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Hollybank Golf Club, Hythe, Southampton, Hants. (1936 - WW2)
First appeared in 1936.
Report on the construction of the new Hythe course which was laid out by Mackenzie Ross.
Belfast News-Letter Saturday 28 November 1936. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Entry from the Golfer's Handbook in the late 1930s; Secretary was P J Rolt, the professional D Pook and the green-keeper L Cavill. A 9-hole course with a SSS of 69 and membership of 200 (It was proposed to extend the course to 18 holes but no evidence was found of the 18 hole course). Visitors’ fees were 2/- a round, 2/6d at weekends. There was a railway station at Hythe and there was also a ferry service from Southampton. Local hotels were the Westcliff Hall and the Drummond Arms.
The Ordnance Survey Map below shows a portion of the golf course to the west.
O.S. Map Revised 1938 to 1942 © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1947}.
