Pontefract Park Golf Club, Park Road. (1973 – 2017)

Founded in 1973.

In the 1982 to 1991 Golfer’s Handbook it was listed as an 18-hole course measuring 4,068 yards, SSS 62. Visitors’ fees 60p, (75p at weekend). In 1991 fees were £2.90p (£4.10p).

In 1998 it was listed as a nine-hole course measuring 4.0068 yards with a SSS of 62; visitors, £2.80p.

It continued to appear in the Golfer’s Handbook during the 2000s.

Nine-hole course scorecard; Hole One; 146 yards – Par 3 – SI 9; Hole Two; 200 – 4 – 7; Hole Three; 325 – 4 – 1: Hole Four; 79 – 3 – 17; Hole Five; 90 – 3 -15; Hole Six; 253 – 3 – 11; Hole Seven; 296 – 4 – 3; Hole Eight; 184 – 3 – 13; Hole Nine; 279 – 4 – 5.

The course closed in 2017 due to budget cuts. 

In early 2020 a proposal was put forward to transform the former golf course into an adventure trail and playground.