WeI've never dedicated a whole episode to a clubhouse before. Walton Heath Golf Club changed that.
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We played this Surrey Heathland course in a back-to-back pairs event — old course one day, new course the next — but by the time I'd walked its corridors, I knew the clubhouse itself needed its own feature. This episode isn't about the golf (that's part two). It's about everything that happens before you even put a tee in the ground: a king who served as club captain, four former Prime Ministers on the wall, a hidden museum dedicated to James Braid tucked behind the pro shop, and a hospitality standard — the "Walton Way" — that actually lives up to the name.
Inside this episode:
Why Walton Heath's reputation is more intimidating than the reality
James Braid: five Open wins, 46 years as the club's professional, and why he refused to change a single thing about the course design
The museum most visitors walk straight past
Prince Edward, four Prime Ministers, and the 1981 Ryder Cup
The terrace, the giant putting green, and one genuinely odd walk to the driving range
Part two — the actual golf — is coming in a couple of weeks.
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