Leaderboard Golf Ltd is a company that owns four renowned Golf Clubs

Country club

A country club is a private club, often with a closed membership, that typically offers a variety of recreational sports facilities and is located in city outskirts or rural areas. Activities may include, for example, any of golf, tennis, swimming or polo...

 in the South East including The Oxfordshire Golf Club

The Oxfordshire Golf Club

The Oxfordshire Golf Club is a private golf club in England, that is located Southwest of Thame, Oxfordshire.It is owned by Leaderboard Golf along with 4 other golfing venues in the South East including Dale Hill Golf Club Wadhurst, East Sussex, Sandford Springs Golf Club near Basingstoke and...

 near Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, Sandford Springs Golf Club near Basingstoke

Basingstoke

Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, in south central England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is southwest of London, northeast of Southampton, southwest of Reading and northeast of the county town, Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of...

 and Newbury

Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many 17th century buildings. Newbury is best known for its racecourse and the adjoining former USAF...

, Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Club near Tonbridge

Tonbridge

Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 30,340 in 2007. It is located on the River Medway, approximately 4 miles north of Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles south west of Maidstone and 29 miles south east of London...

 and Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in west Kent, England, about south-east of central London by road, by rail. The town is close to the border of the county of East Sussex...

 and Chart Hills Golf Club near Ashford

Ashford, Kent

Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. In 2005 it was voted the fourth best place to live in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Great Stour river, the M20 motorway, and the South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most...

 in Kent.

Leaderboard Golf Ltd also own The Leaderboard Golf Centre in Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

 which includes a floodlit driving range, a coaching academy and a pro shop with an authorised custom fitting centre.

History

Leaderboard Golf Ltd was founded by Paul Gibbons

Paul Gibbons (businessman)

Paul Gibbons is an English businessman, who co-owns Leaderboard Golf Ltd with his wife Jennifer.Gibbons co-founded the magazine Auto Trader and it’s parent company Hurst Publishing alongside John Madejski. He has appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List in recent years.-Life and career:Gibbons was...

 in 1998. Gibbons learnt of the availability of Sandford Springs Golf Club in Kingsclere

Kingsclere

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 during a golf lesson and subsequently negotiated the purchase using the Enterprise Investment Scheme

Enterprise Investment Scheme

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.

Since the purchase of Sandford Springs Leaderboard Golf Ltd has acquired several courses (listed above) as well as improving their online presence with the introduction of their website in 2011.

Leaderboard has also been dedicated to redevelopment upon purchase, improving the facilities to ensure that they are among the very best venues in their respective regions.

Gibbons has suggested that Leaderboard is unlikely to invest in the purchase of any new courses in the near future.

Leaderboard are known for supporting charitable causes and introducing people who may not otherwise get the opportunity to play golf. In 2011, every Leaderboard club gave all junior members aged between eight and 18 free golf membership, annual subscriptions and even free monthly golf tuition.

Gibbons’ wife Jennifer is on the Leaderboard Ltd board of directors and is credited with having a significant role in the decision making process and maintenance of the Leaderboard brand.