The picturesque, accessible course is due to be closed down on 31st March 2021
Cleeve Hill Golf Course In Gloucestershire To Close Next March
Cleeve Hill has golfing history back to 1891, producing many prominent golfers from Margaret Scott in the 1920’s to modern era professionals and internationals like Beverly Huke, John Davis and Peter Berry.
Green fees at the accessible course range from just £12-£20 for adults, £12-£15 for seniors and £10 for juniors.
The lessee of the clubhouse tendered notice to the landlord, Tewkesbury Borough Council, which based on a study suggesting golf isn’t viable on the Common gave notice cancelling the licence for golf effective 31 March 2021.
The group’s objective is to save golf on the Common and ensure a viable long-term future, finding a rush of support locally, nationally and even globally.
"In terms of how it feels, naturally we are all deeply upset," local golfer Jonathan Mercer told Golf Monthly.
"It is fair to say that though the decline in volume was known, that the actual announcement was a huge shock as having re-opened the course at least was busy and the clubhouse was seeing good footfall too. So having reopened it felt like the worst had passed and things could take an upward turn, then this announcement.
"Cleeve is very much the club for everyone in the Cheltenham area both in terms of green fee and membership subscription levels as well as accessibility, so that many golfers now at other local clubs can trace their early golfing experiences to Cleeve.
"It therefore has a special place in the hearts of many for this reason in addition to its excellence as a golf course in its own right. The special landscape and environment further enhance this."
