Shifnal Golf Club

About Us

club History

The current Shifnal Golf Club was formed on 8th April 1929, at a meeting of 36 members held at the Jerningham Arms, Shifnal. A club had existed previous* to this, but since there are no records from that period it was decided that 1929 was to be the official formation date.

*Shifnal Golf Club is mentioned in the minutes of the Shropshire Golf Union when the union was first formed in 1913.

The club's first location was a 9-hole course at Lodge Hill, Shifnal; built before the first World War but possibly un-used during the war years.

In 1963, Shifnal Golf Club moved to Decker Hill Hall. The Golf Club were looking for a new site after their original lease at Lodge Hill came close to termination and so Decker Hill proved the ideal new location, with the house becoming the club house. The park’s mature trees were thereafter supplemented by new plantings under the direction of the golf course architects Ken Cotton and Frank Pennink, the figures on the course still surveyed by a domed temple, high up in the shrub walk above the house, which may date from William Botfield’s Regency landscaping of the park.

A booklet "Shifnal Golf Club 1929 - 1995' (link to be supplied) is available giving the full history of the club during those years. The club is indebted to Mr Brian Longden, past captain and president of the club, for his work in compiling the booklet, without whose work much of the information contained would have been lost to posterity.

Our club house, known as Decker Hill Hall, was built in the first half of the 19th century. It was the home of the Botfield family from 1851 through to the early part of the 20th century. According to the 1871 census, W.B.G. Botfield Esq (Justice of Peace of Salop & Montgomery & Clergyman of the Church of England), lived there with his family and 12 house servants. 

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Shifnal Golf Club is a private members club, run by the Members according to an agreed constitution. Further information is available from the Club Secretary.