Title
'The course is one of my preferred courses to play in the world': Chris Reynolds on Littlestone Golf Club
Subject
Chris Reynolds
Description
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Chris Reynolds, in which he talks about his more than fifty-year affiliation with Littlestone Golf Club, and why the course keeps drawing him back. Transcript attached.
Creator
Michael Romyn
Source
Chris Reynolds Oral History Recording
Publisher
Kent's Sporting Memories
Date
Interview recorded on 28 November, 2019
Contributor
Chris Reynolds; Michael Romyn
Rights
Kent's Sporting Memories
Format
MP3 (1:29); Microsoft Word Document
Language
English
Type
Sound Recording; Typed Transcript
Identifier
Chris Reynolds
Transcription
Kent’s Sporting Memories Oral History Transcript (Excerpt)
Interviewee: Chris Reynolds
Interviewer: Michael Romyn
Date: 28 November, 2019
Location: Littlestone Golf Club, Kent.
Recording Time: 31:55 – 33:24
Chris Reynolds: I was a member here since 1989 in the current life and when I was younger, when the motorway was – threatened to go through Ashford Golf Club for the first time, I became a member in 1969 and stayed until about 1973, by which time I’d gone to work in London and getting here was too difficult. So, fifty-year affiliation with the club and I have played here before then, before I was a member
Michael Romyn: Such a long association – is there something that stands out about Littlestone?
CR: I think the course is one of my preferred courses to play in the world. I’m very fortunate to be a member of a club, of a course that I really love. There are other courses that, there are obviously a lot of other courses that are theoretically better and more challenging and I enjoy playing those but this is where I’m quite happy - I’m quite happy playing here, really happy playing here.
MR: What aspects of the course do you like?
CR: The greens are probably some of the best greens in the country year in, year out. Throughout the winter they’re absolutely perfect. Other courses are in terrible trouble. The course for me is just an eminently playable course all year round.
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Interviewee: Chris Reynolds
Interviewer: Michael Romyn
Date: 28 November, 2019
Location: Littlestone Golf Club, Kent.
Recording Time: 31:55 – 33:24
Chris Reynolds: I was a member here since 1989 in the current life and when I was younger, when the motorway was – threatened to go through Ashford Golf Club for the first time, I became a member in 1969 and stayed until about 1973, by which time I’d gone to work in London and getting here was too difficult. So, fifty-year affiliation with the club and I have played here before then, before I was a member
Michael Romyn: Such a long association – is there something that stands out about Littlestone?
CR: I think the course is one of my preferred courses to play in the world. I’m very fortunate to be a member of a club, of a course that I really love. There are other courses that, there are obviously a lot of other courses that are theoretically better and more challenging and I enjoy playing those but this is where I’m quite happy - I’m quite happy playing here, really happy playing here.
MR: What aspects of the course do you like?
CR: The greens are probably some of the best greens in the country year in, year out. Throughout the winter they’re absolutely perfect. Other courses are in terrible trouble. The course for me is just an eminently playable course all year round.
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