HRC99
Journeyman Pro
Just come back from a weekend away in Buxton and played these two courses. Buxton High Peaks on the Saturday and Cavendish on the Sunday.
Both are very close to the town centre indeed.
Buxton High Peaks - nice course, fairly surly service in the Pro Shop, quite long walks between some greens and tees, some great holes and some non-descript ones. Overall, not bad but if you're in the area, I'd play Cavendish GC.
Cavendish - Superb. Short parkland course (only 5500 yards), very tough, tight fairways, penal rough and, even if you play safe off the tee, the greens are challenging with trouble all around. Lots of elevated tees and greens to make you really think about club selection and some very daunting approaches too.
Very fair though - rewarding good shots and punishing bad ones.
In immaculate condition with superb greens. A well struck ball to a green would pull up or even spin back. A lot some times, I couldn't believe it when my ball spun back off the green on the 15th having hit it past the flag. It came back about 50 feet all told.
Really welcoming place too. They rang us to say the day before to say there may only be 13 holes open on the Sunday. As it happened, the weather was kind and all 18 were open. But we just appreciated the courtesy of ringing us in advance.
Definitely a course that you'd play better and differently a second time.
Not a duff or average hole on the course and some really really spectacular ones. Comfortably the best "short" course, I've ever played and a real test.
Well worth a round and even a bit of a trip to it.
Both are very close to the town centre indeed.
Buxton High Peaks - nice course, fairly surly service in the Pro Shop, quite long walks between some greens and tees, some great holes and some non-descript ones. Overall, not bad but if you're in the area, I'd play Cavendish GC.
Cavendish - Superb. Short parkland course (only 5500 yards), very tough, tight fairways, penal rough and, even if you play safe off the tee, the greens are challenging with trouble all around. Lots of elevated tees and greens to make you really think about club selection and some very daunting approaches too.
Very fair though - rewarding good shots and punishing bad ones.
In immaculate condition with superb greens. A well struck ball to a green would pull up or even spin back. A lot some times, I couldn't believe it when my ball spun back off the green on the 15th having hit it past the flag. It came back about 50 feet all told.
Really welcoming place too. They rang us to say the day before to say there may only be 13 holes open on the Sunday. As it happened, the weather was kind and all 18 were open. But we just appreciated the courtesy of ringing us in advance.
Definitely a course that you'd play better and differently a second time.
Not a duff or average hole on the course and some really really spectacular ones. Comfortably the best "short" course, I've ever played and a real test.
Well worth a round and even a bit of a trip to it.
