page_title: Arthur Hesketh Groom
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Hesketh Groom
caption_attribution_description: English: Arthur Hesketh Groom 日本語: アーサー・ヘスケス・グルーム
context_page_description: Arthur Hesketh Groom founded the Kobe Golf Club on May 24, 1903 which was Japan's first ever 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.
context_section_description: Arthur Hesketh Groom (1846-1918) founded the Kobe Golf Club on May 24, 1903 which was Japan's first ever 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.
caption: Arthur Hesketh Groom
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