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Worthing Golf Club, Lychpole Course. (1890s)
The first nine-hole course of the Worthing Golf Club had a short life. Exact closure date unknown.
The course was at Lychpole, a remote area on the Sussex Downs about three miles from Worthing and two miles from Lancing. It would have been an arduous walk, a little easier by horse and carriage.
The brief appearance was in part due to a misunderstanding regarding the lease on the land.
Entry from the Golfing Annual 1892-93.
Below is a report on the first club from 1892. It’s interesting to note the location as being “upon the Downs at Leechpool, near Sompting.”
Worthing Gazette Wednesday 8 June 1892. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Problems with the lease in October 1892.
Sussex Agricultural Express Saturday 1 October 1892. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Result of the first competition played in October 1892.
Worthing Gazette Wednesday 2 November 1892. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Result of the second monthly competition played in December 1892.
Field Saturday 10 December 1892. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Results from the spring meeting held in April 1893.
Field Saturday 29 April 1893. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ordnance Survey Map below shows the remote Lychpool Farm in the late 1890s. The club had ceased to exist by this time.
O.S. Map Revised 1896; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1899}.