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Harrow (Hill) Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill. (1892 - WW1) 

The first Harrow Golf Club was founded in 1892. This club closed in 1895.

The later club was founded in 1913. It started as the Harrow Golf Club, it was also known as the Hill Golf Club, this club continued until 1922.

Report on the Harrow Golf Club in August 1893.

 

Harrow Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Report on the Harrow Golf Club and Course in August 1893.

 

Harrow Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Report on the Harrow Golf Club and Course in August 1893.

From “Golf” Friday 18 August 1893.

 

On Saturday 18 March 1893 the monthly medal was won by Mr Pawle with a net score of 92.

 

Harrow Golf Club, London. Advert for the golf club in March 1894.

"Golf" Friday 2 March 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Result of the March 1894 monthly medal; L S Pawle, 98-10-88; A Magnay, 108-18-90; J H Williams, 104-13-91; F B Pitcairn, 106-14-92; A K Carlyon, 114-18-96; A S Chinnock, 129-30-99. High scores due to the heavy state of the course.

Result of a match played at Northwood in April 1894.

 

Harrow Golf Club, London. Result of a match played at Northwood in April 1894.

"Golf" Friday 11 May 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Result of the June medal 1894; L S Pawle, 86-7-79; H E Farrell, 103-22-81; V P Lohr, 100-18-82; W B Rouse, 111-22-89; W G Guillemard, 116-24-92; Rev, W Done Bushell, 108-12-96; C H P Mayo, 111-12-99.

Following is a report from the Isle of Man Times on Saturday 28 July 1894. "Mr Horace E Farrell, of the Douglas and Harrow Golf Clubs, after a severe contest on the Harrow Links, for the "Hargreaves Golf Cup" beat his opponent, Mr Pitcairn, in the semi-final by 4&3. In the final against Dr Stiven he won easily by 5&4. Mr Farrell, therefore, carries to this Island the prize, a very beautiful and costly silver cup, and with it a valuable medal. On the 21st he also carried off another medal in a club competition. This is the third medal won on the Harrow Links." Report on the final below.

 

Harrow Golf Club, London. Result of the Summer Challenge Cup in July 1894.

"Golf" Tuesday 24 July 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

From "Golf" Friday 8 February 1895; "HARROW GOLF CLUB - It has been decided for the present to admit members without payment of Entrance Fee - H J Strickland, Secretary, Harrow."

Result of the March 1895 medal; F B Pitcairn, 106-10-96; C H P Mays, 113-14-99; A R F Hyslop, 116-14-102; G E S Davis, 119-15-104.

The article below is the last one found for the earlier Harrow Golf Club.

 

Harrow Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Sale of the golf pavilion November 1895.

Golf Friday 15 November 1895. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Golf returns to Harrow just prior to WW1 when the Hill Golf Club, Harrow, is formed.

Hill Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill. (1914 - 1922/3)

The later Hill Golf Club Course was designed by Harry Colt who started work on the layout in 1914.

Report on the new club in November 1913.

 

Harrow (Hill) Golf Club. Report on the new club in November 1913.

Harrow Observer Friday 7 November 1913. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

From the Harrow Observer Friday 10 July 1914; "THE HILL GOLF CLUB - We understand that the lease of Sheepcote Farm has been signed on behalf  of the Hill Golf Club Ltd., and that Mr Colt has prepared the plans for the contractor, who will start immediately with the tees, greens, etc. The shares in the club have been well taken up and only a few are now available. Communications should be addressed to Mr J Penry Oliver, 84 Lowlands Road."  

In 1914 the secretary at Harrow Golf Club, Middlesex was Geo R Nicholson at The Golf Club, Preston Road, Harrow. Telephone Wembley 155. The professional was James West (1912 to 1916). 18-hole course with a membership of 300. The entry fee was £1/1/0. Subs for gents were £5/5/0 and ladies £2/2/0. Five day members paid £2/2/0. Visitors’ fees were 1/- a day, 2/6 at weekends. Sunday play with caddies was allowed. Station at Preston Road (Metropolitan) was a minute away.

 

Harrow Golf Club. The clubhouse.

Harrow Clubhouse.

 

Harrow Golf Club. Clubhouse, Course, Cars and Golfers.

Harrow Clubhouse, Course, Car Park and Golfers. 

 

Hill Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Report on the course in November 1914.

Harrow Observer Friday 6 November 1914. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

In December 1914 James West, the Harrow professional, broke the course record with a score of 68. George Duncan had held the record with a score of 72.

The following article is from The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News 13 March 1915. “Coming down to the neighbourhood of London a new club is starting on the dry ground of Sheepcote Farm, near Harrow, under the name of Hill Golf Club, where ladies with a Ladies’ Golf Union handicap of  sixteen or less will be allowed to play over the full men’s eighteen-hole course even at the week-ends and on Bank Holidays. There will be a relief course of nine-holes always available for the ladies who have who have not reached the high-water mark of proficiency, this course will be enlarged to eighteen later. The Hill Golf Club will probably open at Easter.”

Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WW1 showing Sheepcote Farm (location of the course).

 

Hill Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill. O.S Map showing Sheepcote Farm.

O.S. Map Revised 1912; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1920}.

 

Hill Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill, London. Report from May 1915.

From The Birmingham Daily Gazette 4 May 1915. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

In the early 1920s the secretary was Major A Whitley Lavarack M.C., telephone number 342. The professional was A Andrews and the green-keeper E Dunn. Initially a 9-hole course eventually extending to 18-holes, with a membership of 400. Visitors’ fees were 2/6 a day, 5/- at Weekends and Bank Holidays. Stations at Harrow (Metropolitan and GCR) 7 minutes and Kenton 5 minutes.

During the 1920s the Vaudeville Golfing Society played many matches against the Harrow Golf Club.

In August 1923 Mr Pryor, of Harrow Golf Club, stated that any member of the VGS would be given the same privileges as members of the Harrow club. 

In the early 1920s the secretary was J W Pryor and the professionals James Drake (1916 to 1926) B Drake (1926 to 1930). Visitors’ fees were, 2/- a day, 5/- at the weekend.

Harrow (Hill) Golf Club disappeared in the early 1920s.

The reports below are extracts taken from the Harrow Observer in 1922/3. They give information of the transition of Hill Golf Club to Northwick Park.

Dr Mackenzie advertised he worked at Northwick Park and one clipping mentions the opening of a new nine holes in 1923. In 1922 there is mention of much ground work and new bunkers on the existing golf course but no detail is given about who was overseeing this.

"The good feeling which exists between the staff and the members and officials of the Hill Golf Club was exemplified on Saturday evening, when the indoor and outdoor employees were entertained to dinner by Mr P H Gillespie, the popular club captain. The Hill Golf Club possess a highly capable staff, which is proved by the efficiency of the indoor service, the beautiful condition of the course, and the excellent instruction given by the club professional. The club opened a new chapter in its growing volume of enterprise on Saturday, when the nine hole course was used for the first time."  

 

Hill Golf Club, Harrow-on-the-Hill, London. Location of the Hill Golf Club.

The above map and information is taken from the Harrow Observer.

 

"In consequence of the decision to name the new station "Northwick Park and Kenton," the golf club will probably change its name to "The Northwick Park Golf Club." The committee of the club consider it is now an opportune time to change the name. They have advised members to agree to the alteration, and an extraordinary general meeting to adopt the alteration is to be held on June 23rd. At the same meeting an opportunity will be taken to discuss the question of adopting a variation in the order of playing the holes, as follows; 1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8, 17,18, walk across the yard and continue from, 11,12,13,14, 15, 16, 9, 10. The new station will be opened next month, it is the result of an application from the club to the Railway Company - although the development on the Northwick Estate must have had some influence on the Company's decision - and it will undoubtedly prove of considerable convenience to members. In the circumstances the change of name would seem appropriate, and if the club agrees to it, it will associate itself with the family which held the manor of Harrow, and formerly owned a great part of the land around."

"The Hill Golf Club have changed their name to that of  Northwick Park Golf Club, and the alteration synchronises with the opening of the new station adjoining the club's course which will prove of much convenience to members."

So, the course continued as Northwick Park the secretary, professional and the green-keeper were the same at both clubs.

See separate entry on this website for the later Northwick Park Golf Club.