Southsea Golf Club
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Southsea Golf Club |
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Honours, Competition Rules & Results
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A Short History of SGC Southsea Golf Club was
formed just after the 1st World War for golfers playing over the
"Miniature Links" (now called a Pitch and Putt'
course) situated on Eastern Parade, Southsea. The Club continued until the onset of the 2nd World War, during which time the course was commandeered by the War Department. After the War the course reopened and Southsea Golf Club continued its activities. In between Wars, in 1926 a full size golf course was opened at Great Salterns on the eastern seaboard coast of Portsmouth and was called "Great Salterns Golf Course". A golf club called "Portsmouth Golf Club" was established to play over the new course. Southsea Golf Club continued at the "Miniature" or "Mini" as it was affectionately known until golf became so popular, around 1964, it became impossible for competitive golf to continue there. Membership dwindled to around 6 and the Club existed in name only. In 1971 Portsmouth City Council decided to sell off part of Great Salterns golf course for industrial development and to build a new golf course on the northern slopes of Portsdown Hill. In 1972 Portsmouth Golf Club decided to move to the new course now called "Portsmouth Golf Course". This move left a lot of golfers who played at Great Salterns without a Club and only 11 holes to play. An additional hole was added so an 18 hole round could be played by playing holes 1 - 6 twice. Later in the year the ground south of Burrfields Road around Salterns Lake was made available for Golf and 7 new holes were constructed, the course was then returned to a full 18 hole course (the earlier additional hole being kept as a reserve). When Portsmouth Golf Club was at Great Salterns it used the Mansion House as its Clubhouse as did Southsea until 1998 when the Mansion House was sold off for private enterprise, it is now a "Harvester Pub". Southsea leased a parcel of land, in Burrfields Road from Portsmouth City Council and built it's own Clubhouse where it is able to provide its members with all the facilities one would expect of a Golf Club. As far as it can be established Southsea Golf Club is the only Club in England that plays over a Public Golf Course that owns it's own Clubhouse. Membership is open to all, Juniors, Seniors, Ladies and Men, at very reasonable fees, for details ring 023-9269 9110 / 023-9237 8260 / 023-9266 8667. |
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To enable the golfers left behind to
continue to play competitive golf a public meeting was called,
attended by over 100 golfers, and a proposal by the remaining
members of Southsea Golf Club to re-establish the Club at Great
Salterns was unanimously accepted. Membership started at
120 rose to over 600 during the 1980's and now stands at around
300.