(Image credit: Future)
Broadstone Golf Club Key Information
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Header Cell – Column 1 |
|---|---|
| Address | Wentworth Drive, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 8DQ. |
| Phone Number | +44 (0)1202 692595 |
| Website | broadstonegolfclub.com/ (opens in new tab) |
| office@broadstonegolfclub.com (opens in new tab) | |
| Green Fees | £125-£140 per round April-Oct; £80 in winter months |
| Visitor Times | No stated restrictions other than after 2pm only Fri-Sun |
| Par | Men: 70 blue, white, yellow; Ladies: 72 red |
| Slope Rating | Men: 140 blue, 139 white, 130 yellow; Ladies: 119 red |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Designed by | Tom Dunn, Herbert Fowler, Harry Colt |
Golf Monthly Verdict
(Image credit: Geoff Ellis)
A really fine example of heathland golf architecture across a diverse, heavily undulating landscape. It should perhaps have more notoriety as one of Harry Colt’s most inspirational redesigns.
It is perhaps the par 3s throughout that steal the show, with the long 15th arguably the most challenging. When your final putt drops on 18, your heart will sink with the realisation that your round is over, because when you’ve played it once, Broadstone is a course you’ll be eager to return to again and again.
REASONS TO PLAY BROADSTONE
– It’s a fine example of a Harry Colt classic playing over rolling heathland terrain
– Some of Frank Pont’s dramatic bunkering on a number of holes has brought back more of the origjnal Colt flavour
– Combining it with games at neighbouring Ferndown and Parkstone makes for a superb short break
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 96
Every golfer will have his or her own view when it comes to a personal favourite among Bournemouth’s Big Three. All three reside in our Top 100 golf courses in the UK and Ireland rankings but whatever your personal preference, there’s no denying that the wonderful heathland layout at Broadstone ventures through considerably more elevation changes than its Parkstone and Ferndown neighbours.
The original course was created in 1898 by Tom Dunn before a Harry Colt redesign in 1914, which introduced a number of new holes to take fuller advantage of its stunning location on expansive heathland. In recent years, architect Frank Pont has been entrusted to take the course back closer to its Colt days with some eye-catchingly dramatic bunkering.
Having twice traversed the same stream on the 1st (if all has gone well), the elevation changes start on the 2nd, with the course playing up to a very steep-fronted green before coming back down…
..
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Golf Monthly RSS Feed…