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Eccleshall Golf Club, Staffs. (1897 - 1935)
Founded in 1897, the professional to 1900 was E Challinor.
A 9-hole course, visitors’ fees were 1/- a day and 2/6d a week. The station at Norton Bridge was 4 miles away. Local hotels were the Royal Oak and the Crown. In 1914 subs for gents were £1/1/0 and ladies 10/6d, there was no entry fee.
The club appears in the Golfing Annual; Volume XII – 1898/9. “It was instituted January 1897. 9 holes – 120 to 300 yards – par 33. “It is at Lea, about three miles from Morton Station (L. and N. W. Railway.), from which a bus runs thrice daily. There are several good inns at Eccleshall, which is within five minutes’ walk of the green”.
It is still listed in Volume XXIII – 1909/10 – The final edition. It is still 9-holes.
The annual handicap was played in April 1899. The Rev. A C Oliver and J S Lea met in the final, scores; Rev. A C Oliver, 104-14-90; J S Lea, 122-25-97.
| Secretary | Course Record | |
| 1906 | Herbert Lee, Stone Road, Eccleshall. | A C Allen (am) 39 |
| 1912-14 | Rev A Herbert Harrison, High Street, Eccleshall. | |
| 1920/30s | G A Williams. | A H Harrison (am) 35 |
Eccleshall Golf Club had disappeared by 1935.