Glorious golfing revival at Goodwood

Now in its fourth year, golfers turned back the clock almost 100 years to compete in the annual Goodwood Golf Revival.

With original hickory shafted clubs and dressed in formal period costumes, more than 40 players took part in the 18-hole better-ball event played over the 100- year-old Downs Course in West Sussex, designed by legendary golfer and architect James Braid.

The event is establishing itself as a tribute to the great man who won five Open Championship titles over a 10-year period and made an enormous impact on the game during the Edwardian era.

The Goodwood members left their graphite clubs and modern day golf bags at home in favour of pencil-thin carry bags filled with brassies, spoons and niblicks, with whippy shafts and small persimmon heads which all proved far less forgiving than their modern day counterparts.

At the halfway house, Revival golfers were greeted with a wee dram of Johnny Walker Blue Label.

The competition was won by Chris Kerr and Martin Pettifer with 41 points, who just pipped Tim Pearson and Geoff Bleasby, also on a respectable 39 points.

This year’s Best Dressed golfer was David Macintosh, a keen hickory player.

Stuart Gillett, Golf At Goodwood General Manager, said:”It really was a memorable and charming day with everyone being transported back in time to a special golfing era.”