This beautiful 18-hole course uses water features and tree lined fairways to test golfers of all abilities - a fantastic test of golf with lots of tight driving holes. With tricky to read greens, great woodland holes and range of water hazards to contend with, the Earls Course offers an all-round championship golf experience. Good course management is the key if you want to shoot the low score you desire.
This is a course which demands you bring your best game from the off. The 420 yard 1st is a taste of things to come, with a good drive required into a funnel of trees before a mid to long iron into the green.
The front nine continues to play through mature woodlands, with notable highlights being the 4th, a long dog-leg par 5 measuring in at over 600 yards, and the signature 7th (below), an arrow straight par 4 from an elevated tee with trees left and right ready to catch any wayward drives.
The back nine is slightly more open and a little shorter, but no less demanding. Highlights include the 12th - a lovely par 4 which sweeps down towards a green surrounded by trees and protected by a stream in front.
A little respite follows, with opportunity to gain ground with three relatively short holes, but you’re then faced with the 16th - SI 1, and 430 yards to navigate with bunkers ready and waiting to catch you out from the tee and around the green - par here is a really great score as you start to wrap up your round.
