Parkstone Golf Club

The original course was designed in 1909 by the celebrated Scottish golfer, Willie Park Jnr, one of four golfing brothers from Musselburgh. Willie jnr won the Open in 1887 and 1889 before becoming one of the early golf course The area in the Luscombe Valley, just inland from Poole Harbour, on which Willie was to build his course, was similar to links land, sandy and undulating but hillier. It was also far more heavily wooded than may be supposed. According to Golf Illustrated Magazine of 1909, some 13,000 trees were removed during the construction