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Longdendale Golf Club, Mottram in Longendale. (1906 - 1920s)

Founded in 1906.

A 9-hole course  that was beautifully situated with natural hazards, consisting of mounds, hedges, roads and a pond. Stations at Mottram in Longdendale and Broadbottom 1 mile away.

December 1907 monthly handicap competition (bogey score 80) result; G Evill, 108-19-89; T Roscoe, 112-18-94; O Jackson, 133-15-98. The following also returned cards; H A Costobadie, G Ogden, Rev J W Fairhurst, Mrs Costobadie and Miss Awburn.

Result of the monthly handicap for March 1908; O Jackson, 109-15-94; G Ogden, 101-6-95; H A Costobadie, 108-12-96; Rev J W Fairhurst, 112-12-100.

 

Longendale Golf Club, Mottram-in-Longendale. The clubhouse and golf course.

Location given on the above postcard is Golf Links, Hague, Broadbottom. Published by Beelly & Gracey.

 

In 1914 the secretary was G Ogden, Derbyshire View, Broadbottom, Lancashire. There was a membership of 70. The entrance fee was £1/1/0 and subs £1/11/6. Visitors’ fees were 1/- a day and 2/6 a week. Sunday play was not allowed.

From 1923 to its closure in the late 1920s the secretary was H Chapman, Hill End, Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire. Telephone number 6. Club membership was 60.

The Google Map below pinpoints the area around "The Hague" at Broadbottom, location of the former course.