Giggleswick, Settle, Yorkshire Dales
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Settle Golf Course has one of the most unique sites in the country. The views and surrounding countryside are breathtaking, and the course has wonderfully natural challenging features. This small friendly club is open to members and welcomes visitors.
With challenges in abundance, elevated tees, dry-stone walls, crag faces and natural contours, Settle Golf Course is unique. A truly testing course for golfers of all abilities. Players here have the distinct advantage of stunning scenery on all sides. Absorb the tranquility on the tree lined undulating fairways, accessed by our signature par 3 opening hole.
The Settle Golf Club was started on Wednesday 16th October 1895. The opening was marked with a match between a Doctor Thomson and Tom Vardon. Tom was the brother of six times Open Champion Harry Vardon who popularised the overlapping grip known as the Vardon Grip, although in fact he did not invent it.
During the early part of the twentieth century the Club endured some hard times and nearly closed on a number of occasions. Indeed during the Second World War it was only kept open by Harold Lambert, a member who donated twenty-five pounds per year throughout the war to cover the Club's rent. Harold went on to be Club Secretary for an incredible forty-nine years.
By the sixties the Clubs' fortunes started to pick up. The course has constantly been remodelled and changed over the years to provide what is now a challenging nine-hole course with one of the most daunting opening par three holes in North Yorkshire. Visitors and parties are most welcome at Settle Golf Club. The course provides both excellent golf and spectacular scenery in the beautiful...
Giggleswick
Settle
North Yorkshire
BD24 0DH
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