The Worcestershire Golf Club – established in 1879 – is the oldest in the county, but nine holes of its elegant 1920s Alister MacKenzie-designed 18-hole parkland course at Wood Farm were requisitioned during WWII, so F.W. Hawtree reinstated nine new holes in the early 1960s.
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The Worcestershire Golf Club – established in 1879 – is the oldest in the county, but nine holes of its elegant 1920s Alister MacKenzie-designed 18-hole parkland course at Wood Farm were requisitioned during WWII, so F.W. Hawtree reinstated nine new holes in the early 1960s.
The Worcestershire
The Worcestershire Golf Club – established in 1879 – is the oldest in the county, but nine holes of its elegant 1920s Alister MacKenzie-designed 18-hole parkland course at Wood Farm were requisitioned during WWII, so F.W. Hawtree reinstated nine new holes in the early 1960s.
Tom Doak made a point of playing The Worcestershire in 2016 and awarded the course a rating of five out of ten. He commented as follows in his Christmas 2017 Confidential Guide update:
“Set at the foot of the Malvern Hills, The Worcestershire is a parkland course with too many planted trees that block the views of the beautiful forested background. Nine holes were taken over during W.W. II for the construction of army hospitals; the buildings remained until the 1970’s when the land was given back to the club, and Fred Hawtree designed new holes for the slightly changed parcel. Six of MacKenzie’s original holes remain, plus a couple more greens that are played to from different angles than before.”
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