I’ve Played 690 Golf Courses In England – These Are The 10 I Can’t Wait To Go Back To
I have been lucky enough to play a great many courses all over the world. Given a following wind and a few favourable bounces, I should take my worldwide tally to over 1,200 in 2023, the majority of which… just… are quite naturally in my home country.
I am a firm believer of the adage that it isn’t always good to return to a place or a country where you have great memories; it keeps that flame burning bright. I have therefore selected 10 courses that I would very much like to revisit not because they are my all-time favourites, though one is, but because each has an unanswered question.
There is no intended hierarchy or priority, so this is in purely alphabetical sequence, and with each I have tried to summarise my unfinished business.
Addington Palace
Looking back up the risk/reward short par-4 fifteenth at Addington Palace
(Image credit: Addington Palace Golf Club)
- Location Croydon
- Founded 1930
- Architect JH Taylor
- GF Round £60 Mon-Fri, £65 Weekend
- Par 71, 6,406 yards
- Contact Addington Palace Golf Club (opens in new tab)
The first course in my list is at a club where I was a provisional member almost 40 years ago. A non-golfing friend’s father proposed me, with the idea that I had a few months to learn what membership is all about, and to find a few people my own age. This was the 1980s, and I failed in my quest as there were few members in their 20s. Instead, I joined elsewhere with existing friends who were just getting into golf. However, I remember being very taken with the undulating, tree-lined course, and I’ve occasionally wondered whether the JH Taylor design was really as good as I recall. It flies somewhat under the radar and borders on ever-improving The Addington.
Reason to Return – to see how the course at a club I nearly joined compares 40 yeas on
Beau Desert
The sixth hole at Beau Desert is a narrowing, tree-lined par 4
(Image credit: Kevin Murray)
- Location Cannock
- Founded 1911
- Architect Herbert Fowler
- GF £80-£95 Mon-Fri
- Par 72, 6,458 yards
- Contact Beau Desert Golf Club (opens in new tab)
My only round over the excellent heathland course at Beau Desert was more than 15 years ago and was on a very rushed trip when my swing was at an all-time low. Some may argue that my golf couldn’t be worse than it is now, but I can assure you it was. It was also a competitive round, in a group of golf club secretaries, and I quite simply didn’t want to be there! While I…
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