Interwoven in the history of the Leeds Golf Club is the story of the beginning of golf in Leeds.This parkland course offers a great challenge to all levels of golfers.
It was on the Soldiers field at Roundhay that the first golf ball was struck in the Leeds district. In 1890, these players and some others rented the horse pastures which now forms the top nine of the present course of the Leeds Golf Club, or “Cobble Hall” as it is more affectionately known locally.
In 1896 several gentlemen met in the Gipton Wood Inn and decided to form a golf club. They obtained the original lease of the present course from the local at a rent of £25 per annum. After some deliberation, they decided to name the Leeds Golf Club.
The famous golf architect Doctor Alastair MacKenzie was a member of Leeds Golf Club between 1900 and 1910. During that time he gave advice on bunkers and the layout of the course.
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