Colin Hewitt

As one of the best known courses in the UK, most people have fairly set views of the Brabazon. Having played it a number of years ago I was looking forward to seeing how it has aged. Playing it at the end of September it was much better than I remembered. The greens were quick, true and with some very difficult pin positions. The slope rat8ng for each tee is very high and understandably as there is trouble off every tee and no easy holes. The round took 4 hours 20 minutes which wasn’t bad considering it’s difficulty and not once we’re we held up which was a welcome change. Beware of the Lake on the left of the 6th as my brother managed to lose his whole trolley, bag and clubs in it!There are talks of the, bidding for the 2030 Ryder Cup but this would be on a new course made from the current PGA and the Derby as the Brabazon doesn’t have the space for the crowds but it would be great to see it return here.

Generally the course has a nice layout and was in good condition when we played it at the very beginning of October. In terms of playing I would rate it around 3.5 or 4, however, it took us 5 hours to play having been held up on every single hole. No course Marshall’s came out to try to move play on which didn’t help.Whilst some courses always take ,inter due to their difficulty or layout, this is not really the case here and a round should. It really take over 4 hours. No one in our group would want to come back which at the end of the day is a good verdict on a course which is a shame as the course is pretty good.