... --By MEL The Sutton Coldfield Club, which this year celebrates its jubilee, can claim to have been a pioneer of organised golf in the Midlands, and with the exception of that of Coventry it is the oldest club in Warwickshire. In the 8o's of last century a few gentlemen residing in the district used to play on a rough course which they had improvised on the town side of the Park, and it was ...

... -BY MEL NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB, BLACKPOOL-- MEL The proprietors of this famous club, which came to life in 1904-05, could not possibly have selected a more beautiful theatre of war. It is half-way between Blackpool and Bispham, with the Irish Sea in full view to the west, with the Pennines on the north and east. The course is an undulating one with greens that are perfection, and with many ...

... By MEL HERTS COUNTY PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' ALLIANCE MEL The Herts County Professional Golfers' Alliance held its annual dinner recently at the Connaught Rooms, when some 150 members and their guests were present. The Alliance is one of the strongest in the country, and is admirably run by the Hon. Sec., Mr. F. C. Fabian. There are at least four ex-champions in their ranks Sandy Herd, Ted ...

... -BY MEL The Society held its ninth annual dinner recently at the Connaught Rooms in London, when 800 members and their guests were present. After the dinner, at which the President, Mr. A. J. Knowland, presided, there was dancing and a very excellent cabaret. The guest of the evening was Mr. Henry S. Horne. Many other well-known personalities, including Mr. Claude Graham White, Miss Amy ...

... - -BY MEL The Screen Golfing Society, members of which are mostly prominent people in the film industry, and whose headquarters are at Stoke Poges Golf Club, had their Spring Auction Sweep recently at the Savoy Hotel. The chairman was Mr. R. McCooey, the captain. Names (1. to r., at back) Colonel E. H. Williams, Marcel Vamel, Maurice Ostrer, R. McCooey, Geoffrey Bernerd, Howard Welsch, Bert ...

... MORTONHALL GOLF CLUB, EDINBURGH, AND SOME PLAYERS- -BY MEL The Mortonhall Golf Club the pioneer of private courses in Scotland was founded in 1892, and the course built on the Mortonhall Estate, which adjoins the Braids. Its forerunner was the Morningside Golf Club, whose members played on the Braids. The first captain of the Mortonhall Club was Duncan Maclaren, and the improvements which have ...

... --By MEL Said to owe its inception to a happy thought of Commander Hillyard as he looked out of his bathroom window one morning soon after coming to live in Pulborough, the West Sussex Golf Club is set in a perfect golfing pocket of sand, amid clayey golfing deserts. Just in this small area, white sand blows across heather to delight the golfer's heart, while distant downs go to make up a ...

... BY MEL This very strong Association, which is now in its sixth year, has a membership of 400. Recently they held an annual competition at Hadley Wood Golf Club, when 133 of its members competed. The Association's Cup was won by a long-handicap player, Mr. C. Newbury, a member of Mote Mount Golf Club, who went round in a gross 88 from 24 handicap. Very useful form There was a splendid array of ...

... -By MEL Many distinguished golfers, amateur and professional, were at the dinner to Sandy Herd, given to celebrate his jubilee in Golf. One of the outstanding personalities of the game, Sandy Herd played in his first Championship in 1885 although only successful once, he was runner-up on four other occasions. During the dinner Lord Leverhulme made a presentation to Sandy of an album of ...

... -BY MEL GRIM'S DYKE GOLF CLUB DINNER-DANCE- The Grim's Dyke Golf Club, which was founded in 1910, held its annual dinner and dance at the Park Lane Hotel recently, and a very large number of members and their friends turned up. Mike Heath is taking on the captaincy for another year. It was on October to of this year that the Marchioness of Carisbrooke opened the new club-house, which has ...

... BY FRED MAY PERSONALITIES AT THE MIDDLESBROUGH CHARITY BALL- FRED MAY The thirty-eighth annual Charity Ball in aid of the Middlesbrough Hospitals was held in the Town Hall, and in spite of all that we hear about the hardness of the times it was quite as big a financial success as ever. By means of this ball thousands of pounds are raised every year. It was in aid this year of the North Riding ...

... -BY MEL The course of the Seaford Golf Club at Blatchington is a typical downland one, laid out on a wide plateau about a mile and a half inland from Seaford railway station and town. In one respect only does Seaford not conform to the true downland type. The majority of courses on the Downs are unable to avoid a proportion of scrambling holes up and down hill, but at Blatchington there is ...