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Tandridge Golf Club Key Information
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| Address | Godstone Road, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 9NQ |
| Phone Number | +44 (0)1883 713701 |
| Website | tandridgegolfclub.com (opens in new tab) |
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| Green Fees | £100pp high-season fourball, £120pp twoball/threeball |
| Visitor Times | Monday/Wednesday most weeks; Tuesday/Thursday occasionally |
| Par | Men: 71 white, yellow, 68 red; Ladies: 74 yellow, 72 red |
| Slope Rating | Men: 134 white, 129 yellow, 125 red; Ladies: 136 yellow,128 red |
| Opened | 1924 |
| Designed by | Harry Colt |
Golf Monthly Verdict
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The great Harry Colt designed the course at Tandridge, close to Oxted just south of the M25 in Surrey. It opened for play in 1924 and in recent years the club has embarked on an ambitious scheme to recreate or reinterpret many of the original Colt design features but in the context of the modern golfing world.
The result is a remarkable transformation into a course that now sits among the very best inland layouts in the south-east of England and beyond, with some excellent and attractive bunkering work considerably enhancing both the aesthetics and strategy of many holes.
REASONS TO PLAY TANDRIDGE
– A fine example of a sympathetic Colt restoration and modernisation
– Proof that some of our finest courses can exist within a mile of so of some of our very busiest motorways
– Invariably in impeccable condition, enhancing the overall golfing experience
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2022/23 – 97
Beneficiary of a long-term and comprehensive upgrade to restore and enhance its Harry Colt heritage, the course at Tandridge offers a game of two halves, with the flatter and strategic front nine leading to a rollercoaster and scenic ride home.
Harry Colt is considered by some as the greatest golf course architect of all time. He has a larger presence in the Golf Monthly UK & Ireland Top 100 than anyone, and his work has an enduring influence and legacy at some of the top courses in the world, including Muirfield, Royal County Down, and the American course often cited as the best of all, Pine Valley.
He designed the course at Tandridge, which opened for play in 1924, and several years ago the club embarked on an ambitious scheme with Colt expert, Frank Pont, to restore the same principles and approach but in the context of today’s golfing world.
In more recent years, in-demand architect, Tim Lobb, has taken up…
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