also characteristic 9 new outside hitting bays, whereas a brand new par-3 brief course can also be a part of the event plans, with the format being lengthy sufficient to be licensed for handicapping functions.
Stuart Boyle, Membership Supervisor at Wentworth, mentioned: “We’re dedicated to offering a world-class providing for our members, making a golf and nation membership expertise which is cherished and admired the world over.
“The renovation work on the East Course is a transparent signal as we proceed to try to make a traditional heathland take a look at even higher, whereas recognising the unique roots which have made the format so iconic. In the meantime, the event of our new Golf Academy will solely improve the golf providing we’ve got at Wentworth.”
