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Club History
The settle Golf Club was started on Wednesday October 16 1895.
The opening was marked with a match between a Doctor Thomson and Tom Vardon. Tom was the brother of 6 times Open champion Harry Vardon who popularised the overlapping grip known as the Vardon grip, although in fact he didn’t invent it.
In march 1897 the brothers played an exhibition match at Settle, with Tom coming out the winner of the 36 hole competition.
During the early part of the 20th century the club endured some hard times and nearly closed on a number of occasions. Indeed, during the second world war it was only kept open by Harold Lambert, a member who donated £25 a year throughout the war to cover the club’s rent. Harold went on to be club secretary for an incredible 49 years!
By the sixties the clubs’ fortunes had started to pick up with a membership of 38 men, 11 women, 4 juniors and 3 country members
Now the club has a membership exceeding 300 and continues to flourish in the 21st century.
The settle Golf Club was started on Wednesday October 16 1895.
The opening was marked with a match between a Doctor Thomson and Tom Vardon. Tom was the brother of 6 times Open champion Harry Vardon who popularised the overlapping grip known as the Vardon grip, although in fact he didn’t invent it.
In march 1897 the brothers played an exhibition match at Settle, with Tom coming out the winner of the 36 hole competition.
During the early part of the 20th century the club endured some hard times and nearly closed on a number of occasions. Indeed, during the second world war it was only kept open by Harold Lambert, a member who donated £25 a year throughout the war to cover the club’s rent. Harold went on to be club secretary for an incredible 49 years!
By the sixties the clubs’ fortunes had started to pick up with a membership of 38 men, 11 women, 4 juniors and 3 country members
Now the club has a membership exceeding 300 and continues to flourish in the 21st century.