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Penkridge Golf Club, Staffs. (1907 - WW1)

First mention of the club in the Cannock Chase Courier Saturday 11 May 1907; "Licensing - Mr Robson of the Littleton Arms, Penkridge, applied for and was granted a license to sell at the Penkridge golf links on the 20th and 21st."

Report on the first annual meeting in February 1908.

 

Penkridge Golf Club, Staffs. First annual meeting in 1908.

Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 22 February 1908. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Spring meeting held in April 1909

 

Penkridge Golf Club, Staffs. Spring meeting held in April 1909.

 

Penkridge Golf Club, Staffs. Spring meeting held in April 1909.

Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday17 April 1909. Content provided by THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

The match below against Penn Golf Club was played at Penkridge on 20 May 1909. Unfortunately some of the names were unclear in the newspaper report.

Penkridge Golf Club   Penn Golf Club  
W H Rogers 0 C F Chava?e (4&3) 1
? Pullen 0 J Beddard (1up) 1
A C Beard (half) 0 E Stubbs (half) 0
? G South (3&1) 1 W P Trench 0
Rev. W T Corfield 0 J V Boswell (5&3) 1
P H Brewster (1up) 1 N Hodgkinson 0
A R Keeling 0 R P Phipps (3&1) 1
H M Whitehead 0 ? B Payne (6&4) 1
  2   5

In 1914 the secretary at Penkridge Golf Club was J L Heath, Littleton Arms Hotel, Penkridge.

Penkridge Golf Club disappeared after WW1.

The Google Map below shows Penkridge. If anyone can help with the location of the former golf course please get in touch via the "Contact Us" facility on the website homepage.