About Arthur Hesketh Groom
Lived 1846 – 1918 (aged 71–72). Arthur Hesketh Groom was a golfer.
Arthur Hesketh Groom (1846–1918) was the founder of the Kobe Golf Club, Japan's first golf club. Groom came to Japan in 1868 and became a long-term resident of Kobe. He was a known outdoorsman and mountaineer, and it is his appreciation for the local mountains near Kobe and a lament that golf was unavailable in Japan that led him and a group of friends to found the club.
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Who was Arthur Hesketh Groom?
Japanese golfer
When was Arthur Hesketh Groom born?
Arthur Hesketh Groom was born in 1846.
When did Arthur Hesketh Groom die?
Arthur Hesketh Groom died in 1918.
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Arthur Hesketh Groom was a golfer.
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