Brookdale Golf Club

Brookdale Golf Club was founded as Clayton Golf Club on 8 July 1896. At that time the annual fee was £1 shilling and there were 75 members. The captain was H. Connolly and the professional was J. Nicholls. The course consisted of 9 holes and the first course record (36 strokes) was set on 8 September. In September 1905 the club moved to Lord Lane, Failsworth and was renamed "Brookdale Golf Club". Alderman Edgar Bowes made a tee shot with a wooden shafted driver that can still be seen in the clubhouse today. The nine holes at Lord Lane developed into a very interesting course, but at the end of the 1930s the construction of houses in the area began. The need for houses for a growing population soon reduced the amount of land available around the course, and land prices rose to such an extent that the Club's directors began to consider a move. In 1960 the move to Woodhouses was a fact.More