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Ingleton & Bentham Golf Club, North Yorkshire. (1907 - 1935)
Result of the July 1907 monthly medal; Dr Troughton, Bentham, 88-16-72; Richard Atkinson, 98-20-78.
The September 1907 monthly medal was won by Richard Atkinson "a veteran of 60" with a score of 97-20-77
The second round for the Captain’s Cup was played in July 1908; R Atkinson, 88- 20-68; J H Cragg, 95-18-73; James Turner, 100-22-78.
Result of the first qualifying round for the prize presented by the captain, Mr T Thompson; J Butterfield, 98-18-80; Dr Troughton, 92-10-82; J Turner, 93-11-82; J Foster, 93-9-84; Rev A S Roberts, 90-2-88.
Result of the first round of the Walker Cup played in May 1912; Dr Troughton beat W Clarkson; Rev R H Craze beat G Walling jun; H Tolson beat H Pigou; P Thompson beat J Brown; J Turner beat G Walling; T Clegg beat Rev P Coates.
In 1914 the secretary was Jas Turner. A 9-hole challenging course with a Bogey score of 38. The club had a membership of 70. There was no entry fee. Subs for gents were £1 and ladies 10/-. Visitors’ fees were 1/6 a day, 5/- a week and 10/- a month.
Below is the result of a match played at Ingleton against Lancaster Golf Club on Saturday 25 April 1914.
| Ingleton & Bentham Golf Club | Lancaster Golf Club | ||
| T Thompson | 0 | J L Whalley (2&1) | 1 |
| J Turner (6&4) | 1 | E C Palmer | 0 |
| J Bibby (6&5) | 1 | F R C Storey | 0 |
| T Wells (3&2) | 1 | W Birchall | 0 |
| G Walling (half) | 0 | D Wright (half) | 0 |
| Rev R H Craze | 0 | J W Whittaker (2&1) | 1 |
| Rev P Coates (1up) | 1 | W H Cook | 0 |
| J Brown (3&2) | 1 | C F Gardner | 0 |
| 5 | 2 |
Below result of the competition for the silver vase presented by the president, H J Pigou.
From the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Tuesday 7 July 1914. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The report below from 1916 for the Ingleton & Bentham Golf Club, would the club carry on?
From The Lancashire Evening Post 6 April 1916. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The current Bentham Golf Club was founded in 1922.
Below is a report of a competition for the Dr Mackenzie Cup from April 1935. It appears that the Ingleton Golf Club was still playing on the "Parkfoot Links" at this time.
From the Morecambe Guardian Friday 26 April 1935. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Location of the Ingleton & Bentham golf course is in the centre of the above map on the Parks, Bentham Road. Reproduced from the {1909} Ordnance Survey Map.
The Google Map below pinpoints the location of the former Ingleton & Bentham course at the Parks, Bentham Road.
Ingleton & Bentham Golf Club disappeared after WW1.