The Wormburner1

 LOW LAITHES GOLF CLUB, OSSETT LOW LAITHES GOLF CLUB https://www.lowlaithesgolfclub.co.uk/   Type of course   18 holes Par 72   Course distance White 6439 yds Yellow 6220 yds Red 5527 yds   Holes 3 x Par 3 12 x Par 4 3 x Par 5   Played   Rating 69.6 Slope 125   Claim to Fame: Apart from stating the course was opened in 1925, an initial search of the club’s web site reveals no history. A quick search of the Internet however divulges more about what went on underneath the course rather than on it. Golfers on the greens of Low Laithes are probably oblivious to the old mine workings that exist hundreds of feet below. It appears Ossett and Gawthorpe men toiled away in horrific working conditions hewing coal from a seam little more than thr...

  ELSHAM G.C . Having spent part of autumn, spring and all of winter trudging through the peat bogs of Cottingham and Skidby, it came as a nice relief to play Elsham GC in the first of many a summer away day. Organisation courtesy of the Metronome. As the Big Easy was heard to say,   “I like my away days” and don’t we all, regardless of outcome. With the Judge in Portugal, golfing with his imaginary friends from Halifax, eight intrepid explorers set out south of the Humber. Second turn after the bridge and we arrive at Elsham. “A proper golf club” in the eyes of many but mainly the Doc’. Today’s competition was an open age better ball 2 from 4 to count. Arriving bright and early prevented us rushing round at tee time and ensured a hearty bacon sandwich could be consumed in the ‘proper’ clubhouse. ‘Proper’ bacon that is,   the thickness of a pig‘s hind leg. Warming up before our allotted time gave us the opportunity to compare and contrast Handy’s new Cube3 push tr...