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Fulwell Golf Club

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Fulwell Golf Course
Club information
Fulwell Golf Course is located in Greater London
Fulwell Golf Course
Fulwell Golf Course
Coordinates 51°26′00.01″N 0°21′07.60″W / 51.4333361°N 0.3521111°W / 51.4333361; -0.3521111Coordinates: 51°26′00.01″N 0°21′07.60″W / 51.4333361°N 0.3521111°W / 51.4333361; -0.3521111
Location Fulwell
Established 1904
Owned by London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Operated by Fulwell Golf Club
Total holes 18
Website www.fulwellgolfclub.co.uk
Designed by J.H. Taylor
Alister MacKenzie
John S. F. Morrison
Par 71
Length 6,491 yards (5,935 m)
Twickenham Golf Course
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Club information
Coordinates 51°26′00″N 0°21′7.6″W / 51.43333°N 0.352111°W / 51.43333; -0.352111
Location Fulwell, Hampton Hill
Established 1975
Owned by London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Operated by David Lloyd Leisure
Total holes 9
Website www.davidlloyd.co.uk/club-finder/hampton/golf
Designed by J.H. Taylor
Alister MacKenzie
Par 70
Length 6,076 yards (5,556 m)

Fulwell Golf Club is a 241 acres (98 ha) golf course and centre comprising an 18-hole course located in Fulwell in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, west London.

The course is bounded by the A305 Staines Road and B358 Sixth Cross Road to the north, the A312 Uxbridge Road and Burton Road to the southwest, part of the Shepperton branch railway line and the A311 Wellington Road to the east where the main entrance is situated. Fulwell railway station is a short walk from the course entrance.

The area was farmed during the 17th and 18th centuries and the present day golf course comprised part of Blackmoor Farm and most of Slade Farm. The farmhouse building for the latter, Slade Lodge, built c. 1830 and Grade II listed in 1990, is now the course manager's residence. The area of the present day course formed part of a larger estate which was purchased in 1871 by property developer, Charles James Freake, and renamed Fulwell Park.

In 1904 a group of local golf enthusiasts established the club at Fulwell. Led by prominent local figure H. O. Stutchbury, they appointed former Captain of Mid-Surrey Golf Club, Harry Tomlinson, as chairman and leased 244 acres (99 ha) from the Trustees of the Freake Estate, using 210 acres (85 ha) for the course. Early club officials included Frederick Dixon-Hartland and Viscount Villiers.

The initial course on the site comprised an “outer” 18-hole course for men and an “inner” for ladies and high handicappers. It was designed by John Henry Taylor and was similar to the layout at the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club where Taylor was the professional. The par 80 course was a long course, with holes varying from 122 to 514 yards, and somewhat flat in appearance. The “inner” course was extended to 18 holes in 1906 making it just under 5,000 yards (4,600 m) in length with the longest hole being 487 yards (445 m), formally opening for play on 19 November 1907. In 1921 Alister MacKenzie, the noted golf course architect, was contracted to extend and improve the outer course.


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