Wentworth Golf Course

MobileCAD were privileged when asked to carry out a Measured

Building Survey of the Wentworth Golf Course Club House an iconic 

building for golf fans and regular back drop on the PGA tour season

(one of the MobileCAD team was very excited to

be part of this project). 

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The 19th century house the "Wentworths" (now the club house) was

the home for the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington. It was

purchased in 1850 by exiled Spanish marquis and count Ramon

Cabreraand his heiress wife. After his death, his wife, née

Catherine Anne Vaughn-Richards, bought up the surrounding

lands under The Cabrera Trust to safeguard the meadows, brooks

and the trees planted from her travels on the continent with

her gentrified husband to form what has become the heart

of the Wentworth Estate.

In 1912, builder W.G. Tarrant had started developing St George's Hill, 

Weybridge - a development of houses based on minimum 1-acre plots

based around a golf course. In 1922 Tarrant acquired the

development rights for the Wentworth Estate, getting Harry Colt 

to develop a golf course around "Wentworth" house. Tarrant

developed the large houses on the estate to a similar Surrey

formula used at St George's Hill. Development of Wentworth Estate

ground to a halt due to the Great Depression in the late 1920s.

In 1931 when the banks asked for repayment of a large debenture,

Tarrant was forced to declare bankruptcy. The ownership of the

land passed to Wentworth Estates Ltd, which came under the

control of Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd

Today Wentworth is the headquarters of the PGA European Tour 

and each year it hosts the Tour's BMW PGA Championship. It was

the venue of the 1953 Ryder Cup and of the HSBC World Match

Play Championship from 1964 until 2007.

The club is surrounded by and entwined with the Wentworth Estate,

one of the most expensive private estates in the London suburbs,

which was built at the same time, where many top golfers and other

celebrities have homes. One of them is Ernie Els, who became

the club's "world-wide touring professional" in 2005. Over the winter of 2005-06 Els, who is developing a golf course design practice, made alterations to the West Course, lengthening it by 310 yards (280 m) and adding 30 bunkers.

Wentworth also boasts a Tennis & Health Club. The Wentworth Tennis and Health Club consists of a gymnasium, dance studio, health spa, ozone swimming pool and jacuzzi, crèche facilities, changing rooms, and a café. The extensive facility was completed in 1997 for £9 million by Architects Broadway Malyan.

In 2004 the club was purchased by fashion industry entrepreneur Richard Caring for £130 million and in 2014, the club was sold to Beijing-based Reignwood Investments for £135m.

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Initially tasked with carrying out a Measured Building Survey of the club house, MobileCAD were asked to carry out further surveys of the leisure complex including gym and spa area, tennis courts and associated accesses. An extended topographical survey was also carried out and also initial investigation into a network of tunnels around the site.