ROSS ON WYE GOLF CLUB
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Welcome To Ross on Wye Golf Club
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CONTACT DETAILS
Address
Two Park
Gorsley
Town
Ross on Wye
Postcode
HR9 7UT
Secretary / Manager
Peter Plumb
First Name / Manager
Peter
Telephone
01989 720267
Fax
01989 720212
Club Website Address
www.therossonwyegolfclub.co.uk
Email Address
secretary@therossonwyegolfclub.co.uk
Course Information Line Telephone
01989 720439
Greenkeeper
Jonathan Wood
Club Professional
Nick Catchpole
Telephone
01989 720439
Fax
01989 720212
Pro's Website Address
No Information Given
Pro's Email Address
nickcatchpole@hotmail.com
Club Steward / Manager
Judith Curtis
Telephone
01989 720660
Fax
01989 720212
COURSE INFORMATION
Number Of Holes
18 Hole
Course Yardage
6491
Par
72
Yardage Markers On Course
Changing Room Facilities
Handicap Certificates Required
Driving Range
Soft Spikes Required
Society Day(s)
Wed , Thur , Fri
Type Of Club
Members
Course Type
Parkland
GREEN AND MEMBERSHIP FEES
Green Fees Weekdays
£32.00
Green Fees Weekends
No Information Given
Green Fees Twilight
No Information Given
Green Fees Junior
£6.00
Green Fees Society
Depends on numbers.
Green Fees Other
No Information Given
Joining Fee
No Information Given
7 Day Membership Fee
£480
5 Day Membership Fee
£299
Ladies Membership Fee
£433
Junior Membership Fee
£83
Country Membership Fee
£247
Other Membership Fees
Social £46
Membership Fee Information
No Information Given
PRO SHOP SERVICES
Proshop Available
Club Hire Available
Club Repairs Available
Custom Club Fitting Service
Trolley Hire Available
Electric Trolley Repair
Buggy Hire Available
Lessons Available
Course Planner Available
CLUB HOUSE FACILITIES
Bar Available
Breakfast Available
Lunch Available
Afternoon Tea Available
Dinner Available
Accommodation Available
CLUB HISTORY
The climax to seven years of planning and endeavour by members of Ross-on-Wye Golf Club came on 7th May 1967, with the official opening of the 18-hole Course at Two Park. It covers little over 107 acres of former dense scrub woodland.<P>
In about 1898, Major W. S. R. Cox and his brother Captain J. A. Cox, started organising golf matches on what was known as the Old Racecourse at Weirend. The formation, under the Presidency of the Earl of Chesterfield, of Ross Golf Club in 1903 was a natural outcome of these games. The club had 80 members.<P>
For 22 years, the Club used a course at Alton Court. Players had to cross a railway line twice, climb up to a reservoir 150 feet up and avoid the perils of the local rifle range. In later years, a Club president was to say that this course would have won the prize for 'the worst course in Europe'.<P>
In 1925 the Club moved to Rudhall, where land was leased for a nine-hole course. In March, the late J. H. Taylor - many times Open Champion - came to Rudhall to lay out the course. In about 1957 members began to feel they would prefer a new 18-holes course and one which was within the ownership of the Club.<P>
In 1961, after rejecting many sites, an option was obtained on loan at Jays Green. Mr C. K. Cotton, the well-known golf architect, warned that the woodlands would be difficult to develop but in spite of this he prepared several alternative layouts and agreed to be the Architect, with the Club carrying out the work by direct labour, under supervision of a subcommittee.<P>
The cost of the entire project, including a well equipped Clubhouse, was approximately £42,000. This could have been up to £75,000, if much of the work had not been done by direct labour, and the cultivation and seeding had not been carried out by farmer members.<P>
Half the capital was provided by members` loans and debentures. The remainder was founded by grants from the Central Council of Physical Recreation and a long-term loan negotiated through the Ross and Whitchurch Rural District Council. The go-head for the operation was given in the summer of 1961 and in the Autumn foresters began cutting down thousands of trees in readiness for the bulldozers to move in, to push clear masses of roots and stumps and to shape the required contours of fairways and greens.<P>
The first nine greens and tees were seeded in the Autumn of 1962 and the sowing of the first nine fairways took place in August 1963. That year also saw the marking out of the fairways for the second nine holes, and cleaving of the trees.<P>
In July 1964, the Club played its lasted match on the Rudhall course. On the 1st August 1964, the first nine holes were officially opened by the Club President, Col. J. F Maclean, H. M. L., J. P. In late 1963, final approval had been given for the Clubhouse construction. In June 1965, Mrs , Maclean opened the new Clubhouse on behalf of the President. <P>
Previously the Club never possessed more than a wooden Clubhouse, but now enjoys a fine two-storey building, with a veranda, giving splendid view of the ninth and eighteenth holes.<P>
The course, which was officially opened by Mr. J. J. E. Pennick, President of the English Golf Union on the 7th May 1967, has a length of 6,451 yards, with a premium on accuracy due to the attractive but testing, tree-lined fairways. The Standard Scratch Score was 73.
OTHER INFORMATION
Fairways are tight, the greens good. Visitors welcome with prior arrangement. Society groups of 16 or over are welcome. Tee reservations: Weds to Fri. Snooker table on site. Special local hotel rates available.
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