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20
Nov
New owners of Spofforth Golf Club revealed
A local family has bought Spofforth Golf Club after a long period of uncertaiinty surrounding the club.
The Curtis family has acquired the 18-hole course, which comes with a six-bay driving range and reception building, as well as farm buildings, a four-bedroom bungalow and studio apartment – all set in approximately 130 acres of land – for an undisclosed sum.
The club was listed for sale with Lister Haigh in August 2023 for £2 million.
It appeared to be under new ownership by the following October after the agent changed the listing to sold subject to contract, but it was not known at the time who had bought it.
When the Stray Ferret contacted the golf club in March about the sale, we were told it was a “private family matter”.
But the Curtis family – who appear to be moguls in the wool industry – have pledged to keep the course running and enhance the facilities.
The site opened as an operational farm in 1994, and the new owners even look set to take the golf course back to its agricultural roots.
Martin Curtis told Golf Business News:
As a family partnership we are delighted to have bought Spofforth Golf Club (Manor Farm). We have already started working on plans for the future, and know we have a lot of hard work ahead of us.
The potential to do something special is exciting and with a clear goal in mind we look to the future with confidence. Rumour has it that a flock of sheep may be brought in to help keep the grass cut and fertilised. As a council member of King Charles III’s Campaign for Wool it would be rather fitting if we could make that happen!
A member of the family partnership confirmed to the Stray Ferret it had bought the club.
Spofforth Golf Club’s last social media post was on September 15, when it announced the club would be closing for a “transition period” and hoped to re-open in the near future.
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