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Wakefieldโs Dan Bradbury won on his third start on the DP World Tour in November..
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On this day in 1929 Britain won the first Ryder Cup to be played on home soil at Moortown.
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A very, very special happy 100th birthday to member Roger Calvert
His wife, Margaret, is the clubโs longest-serving member at 80 years while Roger is a relative new member, having joined in 1961.
Roger will be celebrating at the club today
Course beginning to look very sassy..
Canโt stress enough what an incredible job our greenkeepers have done to have it looking and playing like this in the middle of May after such a grim winter
Congratulations again to
@NickMcCarthy_18
a great end to the season just got better by booking a spot in
@EuropeanTour
Final Qualifying this afternoon!
English Amateur practice day 2 โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธSerious business starts tomorrow with qualifying
@MoortownGC
&
@headingleygolf
Congratulations to Josh Stephens who
defended his Scratch Cup title ๐
Lots of great things happening with our juniors and, off the blue tees (7001 yards), Josh began his weekend with an eagle and posted brilliant rounds of 72-75 on a bouncy course and in tricky conditions
New putting green update
We have now completed the build phase of the new practice putting facility - over 400 tonnes of stone, rootzone and various sublayers are now in place lifting the green by a metre and growing its size by some 25 per cent. 1/6
The New 1st Tee
The club wanted to address this at the same time as the new putting green. We had the chance to level the existing main tee as well as extending the championship tee to link up with the putting green. We've also levelled the ladies' tee and added a new winter tee.
Sir Nick Faldo won twice in Leeds at the Car Care Plan International...
The first at Sand Moor, 40 years ago, and then here at Moortown the following year. Pre his swing rebuild the
26-year-old came from two behind with four to play to beat local star Howard Clark by a shot
Designer Clyde Johnson on the new bunker behind the 18th green
Most of the work weโve done is inspired by what used to be there. We spent a lot of time searching through the club history book and thereโs a brilliant old aerial which has inspired the bunker behind the 18th. 1/4
The purpose of Moortownโs reciprocal..
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โTo annually review, build and maintain a high quality portfolio which enhance the MGC membership experienceโ
Weโre delighted to team up with the fantastic West Lancs GC, the 9th oldest club in England and one of the very best in GB & I
To celebrate the opening Major of the season we're offering visitors the chance to play both Moortown and Alwoodley for ยฃ195 per person
Two GB&I Top 100 courses and two classic Dr Alister MacKenzie's designs
To book:
The next step in our course development plan will see work on the 15th over the winter with Clyde Johnson
The fairway bunkers now in place will be removed and there will be more emphasis on the playing angle of the hole as Dr Alister MacKenzie had intended
(Aerial 1948)
First weekend of action for the redesigned 15th hole - great to be back on the green ๐ค
Fantastic work by
@CunninGolf
and
@MoortownGreens
after an incredibly challenging winter
Designer Clyde Johnson on the changes to the short par 4 ๐งต
โAs an historical aerial showed, the original intention was to reward the golfer who could hook one against the camber to leave an open angle to the green, which was protected by a large, artful bunker to its right.
Moortown has looked absolutely sensational this week, in all weathers..
Massive shout out to Steve Robinson and his greenkeeping team who have been out at first light and then back again in the evenings to prep for the next day - results are incredible ๐
1929 Ryder Cup, Moortown
The matches were played in late April and, on the Wednesday, a blizzard swept in and covered the course in an inch of snow.
To their credit the Americans played on to acclimatise themselves while the British returned to Harrogate to use the baths..
Huge congratulations to all our juniors after topping Division 1 of the Leeds & District Union Junior League for the first time in the clubโs history
A real team effort with everyone playing and contributing
Well done to all the teams (and organisers/supporters) involved ๐๐
Two days after some biblical rain the course was looking and playing as spectacularly as ever..
Amazing work by
@MoortownGreens
to make it so playable all year round ๐๐
Two views from behind the 9th green..
How Dr Alister MacKenzie described it in 1929: 'When the flag is placed on the right of the green, as it ought to be for matchplay, it is desirable to go for this gap (off the tee) so as to obtain a clear run in for one's second'
Moortown are at No. 68 in Golf Monthlyโs new UK and Ireland Top 100
One over-riding aspect of this or any Top 100 is the absolute quality, and variety, of all these courses - Moortown are sandwiched between Rye, Cruden Bay, Machrihanish, West Hill, Ballyliffin and The Island ๐
Not often seen angle of one of Moortown's more underrated holes
Blind tee shot, bouncy fairway, brilliant bunkers, proper heathland, Stroke Index 2, plenty of pin positions โ
all-round brilliant hole
Itโs National Thank A Greenkeeper Day
In all weathers, at all hours and making our courses what they are - lots going on at Moortown at the moment and in the coming years and weโre lucky to have a brilliant team of greenkeepers behind it all ๐
End of a great week of golf with the conclusion of the English Amateur Championships congratulations to
@JohnGough23
๐&
@KRudgeley
๐ commiserations
@bel_wardle
& Tom Addy - 2 excellent hard fought finals ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
@EnglandGolf
The 9th
Another of maybe one of Moortown's more underrated holes which can be stretched to 473 yards off the very back tees..
Fairway bunkers and a ditch are the hole's main defences off the tee before a long iron (for most of us) to an angled green. One of the tougher SI 7s
Looking forward to welcoming the England and France teams for a practice day ahead of the weekendโs matches
Course looking in incredible shape and forecast similarly perfect
โThe move to Moortown was the highlight of my career, Iโve had 20 great years and Iโm looking forward to a few more before hanging up my spikesโ
Martin Heggie celebrates double milestone of two decades at Moortown and 40 years as a PGA Pro
A Week In The Life Of The 1929 Ryder Cup
Monday April 22
One of the great side stories was the one of Ernest Hargreaves who was a 16-year-old clothing factory worker from Leeds and a Moortown caddy. He would spend the week on Walter Hagen's bag โ and there was even more to come..
A Week In The Life Of The 1929 Ryder Cup
Friday April 19
Having met for lunch at the Savoy on the Wednesday the two teams went their separate ways โ the hosts to Harrogate, where they would make use of the Royal Baths, while the Americans would head south to the links of Kent.
A rarely seen photo of the old clubhouse on its opening in 1910 with Open champions James Braid and Harry Vardon to the right of Alister MacKenzie
The clubhouse was originally located beyond the present 11th green before being abandoned in 1915 when the new clubhouse was built
Very classy speech to end two days of excellent golf and a worthy win for France over England..
Itโs an absolute privilege to have such talented players take on our course which was in outstanding condition
Thanks to England Golf and all the volunteers who helped make it happen
โThe primary goal is to enlarge the putting green, by building the new green on top of the existing one, and connecting it to an expanded back tee which will simplify the 1st tee experience and encourage better growthโ
Our upcoming putting green changes
โWe had to identify nine different grasses, they made it as hard as possible there was no chance of fluking anythingโ
We profile Moortown greenkeeper Jake Rose who was the runner-up at the Young Student Greenskeeper of the Year Awards
We have various new positions at the Club as we grow the team. If any of the following roles interests you please get in touch...
Trainee Greenkeeper (FT)
Seasonal Greenkeeper (PT)
Casual Bar Staff (Wend & Events)
Catering FoH Mgr (FT)
Bookkeeper (PT)
secretary
@moortown
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Great to have Jamie Kennedy from Golf Digest at Moortown for his first time playing the course..
Opened with an eagle, nearly added another at Gibraltar ๐
Itโs been a long (and very wet) winter for the
@MoortownGreens
- and all greenkeepers up and down the UK
Thanks to them weโll have a new putting green, extended 1st tee and redesigned 15th hole in the near future
And the clocks move in two days ๐
'The channel/ditch that runs down the left is beautiful so we have tried to take advantage of that and encourage people to take on the green'
Course architect Clyde Johnson on his changes to the short par-4 5th hole
More here ๐
England vs France taking place this weekend at Moortown - spectators very welcome
Incredible effort by
@MoortownGreens
to have the course looking this good after the past few months - good luck to both teams
On this day in 1929 GB beat the US in the first Ryder Cup on British soil
There is a story that George Duncan, from the comfort of the gentsโ toilets, overheard Walter Hagen tell a US player that it was a certain point given that the captains had arranged to play each other.
Great write-up in this monthโs Golf Monthly which shows off an amazing view of our 10th hole, Gibraltar
Thanks to
@JezzEllwoodGolf
for the visit and the words ๐
A month away from the British Boys the course is looking spectacularly good
In spite of the never-ending winter and the recent weather our greenkeepers have done an incredible job ๐
How European Tour golf looked in May, 1984
- 11 of the '85 European Ryder Cup team would play
- Five of them would finish in the top 10
- One of seven tournaments in England
-
@NickFaldo006
would collect ยฃ16,660 for the win
- Howard Clark would play in a weightlifter's belt
Looking forward to welcoming the England and France teams on May 11-12 for the biennial international
Four foursomes and eight singles both days
Hereโs Englandโs Dylan Shaw-Radford doing what every golfer dreams ofโฆ
The Stewart Laws Junior Trophy
Our juniors continue to miss the support of Stewart who sadly died earlier this year. Stewart was a very popular member for 46 years and he was a true stalwart, overseeing the juniors for 13 years and supporting the club on countless occasions.
Congratulations to Ollie Cage on making his debut for the Yorkshire menโs team vs Northumberland at Pannal today
Made a fantastic start, holing a 20-footer for birdie at the last to help win his morning foursomes before a 5&4 singles victory in a 10.5-7.5 success ๐
Course is looking absolutely fantastic and all set for three days of the Yorkshire Challenge which is played at Lindrick, Ganton and Moortown
Good luck to everyone playing this week - weather looks perfect ๐
Outstanding achievement by Josh Stephens at the Irish Under 16s at Lisburn GC
Twice shot the joint low score of the day before tying for 4th in a strong field of 80+ players ๐๐
Junior golf thriving at Moortown..
In the space of the past week our juniors captured the LDUGC Junior Team Championship at Cookridge, retaining the historic Marshall Bellow Trophy.
The great Peter Alliss on the early days of the Ryder Cup and the first home match here at Moortown
Includes rare footage from the 1929 matches and a cracking little tale from Gene Sarazen
John Paramor worked as a referee on the European Tour for an incredible 44 years and he was always one of the most respected and loved people in the game
Here he is as part of the prizegiving ceremony when Sir Nick Faldo won the Car Care Tournament at Moortown in 1984
The climax of the first ever Ryder Cup match on European soil in 1929
- American Johnny Farrell, with just enough room for a backswing, pitches it over the tent to seven feet
- Claims a half in the opening foursomes
- The Americans led 2.5-1.5 after day one
- GB win 7-5
Our four par 3s all offer something very different with the highlight coming at our signature 10th hole, Gibraltar. Dr Alister MacKenzie built this as an experiment hole which promptly brought in something like 60 new members.
4) 172 8) 189 10) 165 17)153 (yards off whites)