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2. It is thought that because there are so many Tandridge members in the
Lane that the name Golfer Ho was 8anagrammed9 to Froghole to disguise
the regularly lost four hours looking for white spheres.
3. One source has the name simply coming from 8frog9s hole9 3 a place
where frogs live. However, I9m not sure how this version spawned.
4. A reference book about English names says that the original name of
Frolicking Hole was over time shortened to Froghole in the same way that
Featherstonehaugh became Fanshawe, Cholmondeley became Chumley
and Couldneedawash became Cosh.
5. And by far the most likely is that the name comes from the phrase
8froghole the bottle9. The internet reveals - and who would not believe it that the most common application is
