Quite a number of clubs in the UK&I are fortunate enough to have more than one course.
Here, we highlight the clubs who excel in this regard with multiple golf courses safely inside the latest Golf Monthly Top 100 UK&I course rankings (ranking positions in brackets)…
England
SUNNINGDALE – OLD AND NEW
For rare golfing treats, a day out at Sunningdale may be the pinnacle. Sunningdale Old (9th) and Sunningdale New (10th) are slightly misleading names as even the New is 100 years old. But their magnificent challenges do differ subtly.
Some golfers are undecided as to which is better; many, perhaps wisely, decline to call it. The Old just edges it in our latest list.
THE BERKSHIRE – RED AND BLUE
Not far away, The Berkshire is Home Counties heathland golf at its finest. Both Herbert Fowler courses offer similar tests, with accuracy uppermost on the ‘wanted’ list. The Berkshire Blue course (56th) kicks off with a brute of a par 3 before offering chances to recoup any early losses.
The Berkshire Red (41st) boasts a rare mix of six par 5s, six par 4s and an exquisite collection of six often challenging par 3s.
WALTON HEATH – OLD AND NEW
Walton Heath in Surrey is also home to an Old (33rd) and not-so-new New (57th), with the New well over 100 years old.
If you can hold on to your score over a testing first six on Walton Heath Old, playing to handicap becomes a distinct possibility. Walton Heath New begins more leniently, but you’ll notice some tiny tees way back in the heather on the back nine.
It’s a mildly unnerving 3,964 yards off those ‘purples’, so probably best left well alone.
WOBURN – MARQUESS’, DUKE’S AND DUCHESS’
Perhaps the beauty of Woburn is that all three courses have a slightly different feel and flavour.
Woburn’s Marquess’ course (73rd) is the newest and highest-ranked, playing over a very grand stage in among the echoing pines. The 7th, with its split fairway is a…
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