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Dore Golf Club, Ryecroft Farm Course, Sheffield. (1895 -1897)
Dore Golf Club had a nine-hole course on Ryecroft Farm which was only in existence for a short time.
The Ryecroft Farm nine-holes varied in length from 158 yards to 365 yards with a par of 34, the shortest hole being 158 yards and the longest 365 yards. The annual subscription in the first year was one guinea.
Report on the first annual meeting held in November 1896.
Sheffield Independent Friday 6 November 1896. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Map below shows Ryecroft Farm in the late 1890s. The early golf course is not marked.
Ordnance Survey Map © Crown Copyright {1899}
A new owner took over the farm and decided to return the golf course to farm land.
It became Abbeydale Golf Club in 1897 with a new course at Beauchief where the club is still located.