The Springs - Oxfordshire

Opened for play in 1998, the course at The Springs Resort & Golf Club occupies a 130-acre parkland property on the east bank of the River Thames, between Wallingford and Moulsford.

Brian Huggett fashioned the layout originally then new owners acquired the course in 2017, bringing in architect Tim Lobb to work with Huggett on a renovation project to upgrade the bunkers and lakes.

Designed as two returning nines, the course extends to 6,500 yards from the back tees, playing to a par of 72, with holes 12 to 16 set on the other side of The Ridgeway national trail which runs parallel to the river.

Holes of note on the front nine at The Springs include the long, slightly right bending par four 4th (rated stroke index 2) and the par three 8th, with water to the right and sand to the left of the green.

On the back nine, the par five 15th (where the river runs along the right side of the fairway) is a tough hole, as is the very narrow par four finisher, with trees to negotiate on the right, left and middle of the fairway!