A beautiful, unspoilt heathland golf course that offers a unique golfing test. Every hole appears in isolation from the previous, which is just as well given the amount of shots that often found the penal rough with its swathes of heather, pine, gorse and rhododendrons! Heather, a relentless, unforgiving ex-girlfriend that you couldn’t shake off, became the most commonly used swearword throughout the round….
Best Holes…
6th – With the green raised above your eyeline, this is one of the most beautiful holes ever seen on a golf course. The striking trees frame the green and the gorse and heather beneath the hole make it a must hit green, although you can capitalise on the back board behind the green….
7th – This hole plays as difficult as it looks from the tee, particularly for those not having played the course before. A hidden fairway (discovered after losing tee shots to the right!) lies in the valley beneath the bunkers, however – the ‘conventional’ fairway sits right of the tee box, allowing an approach from a raised fairway down to a heavily protected green…
5th – Rarely do three so different, yet uniquely stunning golf holes come along back to back. This ultimate ‘risk reward’ short par 4 starts the run and tempts those with big melons to ‘go hard’. Too protected for laying up, by the jawline of bunkers that dominate the front edge of the fairway, it leaves an easy(ish!) decision for cantaloupers to ‘have a go’ and either leave themselves with an eagle chance, or more likely a difficult bunker shot or reload(!), as the available space narrows into the green…
3rd – Standing majestically above the 2nd green, the 3rd tee box allows golfers (after catching their breath from the climb up!) to admire the beauty of this heathland course. A decent drive that must hit the fairway or semi-rough on the left to allow you a shot into the green over the lake…
Cantaloupers results…
Lambo – Winning the first course with a solid 31 despite 3 blobs! Pars on the 6th, 10th and 13th particularly memorable…
Edwards – Never seen a sub 30 pointer, but came rather close with this 30, highlighting the true test of golf this course represents…
Nic – On a course requiring strategy off the tee, too many blobs caused a 28 to be written onto the card…used more as a warm up for the rest of the week…
Murph – A disappointing 26 due to a challenging back 9, definitely not using the excuse of 30+ temperatures that melted him… (not much anyway!)
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