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Woodlands Park Golf Club, Iver Heath, Bucks. (1925 - WW2)
The course opened in May 1925.
Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Friday 22 May 1925. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In 1930 the secretary was A L Morgan. The professional was W C Beecham and the green-keeper W Blower. 18-hole course, with a membership of 250. Course records, amateur Captain I G Elias 69 and professional W C Beecham 67. Visitors’ fees were 2/6 a day, 3/6 at weekend and Bank Holiday. The station at Uxbridge was 1 ½ miles away.
Charity Competition plated in May 1930.
Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Friday 9 May 1930. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Below some of the girl members of the Glamorgan Society playing at Woodlands Park in July 1931.
Western Mail Monday 20 July 1931. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Result of a match played against Ruislip Golf Club in April 1932.
Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Friday 29 April 1932. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Competition result from July 1932.
Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Friday 8 July 1932. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The competition for the Captain's Prize was played in June 1933 and was won by A Kelly, 76-12-64. The Ladies' competition finished in a tie between Mrs E H Bamford and Mrs L Pearce.
Christmas Dinner and Dance in 1933.
Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Friday 22 December 1933. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
From the 1935 to 1937 Golfer's Handbook; Woodlands Park Golf Club, Iver Heath, Bucks; Membership of 200; Secretary, D Edlyn Morris; Professional - R T Hulbert; Green-keeper W Blower; 18-holes, SSS72; Course records - Amateur, A Kelly 74; Professional R T Hulbert 70; Visitors' fees - 2s/6d weekdays, weekends and bank holidays, 3s/6d on introduction by a member, 5 shillings not introduced.
Club-head stamped R Hulbert Woodlands Park G.C.
In May 1935 Miss Betty Wyatt holed in one on the 157 yard thirteenth hole.
Industrial development begins on the golf course in October 1935.
Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Friday 4 October 1935. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
It was reported in the Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette in August 1949 that the "Uxbridge Flint Brick Company would turn out 25,000,000 bricks a year towards the reconstruction of Britain. From the gravel pit - a lake of 30 acres - where the Woodlands Park golf course used to be, to the stacking yard where the finished product, 1,000 bricks at a time, are mechanically loaded on to lorries."
The course and clubhouse on the 1930/40s Ordnance Survey Map.
O.S. Map Revised 1938; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1944}.
Location of Woodlands Park golf course.
Woodlands Park Golf Club had disappeared by 1940.