Harry Colt, James Braid and Truro Golf Club
The History of Truro Golf Club..
85 years of tradition on the Treliske Estate and a legacy of 110 years since the club first formed at Idless.
To much fanfare and in the presence of the great and good of the City of Truro and the County of Cornwall, the new golf course, on the beautiful, south-facing, rolling countryside of Treliske Estate in Truro, opened for play on Saturday 29th May 1937.
The groundworks were undertaken by the golf constructor, John Stutt, assisted by a team of local men, overseen by John Morrison of the Colt design firm.
85 years of tradition on the Treliske Estate and a legacy of 110 years since the club first formed at Idless.
To much fanfare and in the presence of the great and good of the City of Truro and the County of Cornwall, the new golf course, on the beautiful, south-facing, rolling countryside of Treliske Estate in Truro, opened for play on Saturday 29th May 1937.
Principally designed by the renowned golf architect firm of Messrs Colt, Alison and Morrison, it had taken just six months to prepare the first nine holes ready for play, following the ceremonial cutting of the first turf by the Mayor of Truro in December 1936.
The groundworks were undertaken by the golf constructor, John Stutt, assisted by a team of local men, overseen by John Morrison of the Colt design firm.
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