The Golf Course in 1959

The course on 7 Oct 1946

14 May 1959


Some notes about the photograph

  • North is towards the top of the photograph.
  • The Canadian encampment has gone..
  • The ninth hole has lengthened.
  • The fairways have been mown more than is evident in 1946.
  • The cottage where the greenkeeper lived is at the top left of the photograph.
  • The cricket pavillion is between the 2nd green and the 3rd tee.
  • There was no club house, just a Nissen hut.
  • The ground to the North of the 4th fairway was cultivated.
  • The ground between the 6th and 8th fairways was cultivated.
  • The ground to the East of the 9th fairway was cultivated.
  • The cricket wicket was between the 2nd green and the 1st fairway.
  • There is a copse to the East of  the first fairway. 
  • There is a bridle path across the middle of the course passing South of the 9th green in a straight line to the back of the 4th green
  • The line of yew trees stretching across the course is the parish boundary between Droxford and Corhampton.