Transcriber's Note This version of the text is unable to reproduce certain typographic features. Italics are delimited with the '_' character as _italic_. Bold font is delimited with the '=' character as =bold=. Words printed using "small capitals" are shifted to all upper-case. The illustrations were each presented with a full page caption, and were separated from the text by blank pages. In this text, these illustrations were moved to fall at paragraph breaks and appear as, for example: [Illustration: SUNNINGDALE _The tenth hole_] Please consult the transcriber's notes at the end of this text for any additional issues. THE GOLF COURSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES [Illustration: ST. ANDREWS _Looking back from the twelfth green_] THE GOLF COURSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES BY BERNARD DARWIN ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY ROUNTREE LONDON DUCKWORTH & CO. 3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN _All rights reserved_ _Published 1910_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. LONDON COURSES (1) 1 II. LONDON COURSES (2) 23 III. KENT AND SUSSEX 44 IV. THE WEST AND SOUTH-WEST 68 V. EAST ANGLIA 93 VI. THE COURSES OF CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE 111 VII. YORKSHIRE AND THE MIDLANDS 130 VIII. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE 147 IX. A LONDON COURSE 158 X. ST. ANDREWS, FIFE, AND FORFARSHIRE 165 XI. THE COURSES OF THE EAST LOTHIAN AND EDINBURGH 181 XII. WEST OF SCOTLAND: PRESTWICK AND TROON 202 XIII. IRELAND 215 XIV. WALES 231 INDEX 250 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ST. ANDREWS _Frontispiece._ SUNNINGDALE _To face p._ 4 WALTON HEATH " 12 WOKING " 18 MID-SURREY " 24 STOKE POGES " 28 CASSIOBURY PARK " 30