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David Baxter
Although I have played golf for over forty years now (generally in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire) it is really during the last 10 years that it is has become my primary sport and my real interest in different courses has developed. This has been enhanced by the development of websites such as this and the increase in number of Open competitions, which is a great way to play different courses at a reasonable cost. I have been a single figure handicap golfer for about 10 years and am a country member of Saunton Golf Club. I played my 200th course in November 2016, and am a bit of a traditionalist golf course wise (not too keen on some modern layouts) and think course conditioning (in particular the greens) and location is more important than off-course food and clubhouse. I particularly enjoy links and heathland courses and my favourite courses to date would be Royal Porthcawl, Notts Hollinwell, Saunton (East and West). Other favourite gems would be Pennard, Cardigan, Llandrindod Wells and Parkstone. Royal Dornoch is top of my must visit list, and there are many areas of the UK I would like to visit... would be good to play at least one course in each county.
Oswestry could best be described as mature rolling parkland. Sloping fairways mean that accuracy off the tee is required to avoid running off into the trees flanking the...
Ludlow golf course is set within the racecourse and therefore fairly flat but that should not detract from it being a pretty good golf course. I have played Ludlow a few...
The recent reviews remind me that since 2012 I have played Manor House (Castle Coombe) a couple of times, in August 2018 and November 2019, and so experienced the course...
I have played Robin Hood GC a couple of times (both in autumn), and I have found the welcome and course condition more than satisfactory with excellent greens. A good var...
Played Ladbrook Park in August 2019. Condition generally good. Basic parkland but with overgenerous fairways so nothing much to get excited about off the tee. Some good h...
Played Olton in the autumn of 2018 and didn't have the best of starts as they did make a muck up of our booking. A parkland course fairly confined, with a few gentle undu...
Played Guildford in 2018. In places felt a bit downland with open fairways and slopes, but in other places felt like open parkland. Most interesting holes seemed to be at...
The Drift is very much a woodland course, with in places reasonably tight fairways where running off sideways is the main hazard. It can be fast running in summer, but co...
Obvious similarities with Painswick and Cleeve Hill as mentioned in the previous review, including the issues of walkers wandering around. For me it's openness makes it m...
There is very little to choose between the two courses at Minchinhampton 'New', and the Avening has the same advantages as the Cherington course, including two 18 hole co...
Stinchcombe Hill is perched on the edge of an escarpment and as a result has good views down to the south and across to the River Servern to the west. Although it plays l...
Finally got to play Broadway in August 2019 after 3 aborted attempts in 2018/2019 due to waterlogged course. Greens were in good condition but very hard, fairways were a...
Marlborough is a tale of two nines, the flatter and older common land forming the back nine, and the newer front nine which opened in the 1970's and is built on sloping f...
The older ten holes above the road that dissects the course are for me the better holes. These holes are typical Wiltshire downland holes with small greens and with sever...
What is there not to like about the Red course at the Berkshire ?. A very good Herbert Fowler designed course, easy to book, reduced winter green fee, friendly, no air's...
Saltford is standard parkland with a some ordinary holes, a few good ones and a few hilly holes. In recent years a covered driving range has been added. The feature hole...
Some good holes, some bland holes, some newer holes, some quirky holes. I have played Clevedon a number of times over many years and remain to be convinced that the cours...
Keith has asked for more raters to see Taunton & Pickeridge. Well I did on a beautiful evening in April 2019; cricket in Taunton finished early so it seemed a good time...
Woburn is without doubt an exceIlent complex with good practice facilities, the three courses and a modern practical clubhouse which I really like. Played the Marquess in...
The Duchess seems to be tighter and hence more claustrophobic than the other courses at Woburn. Personally I enjoy the Duchess as much as the other two, probably because...
