Felton Golf Club, Somerset. (1890s)
The Felton Golf Club first appears in the early 1890s.
The article below is from October 1892 and shows that the club had been in existence for some time prior to this date.
The report below gives firm evidence of the location of the course on Felton Common.
Below is the result of a match played at Felton against Long Ashton Golf Club on Saturday 27 November 1897. The Long Ashton team won by one hole but one of the Felton team retired after twelve holes and gave his opponent the remaining six. The weather was most unfavourable.
Felton Golf Club | Long Ashton Golf Club | ||
Rev. R Edwards | 0 | C H Tippet (captain) | 8 |
Rev. E Rose | 2 | Sir E C Ross | 0 |
Rev. J Galbraith | 0 | H McLaughlin | 5 |
P R Cripps (captain) | 4 | J Nichols | 0 |
Rev. W Shilcock | 0 | K C Irvine | 4 |
Rev. H Tripp | 10 | H W Aubrey | 0 |
16 | 17 |
It's possible that Felton Golf Club could have had an association with the early development of the now defunct Nailsea Golf Club.