Outstanding Contribution Awards 2024
| Annual Meeting, Martin Hawtree, Peter Harradine
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The EIGCA Annual Meeting in Copenhagen was the perfect opportunity to present two of EIGCA’s founding members, Martin Hawtree and Peter Harradine with the Institute’s Outstanding Contribution award.
Introduced in 2023, the Outstanding Contribution award recognises an individual or company for their significant contribution to furthering the work of the Institute and/or the golf course design profession.
Caspar Grauballe, EIGCA’s President, took the opportunity of the gathering of the EIGCA community in Copenhagen to recognise two legends in golf course design.
Below is an extract from Caspar’s speech at the EIGCA President’s Dinner in Copenhagen
Martin Hawtree
“The Hawtree name has been associated with golf course design for over 100 years. Martin Hawtree is the third generation in his family to practice as a golf course architect, after his grandfather, Fredrick Senior, started the business in 1912, mainly working with James Braid. Frederick Junior took over the firm when his father passed away in 1955, closing the construction side and concentrating on golf course design. Martin joined in 1973, taking over the practice from his father in 1984.
“The Hawtree firm has been associated with the building or remodelling of over 500 courses, with their work spread across 4 continents.
“Martin’s Dad, Fred Jr, was one of the four founders of the first association of professional golf course architects, along with CK Cottom, J Hamilton Strutt and Donald Harradine, the British Association of Golf Course Architects, which became the British Institute in the early 1990s
“Martin has been involved with the Institute and its predecessors since 1985. The foundations for a future European Association were laid in 1994 with the signing of the first Protocol Alliance when Martin was President of the British Institute of Golf Course Architects.
“The contribution Hawtrees has made to developing future golf course architects is clear with many EIGCA members employed by Hawtrees over the years. Some of these are here today:
Peter Harradine
“The name of Hockey / Harradine has been associated with golf course design since the early 1920s. Albert Hockey remodelled his first course in 1920 before moving his family including stepson Don Harradine to Switzerland in 1925. Don designed courses, mainly in Europe and was joined in the business by Peter in the 1960s.
“Father and son worked together until Don retired in 1980. Peter has built courses across the globe, having personally designed and co-designed over 180 golf courses in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
“The Harradine dynasty has been entwined with EIGCA since before its inception. From his father’s involvement in the formation of the British Association of Golf Course Architects, along with Martin’s father, Fred William Hawtree, Peter was an important part of the formation of EIGCA in 2000, and was President from 2002-2004.
“The Harradine name and tradition in golf course design continues with Peter’s son Michael, the 4th generation of the family working in golf course design. Michael is here today and works for Harradine Golf in Dubai. He is also a graduate of our education programme, graduating with distinction in 2021.”
