Cawthorne Golf Club, Barnsley, Yorkshire. (1920s - WW2)
The course was laid out in Cannon Hall Park, Cawthorne. It first appeared in the 1920s and continued until the outbreak of WW2.
Result of a match and new course record in September 1928.
![Cawthorne Golf Club, Cannon Hall Park Course. Match result and course record in September 1928. Cawthorne Golf Club, Cannon Hall Park Course. Match result and course record in September 1928.](/images/club_graphics/wales/thumbs/zcawthorne_1.jpg)
Sheffield Independent Wednesday 12 September 1928. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
![Cawthorne Golf Club, Cannon Hall Park Course. J D Dews qualifies for the L F Rowlandson Challenge Cup in !934. Cawthorne Golf Club, Cannon Hall Park Course. J D Dews qualifies for the L F Rowlandson Challenge Cup in !934.](/images/club_graphics/wales/thumbs/zcawthorne_2.jpg)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner Friday 24 August 1934. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
New clubhouse in 1935.
![Cawthorne Golf Club, Cannon Hall Park Course. New clubhouse in 1935. Cawthorne Golf Club, Cannon Hall Park Course. New clubhouse in 1935.](/images/club_graphics/wales/thumbs/zcawthorne_3.jpg)
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times Friday 28 June 1935. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The club appeared in the Golfer's Handbook from 1937 - 1951 the secretary was A Knight.
The area the course occupied on Cannon Hall Country Park was requisitioned by the War Office in 1940 and a camp was erected for the armed forces.
Following the war it was proposed that the land should be used for open cast mining.
A tee from the original golf course could still be seen (2014).