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Hollybank Golf Club, Hythe, Southampton, Hants. (1936 - WW2)

First appeared in 1936.

Report on the construction of the new Hythe course which was laid out by Mackenzie Ross.

 

Hollybank Golf Club, Hythe, Southampton. Report on the construction of the new course.

Belfast News-Letter Saturday 28 November 1936. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

Entry from the Golfer's Handbook in the late 1930s; Secretary was P J Rolt, the professional D Pook and the green-keeper L Cavill. A 9-hole course with a SSS of 69 and membership of 200 (It was proposed to extend the course to 18 holes but no evidence was found of the 18 hole course). Visitors’ fees were 2/- a round, 2/6d at weekends. There was a railway station at Hythe and there was also a ferry service from Southampton. Local hotels were the Westcliff Hall and the Drummond Arms.

The Ordnance Survey Map below shows a portion of the golf course to the west.

 

Hollybank Golf Club, Hythe, Southampton. Ordnance Survey Map showing a portion of the golf course.

O.S. Map Revised 1938 to 1942 © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1947}.

 

Hollybank Golf Club, Hythe, Southampton. Golf course location.

Probably continued as Hythe & Dibden Golf Club (see separate entry) following WW2.