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Golf was first played in Widnes during the early years of the twentieth century on
the land bordered by Moorfield Road and Bowers Brook, known locally as the
'Bongs".Here the early enthusiasts cut holes and marked out teeing grounds.
The first Golf Club was formed
and a nine-hole Course laid out
in the grounds of Ditchfield Hall,
Hough Green, in approximately
1902. It appears that the club
ceased to function during the
First World War, and attempts
to revive it after the war soon
failed.
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"The Clubhouse 1926 "
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The Clubhouse still exists and is put to good use by the Members of the Hough
Green Mens Club. The ninth green also lives on, forming the garden of a house
once owned by one of our former Members, Dr J Chestnutt. Another link with the
original Golf Club is that with the proposal to form a Widnes Golf Club several
Hough Green members gave their enthusiastic support to the idea, notably
Dr.(later Sir) G C Clayton, at one time Chairman of the United Alkali Company
and MP for Widnes, who became the first President.
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Widnes Golf
Club, Highfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7DT, Tel: 0151 424 2995
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