The Bradford Golf Club

HISTORY

The Bradford Golf Club is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in Yorkshire. Established at Baildon in 1891 as The Bradford St Andrews Golf Club, the club changed its name in 1894 and was relocated to its present site in 1899.

The original Clubhouse was opened on 9th November 1900 by the Rt. Hon. A.J. Balfour MP, Leader of the House of Commons and Prime Minister (1902-05). In 1925 it was destroyed by fire and rebuilt on the same foundations.

In 1922/23 the course was substantially altered by the golf architects Messrs. Fowler and Simpson. They made the layout similar to the course you see today. The course was further improved with alterations to the drainage and the construction of new bunkers.

In more recent times, the open moorland aspect of the course has been modified by a tree planting programme. Many of the holes are now played along well-defined, tree-lined fairways to testing greens (usually quite fast), and still incorporate many of the features of the original course.