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Holms Golf Club, Coalville, Leicestershire. (1934 - WW2)
First appeared in the mid 1930s.
Report on the new club in May 1934.
Leicester Evening Mail Thursday 10 May 1934. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
From 1938 to 1949 the secretary was F H Blunt, 99 Forrest Rd, Coalville. The professional and green-keeper was R W Simons. A 9-hole course with a membership of 160. The SSS was 70 with a Par of 72. The professional course record was held by R W Simons with a score of 65. Visitors’ fees were 1/6 a round. Sunday Play was allowed and the club was licensed. The station at Bardon Hill was ¼ mile away.
Below resignations in July 1939.
From the Leicester Daily Mercury Monday 17 July 1939. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WW2 showing Bardonhill station.
O.S Map Revised 1938; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1948}.
The Holms Golf Club had disappeared by 1951.
The Google Map below pinpoints the location of the former Bardon Hill railway station which was a quarter of a mile from the Holms golf course.