Wollaton Park Golf Club

The City of Nottingham purchased the 16th century Wollaton Hall and surrounding park from Lord Middleton of the coal-mining Willoughby family in 1925. Tom Williamson – the Notts professional who was said in his day to have laid out just about every course within a 50-mile radius of Nottingham – was called in to design an 18-hole course in 140 acres of the property, receiving 150 guineas for a project that took 18-months to complete. The golf club got…