Scorecard

1st Hole - 390 yards - Bogey 4- "The Pond" The round opens with a grand hole where our tee shot needs to be steered over the guide post and we must approach well to the left-side of the green.

2nd Hole - 444 yards - Bogey 5- "Devil's Elbow" This is a fairly easy bogey 5. A long driver obtains his reward here, for a tee shot of over two hundred yards opens up a sight of the hole and its intriguing approach. A sturdy second and we are on for two if we enter well up the slope and allow the ground to turn our ball on to the green.

3rd Hole - 461 yards - Bogey 5- "The Summit" Except against a strong wind this is a comfortable five. Straight up the slope and the same all the way, covering the big guide post in the centre of the fairway.

4th Hole - 218 yards - Bogey 3- "Hawtree's Hill" This hole is indeed a testing three unless weather conditions favour our tee shot, which needs to be firmly struck.

5th Hole - 467 yards - Bogey 5- "The Brook" This is one of the most interesting holes. Only two very stalwart shots backed by a favouring wind will enable us to reach the green. A long wide ditch looms right across the mount of the green so that most players are content to approach cautiously and to pitch their third shot over it.

6th Hole - 318 yards - Bogey 4- "Turner's" A hidden green and semi-right angled dog leg. Having driven back across the same forbidding ditch, we temporarily retrace our steps. A well-placed drive opens up a mashie shot on to a delightful green. A sliced tee-shot and we are immediately out-of-bounds.

7th Hole - 342 yards - Bogey 4- "The Boundary" Straightness is again our watchword. A good four approaching on to an elevated and well-bunkered green. There is a tendency here to underclub one's approach shot.

8th Hole - 150 yards - Bogey 3- "The Spinney" This is a grand one-shotter. Quite often a mashie from the tee is all that is necessary. We will get a great deal of pleasure in seeing our lofted tee shot drop onto the plateau green. There are two layer~ and if we are on the wrong one we will be quite satisfied to get down in two putts.

9th Hole - 302 yards - Bogey 4- "The Elms" Back towards the Club House. Not a long hole, but a green that is guarded by a ditch and tall trees is not easy to find if our drive should be pulled.

10th Hole - 254 yards - Bogey 4- Taylor 's Choice" Now-a-days perhaps the easiest hole on the Course. Long drivers may possibly get the green under favourable conditions. A pulled drive, however, finds our ball running well down the valley.

11th Hole - 151 yards - Bogey 3- "Bijou" An interesting short hole, with some of the best bunker traps on the Course. It usually has one hesitating about the right iron or mashie to use from the tee, a tricky green.

12th Hole - 506 yards - Bogey 5- "the Dog Leg" The longest hole, and the first of three successive fives. An extraordinary left-angled dog-leg, guarded by a long out-of-bounds. When one plays from the forward tee there is always a tendency for the 200-yard driver to hit across the "bounds" and thereby cut off the dog-leg. In dry weather very long drives are obtained. If we are not certain of a long tee shot our advice is to avoid the out-of-bounds, to drive straight ahead, and to be satisfied with three on to the green.

13th Hole - 400 yards - Bogey 5- "Oak Rise" This hole is steadily uphill and straight. We must keep well up to the left-hand side of the green. Usually an easy five. 14th Hole - 476 yards - Bogey 5- "The Ravine" An elevated tee shot which should find our drive streaking well down in the valley, there is an out-of-bounds all the way on the right. If we are not well ahead and well placed from the tee, an easy mashie-niblick for our second will

14th Hole - 476 yards - Bogey 5- "The Ravine" An elevated tee shot which should find our drive streaking well down in the valley, there is an out-of-bounds all the way on the right. If we are not well ahead and well placed from the tee, an easy mashie-niblick for our second will prevent us being trapped in the hidden ditch running across the dip in the valley.

15th Hole - 190 yards - Bogey 3- "The Frying Pan" A very straight tee shot will reap the reward of an excellent three. Some days we may even need a spoon, but mostly a full iron will get us there. A superb green here.

16th Hole - 418 yards - Bogey 5- "Long Trail" In general character very similar to the 13th. Steadily uphill, but a longer hit than the thirteenth, turning slightly leftwards as we near the green. We must hit our approach shot well up to the green as there is a small hidden hollow in front of it.

17th Hole - 365 yards - Bogey 4- "Mount Misery" When we tee up here we must try and forget the yawning pit, which lies between us and the fairway, as well as the clump of trees and rough on the right. A straight 150 yard ball is worth all the long drives that go off the line, but if it is less than 150 yards we may fall back into the pit.


18th Hole - 151 yards - Bogey 3- "Hoppit" The last hole and appropriately the shortest. The tee stands higher than any other point on the course, and the green is very well guarded by bunkers. Usually a mashie shot puts us "well on "and it is safer to enter from the left-hand side of the green.