Bedwell Park,
Essendon, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 6HN
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Barry Middleton (PGA, Head Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland and open countryside.
Designer:
Old course: designed by Frederick W. "Fred" Hawtree (1976).
New course: designed by Landscape Design Co. (1992).
Above distances are for the Old course. Also at Essendon CC is the 18-hole New course (par-72; 7,000 yds from back tees).
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6 mi E of Hatfield / 16 mi E of Hemel Hempstead.
Essendon CC
Essendon Country Club: complementing each other in this quiet Hertfordshire estate, you'll find the Fred Hawtree-designed Old Course, and right alongside it the longer New Course. Both these tree-lined parkland layouts comprise two out-and-back nine hole loops.
The older Hawtree designed-course occupies the southern half of the property, with the New course laid out directly to the north of it. Both layouts quietly weave their way through imposing mature woodland, with the Old course generally the higher rated of the two.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends .
Must book in advance.
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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Essendon Country Club was formerly known as the Hatfield London Country Club, and used as its clubhouse a palatial manor house known as Bedwell House. At that time the club was centred around just one 18-hole layout, the Old course.
Following acquisition by new Japanese owners in 1986, the New course was commissioned, and the clubhouse for both 18-hole courses was moved to the centre of the property, between the two courses. The new clubhouse makes use of an old barn that dates back several hundred years.
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