Harry Colt

Henry Shapland Colt (4 August 1869 – 21 November 1951) was a golf course architect born in Highgate, England.

The classic Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan, was designed by Colt and Alison in 1921.

The course played host to the 1947 PGA Championship, the 1957 Western Open, and Ryder Cup Challenge Matches in 1943.

He performed extensive redesigns of Sunningdale (Old course),[5] Woodhall Spa, and of Muirfield, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, and Royal Portrush, three of the courses on the rota for the Open Championship.

He also designed in 1914 the first Spanish course bigger than 4.300 yards, the Club de Golf Sant Cugat, promoted by the Barcelona Traction Light and Power Company Ltd.