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Montgomeryshire Golf Club. (1893 - 1900s)

The club was founded in 1893, when the professional was S Jones.

Report on the new course in September 1893.

 

Montgomeryshire Golf Club. Report on the new course in September 1893.

From "Golf" Friday 22 September 1893.

 

Report on the progress of the club in January 1894.

 

Montgomeryshire Golf Club, Aberhafesp. Report on the progress of the club in January 1894.

"Golf" Friday 5 January 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Result of the first handicap competition played in January 1894.

 

Montgomeryshire Golf Club. The result of the first monthly handicap.

From the Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 26 January 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Below are details of the location of the course at Aberhafesp.

 

Montgomeryshire Golf Club. Location of the golf course at Aberhafsp.

From the Montgomery Times Shropshire Mid-Wales Advertiser 27 January 1894. With thanks to the National Library of Wales. All rights reserved.

 

Below is the result of a match played at Shrewsbury Golf Club on Saturday 24 March 1894.

Shrewsbury Golf Club   Montgomeryshire Golf Club  
R D Thomson 0 Mr Macnair 3
C J Baker (secretary) 0 Colonel Norton 0
Major Salusbury 3 Mr Kerr 0
P V Turner 9 Mr Davies 0
E D Robinson 9 Mr Lewis 0
T H Burd 9 Mr Buckley (secretary) 0
  30   3

Below is the result of the March 1894 monthly medal.  

 

Montgomeryshire Golf Club. The result of the March 1894 monthly handicap.

From the Montgomery Times Shropshire Mid-Wales Advertiser 31 March 1894. With thanks to the National Library of Wales. All rights reserved.

 

There was probably a later 9-hole course situated in Windy Oaks fields at Lymore. Research continues. 

The club continued in to the 1900s. It had disappeared by the time the nearby Chirbury Golf Club came into being (see separate entry.)