Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club is a golf course in

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, England. It was founded as a nine-hole parkland golf course in 1909. It was extended to an 18-hole course in 1925 after the club bought land from the Manvers Estate, and further remodelled on additional land in 1972 by the golf course architect Frank Pennick The course is located approximately 5 miles to the east of

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on Cropwell Road, just south of the A52. Its foundation was marked with a golf match on 9 October 1909 between two notable professional golfers of the time, Tom Williamson and

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, this was watched by over 200 spectators. The trophy, won by

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, was reacquired by the Club for its centenary in 2009, which was also marked with matches against Rushcliffe Golf Club which also celebrated its Centenary, and by hosting the

McGregor Trophy The McGregor Trophy is the English Boys Under 16 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship. It was founded in 1982. History The event was founded as a boys' golf tournament in 1982 at the Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club by Roy Case, later to become pre ...

which is the national under 16 boys stroke play tournament organised by the English Golf Union. The course measures 6402 yards and is a par 70 with a SSS of 71.Radcliffe-on-Trent Official Website ww.radcliffeontrentgc.co.uk//ref> Off the ladies' tees the course measures 5570 yards and is a par 72 with a SSS of 7

The course is characterised by tight fairways lined with mature trees, and by relatively long par 3 holes. As a private club it has a maximum of 695 male and female members.

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Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club

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