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Clubmakers A J Hobley Minehead/Cheltenham The beginning of Alfred Jones Hobley’s golfing career is not absolutely clear but is more colourful than many of the usual histories His surname is from his unmarried mother, the Jones his father. Later his mother married Peter Paxton which, presumably, is where his interest in golf came from. He began his professional career at Pau, in France, probably filling in for Joseph Lloyd on his trips to the USA. At the time of his marriage to Eliza Hooper Booth in Januay 1888 at Great Malvern he was professional to the Oxford University Club where he was credited with ‘bringing out’ (I presume this means having as assistant) James Sherlock. He went to Minehead in 1892 and was apparently very happy there but coastal erosion damaged both the course and the house he had built for himself. Consequently he moved to Cheltenham in 1897 and remained as professional there until 1934. Search the catalogue for clubs by this maker | |
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