Sherwood Forest Golf Club Key Information
| Row 0 – Cell 0 | Row 0 – Cell 1 |
| Address | Eakring Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 3EW |
| Phone Number | 01623 626689 |
| Website | https://www.sherwoodforestgolfclub.co.uk (opens in new tab) |
| info@sherwoodforestgolfclub.co.uk (opens in new tab) | |
| Green Fees | £80 – £145 |
| Visitor Times | No visitor bookings on Bank Holidays, Saturday (all day), Tuesday and Sunday mornings, tee times available after 1.30pm or between Christmas and New Year. (Subject to availability), bookings on Sunday £10 extra |
| Par | 71 |
| Slope Rating | 140 (Champ), 138 (White), 131 (Yellow), 139 (Women’s Red) |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Designed by | Harry Colt, James Braid, |
Golf Monthly Verdict
(Image credit: Sherwood Forest Golf Club)
A classic design played over ideal golfing terrain. The layout makes excellent use of the natural surrounding features. The course is sand based so drains well in poor weather and the heather and deep grasses surrounding each fairway help frame and contour each hole. An excellent test of golf to challenge all levels. The course is fair and will reward good golf throughout while asking questions of wayward play.
REASONS TO PLAY SHERWOOD FOREST GOLF CLUB
– Classic Colt and Braid heathland layout
– Beautiful and peaceful setting with great flora and fauna to be seen
– Famously true and pure greens
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2021/22 – 84
On the fringes of Mansfield, Sherwood Forest Golf Club dates from 1895. They have been at the same site since 1912 playing over a course originally laid out by Hary Colt but remodelled by James Braid in the 1920s.
Although there have been changes and an evolution to keep pace with the game, the track has remained largely unchanged since the early part of the 20th century. That’s partly testament to the skill of those great men as course designers and partly down to the exceptional terrain over which this great track is set. Sherwood Forest is one of the best golf courses in Nottinghamshire.
Playing out from in front of the comfortable and welcoming clubhouse, alongside the bronze stag that keeps watch over the course, the 1st hole is a short, tactical par-4 that requires a straight drive stopping short of a well-placed bunker around 30 yards from the green.
It’s a gentle opening but the challenge increases on the left to right second, heather waits to the left, trees and rough to the right, straight ahead bunkers loom ominously, but in fact there’s quite a bit of space between them.
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