Few golf clubs can boast two adjacent 18 hole courses, over a hundred years old, that vary so much in their setting and challenge despite their proximity.  

The West Course

Stop Press! Golf World recently awarded The West Course the number one UK golf destination in its 'short & sweet' list featuring the country's top courses under 6,000 yards.

The West Course is also famous as being specifically designed as a Ladies Course, when it was first fashioned as a nine hole course back in 1889. It was transformed to 18 holes in 1932 making it the longest ladies course in the country in time to host the English Ladies Championship. The same year that the Ladies Golf Club was given Royal status in its own right. The course measures just 4,945 yards from the ladies tee making it an ideal course for beginners of both sexes. 

Since then the course has gone through several major developments and today the West Course is open to golfers and societies of all handicaps. Its attraction is that tee time availability, even at weekends, is rarely a problem. 

While the Old Course glories in its heathland setting, the West Course is surrounded by lovely woodland albeit with ample heather. A championship course in its own right, today the challenge lies, not in length, but in the demand for accuracy and course management. Golf writer Frank Pennink's belief that the West Course could equal the repute of the Old, in a different way, is now a reality as more discover its charm and true test of golf.

A new two-storey clubhouse opened in 2004 and provides a bar and restaurant that can seat up to 60 people with an outside terrace.