In 1906, Headingley Golf Club moved from Beckett’s Park to its present location at Adel. Within a few years, Alister MacKenzie was called in to remodel the course after Harry Colt had previously advised on bunkering.
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In 1906, Headingley Golf Club moved from Beckett’s Park to its present location at Adel. Within a few years, Alister MacKenzie was called in to remodel the course after Harry Colt had previously advised on bunkering.
Headingley
Founded in 1892, Headingley Golf Club is the oldest club in Leeds and was one of fourteen to feature in the official Yorkshire Golf Club Directory during the year it was formed.
The club started out with a 9-hole layout in Spen Lane on the Beckett estate but moved to its current location in February 1906, on land leased from the Church of England.
A couple of years after opening, Harry Colt advised on bunkering for the 4th hole and holes 8 to 12. In 1912, Alister MacKenzie reported on construction work for the 16th and 17th greens, as well as the old 2nd and 7th greens which no longer exist.
Today, the course extends to just over 6,500 yards from the back markers, playing to a par of 71, and the layout is routed in a traditional out-and-back style, with the outward half considerably longer than an inward half which features three of the four short holes on the card.