Location Cape Cornwall, St. Just
Founded 1990
Architect Bob Hamilton
GF Round £40 weekdays, £45 weekends – stay & play packages available
Par 70 – 5,672 Yards
Contact Cape Cornwall
Idyllically situated on the clifftops overlooking the wild Atlantic Ocean, just a few miles up the coast from Land’s End, Cape Cornwall is blessed with a simply breathtaking location. It is home to an engaging and very different golf course, and a delightful and very friendly boutique hotel which makes for the perfect base for exploring this beautiful county.
An aerial view out over the course and cape, and out to sea
(Image credit: Cape Cornwall Club)
Out On The Course
Let’s start with the course, which is very much one of two distinct and different halves. Although it’s no great length for today’s big hitters, you should probably take the yardage chart with a pinch of salt as the topography and general lie of the land, particularly on the back nine, call for all manner of touch and feel. Add in the wind – its direction and strength – and there is far more to consider than a mere number. That is even without the constant distraction of the wow-factor views!
The approach to the third with the castle ruins on the headland beyond
(Image credit: Rob Smith)
The course opens with a couple of medium-length par 4s to loosen you up and which return to the clubhouse. You then cross over Cape Cornwall Road to play holes three to eleven, the first of which is a terrific par 3 looking over to the ruins of Kenidjack Castle.
Looking back over the fifth green with a disused mine in the valley beyond
(Image credit: Rob Smith)
The fourth is a driveable, severely dog-legged par 4 where discretion is more likely to lead to a birdie than brute force, while the fifth is another strong par 3 played back in the opposite direction.
The gentle climb to the sixth green takes you to 300 feet above sea level
(Image credit: Rob Smith)
The next three holes are the longest on the course, a super-tough par 4 and two par 5s, which work their way gently up the slope and back down again. The front nine closes with a par 3 – actually a par 4 from the red tees further back – and all the way there are fine views out to sea and over the rugged land and the historic remnants of former tin mines.
There will be birdie hopes at the par-4 tenth
(Image credit: Rob Smith)
The back nine opens with a pair of short par 4s which offer hopes of a birdie, and you then cross back to the western and more hilly side of the clubhouse for…
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