The History - The original Woodlands Manor Golf Club was opened by Henry Cotton before the second world war although nothing is left of the original course to show that. It was closed 1n 1942 and converted to farmland to assist the war effort. This is how it remained and was acquired as such in 1949 by Geoffrey Leet who continued with the farming tradition building a successfull farming business supplying the surrounding district (including Brands Hatch) with fresh produce until the notion of converting the farmland back to a golf course occured to him after inviting a friend to hit some balls into a field.