Wimbledon Park GC Agrees £65m Sale To All England Lawn Tennis Club

Wimbledon Park Golf Club members will each pocket £85,000

Wimbledon Park GC Agrees £65m Sale To All England Lawn Tennis Club

Wimbledon Park Golf Club members will each pocket £85,000

Wimbledon Park GC Agrees £65m Sale To All England Lawn Tennis Club

Wimbledon Park Golf Club has agreed to sell its land to the neighbouring All England Lawn Tennis Club, which hosts the Wimbledon tennis grand slam, for £65m.

Members of the golf club voted 82.2% in favour of selling the land in a secret ballot on Thursday evening in Westminster.

Wimbledon Park Golf Club's 750 members are set to pocket £85,000 each.

The club's joining fee is £3000 and annual subs are just £1,450 according to the Guardian.

An insider told the Guardian in October that “There are plenty of alternatives in the area if they [members] wanted to join another club.”

It means the AELTC's land has roughly tripled in size, adding 72 acres to its current 42 acre site.

The sale is set to go through on 21st December, although the golf club will continue to operate for the next three years.

A recent vote from the golf club members changed plans which said that only members who had been there for 10 years would receive any financial windfall, now, however, it is going to be shared equally after the 75% majority in that vote was reached.

Its members include TV presenters Ant and Dec and Piers Morgan.

Piers Morgan was one of the 17.8% of members who voted against the sale, and took to Twitter to express his disappointment.

"Very sad news," he wrote.

"Played there for over 30yrs & voted against the sale. Hope the superb pro-shop team get properly looked after."

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The AELTC has been looking to purchase the land for some time, and even bid £25m for it three years ago, £40m less than what it is said to be paying now.

Interestingly, the AELTC owns the land but the Wimbledon Park Golf Club has a lease which runs out in 2041, meaning the AELTC are paying £65m for land they can have for free in 20 years

It will use the extra land to build infrastructure allowing the Wimbledon qualifying tournament to be hosted on-site.

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Wimbledon is, of course, one of four tennis grand slams and all three of the other venues in Paris, Melbourne and New York have made infrastructure improvements over recent years.

They all host their qualifying tournaments on site and Wimbledon will soon be joining them in doing so.

Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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