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Izaac Walton Hotel Golf Club, Dovedale. (1901 - WW1)
Founded in 1901.
Sometimes spelt Izaak Walton Hotel.
a fine 9-hole dry course of nearly 2,200 yards with natural hazards and good greens, course laid out by George Lowe. The nearest station was the London & North Western Railway at Thorpe Cloud.
The Izaac Walton Hotel is in the centre of the above map (no golf course marked - a year early). Reproduced from the {1900} Ordnance Survey Map.
In the 1905 Nisbet's Golf Yearbook the secretary was F Evans, Islam, Ashbourne. Nine-hole amateur record, 48. Fine dry, bracing situation, a mile and a half round, with natural bunkers and sporting greens.
The hotel in the 1900s.
In 1906 the secretary was William Evans, Izaak Walton Hotel, Ashbourne, Derbys. Visitors’ fees were 2/6 a week and 10/- per season.
Estate for sale in July 1910, including the nine-hole golf course.
Ashbourne Telegraph Friday 15 July 1910. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In 1914 the secretary was E Evans. There was no entry fee. Visitors to the hotel paid 2/6 a week and 10/6 a season. Residents in the neighbourhood paid 5/- a week.
Dovedale, Izaak Walton Hotel Golf Club disappeared after WW1.