Golf & Social
Muswell Hill golf club
The SJA normally stages two Golf Days each year, usually on Mondays in the spring and the autumn, using quality golf courses in the London area.
These popular social events are open to all, not just SJA members, and we welcome all standards of players, even complete novices and, as you might expect from a journalists’ golf day, complete golfing hacks.
The emphasis of the event is an informal day out with colleagues and friends, old and new.
The SJA’s 2011 Autumn Golf Day was held for the fifth consecutive year at leafy Muswell Hill, one of suburban London’s finest and best tended courses, in September. Click here to read a report of the event. It is already planned to stage the next SJA Autumn Golf Day at Muswell Hill in September 2012.
Founded in 1893, Muswell Hill Golf Club is a par 71, 6,100-yard parkland course and a great test of golf. The tree-lined, undulating fairways and outstanding greens are a pleasure to play and the final stretch is probably one of the toughest finishes among golf courses in London.
The main competition among the members will be for the Phil Sheldon Trophy, named in honour of the late golf photographer who was also a popular member of the north London club.
The cost per day per head is usually in the region of a bargain £50 to include an 18-hole round of golf (usually playing in three-ball groups), a two-course late lunch, trophies and prizes.
Details of how to book your place on our Golf Days and any other SJA social events will usually be posted on the website and sent to SJA members via email newsletters.
The Association also tries to stage days when members can socialise at county cricket matches and racecourses, while our regular working lunches are also an excellent opportunity to network and see old colleagues.
