Golfers in Greater Manchester suddenly have a 13th hole with a very old backstory. A small sinkhole that appeared near the tee at Davyhulme Park golf club turned out not to be a collapsed drain but the entrance to a long-lost wine cellar hidden for more than 100 years, reports the Guardian. Deputy head greenskeeper Steve Hopkins says he climbed through a low doorway revealed by digging and found himself in a brick-vaulted room lined with dusty, empty wine and port bottles. "I am the first person to go in that room for over 100 years," Hopkins says. As for the bottles, "They're all odd shapes and stuff so they're obviously extremely old bottles," he tells the BBC. "They all look like they've been hand-blown." The club posted a video tour of the cellar here.
Club officials say the cellar once belonged to Davyhulme Hall, a country house dating back to the 12th century that was demolished in the late 1800s after its owner, local landowner and sportsman Robert Henry "Squire Bob" Norreys, died and no buyer emerged. The golf club later bought part of the estate in 1911; its 13th hole has long been nicknamed "the Cellars," lending credence to the theory that the underground room wasn't entirely forgotten. The club has sealed the space for now. "The bottles have been removed for safekeeping while we work out their next chapter," says the club in a Facebook post. "Perhaps they'll make a lovely display in the clubhouse—we'll keep you posted!"
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