Hessle Golf Club East Yorkshire

According to information the Club was originally named the Hessle Tennis and Golf Club which used to occupy part of the old quarry at Hesslewood in 1898. Golf was played on a six hole course until 1912 when the golf section of the club moved to higher land attached to Hesslewood Hall.

Nine holes were planned, with some ingenuity, in a limited acreage on the undulating parkland on the south side of the Hull-Ferriby Road. The “clubhouse” if such was its title, was the greenkeepers hut used by the grand old character Albert Tuck, who, having survived severe head wounds in France during the 1914 – 1918 war, returned to the course he had helped to fashion to become green-keeper/professional.

The first really imposing clubhouse of Hessle Golf Club was formerly the main entrance to the Yorkshire Agricultural Show when it was held in 1923 on land at Spring Bank West.

This was a long and not unattractive timber construction which was divided without great difficulty into compact locker rooms for the ladies and gentlemens sections with a main hall and bar. A feature was the long covered verandah which was a popular spot on a summers evening when, in good company and enjoying a favourite beverage, one could watch the passing ships on the Humber tides and enjoy the panoramic views towards Lincolnshire.