Cuthbert Strachan Butchart
Cuthbert Butchart Strachan (* 1876 in Carnoustie , Scotland , † 1955 in Ossining , New York ) was a Scottish professional - golfer , one of the first professional golf instructors , a well-known golf club manufacturers and golf course architect .
Life
Butchart was a twin son of golf club maker John Butchart . In his hometown he learned the craft of racket from Robert Simpson . As a teenager, he became a professional golfer. First he went to Royal Mid Surrey for a year , then he lived in Montrose , played there in the Mercantile Club and went freelance as a racket maker, although initially unsuccessfully. He then worked in North Berwick and headed the Forth Rubber Company factory in Barnton ( Edinburgh ).
From 1893 to 1901 he worked as a pro at the Pollok Club in Glasgow . In 1901, at the age of 25, he got a job as a golf instructor in Royal County Down in Northern Ireland , where he stayed until 1905. He then went to the Highgate Club in London and founded the "London Golf Supply Company", which became the "Butchart's Golf Company". But in 1907 the company went into liquidation and he had to work again as a club professional around London, in Bleakdown ( West Byfleet ), West Hill, where he had previously created the square, and Stanwell Place near Stanwell ( Middlesex ), until he finally In 1911 went to Berlin-Westend as a golf coach at the Berlin Golf Club, one of the first golf clubs in Germany (founded in 1895). In Germany, he designed several golf courses, u. a. 1911 the Bad Kissingen golf course .
At the beginning of the First World War he came as a war opponent to the English internment camp on the former trotting track in Berlin-Ruhleben , where he was soon responsible for the sanitary facilities and general hygiene . After the war, Butchart returned to Berlin from 1919 to 1920.
Finally, in 1920, at the age of 44, he emigrated to the USA via Ellis Island . There he worked as a professional for the Biltmore Country Club in Westchester , New York , and was a partner in the company "Butchart-Nicholls Co. Inc." for golf equipment in Glenbrook ( Connecticut ). The New York Times described him in an article of April 3, 1921 as " one of the best known golf club makers of Europe " ( one of the most famous golf club manufacturers in Europe ).
literature
- Geoffrey S. Cornish , Ronald E. Whitten: The golf course , p. 168, Rutledge Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8317-3943-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top100 Golf Courses
- ^ West Hill Golf Course
- ↑ The Ruhleben Story (with photo)
- ^ Ellis Island, search result . Here his place of residence is given as London .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butchart, Cuthbert Strachan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butchart, Cuthbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carnoustie , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1955 |
| Place of death | Ossining , New York |