Chelmsford Golf Club

Chelmsford Golf Club was founded in 1893 and in those days the club operated cheek by jowl with horse racing at Galleywood Common. Tom Dunn designed the original 9-hole course and it was set just a few hundred yards to the south of the present course. The only stipulation was that no golf was allowed on race days. The club existed at Galleywood until 1910 when land became available at Widford, its present site. James Braid confirmed that the ground was…