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Sitwell Park Golf Club has been part of Rotherham's sporting fabric for well over a century, its origins dating to 1913. The course takes its name from the Sitwell family, the aristocratic dynasty whose ancestral seat, Renishaw Hall, sits just across the South Yorkshire border into Derbyshire — a lineage that lends the club a certain historic weight unusual for a municipal-adjacent parkland layout. The course occupies genuinely attractive rolling ground, and the mature tree cover that has grown up over 110-plus years gives it a character that newer parkland designs rarely achieve.
Rotherham sits in the heart of South Yorkshire, steel-town country that has reinvented itself considerably since its industrial peak, and Sitwell Park represents the kind of well-established members' club that has anchored community golf in these post-industrial towns for generations. The surrounding landscape softens quickly into the Rother Valley's quieter edges, and the course reflects that transition — workaday in the best sense, serious without pretension.
As a par 71, the layout rewards precision over raw power, and the tree-lined corridors ensure that wayward driving is punished consistently throughout the round. It is the sort of course where local knowledge genuinely matters.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White · men | 6,239 | 70.3 | 127 | 71 |
| Yellow · men | 5,962 | 68.9 | 121 | 71 |
| Red 2017 · women | 5,535 | 72.6 | 134 | 72 |
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