Our 2023 Spring Meeting was held at Moortown & The Alwoodley Golf Club on the 10th & 11th May. A celebration of the early work by the great Dr Alister MacKenzie who designed and laid out the courses in Leeds. Alwoodley was his maiden attempt and nervous members – keen to find out whether their money was going to good use – appointed HS Colt to come and check the work by this physician turned architect. Not long after, MacKenzie was part of the group of founding memebrs at Moortown looking to establish a course less than a mile from Alwoodley. He built the now 10th hole ‘Gibraltar’ and accepted nominations from prospective members hoping to raise the funds to build 9 holes. it was so successful that funding was sufficient to build a full 18 hole course and since then, the position of these two courses in the history books was secured. Now being assisted by Clyde Johnson of Renaissance Golf Design who is leading the restoration work at both clubs, Moortown & Alwoodley were the perfect canvas for a 2 day golf event. The event was won by Matthew Reid shooting an incredible +1 gross over the two days after a tense final round with little to pick between the top 8. Ryan Noades won the first day with 35 points and local man Nick Khoshnaw won at Alwoodley with 37 points. Saunders & Long MVP award this time went to Graeme Morton from TaylorMade. Special thanks to the clubs for allowing us to put this event on as well as Peter Millar for their sponsorship.
