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Blackpill Golf Club, Swansea. (1905 - WW2)
Founded in 1905, the course was located at Blackpill Burrows, between the coast and the Swansea and Mumbles Railway line. The secretary and professional throughout the club’s history was W H Booth who also held the course record of 31. Blackpill was a 9 hole course with a membership of 100. Sunday play was not allowed. The railway station at Mumbles Road (L&NWR) was 3 minutes away.
Below is the result of a match played on the Aberavon links against Blackpill in September 1910.
| Aberavon & Port Talbot Golf Club | Blackpill Golf Club | ||
| J H Cound | 1 | H B Thomas | 0 |
| R P Bevan | 0 | C Johnson | 1 |
| M Gwyn Jenkins | 1 | T D Thomas | 0 |
| E M Jenkins | 1 | S Osborn | 0 |
| J E Jenkins | 1 | R A Jones | 0 |
| E T Tennant | 1 | S Jones | 0 |
| W R John | 1 | J Williams | 0 |
| Percy Jacob | 1 | T Cobb | 0 |
| W F Gibb | 0 | T Sims | 1 |
| S G O'Sullivan | 1 | B Jones | 0 |
| 8 | 2 |
In 1914 there was no entry fee and subs were 10/-. Visitors’ fees, on introduction by a member, were 1/- a day, 3/- a week, 5/- a month.
In 1922 there was a slight increase in visitors’ fees to 1/- a day, 5/- a week, 10/- a month.
From 1926 to the club’s last year in 1948 visitors’ fees were 2/- a day, 5/- a week, 10/- a month.
William Henry Booth the professional at Blackpill was born at Twyning in 1868. He served with the 2nd Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment. He was also patentee of the “Whippo Shafts”
A 9-hole pitch and put course now occupies the site of the original course.