The Course
This parkland course benefits from over 100 years of development and maturity. Its lack of modern-day length is more than made up by the challenges presented by each hole and the quality of the playing surfaces, particularly in late spring/early summer. A tight configuration and the introduction of many well placed trees over the years, together with some recent strategic bunkering, places a premium on accuracy and makes the par of 69 a tough prospect.
Above all, this is a course that can be enjoyed by the whole spectrum of golfers. However, even the finest amateur and professional players have remarked on the need to be respectful of this layout and the excellent presentation of the course for their events.
You are welcome to try out a course held in great affection by our club Members.
- 1st
1st - Heathside
A tough par 3 opening hole, requiring a long iron or wood, with out of bounds waiting down the right and trees left. - 2nd
2nd - Chestnuts
A dog-leg par 4, framed by trees, where a drive to the right half of the fairway will leave a clear shot to a narrow, valley green, that needs a short to mid iron. Anything left will leave your approach blocked by a copse of mature trees. - 3rd
3rd - Poplars
A difficult driving hole, to a tree-lined fairway, which slopes away to the right. A good drive leaves a medium iron to a multi tiered green, where a 2 putt is never a formality. - 4th
4th - Osterberg
A long par 4, with a sharp dog-leg to the right. Only a good drive into the left half of the fairway will leave a clear shot to the green. This will leave a mid to long iron and a good deal of bravery, as anything right is out of bounds. - 5th
5th - Princes
An uphill par 4 which dog legs slightly to the right and includes a bomb-hole and two hawthorns in the centre of the fairway about 200yds from the tee, which are very much in play for the average golfer. A brave drive down the right of the fairway will leave a short iron, but runs the risk of drifting into the dense trees. The safer drive will leave a mid to long iron into the small two-tiered green. - 6th
6th - Orchard
After the difficult start, this hole may bring some respite. A short par three to a green with a drop tier gives all a chance of a birdie, though an over aggressive shot may run off the back into rough and trees. - 7th
7th - Long Field
A long par 4, where a good drive will chase down the hill to the bottom of the valley, but missing the fairway to the right will leave you blocked by trees. Even the best of drives will leave a middle to long iron to a large flat green, well protected by bunkers. - 8th
8th - Shears Boundary
The first of two par fives and another big dog-leg right. The drive is to a fairway, which is tree-lined, but fairly wide and any shot finding the fairway makes it a straightforward 3 shotter for the majority of players, though a good drive will leave the longer hitters in range of the green, which has a small valley and lateral bunkers. - 9th
9th - Willows
Another long par 3 to a flat green, which sits in a depression on a plateau, thereby obscuring the bottom of the pin. Like the first, a long iron or wood is required, but on completion you can look forward to visiting "Charlie's Bar" for some much needed refreshment. - 10th
10th - Brick Kiln
A potential birdie, but a hole that can ruin many a card. Although only a short par 4, anything that misses right or left will disappear into dense woodland. The small, plateau green is tucked around to the left at 90 degrees and protected by bunkers short and right. If the tee shot is in the left of the fairway, or not long enough, there is a copse of hawthorns next to the green, which need to be carried. - 11th
11th - Sandy Hollow
A short to mid iron par 3 to a flattish green, well protected by bunkers. When the wind blows it can be difficult to pick its direction, making club selection tricky. - 12th
12th - Charman's Challenge
The second par 5 is a straight hole, with a bunker in the middle of the fairway, which can catch many a tee shot. The longer hitters can reach in two, but need to be wary of a cluster of bunkers to the right, when playing the second shot from a downhill lie. The Mckenzie green is small and putting from tier to tier is very tricky. - 13th
13th - Limes
A long par 4, arguably one of the most challenging on the course, with two bunkers to the right waiting to pick up any wayward tee shot and trees to the left. A good drive will leave a long to mid iron into the largest green on the course, protected by bunkers right and left. - 14th
14th - Hedgerow
A mid length, down hill par 4, which is all about the drive. Anything missing the fairway will find trouble, either in the trees left or the hedgerow to the right. A good drive will leave a short iron to a fair green, with a ridge running up the middle. - 15th
15th - Hollies
Another challenging and tight driving hole, to a narrow fairway, which slopes from left to right, with a small bunker on the left hand side. If you succeed in finding the fairway, it will take a mid iron to reach the small and extremely tricky two tier green. - 16th
16th - Braid's
At 245yds a monster of a par 3 to a green, raised on a plateau. Many a ball will pitch into the slope at the front and work its way back down. Even those that can reach run the risk of finding the out of bounds, which lies very close to the right of the green. - 17th
17th - Hulsewood
The main difficulty of this short par 4 is the daunting tee shot through a funnel of trees, with more ready to block any shot missing the fairway. A successful tee shot leaves a short iron into the long, narrow three tier green. - 18th
18th - Old Chalet
Although only 268yds long this is a fabulous, risk and reward finishing hole and the scene of much drama over the years. Most players will lay up short of the cross bunkers, at 200 yds from the tee and play a short iron to the green. However, the longer hitters can take on the green to set up the possibility of an eagle, although they run the risk of finding the trees to the right, or worst still, out of bounds, which runs to the left and beyond the green.
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