The truth is that, although it's in my home town, I really don't know Fixby all that well. It is, as Robin says, the posh club in town, and we weren't really posh enough to hang out there when I was a kid. Huddersfield is an odd town in many ways; you'd never know it now, but there used to be a vast amount of wealth from the textile business in the town (I was told by elderly relatives when I was young that there had been a time when more Rolls-Royces carried Huddersfield registrations than any other area). And I didn't play club matches either, so only got to go there very occasionally.
About ten or fifteen years ago when a greenkeeping catastrophe saw my Dad's club totally lose their greens (I think someone sprayed weedkiller instead of fertiliser on them), Fixby were very good and gave the members a generous level of courtesy, so Dad played there a lot that year and came to know the course well. He was very clear it was the best in the district by some way.
It is quite a grand place. Fixby Hall, the clubhouse, as has been said, is very fancy indeed, and the property is expansive, with long views.
As it happen, I am visiting the club in ten days, on my way to BTME in Harrogate. Howard and William Swan (mostly Will, I understand) have been working there for a year or two, and I'm going to take a look at the works. I'll try to take some pictures and report back.
Adam