repton short course factfile

Opening date: Tuesday 15 April 2008
Opened by: Bernard Gallacher OBE, Ex Ryder Cup Captain

Number of holes: 6

Par: 3

Approximate play time: 1 hour

Hole lengths:

1. Wentworth – 139 yards
2. Augusta – 99 yards
3. Sunningdale – 71 yards
4. St Andrews – 92 yards
5. Sawgrass – 137 yards
6. Carnoustie – 122 yards

Hole descriptions:

1. Wentworth – as two mature oak trees guard either approach to the green, it is necessary to draw or fade the ball when the pin is cut to the edge to have a chance of a birdie.
   
2. Augusta – entirely surrounded by trees, this plateau green looks inviting, but it is necessary to hit it as the ground runs away severely at either side and at the back.
3. Sunningdale – a woodland hole surrounded by mature trees, it looks a seemingly simple ‘flick’, however there is a ridge running through the middle of the green that you will need to be on the correct side of to have any chance of a birdie.
   
4. St Andrews – with the stream guarding the front and right of the green and bunkers to the left, hitting the green is a priority.
   
5. Sawgrass – the signature hole of the course, modelled on the notorious 17th at Sawgrass, Florida, with an island green in the middle of the lake. The prevailing wind is even from the same direction (behind and right!). Even from the front tee it is a brave golf shot to carry the water to the safety of the green.
   
6. Carnoustie – this hole is deceptively long, uphill and into the prevailing wind, with the stream running at the front and left. The green runs right up to the sleeper wall to the stream and bunkers await those who ‘bale out’ to the right.

Course designer: Martin Hawtree

Hawtree Golf Course Architects & Consultants – established in 1912 by Frederick George Hawtree, the Oxfordshire-based golf course designer proffers experience gleaned from over 750 projects worldwide. The Hawtree approach is rooted in the history of the game and good layout is regarded as paramount. Once a layout has been established, the same care goes into the detailed design of the course – the enhancement of natural features, the strategy and fairness of play, the detailed elements of the course and the broader fields of landscape and maintenance.

Approximate cost of development: £750,000

Price per round: from £6 off peak to £16 peak

Membership from £295

Other golf facilities at Rudding Park:

• 18-bay covered, floodlit driving range with Automatic Power Tees
• Academy comprising putting green, chipping green, bunker green and 110 yard Academy Hole
  
• A team of resident PGA Professionals offering individual and group tuition at all levels
  
• Par 72 18-hole Parkland Hawtree Course

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