NEHL - Durham City Golf Club opened their course at Pinkerknowle in 1888, having been formed a year earlier.

It was originally a 6 hole course, but extended to 9 holes a few years later in 1893. The Chronicle in 1907 states the course was "full of interest", though others who were asked said it was an "awful" and "rotten" course. The course was of "varied character", with much of it on a severe slope so many holes blind, and was hoped by this time a further field would be purchased to expand the course. .One of the drawbacks was its "inaccessibility" - it was a couple of miles from the city and the railway station itself.

It was Durham's first golf course, with courses rare in the 1880s in the region. By 1907 there were 90 members. It continued through to 1927, when Durham City Golf Club moved to Mount Oswald and continued here until 1974.