Silkstone Golf Club – A Brief History
According to The Barnsley Chronicle newspaper Silkstone Golf Club, (formally Barnsley & District Golf Club), played a match against the Army at the Day House Farm course in 1893. This farm was owned by Enoch Mount at that time. The clubhouse was situated adjacent to the Farm House which is located at Redbrook one mile from Barnsley town centre on the Huddersfield Road.
The club moved to its present site at Field Head in 1905 and minutes of all meetings since that time have been archived. The site at Silkstone was no doubt chosen for its tremendous views in some of the most delightful countryside in this charming corner of Yorkshire but also because of its close proximity to Dodworth railway station which linked it with Barnsley.
The nine-hole course opened in 1905 and was extended to eighteen holes in 1917. The club had used a farm building as a clubhouse until 1927. It was in that year that a new clubhouse was built and the wooden structure of that original building still forms the interior of the present premises. There have been many improvements and extensions over the years. The dining hall and kitchen was built in 1971.The gentlemen’s locker room and professional’s shop was added in 1975 and in 1979 the frontage of the clubhouse was reconstructed increasing the size of the main lounge. In 1992 the original steward’s accommodation was demolished and a new one built.
In 1968 the club purchased the land at a cost of £10,000 and the name of the club was changed to Silkstone Golf Club. In 1973 additional land was purchased to lengthen the course. The club bought land for the practice ground in 1990.
The course was greatly improved by the opening of seven new holes on forty acres of newly purchased land in May 2008.