Committee laid down requirements of club and quoted a membership of 36 people. Entrance fee 1 guinea, annual subscription 2 guineas.
15th March 1897
Committee appointed first Professional Mr William Cochrane
1st May 1897
Official opening of the course.
29th June 1897
General meeting set up sub-committees & agreed need for a pavilion.
February 1898
Committee accepted a tender to build club room, dressing rooms, bar, toilets & veranda.
February 1898
First Annual General meeting. Membership now 64
May 1898
Clubhouse built & then used until 1961
6th July 1898
Next Professional appointed. Albert James Ife
May 1899
First recorded use of pavilion by committee
November 1899
Match played against Farnham GC
May 1900
First President Richard Henry Combe died
July 1904
Next Professional appointed. Charles Edmond Clare. Ife had left 5 months before.
May 1920
Gerald Streatfeild who was Captain from 1903 to 1911 and from 1914 to to 1924 persuaded his committee that they should invite James Braid to come and advise on the extension of the course to 18 holes.
February 1921
Braid visited the course and submitted his plans in a letter dated 18th February 1921. His fee was 5 guineas plus expenses.
September 1921
Committee agreed to go ahead with a modification to Braid's plan and sold £1,000 of debentures to the members to fund the work.
October 1923
Five new holes opened. Namely: 2, 6, 7, 8, 10.
7th June 1924
Holes 11, 12, 13, 14 opened for play.
March 1933
Committee asked Harry Colt a member of a distinguished firm of course architects to lengthen the course and balance the spacing of the par three holes. He was engaged at a fee of 20 guineas plus 2 guineas expenses. Three new holes, numbers 10, 11 & 12 were created as recommended by Mr Colt. 9 unemployed men were provided by Aldershot labour exchange for 3 months in 1934 to prepare fairways & greens.
1st November 1935
The 3 new holes were opened.
1936
Gerald Streatfeild died
1938
After repeated irregation problems, piped water was provided to all greens.
April 1939
Streatfeild's brother-in-law Richard Coombe died. He had been President since 1905! He was Lord of the Manor of Pierrepoint Estate which embraced the golf club grounds..
30th May 1940
Pierrepont Estate put up for auction, including the ground used by the golf club.
June 1940
Major Alnatt the new owner of the estate proposed a rental of £50 per annum throughout the war and £100 per annum thereafter. The committee refused the amount as excessive in their current financial situation. They had an overdraft of £535 at the time.
28th November 1940
Major Alnett now offered to sell the club grounds to the club for £1,000.
23rd June 1941
The Club Captain wrote to Major Alnett asking the lowest price that he would accept for the Manorial Rights of the property.
January 1942
The committee was authorised to offer £800 for the whole of Hankley Common.
March 1942
The AGM resolved to purchase Hankley Common and to allow the club to incur a bank overdraft not exceeding £1,300. The AGM agreed to the club being formed into a private company with liability limited to a maximum of £2 per member.
5th June 1942
The contract to buy the Common was signed by Messrs Sprot, Windle and Potter (the Club Captain).
August 1960
A philanthropic member Mr J P Billmeir offered to provide a second hand 120ft by 18ft cedar wood building to replace the corrugated portions of the club house. The club had been suffering from serious corrosion for some years.
October 1960
An EGM accepted the offer and during the following winter, the building was transported to site & services installed.
October 1960
At the EGM, subscriptions were raised to £10.50 for men and £8.40 for ladies. The first increase for 9 years.
April 1961
Mr and Mrs. Billmeir were both appointed as Honorary Life Members.
February 1972
An EGM was called to approve the expenditure of £10,000 to install an automatic watering system on all greens. Many members came forward to make loans to cover the costs.
March 1980
Questionnaire sent out to members with proposals for a new 2-storey clubhouse. Replies were encouraging.
February 1981
Letter to members promised plans for new clubhouse would shortly be put on display and was followed by an EGM in late October 1981.
Easter 1983
A new single storey clubhouse designed by Newman Turner (a member and architect) was in use and was formally opened by Col Ozzie Logan on 18th June 1983.
8th August 1997
Club Centenary Year celebrated by a grand ball
Letter sent out to all members proposing extending and refurbishing the club house and inviting members to an EGM on 27th September 1997 to discuss options.
The management hoped to complete the work by the spring of 1998. This did not happen and two schemes were finally offered to members to consider.
14th August 1998
Chris Fielden the Captain announced the result of the members votes for two options of clubhouse extension and improvement at different costs. Of the 612 eligible, 265 had voted for Scheme A and 206 for scheme B. Option A was put up for tender.
