History of the Club
Originally formed in 1892 The South Staffordshire Golf Club ranks among the oldest of Golf Clubs in the Midlands. Play first commenced in 1893 with a nine-hole layout on Penn Common about three miles south of Wolverhampton, and a further nine holes were added in 1898.
In 1908 the Club moved to its current site at Danescourt, Tettenhall, about two-and-half miles west of Wolverhampton.
A new Clubhouse was built and Harry Vardon was commissioned to design the layout of the 18 hole course.
Over the years the course has been ‘tweaked’ by such golfing luminaries as Harry Colt in 1914, James Braid in 1938 and more recently Donald Steel.
Over the past 100 years the Club has been proud to witness the play of many of the leading professionals of the day. In the early years, Harry Vardon and George Duncan, Ted Ray and Sandy Herd. In the 1950’s the Charity Exhibition Challenge Matches with Peter Alliss and Dai Rees.
The inaugural Double Diamond Tournament in 1971 contested between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales with Tommy Horton, Christy O’Connor, Bernard Gallagher and Brian Huggett amongst the team members. The Carlsberg European Womens’ Championship, and more recently the Skins Game between Ryder Cup Stars, Ian Woosnam, Peter Baker, David Gilford and Paul Broadhurst.
The South Staffordshire Golf Club has hosted amateur golf at the highest level including many County events as well as the EGU Champion Club Tournament in 1992, the Senior Ladies’ British Open Championship in 2003, the England v Scotland U16 Boys’ International in 2008 and the Midland Open Amateur in 2010.
In 1992 the Club celebrated its Centenary and in 2008 the Club marked 100 years of golf on its course here at Danescourt by launching its Men’s Open Tournament, The Vardon Bowl.
In compiling this and the other more expansive pages covering the history of the South Staffordshire Golf Club for this website, thanks must go to the Club’s historian, the 1991 Captain, Trevor Boliver.
Over the years the course has been ‘tweaked’ by such golfing luminaries as Harry Colt in 1914, James Braid in 1938 and more recently Donald Steel.
Over the past 100 years the Club has been proud to witness the play of many of the leading professionals of the day. In the early years, Harry Vardon and George Duncan, Ted Ray and Sandy Herd. In the 1950’s the Charity Exhibition Challenge Matches with Peter Alliss and Dai Rees.
The inaugural Double Diamond Tournament in 1971 contested between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales with Tommy Horton, Christy O’Connor, Bernard Gallagher and Brian Huggett amongst the team members. The Carlsberg European Womens’ Championship, and more recently the Skins Game between Ryder Cup Stars, Ian Woosnam, Peter Baker, David Gilford and Paul Broadhurst.
The South Staffordshire Golf Club has hosted amateur golf at the highest level including many County events as well as the EGU Champion Club Tournament in 1992, the Senior Ladies’ British Open Championship in 2003, the England v Scotland U16 Boys’ International in 2008 and the Midland Open Amateur in 2010.
In 1992 the Club celebrated its Centenary and in 2008 the Club marked 100 years of golf on its course here at Danescourt by launching its Men’s Open Tournament, The Vardon Bowl.
In compiling this and the other more expansive pages covering the history of the South Staffordshire Golf Club for this website, thanks must go to the Club’s historian, the 1991 Captain, Trevor Boliver.