Leominster

The original Leominster Golf Club was formed in 1903, starting out with a 9-hole course which was then extended to eleven holes. Three new holes were added on 11th May 1939 but World War II intervened months later and the club never reappeared after hostilities ceased. Attempts to revive it failed in 1947 and the land at Ford Bridge was used for agriculture.

A meeting then took place at the Lamb Inn, Stoke Prior, on 16th June 1967, when a committee was set up to re-stablish the club. Five holes were brought into play four months later then another four were added the following year as the club quickly got back into its stride again.

In the late 1980s, land was made available to allow the course to expand to eighteen holes. Bob Sandow – who worked for a short time with Robert Trent Jones in America – designed the new layout, which is one of more than twenty low budget courses he fashioned in the south of England and Wales over three decades.

In 1998, a small stream running through the gully crossed by the 2nd, 8th and 18th holes was harnessed to create three ponds. The home hole was further modified to make space for the replacement clubhouse and to extend the car park. Apart from minor cosmetic changes, the course has hardly been altered since then.