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The Liphook course was designed at a turning point in the architecture of golf courses. The Company appointed Arthur Croome to lay out the course; in doing so it was opting for a supporter of a new philosophy – the ‘strategic’ as opposed to the ‘penal’ school of design.
A partner in the same design firm was Tom Simpson who became a member of Liphook and Master of the Green. Tom was responsible for a number of additions to the design of the course, carried out in the spirit of a ‘strategic’ course.
Subsequently, the design of the course has changed relatively little. In 1949 the order of the two halves was reversed to accommodate the New Clubhouse, built ten years later close to the original 10th hole.
Club Committees have from time to time invited course architects to survey the course and minor alterations have been made to accommodate changes in golfing techniques and technologies.
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