GOLF
What’s in the shed
Toro ProCore 648 Toro Greensmaster 3250-D greens mowers x 3
Green Tek Dyno-Core Toro Reelmaster 5610 fairway mower Toro Reelmaster 6500 fairway mower
Toro Groundsmaster 3500 Sidewinder Toro Rough Mower 4500-D Iseki mini deck mower Toro 7210 zero turn mower John Deere Gator Toro Workman Kubota L3830 tractor
Kubota L3600 tractor with front loader Pedestrian sprayer Pedestrian sprayer (60 Litre) Toro HoverPro
Hayter Harrier rotary mower Honda Pro rotary mower Amazone GHL-T 150 Charterhouse Speed Brush Toro Sand Pro 2040Z bunker rake STIHL chainsaw/pole saw Husqvarna 560 XPG chainsaw Husqvarna 550 XP chainsaw Husqvarna brushcutter STIHL BR 600 backpack blowers x 2 STIHL BG 86 handheld blowers x 2 Agrimetal leaf and debris blower STIHL 81R hedgecutter Bernhard Rapid Facer Greentek roller cassettes
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and achieve some consistency. “It’s a matter of removing the sand, lining them the best we can with clay to stop stone contamination coming through, drain and refill with sand. We have currently done five holes to that spec, and they have been great, not holding any water with the wet spell we have had so far this year. The plan is to get all the bunkers done in the next five years. We are looking at reshaping some of them further down the line but, with the costs involved, the club will have to decide if that is the way they want to go.”
James Hutchinson from BIGGA was called in to instruct on how best to improve the ecology around the course. “We have cleared some coppices out and grown the grass up in-between, so the birds and the beasties can live in peace. A great site this year, that I have never seen on a golf course before, was a snake near the sixth pond, which made me and Dean Ward jump. It’s
great when you see the wildlife; we have been lucky enough to see badgers and deer. Moving forward, we are looking to introduce heather in some areas around the course. I’m led to believe they had it years ago, so it would be nice to reintroduce that. We have put bird boxes up and a feeding station at the side of the sixth pond. The ponds on the course are inhabited by Great crested newts which are a protected species. DEFRA come in every year to count them, and I believe the population is going up.”
Club history
Wakefield Golf Club was first established at a meeting held at The Bull Hotel, Wakefield in August 1891. It is among the oldest private members clubs in Yorkshire. Nine holes were laid out on common land at Heath and play commenced on 2nd April 1892.
By 1910, many members were dissatisfied that it was not possible to extend the course to 18 holes, combined with the disadvantages connected with playing on common land used as a recreational area by the public.
The desire to leave the Common was not unanimous on financial grounds that there were not 200 members that would be in a position to pay an annual subscription of three guineas. Despite this, the proposal to build an 18 hole course on old pasture land at Woodthorpe was adopted by a majority. The dissenters subsequently formed Heath Golf Club and continued playing on the
original links until the mid-1930s.
The late 1930s saw the demise of Heath Golf Club, the final straw being the opening of the municipal course at Lupset. There is little evidence of its existence after 1939. In 1938, Wakefield accepted about one hundred Heath members without payment of any entry fee. The original clubhouse remains today as a residential property.
The parkland course, now situated of Woodthorpe Lane, Sandal was first laid out by Alex Herd in late 1910 and work commenced on its construction soon after. Dr Alister Mackenzie was commissioned in 1911 to advise on bunkering. The course opened for play on 30th September 1911. The length of the course at that time was 6,721 yards, 58 yards longer than the current 6,663 yards.
Easy to walk, it comprises two loops of nine holes, both of which start and finish at the newly refurbished clubhouse.
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