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Bridgnorth Golf Club, Hook Farm Course, Tansley. (1892 – 1906)

The first nine-hole course was laid out on Hook Farm.

The club moved to its current location in 1906.

Advert with a mention of the club in December 1893.

Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 22 December 1893. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Competition played January 1894.

Bridgnorth Journal Saturday 13 January 1894. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Ladies' competition played in May 1894.

Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 25 May 1894. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Report on the club and course in June 1894.

Birmingham Mail Friday 15 June 1894. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 16 November 1894. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

A competition played on the course at Innage Lane in May 1897.

Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 7 May 1897. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Ladies competition played on the Tansley course in October 1897.

Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 8 October 1897. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Result of the monthly competition played in April 1900; E B Wood, 89-9-80; H C Wyley, 91-9-82; H W Pearce, 87-4-83; H Heasman, 101-15-86; G W Haslewood, 90-2-88; W Heasman, 122-30-92.

Shrewsbury Chronicle Friday 9 November 1900. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

Leading scores in the 18-hole Pritchard-Gordon Cup played in October 1902; G H Baker, 95-17-78; H W Pearce, 82-1-81; H C Wyley, 86-5-81; L E Dickson, 99-18-81; T W Haslehurst, 101-19-82; W Heasman, 93-5-88; W Pritchard-Gordon, 11-19-92; G C Monkland, 116-20-86.

Wellington Journal Saturday 17 October 1903. Image © Midland News Association. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

From the 1905 Nisbet’s Golf Yearbook; Instituted 1892; Membership 60; Station (GWR) one and half miles; Hon. secretary – H C Wyley, Bridgnorth; Captain, E M Southwell; Entrance fee, £1/1s; Subs 30s (outside 10 miles radius £1/1s); Nine-holes; Professional, C H Mayo (has done nine-holes in 34, eighteen-holes in 73) course records; Amateur course record – S H Petre, 34; Visitors, 1s a day, 2s/6d a week. An excellent course on sandy soil. The greens are first-rate, good lies are the reward for straight play.

Ordnance Survey from the 1900s showing The Hook.

O.S. Map Revised 1901; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1903}.