The county of Leicestershire is home to over half a million people in an area that covers around 800 square miles and it borders seven other counties in central England. Because foxhunting is widely regarded to have originated in Leicestershire, you’ll find a bushy tailed mammal on the logo of the main sporting organizations in the county (such as the county cricket club and Leicester City Football Club) so it’s no surprise to find such a vulpine image on the crest of the Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Union.
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
The course at Luffenham Heath Golf Club is charming, adorned by oak, elm and ash. Set in an area designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
Leicestershire & Rutland, England
Leicestershire & Rutland, United Kingdom
The Brunei-based investment company that owns the Stapleford Park Country House Hotel announced in October 2020 that it was closing the 18-hole golf course due to ‘declining membership and visitor numbers’
Longcliffe Golf Club lies a few miles to the southwest of Loughborough, close to the M1 motorway, and the fairways here (many of them doglegged) are judiciously routed through the ancient Charnwood Forest.
Rothley Park Golf Club was established in 1911 and its parkland course was officially opened a year later when an exhibition match was played between two of the Great Triumvirate, James Braid and Harry Vardon.
With parts of the course at Charnwood Forest Golf Club lying within the Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest, golfers really are in touch with nature on this layout.
The tree-lined fairways of the Leicestershire Golf Club’s course were originally laid out in 1889. Since then, James Braid, Harry Colt, Charles Mackenzie, Ken Cotton and Fred Hawtree have all made modifications at various times down the years.
The layout at Willesley Park Golf Club comprises a mix of parkland and heathland fairways with back-to-back par threes featuring at holes 16 and 17.
The course at Kirby Muxloe Golf Club was established in 1893 with what was originally a temporary 9-hole layout. Old Tom Morris then visited the following year, according to the Leicester Chronicle, when he “made some very valuable suggestions for improvements.”
Golf was first played at Hinckley in 1894 when Burbage Common Golf Club was formed. Today’s parkland course at Hinckley Golf Club was opened in 1983 but three original holes remain.
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.
Founded in 1895, Cosby Golf Club was renamed from its original title of Narborough Golf Club in 1934. A 9-hole track operated until 1966, when a 14-hole layout was introduced. Two years later, another four holes were added.
