DaveyG
Challenge Tour Pro
As the title suggests really, does anyone have recommendations for easiest to get to/shortest distance courses you could drive to and back in a day and would still have enough winter sun hours to play a full round.
Closest Links Course to Birmingham
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timchump
Q-School Graduate
My home club might be fairly near, relatively speaking...
Burnham On Sea in Somerset straight down the m5
We have a few members from Birmingham, i guess the other option is going up the road to Liverpool?
Burnham On Sea in Somerset straight down the m5
We have a few members from Birmingham, i guess the other option is going up the road to Liverpool?
DaveyG
Challenge Tour Pro
Yeah I thought going this way would be a good idea, will have a look at your website now. Im 2 minutes from the M5 too 
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Burnham and Berrow or Weston Super Mare. There are also a clutch of Links courses in South Wales. If you dont want to travel that far there are a number of good Heathland courses nearer home. Kington in herefordshire, Church Stretton in South Shropshire, Minchinhampton Old and Cleve Hill in Gloucestershire.
mashleyR7
Journeyman Pro
What about North Norfolk coast, that cant be to far away?
timchump
Q-School Graduate
would you describe weston as links? - if it is i think it just scrapes in
defintley wouldn't travel from Birmingham to play it in its own right
MizunoGreyhound
Challenge Tour Pro
Aberdovey is not that far away. Better scenery on the journey than the M5 too.
splashtryagain
Q-School Graduate
Mgh, decent call, if you are going that way borth and ynglas (?) is cheaper and similar quality.
full_throttle
Tour Winner
about 2 hours away is Hunstanton, arguably one of the best on the east coast
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
OK, it aint no Burnham but it's not a Parkland or Heathland course, the Club calls it a links course, it's on the coast, it has pot bunkers, undulating fairways, large fast greens, few trees, very long rough. Seems very Linksy to me.
http://www.westonsupermaregolfclub.com/hole_6
you could always just jump on a plain to Inverness and be at Castle Stuart in an hour
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Walked past it last month when walking the norfolk coast path, planning to go back with clubs in spring, hopefully play there and maybe Sheringham and Cromer too
Played them all when I was much younger, definitely on my list to revisitUSER1999
Grand Slam Winner
you could always just jump on a plain to Inverness and be at Castle Stuart in an hour
A plain?
fat-tiger
Challenge Tour Pro
Walked past it last month when walking the norfolk coast path, planning to go back with clubs in spring, hopefully play there and maybe Sheringham and Cromer too
played all 3 in september, Hunstanton great course ,some great holes up there with some of best links around ,
sheringham, ok few bland holes but in general good course but behind hunstanton,
cromer is ok ,so descent prob on a par with sheringham
That will be the predictive text on my phone then.
Anyway shouldn’t you be looking for warm trousers for the freezing cold arctic that is Watford?
Bigfoot
Tour Rookie
Royal St Davids at Harlech, Conwy are both superb. My return journey from Hillside was two hours so that is accessible too. Weston is not a links course so does not fit the bill and is not that special. North Wales GC is better, if not a links course.
With regard to flying to Inverness - I have done this for the last two years and it is extremely easy to get to Castle Stuart, Nairn and Nairn Dunbar from there. You just have a lot more hassle prior to getting on the plane.
The East coast is more awkward to get to so I would suggest the west is better.
With regard to flying to Inverness - I have done this for the last two years and it is extremely easy to get to Castle Stuart, Nairn and Nairn Dunbar from there. You just have a lot more hassle prior to getting on the plane.
The East coast is more awkward to get to so I would suggest the west is better.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
He didn't ask for a 'Special' course.
This is what Weston say about themselves:
"The golf club is located on the coast of Weston Bay in the traditional seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare. Established in 1892, the course offers a true test of links golf with its rolling fairways and challenging wind conditions."
But I guess they must have it wrong.
timchump
Q-School Graduate
i think they have it isn't a true test of links golf.
it's by the sea i guess, there's nice pictures on the website of every hole,
http://www.westonsupermaregolfclub.com/hole_1
flicking through you can see how flat the course is
not a lot of dunes or rolling fairways id associate with links golf
i guess for arguments sake you could call it a links, but i really wouldn't recommend the original poster drive down from Birmingham just to play it.
it's by the sea i guess, there's nice pictures on the website of every hole,
http://www.westonsupermaregolfclub.com/hole_1
flicking through you can see how flat the course is
not a lot of dunes or rolling fairways id associate with links golf
i guess for arguments sake you could call it a links, but i really wouldn't recommend the original poster drive down from Birmingham just to play it.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Burnham really is the jewel on that coast but Weston is not an easy course, especially when the wind is blowing.
Burnham and Berrow would get my vote and my cash if I was that close
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