HORTON GOLF CLUB

At the back of Henfield Business Park lies Horton Golf Club, a beautiful and unique golf course. With nine greens and eighteen tees and holes, this short, but demanding, course is enjoyed by over 120 members... Why unique? That takes us right back to how the club was founded. In 1974 a golf club was established on part of the Shoreham Cement Works estate. The members were a mixture of people who were employed at the works and others from the local area who loved golf. The name, Horton Golf Club, comes from this original site. There was no way these founding members could afford to pay for greens staff or a professional or a shop or any of the other trappings of traditional golf clubs. So, they took the decision to run an artisan golf club, one in which the members looked after the course and managed their own affairs... When, in 1991, the cement works decided to sell the land on which the course was built, the intrepid founders sought a new site by contacting local farmers who might..

Primary location: Henfield United Kingdom