Sheerwater Road,
West Byfleet, nr Woking, Surrey KT14 6AA
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Jon Field (PGA, Golf Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Wooded parkland Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland, residential and railway.
Designer:
Original layout (called Bleakdown GC) by Cuthbert Butchart (1906). Significant redesign by John Frederick "Aber" Abercromby (1922). Subsequent minor changes by Arthur Croome, James Braid and John Morrison. Recent renovation by Tom Mackenzie & Martin Ebert (2022).
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o.5 mi W of West Byfleet / 31 miles SW of central London.
West Byfleet Golf Club: just a few miles from Surrey's famed three W's (the golf clubs of Woking, Worplesdon and West Hill), you'll find a fourth "W". Here at West Byfleet you'll find a very enjoyable and relatively flat John Abercromby design. Located alongside the London-Portsmouth railway line, the course sits on a sandy-soil base, ensuring good drainage throughout the year.
This easy-walking course, with nearly all the tees close to the previous green, has recently been renovated by the team of Mackenzie & Ebert, ensuring the tree-lined fairways and stylish bunkering attractively steers you round the course.
The greens here are deftly shaped, giving fast-running surfaces with slopes and borrows that call for a variety of approach shots and skill with the "short stick". The course supports much wildlife, not least green woodpeckers, the emblem of the Club.
Pick of the holes: the signature hole is the slightly downhill, over water par-3 13th, a short but testing hole.
Visitors welcome on weekdays (Mon - Thur); not Fridays or weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2024].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire (if booked in advance).
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West Byfleet Golf Club was formed in 1922 by residents local to the area. The course they acquired had already been in existence since 1906, and was known as Bleakdown Golf Club. With the acquisition, the name was changed to West Byfleet Golf Club, and celebrated golf course architect John Abercromby was commissioned to redesign the layout.
The land on which the golf course was built was owned by Hugh Fortescue Locke King (1848-1926), whose other extensive holdings included the famous "Brooklands" race track ... the world's first banked motor racing circuit.
124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.
79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).
Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.
Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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