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Chelmsford
Golf Club was formally constituted on May 4th 1893.
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original nine hole course was set out ‘among the furze and
bracken’ on Galleywood common.
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The
first ‘club house’ was the Horse and Groom public house which
remains on the common.
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In
1910 land was leased in Widford from Sir David Gooch for a new
18 hole course.
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New
course opened June 22nd 1911.
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Chelmsford
GC is the eleventh oldest in the County.
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Over
the years various parcels of land were bought and the course was
changed to its present layout.
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The original club house on this site was constructed in 1911 at
a cost of £400.
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The clubhouse has been enlarged and revised several times over
the years.
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In
1936 the county council purchased part of the then existing course
in order to extend
St. John's
Hospital
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The
hospital site has recently been sold for a housing development.
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