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Longdendale Golf Club, Hague Course, Mottram. (1906 - 1920s)
Founded in 1906.
A 9-hole course that was beautifully situated with natural hazards, consisting of mounds, hedges, roads and a pond. Stations at Mottram in Longdendale and Broadbottom 1 mile away.
December 1907 monthly handicap competition (bogey score 80) result; G Evill, 108-19-89; T Roscoe, 112-18-94; O Jackson, 133-15-98. The following also returned cards; H A Costobadie, G Ogden, Rev J W Fairhurst, Mrs Costobadie and Miss Awburn.
Result of the monthly handicap for March 1908; O Jackson, 109-15-94; G Ogden, 101-6-95; H A Costobadie, 108-12-96; Rev J W Fairhurst, 112-12-100.
Ladies' competition in May 1908.
Stalybridge Reporter Saturday 30 May 1908. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Location given on the above postcard is Golf Links, Hague, Broadbottom. Published by Beelly & Gracey.
In 1914 the secretary was G Ogden, Derbyshire View, Broadbottom, Lancashire. There was a membership of 70. The entrance fee was £1/1/0 and subs £1/11/6. Visitors’ fees were 1/- a day and 2/6 a week. Sunday play was not allowed.
In 1917 the Mr T Aldern c/o Longendale Golf Club made a donation of £5/3s/3d to the Mottram Old Hall Hospital fund.
From 1923 to its closure in the late 1920s the secretary was H Chapman, Hill End, Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire. Telephone number 6. Club membership was 60.
The Ordnance Survey and Google Maps below pinpoints the area around "The Hague" at Broadbottom, location of the former course.
O.S. Map Revised 1907; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1911}.