Garforth

The Yorkshire Evening Post of 20 July 1912 reported that Alister MacKenzie had visited Garforth to inspect the site for a proposed course and expressed his opinion that the course could be made at very little expense. The idea was to start with a 9-hole layout but there was sufficient land available for extension when required. Work didn’t get under way until around the end of the following year.

The Yorkshire Evening Post of 18 July 1914 then reported that MacKenzie had attended the course opening and exhibition match, refereeing the singles match in the morning between Abe Mitchell and Tom Williamson which Williamson won with a score of 71 to Mitchell’s 78. In the afternoon Williamson partnered with his brother Edmund in a four-ball match against Mitchell and C. W. Collier of Leeds Golf Club.

Garforth’s course has obviously been modified down the years since its formation and the most significant development in recent times was the extensive bunker renovation carried out by David and Bruce Weller in the late 1990s.