The Golf Course in 1946

The course on 7 Oct 1946

7 October 1946


Some notes about the photograph

  • North is towards the top right hand corner of the photograph.
  • At the top left edge there is evidence of the Canadian encampment.
  • The other clumps of white structures are left over war structures.
  • There was no club house, just a Nissen hut.
  • The ground to the North of the 4th fairway was cultivated.
  • The ground between the 6th and 8th fairways was cultivated.
  • The ground to the East of the 9th fairway was cultivated.
  • The cricket wicket was between the 2nd green and the 1st fairway.
  • The cricket pavilion is between the 2nd green and the 3rd tee.
  • There is a copse to the East of the first fairway.
  • There is a bridle path across the middle of the course passing South of the 9th green in a straight line to the back of the 4th green
  • The line of yew trees stretching across the course is the parish boundary between Droxford and Corhampton.