The undulating and mature parkland course at Glen Gorse Golf Club measures more than 6,600 yards from the back tees and its test is an examination for golfers at all levels.
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The undulating and mature parkland course at Glen Gorse Golf Club measures more than 6,600 yards from the back tees and its test is an examination for golfers at all levels.
Glen Gorse
Occupying a compact 105-acre property on the southeast outskirts of Leicester, the 18-hole layout at Glen Gorse Golf Club extends to almost 6700 yards from the back markers, playing to a par of 72, with the course routing bringing play back to the clubhouse at the 12th.
Holes are laid out on a wedge-shaped property which increases in width from around 200 metres at the clubhouse to 500 metres at the far end of the layout, where the par five 5th is one of the very few holes that are not orientated on a northeast-southwest axis.
Highlight holes on this tree-lined track include both the par threes on the front nine at the 4th and 9th, consecutive par fives at the 12th and 13th, and the run of three long, demanding par four finishing holes which ends at the 43-metre-long, two-tiered home green.
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