Golfers play rather unique back-to-back par threes within an old sandstone quarry at holes 4 and 5 here at Erewash Valley Golf Club. The layout is rated as a par of 72 for 18 holes that measure a total of 6,434 yards from the back markers.
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Golfers play rather unique back-to-back par threes within an old sandstone quarry at holes 4 and 5 here at Erewash Valley Golf Club. The layout is rated as a par of 72 for 18 holes that measure a total of 6,434 yards from the back markers.
Erewash Valley
Erewash Valley Golf Club can trace its origins back to 1905, when a 9-hole course was brought into play. The layout was given over to the war effort between 1914 and 1918, with fairways used for agricultural and grazing purposes.
After the Great War ended, Charles Crompton, the club president, donated a 108-acre property to the club, allowing a new course to be built.
Unfortunately, the construction of the M1 motorway in the 1960s caused massive disruption and a number of different course configurations were tried before Martin Hawtree was called in during the mid-1970s to set out the course that remains in play today.
This rather unconventional layout now extends to 6,448 yards, with par set at 72. Unusually, a round starts with back-to-back par fives and ends with a par three. In between these holes, golfers play back-to back par threes at the 4th and 5th, which occupy a unique quarry setting.
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