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East Essex Golf Club, Fitzjohn’s Course, Great Canfield. (1891)
Short lived nine-hole course.
From the Sporting Gazette Saturday 28 November 1891 – “The first of the Monthly Competitions (handicap) of this club took place on Saturday 7 November on the new links at Fitzjohn’s. Mr R R Morton was the winner in the gentlemen’s round with a round of 54-10-44; Miss Morton took the ladies’ prize with a score of 69-20-49.
This club was only formed in October last, but it now numbers 50 members. The links consist of nine-holes, and the nature the ground provides some excellent hazards.”
Golf Friday 18 December 1891. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1890s showing Fitzjohn’s.
O.S. Map Revised 1895; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1895}.