Shifnal Golf Club, Shropshire. (Pre-WW1 - 1929)
There is evidence of a pre-WW1 nine-hole course at Lodge Hill.
The current club was founded in 1929, this was originally a 10-hole course at Lodge Hill/Brimstree Hill, the club moved to its present location at Decker Hill in 1963.
Below is the result of a match played at Walsall against Shifnal in May 1914.
Walsall Golf Club | Shifnal Golf Club | ||
G B Gooding | 1 | A Lander | 0 |
J R Boak | 1 | J R Phillips | 0 |
B Gilbert junior | 1 | H Edge | 0 |
G Nicklin | 1 | G P H Godfrey | 0 |
H W Shipley | 1 | G F Gader | 0 |
W H Fox | 1 | L Owen | 0 |
J T Bunch | 1 | G Greene | 0 |
J Pritchard | 1 | F Thompson | 0 |
8 | 0 |
It was reported in May 1939 that the course had been extended to 18-holes. A nine-hole course had existed for many years; in early 1938 a further 40 acres of land had been acquired; the course measured 5,300 yards. The opening of the new course was celebrated with a match in which Dr Tweddell, of Stourbridge partnered Stanley Lunt of Moseley, against C Stowe of Penn, and K R Frazier, of Chadwick Manor. Tweddell and Lunt won by 2&1. It was also reported that there had been a substantial increase in club membership.
In the early 1950s the secretary was P N Wadlow, Wingfield, Shifnal, the professional and green-keeper was P R Rudge. Club membership of 170. Course records; amateur - G D Nook, 74; professional - G F Reynolds, 68. It was recorded as being a 10-hole course with a Par of 74 and SSS of 73. Visitors' fees were 2s/6d a day; 3s Saturday and 5s Sundays.