History

The Original Alsager Golf club was founded in 1909 and was a nine hole course and was located to the south of Talke Road, in the area of what is now know as the Excalibur estate, at the membership was approx 80 people. It is not known when this course closed.

Alsager Golf Club, Linley, was founded in 1921, also a 9 hole course on the Linley Wood Estate, Talke. Club membership in general of about 160, peaking in the early 1950s at 190. Visitors’ fees were gents 2/6 a day, 10/6 a week, 25/- a month. Ladies 2/-, 7/6, 15/-. Sunday play was allowed without caddies. The course was one mile from the railway stations at Alsager, Lawton and Talke Road. Local  hotels were the Lawton Hall Hydro and Alsager Arms.

The map below from 1938 shows the courses layout

                                                 Secretary                                                        Professional/Greenkeeper

1924              H V Lynham, Birch House, Alsager.                     P F Fiddaman (p) A Cooper (g)

1920/30s    C T Parkes, "Woodcroft," Alasager. (1939)            R L Roberts (p) A Cooper (g) - late 1920s

1940/47       E J Hurd, “The Hollies,” Alsager.                         G Hassall (p) A Cooper (g)

1951               H V Lynham, Birch House.                                 W R Morris (p) J E Smith (g)

Course Records.

1924-47       R R Kettley and R S Morris (am) 34.     J Coppack (pro) 33.

1960s            J H Crimes (am) 30.                            J Coppack (pro) 33

1920s (late) the SSS was 74.

Below is the result of a mixed foursome match played at Wolstanton in July 1939.

Wolstanton Golf Club                                                 Alsager Golf Club

 L Smith & Miss Mayer (half)                               H Crimes & Mrs Bailey (half)

H L Steele & Mrs Bakewell (1up)                               H Timmis & Mrs Rigby

J S Mayer & Miss Hodgkinson (3&2)                          F Bailey & Miss Lucas

C H Cartlidge & Mrs Groves (half)                      H C Mellor & Mrs Parkes (half)

L P Groves & Mrs Phillips (1up)                             H Lynam & Miss Lynam

A Wardle & Mrs Leach (half)                            Mr Price & Mrs Richardson (half)

E G Bradshaw & Mrs Rowley (5&4)                         E Bailey & Mrs Timmis

1940s the SSS and par was 71.

As you can see from the map below some of the holes were ploughed up in 1941 by order of the war agricultural committee.

Following the sale of the of the Mansion House and the Linley Wood Estate an agreement was reached to terminate the lease with the Golf Club on the 8th May 1952 (they paid an annual rent of £54-17s-6d). It stated that “The Club House, Green and Tee Equipment are the Property of the Alsager Golf Club and do not form part of the sale” So the club house owned by the members carried on as as members club and has remained so till the present day 

The only course left in Alsager now is the Alsager Golf and Country Club on Audley Road founded in the 1970's