b'HistoryBedale Golf Club has been the Golfing Gateway to the Dales for over a century, its natural deer park setting offering some of the most pleasurable golfing terrain in the North of England.The Club was formed following a meeting held on the 20th November 1894 with nine gentlemen present on land owned by Sir Henry Beresford Pierse. This nine hole course was over the area at present occupied by the first six holes plus some land to the right of the second fairway. To mark the opening an exhibition match was played on the 6th December between the professionals from Studley Royal and Richmond Golf Clubs. The details of this match are held in club records. incorporate the land into the exisiting course, which is the course, you play today.The course remained on this site until 1921, when land was rented over an area approximately covered by the presentThe 30 acres concerned have enabled the course to be 11th to 15th holes and although this was only six holes, itlengthened to a demanding 6,580 yards. The remained here until 1932 when the course moved to a newoverwhelming feature of the Course is the abundance of site off the Firby Road.mature trees, which play an important role in giving definition to the lush inviting fairways.The layout and development of the course was under the direction of the Professional/Green Keeper John Raper andTo single out any hole from the more mature segment of the it remained on this site until 1967. The high point of the timecourse is as taxing as the layout itself. Particular favourites at Firby Road was an exhibition match played in 1947 to raiseare the 2nd, a tough par five, and the 3rd, a demanding par 4.money for the Soldiers, Sailors and Air Force Association and included Norman Von Nida, the Australian Golfer, DaiThe 2nd Hole demands a precise drive from the tee to holdRees, the Ryder Cup player together with Syd Scott and Billthe fairway, the hole sweeps subtly to the right with out ofShankland. bounds lurking at its flank, bunkers also play their part intrapping the unwary although it is the babbling brook whichWhen the club moved back in 1967 it was a 9 hole courseprotects the front of the green which catches the lions shareand it was decided in 1987 to purchase 30 acres of land andof the casualties.appointHawtrees the Golf Architects to4'