Set out in countryside that was once Duchy of Cornwall land, the 27-hole golf complex at Farrington Park opened for play in the mid-1990s. The 18-hole Duchy course encloses the 9-hole par three Manor layout and there’s also a 12-bay driving range and 300-yard practice ground within the 160-acre property.
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Set out in countryside that was once Duchy of Cornwall land, the 27-hole golf complex at Farrington Park opened for play in the mid-1990s. The 18-hole Duchy course encloses the 9-hole par three Manor layout and there’s also a 12-bay driving range and 300-yard practice ground within the 160-acre property.
Farrington Park (Duchy)
The course is located in the an area that was at one time Duchy of Cornwall land, the 27-hole golf course in Farrington Park opened for play in the late 1990s. There's an 18-hole Duchy course includes the nine-hole Manor par three layout, and it also has an 18-bay driving range as well as a 300 yards of practice grounds on the 160-acre site.
Its Duchy is 6,684 yards off the tiger tees. It plays to a 72-par par holes. The holes are laid out as two return nines. The water hazards ponds dominate the southwest corner of the course (at holes 7 8 and 17) as well as a dammed part in Wellow Brook is visible at holes 7, 8 and 17. Wellow Brook features at the downhill 12th, a short par four.
Other holes worth noting comprise the first (and shorter) among the par 3s on the 5th hole, which is 151 yards long (with an elongated narrow bunker that snakes to the left side of the hole) as well as the doglegging double 13th hole, a par five (rated by stroke index 2.) that sharply turns left, just a few yards from the guarded green that is sand-covered.