Course Improvements

The last 12 months has been a period of stablisation for the course, letting changes from previous years bed down.

Jacob Henry Watts (16 October 1888 - 23 July 1947)

Jacob Watts was born on 16 October 1888 in Buckinghamshire, England. He served in World War I and suffered a gunshot wound in his thigh.

On 18 May 1922, Jacob, his wife and 4 children departed the port of London for Australia. Jacob and his family settled in Mulgoa where he worked on farms, labouring and caretaking of properties.

Jacob dies in 23 July 1947 at his home on Mulgoa Road, Jamisontown.

(Summarised extract from compilation by Christina Dawson, great granddaughter of Jacob Henry Watts on 19 March 2015.)

"By 1926, plans were afoot by a Sydney syndicate, in conjunction with the Mayor of Penrith, Ald. J. Price, to purchase Glenmore from Mr. D. Hattersley - dentist - for the purpose of establishing a Country Golf Club, and, in May 1927, there plans were finalised in the official opening of the Country Club." 

In 1926, plans were put in place to establish a Country Golf Club at Glenmore homestead in Mulgoa. In 1927, Jacob Henry Watts, a Mulgoa resident, caretaker of Glenmore, constructed the first 9 holes, which were located around the practice area including the short game practice green, and the current holes of 10 to 14, and 17-18.

The page 18 on 'Mulgoa! Mulgoa! Where is that?' published by Penrith Art Printing Works in 1988 states,