Tyrrells Wood Golf Club

The James Braid ledger contains an entry for March 1922 which records an income of ten guineas plus expenses of ten shillings for design work relating to the course at Tyrrells Wood Golf Club which first opened two years later. It’s claimed that Harry Colt subsequently carried out some unspecified work on the course.

Today, this layout measures 6,300 yards from the tips, playing to a par of 71 (35 out then 36 in), with holes arranged as two returning nines. There’s only one par five on the front nine (at the 533-yard 7th) and one par three on the back nine (at the 204-yard 16th). Holes 2-8 and 10-11 lie to the south of the B2033 road which cuts through the course.

Highlights here include a couple of very strong par fours with right to left sloping fairways at the 445-yard 6th (rated stroke index 2) and the downhill 409-yard 14th (rated stroke index 1). The 377-yard 18th is another excellent two-shot hole, featuring cross bunkers, a sloping fairway and a pear-shaped home green with a narrow entrance.