Gatton Manor - Surrey - England
Standon Lane,
Ockley,
Nr. Dorking,
Surrey,
RH5 5PQ,
England
+44 (0) 1306 627555
8 miles W of Crawley
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Rob Weston
David Fluke
Situated between the picturesque Surrey villages of Ockley, Walliswood and Forest Green, the woodland course at Gatton Manor Hotel & Country Club is a late 1960s design from John Harris, with streams and ponds coming into play on several of the holes.
Extending to 6,637 yards from the back markers and playing to a par of 72 (out in 35 then back in 37), the course is laid out as two returning nines, with three par fives featuring on the considerably longer back nine.
Highlight holes include the 186-yard 4th (“Justice Williams”), where the green sits behind a small lake; the right doglegging 369-yard 6th (“Commander’s Gem”) with a stream eating into the left side of the fairway in front of the green.
On the back nine, the 264-yard 11th (“Mrs Scarlett”) features the same meandering stream in front of the putting surface on this hole, while the 404-yard 18th (“Champ Field”) has another invasive watercourse running across the front of the home green.
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Kevin Stemp
Shame, used to be good. Nice setting with a good variation of holes but now this is a course with zero maintenance and many poor to unplayable tee boxes. Its simply just been left.
Should no longer be on this list.
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It’s sad to hear about Gatton Manor’s conditioning issues. Let’s hope the club can turn their maintenance issues round before we next revise our Surrey Best In County rankings.
Kevin, for your information, our ranking cycle is biennial. Our Surrey rankings were last published in November 2019, therefore the county running order will remain as is until November 2021.
matthew
Played Gatton manor this weekend just gone. paid £40 for the pleasure. Tees were in awful condition, many bunkers were GUR as were many areas on the greens. lots of bare baked mud patches evident.
Green were surprisingly good, but rest of course was very poor in condition.
18th green complex is interesting to say the least!
Like previous reviewer mentioned, this course is fine if you want a group game on a weekend, as easy to book tee times. But don't expect a great course in good condition.
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Dan Hare
A decent quality and value pay and play course, good for societies and corporate groups (hence can be busy) in very pretty countryside.
Some nice mature trees, the garden and rockery can come into play on the last, and the elevated loop that comprises the bulk of the back nine has some nice holes with drop offs if off line. A reasonable choice if in a larger group, or looking for a game at the weekend when members' courses in the area tend to be hard to get on.
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Simon Vazquez
A perfectly fine course for a nice round, but nothing to get too excited about really until the 18th hole, a short extremely pretty par 4 where a birdie as well as a double/triple is easily scored. Great to conclude a tight match.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to play here, but if invited or are staying nearby then it’s a nice way to spend a few hours. A typical parkland course, condition was pretty good although it can get quite busy at weekends as it’s a club very welcoming to visitors.
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