TheHeath Course
Eighteen holes laid out across the open heath in 1908, where the ball runs on firm, sandy turf and the heather decides what a wayward shot is worth.
The Heath Course was laid out by Arthur Hammond on land the club's founders leased from the Chobham estate, and it has changed remarkably little since. The routing climbs gently from the clubhouse onto the high heath, turns at the old well and returns through the pines to finish beneath the clubhouse windows.
It is a course of angles rather than length. The fairways are generous, but each hole has a better side to play from, and the greens reward the golfer who has thought a shot ahead. In late summer, when the heather flowers, it is as beautiful as anywhere in English golf.
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Yards
- 6,864
- Laid out
- 1908
The Yardage Book
The 1st
Heathside
A gentle opening down a wide fairway, though the green is guarded on the left by the first of the heath's deep bunkers.
- Par
- 4
- Yards
- 412
- Stroke index
- 9
- Yellow
- 392 yards
- Red
- 354 yards
The Card
| Hole | Name | White | Yellow | Red | Par | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heathside | 412 | 392 | 354 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | The Butts | 386 | 366 | 332 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Fir Tree | 178 | 170 | 154 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | The Ridge | 441 | 418 | 380 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Spinney | 520 | 494 | 448 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Kestrel | 152 | 144 | 130 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Long Bracken | 505 | 480 | 434 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Old Well | 425 | 404 | 366 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | The Turn | 398 | 378 | 342 | 4 | 7 |
| Out | 3,417 | 3,246 | 2,940 | 36 | ||
| 10 | Gorse | 404 | 384 | 348 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Larch | 196 | 186 | 168 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Furze | 432 | 410 | 372 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Chapel | 345 | 328 | 296 | 4 | 16 |
| 14 | Sandpit | 534 | 508 | 460 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 | Warren | 418 | 398 | 360 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Lookout | 168 | 160 | 144 | 3 | 18 |
| 17 | Fairmile | 512 | 486 | 440 | 5 | 12 |
| 18 | Home | 438 | 416 | 376 | 4 | 6 |
| In | 3,447 | 3,276 | 2,964 | 36 | ||
| Total | 6,864 | 6,522 | 5,904 | 72 | ||