In 1927, Sir John Drughorn transformed Hyde Farm into Ifield Golf Club , preserving ancient iron ore minepits and limestone quarries as natural hazards within an 18-hole layout. One hundred years later, those same fields will become a secondary school and 3,000 homes.

Ifield Golf Club will close its gates in April 2027—the exact month it should be celebrating a century of operation . The closure is not due to financial failure or dwindling membership. The course remains operationally viable, hosting 6,000 annual visitors and maintaining 500+ members. Instead, the shutdown is dictated by Homes England, the government housing agency that acquired the freehold in 2020 and has now served notice to quit.

The West of Ifield masterplan demands the land. The development proposal, submitted

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