The owners of Spofforth Golf Course have remained silent following the apparent sale of the site last year.

The course was listed for sale for £2 million last summer and appeared to be under new ownership in October after agent Lister Haigh changed the listing to sold subject to contract.

But, five months later, there appears to have been no further developments.

The Stray Ferret made enquiries after receiving several emails asking about the status of the club. One said:

They added:

The Stray Ferret has approached the golf club for an update but has not had a reply.

We contacted Spofforth Parish Council to see if it could shed light on the situation. It replied:

The parish clerk added the family that owns the club is “still in residence at the house”, but did not provide any further detail.

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Spofforth Golf Course, which opened in 1994, was originally a family-run farm, before becoming an 18-hole pay and play site.

The sale of the 130-acre property included a six-bay driving range, a clubhouse, green-keeping complex and car park, a four-bed detached bungalow, a one-bed stable annexe and a double garage.

According to the sale listing, the property is still subject to an agricultural occupancy restriction, which states:

It also said the sporting rights were included in the sale, so far as they are “owned or exist”.

At the time of the sale, we contacted Lister Haigh for further information, which declined to comment and said it was a “private family matter”.