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Rollestone Golf Club, Fawley, Hants. (1920s - 1950s)
First appeared in the 1920s.
Also spelt Rollstone Golf Club.
Competition result from May 1923.
Hampshire Advertiser Saturday 26 May 1923. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Match played in July 1937.
Hampshire Advertiser Saturday 17 July 1937. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Hampshire Advertiser Saturday 28 January 1939. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The following text accompanies the above pictures. "The Hampshire Alliance of Amateur and Professional golfers held a 27-hole foursome at the Rollestone Golf Course, near Exbury, on Tuesday., by kind permission of Mr Lionel de Rothschild. Mr Laurie Ayton jun., (Scottish International), is seen driving off at one of the holes during the morning. He was partnered by Mr S E Wall (bottom picture). Their opponents were Captain W S Grey, R.N. and Mr P H Watford."
From 1940 to its disappearance in the early 1950s the secretary was P C Crossley, The Garth, Hythe, Southampton, telephone Hythe 75. The professional was H Snell and the green-keeper G Woods. An 18-hole course with a SSS of 68 and a membership of 100.Visitors’ fees were 2/6 a round, 3/6 a day. Sunday play allowed. The railway station at Fawley was 2 miles away.
Clubhouse up for auction in April 1951.
Country Life Friday 6 April 1951. Image © Future Publishing Ltd.
Thanks to Mrs Heather Lowe for providing the following information in 2004 “In the early 1930s Lionel de Rothschild the creator of the famous Exbury Gardens in Hampshire laid out a nine hole course at a nearby village called Blackfield (called Rollestone Golf Club). The links included a red brick pavilion. Following WW2 and with the need for more schools in the area the clubhouse became part of Blackfields Infants School and the old course became incorporated into the Junior and Infants Schools playing fields. In the early days Exbury villagers and estate workers were allowed to play on the golf course free of charge from Monday to Thursday. Mr Lionel de Rothschild and his weekend house guests using it at weekends. A few years ago the old clubhouse/school reception block caught fire but fortunately an enlightened education department had it restored. The building still has its handsome “golfer” weather-vane in pride of place”
The pictures above show the school building. The original Rollestone clubhouse building is the section with the “Golfer” weather-vane. Heather Lowe Collection.
Ordnance Survey Map from from the 1930s showing the Rollstone Golf Course and Pavilion.
O.S. Map Revised 1931; © Crown Copyright (year of publication 1933).