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Bedale Golf Club OFFICIAL BROCHURE YOUR AWARD-WINNING, INDEPENDENT TRAVEL AGENT Contents 5 Welcome to Bedale Golf Club 25 Juniors 6 The Club History 26 Visitors 9 The Course 28 Golf Societies 10 Hole by Hole Guide 29 Clubhouse & Restaurant 15 Professional & Pro Shop 30 Functions and Parties 16 Lessons and Practice Facilities 31 Corporate Facilities 21 Becoming a Member 32 Social Activities The Leyburn team have over 50 years of travel experience, with 22 Benefts of Membership 33 How to Find Us 24 Members Golf 38 Contact Us frst-hand destination knowledge from around the world, including: Grenada | Italy | Maldives | Canada | Costa Rica | Dubai | India | Peru Bedale Golf Club & CMT Multimedia would like to thank all of the businesses that appear in this publication for their support and wish them continued commercial success. The content of this brochure is believed to be correct at the time of publishing but we cannot endorse individual statements and readers should not rely soly upon the continued accuracy of any individual claims T: 01969 623486 10 Market Place contained herein without consultation with the service provider. E: [email protected] Leyburn Designed and published by CMT Multimedia. www.speartravels.net DL8 5BG The reyhound G Inn Welcome to Bedale Golf Club In the heart of North Yorkshire, Bedale provides the Golfng Gateway to the Dales. * Indoor storage for your golf clubs * Breakfast included in room rate Founded in 1894, Bedale Golf Club is situated at the Gateway The Inn is situated in the quiet village of Hackforth, * Early breakfast available (for those early tee off times) to the Yorkshire Dales and close to idyllic scenery and several just outside of Bedale. With comfy beds and a relaxed * Double, twin and family rooms available attractive ancient towns. atmosphere, guests are welcome to enjoy an evening meal * Free Parking or drink in our restaurant and bar. * Restaurant Set on the edge of Wensleydale in magnifcent tree-rich * Bar parkland, the club offers good golf, excellent hospitality and Steve and the team offer a warm and friendly welcome, * Function Room a very warm, friendly and genuine welcome. whether you’re calling in for a drink, something to eat, * WiFi or to spend the night. In addition to entertaining golf on our challenging 18-hole A popular venue for parties, celebrations and a range of other course, you will be inspired by the beautiful views and fresh family get togethers, we can also offer corporate clients a frst The Greyhound is available for social or corporate air. In the clubhouse you will fnd a relaxed atmosphere, class venue for a variety of business events. gatherings, group bookings, or other events. excellent food, fne company and the very best of service. Golf societies and corporate groups are also most Give us a call to discuss your requirements. We have thriving Gentlemen, Ladies, Rabbits, Seniors and welcome. Junior Sections and are keen to encourage visitors and new members. Our fexible away-day packages represent excellent value. With tuition available at all levels and a fully stocked We offer a great social calendar and the opportunity to Pro Shop at Bedale Golf Club there’s every opportunity The Greyhound Inn, Hackforth, Bedale, Noth Yorkshire DL8 1PB Tel: 01748 813360 [email protected] to develop your game in style. share in the good life, with colleagues, family and friends. 5 The Club History Having overcome the demands of the previous hole, the Bedale Golf Club has been the ‘Golfng Gateway to the Dales’ 3rd is a par four out of the top drawer. Two magnifcent for over a century, its natural deer park setting offering some trees adorn each side of the fairway demanding bulls-eye of the most pleasurable golfng terrain in the North of England. accuracy from the tee, to set up position for the approach to the sloping green which nestles in the shadows of the The Club was formed following a meeting held on the 20th old estate boundary wall. Contestants Left to Right: Bill Shackland, Syd Scott, November 1894 with nine gentlemen present on land owned Dai Rees and Norman Van Nida by Sir Henry Beresford Pierse. This nine hole course was over The course is par 72, with a standard scratch rating of the area at present occupied by the frst six holes plus some land to the right of the second fairway. To mark the opening an 72, and really does offer an enjoyable test for both the exhibition match was played on the 6th December between the novice and experienced golfer. Its reputation continues to professionals from Studley Royal and Richmond Golf Clubs. grow and has now become a regular venue for prestigious The details of this match are held in club records. regional competitions. This is a tribute to the greens staff who skilfully maintain the course at an exceptional level The course remained on this site until 1921, when land was of presentation year round. rented over an area approximately covered by the present 11th to 15th holes and although this was only six holes, it remained here until 1932 when the course moved to a new site off the concerned have enabled the course to be lengthened to Firby Road. a demanding 6,580 yards. The overwhelming feature of Norman Van Nida tees off from the 1st tee (note trou- the Course is the abundance of mature trees, which play sers tucked in socks) The layout and development of the course was under the an important role in giving defnition to the lush inviting direction of the Professional/Green Keeper John Raper and it fairways. remained on this site until 1967. The high point of the time at Firby Road was an exhibition match played in 1947 to raise money for the Soldiers, Sailors and Air Force Association To single out any hole from the more mature seg- and included Norman Von Nida, the Australian Golfer, Dai ment of the course is as taxing as the layout itself. Rees, the Ryder Cup player together with Syd Scott and Bill Particular favourites are the 2nd, a tough par fve, and Shankland. the 3rd, a demanding two shotter. The former demands a precise drive from the tee to hold the fairway, the hole When the club moved back in 1967 the 18-hole course sweeps subtly to the right with out of bounds lurking was relatively short, and it was decided in 1987 to at its fank, bunkers also play their part in trapping the purchase 30 acres of land and appoint Hawtrees the Golf unwary although it is the babbling brook which protects 1950s Bedale Ladies Team versus Masham. Architects to incorporate the new land into the existing the front of the green which catches the lion’s share of Left to Right: Mrs Palphramand, Mrs Newton, Miss Park, Mrs the casualties. course, which is the course, you play today. The 30 acres Trewhitt, Mrs Bode, Mrs Simpson. 7 www.newquip.co.uk | www.bigdutchman.de FLEXIBLE MODULAR SYSTEMS Equipment for all types of Egg and Broiler production Broiler production? Barn Egg production? Free range Egg Production? Organic Egg production? We have the appropriate solution for each type of management. Guaranteed. Newquip Limited, NQ House, Conygarth Way Leeming Bar Business Park, Leeming Bar Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 9EE Tel. 01677 428600, [email protected] The Course The Club formed in 1894 with the current course Water comes into play on seven holes and the course is opening in 1967 which has all the anticipated benefts of made more challenging by the prevailing the Dales countryside combined with easy walking and Westerly breeze but will provide all levels of golfer good natural drainage. with a challenging and enjoyable day’s golf. It winds through the most beautiful 18th Century parkland, formerly a deer park, with wide tree-lined fairways and long range views of the Wensleydale Hills. 9 Hole 8 … Rest-Bite Hole 4 … Sunset, 427yds Par 4 Named after the Half-Way-House close to the green. Hole by Hole Guide A long and strong par 4 into the prevailing wind! This long par 4 has mature trees both sides of the The hole requires a strong drive, but having achieved fairway and from the tee, the players are faced with this there are still problems with an accurate long Hole 1 … Leyburn Road, 270yds Par 4 the prospect of negotiating large well-established Oak shot required to make the green which is totally A classic risk and reward par 4 to open your Tree which encroaches on to the right-hand side of the surrounded by trees and slopes from left to right. round. This is not a long hole but is not one for the fairway and forces the tee shot to the left on to a Despite having no bunkers this hole is one of the faint-hearted. The pond which is short and left of the fairway with a left to right camber. Par is always a toughest on the course. green will catch any mishit drive. There is also out of good score here. bounds to the right which, with the prevailing wind Hole 6 blowing left to right, is always a consideration when Hole 5 …The Oaks, 352yds Par 4 Hole 7 … Keeper’s Walk, 496yds Par 5 Hole 9 … Shady Nook, 440yds Par 4 using a driver. A cautious approach using 2 irons is A short par 4 but accuracy is everything as the hole This is a very reachable par 5 for the big hitters and The frst par 3 is played to a well-bunkered two-tier often benefcial.