Coulsdon Court History
Coulsdon Court was built on the grounds of Byron's house. At the time the course was commisioned the house and grounds were owned by the Cearn Family and they decided to build a private course which has a totally different layout today. The course was opened in the late 1920s and the pro was Leslie Cotton. In the early 1930s the Cearn family sold the course to it's members but they were unable to keep it going and it was sold back to the Cearn Family who in 1934 leased it to Croydon Council on the condition that it would always be used a golf course for the general public. The pro then was Bert Hedges.
Hector Fudge, who joined Coulsdon Court in 1946
- Leslie Cotton
- Bert Hedges
- Doug Chapman
- Colin Staff
- Mike Homewood
- David Copsey
- James Leaver
- Matt Asbury
- Over 150 different types of tree exist on the course - Byron used to bring cuttings back from his travels around Europe
- No bombs were dropped on the course - despite members referring to the craters as bomb holes
- The conifers on the 1st hole were planted in the 1980s, along with the Silver Birches between the 14th and 18th
- Coulsdon Court had the first buggy in England