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Bromsgrove Golf Club, Worcestershire. (1894 - WW2)
Golf was played at Bromsgrove as early as 1894, the club was inaugurated in 1896.
A 9-hole course with good sandy soil. Holes varied in length from 130 to 592 yards. The bogey was 41. The station at Bromsgrove was 1 mile away. Local hotel was the Golden Cross.
Below, result of a match played at Alcester on Saturday 4 March 1899.
| Alcester Golf Club | Bromsgrove Golf Club | ||
| E T Neale | 7 | F J Russon | 0 |
| G W Hinwood | 4 | M W Grafton | 0 |
| T F Woolley | 10 | J H Ludlow | 0 |
| H Overbury | 0 | T Horton | 5 |
| P H Hales | 0 | G H Wall | 5 |
| 21 | 10 |
Below, result of a match played at Ipsley on Saturday 25 March 1899.
| Ipsley Golf Club | Bromsgrove Golf Club | ||
| H R Heatley | 4 | R Tapp | 0 |
| F C B Cave | 0 | M W Grafton | 4 |
| C A Milward | 3 | T Russon | 0 |
| F V Milward | 3 | W D Ashbourne | 0 |
| W A Downes | 5 | G W Wall | 0 |
| 15 | 4 |
The in depth report below gives important information on the early history of the club.
From the Birmingham Daily Post Friday 9 March 1900. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ordnance Survey Map from the early 1900s showing the golf course and pavilion.
O.S. Map, Revised 1901; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1903}.
Result of a match played against Droitwich at Bromsgrove in February 1903.
| Bromsgrove Golf Club | Droitwich Golf Club | ||
| W L Bunting | 0 | O W Walford | 0 |
| R Tapp | 0 | A C Pickering | 6 |
| M W Grafton | 2 | Rev F D Richardson | 0 |
| H M Goodman | 0 | F A W How | 4 |
| F Holyoake | 8 | Pr Shirley Jones | 0 |
| H B Carslake | 5 | A W How | 0 |
| H C Barham | 8 | T Young | 0 |
| 23 | 10 |
From the 1905 Nisbet's Golf Yearbook; Instituted 1894; Membership 100; Hon. secretary - J Stevenson, Dormy Cottage, Rock Hill, Bromsgrove; Captain, J Stevenson; Entrance fee, £1/1s, subs, £1/1s; 9-holes; Green-keeper, G Nicholls; Amateur course record - J Stevenson and E Perkins, 39; Visitors’ fees on introduction, 1/- a day, 5/- a week and 10/- a month. The soil is good and sandy, and the holes vary in length from 130 to 572 yards, bogey is 41.
Below is the result of a match played at Redditch Golf Club in February 1909.
| Redditch Golf Club | Bromsgrove Golf Club | ||
| Dr. Stevenson (4&3) | 1 | A M Alland | 0 |
| C E James | 0 | J H Henderson (7&6) | 1 |
| R W Smith | 0 | C W H Payne (5&4) | 1 |
| A Terry | 0 | C H Smith (half) | 0 |
| W Llewellyn (5&3) | 1 | A V Holyoake | 0 |
| H Harper | 0 | Rev. H Noel Paterson (1up) | 1 |
| G Leach | 0 | W Corbett (4&2) | 1 |
| R White (2up) | 1 | A F Hirst | 0 |
| C Curtis (2up) | 1 | F Neale | 0 |
| 4 | 4 |
In 1914 the club had a membership of 100. Entry fees were £1/1/0 and subs £1/11/6. Sunday play was allowed without caddies.
Although the course was recorded on Ordnance Survey Maps just prior to WW2 no written evidence of the club has been found, so far, between the wars.
Location of the Bromsgrove golf course, which was still appearing just prior to WW2.