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Greenford Golf Club, Greater London. (1912 - 1984)
The earlier club was founded in 1912.
A later club opened in 1966. This club closed in the 1984.
Below the proposed 18-hole golf course.
From the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser Friday 2 February 1912. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer Saturday 3 August 1912. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Advert for the new Greenford Golf Course in October 1912.
Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer Saturday 12 October 1912.
Below a report on the first annual meeting in October 1912.
From the Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Saturday 2 November 1912. Image © Trinity Mirror Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In the "Sunday Medal" in July 1913 H S Barnett (16) had a net score of 68 (10 strokes under bogey); G T Lintott, 88-14-74; C D Crittall, 96-22-74; H D Curtis, 82-8-74, tied for second place.
The final of the President's Cup was played in September 1913; A N Harper (3) beat E E Lintott (11) by 7 and 6.
Acton Gazette Friday 26 September 1913. Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In 1914 the secretary was L M P Sulivan at the Golf Club. Club Telephone number Wembley 145. The professional was William Cheape. An 18-hole course on good loamy subsoil on high undulating ground with natural hazards. The club had a membership of 350. There was no entry fee. Subs were £5/5/0. Visitors’ fees on introduction were 1/6 a day, weekends 2/6 a day. Sunday play allowed with caddies. There were stations at Greenford adjoining and Sudbury Hill DR 15 minutes away.
It was reported in October 1914 that over thirty members of the Greenford Golf Club had joined the Army, several were thought to be in the fighting line.
Results of the November 1914 medals; A B Brierley, 97-20-77; Ladies, replayed tie, Mrs B F A Dickinson, 106-25-81; Mrs I Cadwaladr-Jones, 119-36-83.
The Golf Clubhouse, Greenford. Image courtesy of David Heath.
Greenford Golf Club and Course.
The Greenford Golf Course. O.S. Map Revised 1912 to 1913; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1920}.
Greenford Golf Club disappeared at the time of WW1.
It was reported in May 1920 that Greenford Golf Club, now known as Perivale Park Golf Club, has been opened at Perivale, where it has acquired a fine course.
The Britain from Above link below (from 1926) shows the location of Greenford Station which adjoined the golf course.
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw016598?search=greenford&ref=4
The Google Map below pinpoints the location of the former Greenford Golf Course.
Greenford Golf Club, Rockware Avenue Course. (1966 – 1984)
The club was set up by Golf Facilities Ltd.
The Floodlit Golf Range opened in March 1966. The golf course opened in 1967.
The club closed in 1984
It was reported in January 1969 that the driving range, golf course and clubhouse had been running at a loss since they started trading three years ago.
From the Golfer’s Handbook 1975; Rockware Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex; Membership, 300; Secretary, A W Peters; Professional, P Cheyney; 9-holes, 1,569 yards; Amateur course record, 58; Fees, 45p (60p weekend).
Golfer’s Handbook 1976; Rockware Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex; Private; Membership, 460; Secretary, A W Peters; Professional, P Cheyney; 9-holes, 1,569 yards; Course records; Amateur, 58; Professional, 56; Fees, 45p (60p weekend).
Result of the annual Turkey Competition played in December 1979; Ladies; Liz Johnstone, 66 net; Men’s (nine-holes due to weather); George Munro, 28 net; Bill Devery, 29 net.
Greenford & Northolt Gazette Tuesday 22 April 1980. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Report on the club an course in May 1980.
Extract from a report that accompanies the pictures below – “Brian Robins is the latest club champion at Greenford. Brian is one of thousands golfers who don’t conform to the stereotype image given to his sport but he admits “There is still a stigma attached belonging to a golf club.” The Greenford Golf Club doesn’t conform to the traditional image either. It is a world away from Sunningdale and the likes.
Just off the Greenwood Road, bordered by factories and roads in an area more associated with soccer and darts than golf. Brian added “We do have a cross section of members here. There is a baker and a bloke that owns a chain of clothing factories throughout the Middle East; you can’t tell one from the other. Many clubs are closed shops but in Scotland some years ago a more democratic system began and all sorts of people started to play golf. Now a lot of parents can afford to buy their children half a set of clubs to start them off.”
The club was founded fifteen years ago and the clubhouse is what could be termed unpretentious. The members of the club – there are about 400, including ladies are contemptuous of bigger clubs. “There is a lot of money at the more exclusive clubs” says Brian; “And they don’t know what to do with it, they have excellent facilities they have clubhouses with air conditioning. But who needs air conditioning? We just open a couple of doors here.”
At Greenford each member is vetted before he or she join the club. They have to be recommended by another member and undergo interview with Brian and one of the club’s two professionals Phil Cheyney which isn’t too rigorous. The interviewees don’t have to have BBC accents or wear any sort of old tie. They just have to like golf and show enthusiasm for the club. That’s not to say the golfers are a shabby lot when they do play. Certain traditions are followed. Phil. a professional for 22 years and friend of Tony Jacklin and Tommy Horton, insists; “We do insist on club ties when we play fixtures but there is nothing snobbish about it. It’s just that the members do feel proud of the club.”
Greenford & Northolt Gazette Friday 23 May 1980. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Golfer’s Handbook 1982; Rockware Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex; Private; Membership, 460; Secretary, A W Peters; Professional, Phil Cheyney; 9-holes, 2,209 yards; ; Fees, £2.50 (£5 weekend); Driving range.
Southall Gazette Friday 9 September 1983. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
It was reported in November 1983 that the course was to be taken over by the giant IBM computer company. The golf club could be closed by the end of the year. Club captain at the time Tom Lattimore, was desperate to save the club, which had 250 members, but to no avail.
Google Map showing the location of the later course.