Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
After hearing good things about this place from a mixture of people from all abilities, myself and a friend chose to play here Saturday just gone. Seaford Head GC is a traditional and mature course which dates back to 1887, located on the cliffs of Seaford itself its known for being punishing in the wind, and given recent weather we knew we was in for an interesting round.
On arrival the pro although we had no time booked, was very accommodating and gave us a selection of tee times all within 45 minutes so a massive thumbs up here. While we were waiting for our tee time, we opted to grab a bite to eat from the club house which was very good value for money compared to what I’m used to from local courses. Good quality food at decent prices seems a very rare thing nowadays, and with a breakfast starting from as little at £3.95 I can imagine the kitchen does a great trade.
So onto the course, the first hole seemed a little featureless from the tee, but this is deceiving. A blind tee shot to a fairway that slopes right to left could be quite tricky to hit in baked conditions, and if you go too long everything slopes to a nice deep natural hole full of shrubs and so on so could be very punishing. This hole plays short in general as you play with a tail wind coming straight in off the sea so it’s a nice gentle warmer. What is quite apparent after only a few holes is that every hole is unique. None of them are flat as such, and your either playing from elevated tees or too elevated greens or on the rare occasion where the hole is flat, there will be a few undulations that wouldn’t be out of place on a full on links course to make playing for position a good idea.
The front 9 holes are interesting, with a nice mixture holes that are not to punishing and that are slightly protected from the wind, but as you get further into the course you start to increase in height before finally playing along the top of the cliffs. I like this approach as it enables you to adjust to the wind before really getting a battering by it when you get to the top end of the course. The par 3’s were a nice mix, nothing long but all were really effected by wind or elevation changes. A prime example is a par 3 at 101 yards long. You play to an elevated green that makes the hole play at least a club if not two longer, then factor in a strong right to left wind and it makes club selection very difficult.
The course condition was impeccable. Recent rain saw lush tee boxes that were broken tee free so it shows both members and staff take pride in the course, fairways were carpet like and greens although slightly long were very true.
I would go as far to say that this course is one of the most unique that that have played, and comes with some of the friendliest staff that I have met, even the barman took time to ask how we found the course and how we scored in what was blustery conditions, you get a very homely feeling from the staff and club.
In summary, I love it, great value for money with friendly helpfull staff, very picturess views and I can’t wait to get back there. If you are in the area it would be well worth a visit.
A massive thumbs up:thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup:
On arrival the pro although we had no time booked, was very accommodating and gave us a selection of tee times all within 45 minutes so a massive thumbs up here. While we were waiting for our tee time, we opted to grab a bite to eat from the club house which was very good value for money compared to what I’m used to from local courses. Good quality food at decent prices seems a very rare thing nowadays, and with a breakfast starting from as little at £3.95 I can imagine the kitchen does a great trade.
So onto the course, the first hole seemed a little featureless from the tee, but this is deceiving. A blind tee shot to a fairway that slopes right to left could be quite tricky to hit in baked conditions, and if you go too long everything slopes to a nice deep natural hole full of shrubs and so on so could be very punishing. This hole plays short in general as you play with a tail wind coming straight in off the sea so it’s a nice gentle warmer. What is quite apparent after only a few holes is that every hole is unique. None of them are flat as such, and your either playing from elevated tees or too elevated greens or on the rare occasion where the hole is flat, there will be a few undulations that wouldn’t be out of place on a full on links course to make playing for position a good idea.
The front 9 holes are interesting, with a nice mixture holes that are not to punishing and that are slightly protected from the wind, but as you get further into the course you start to increase in height before finally playing along the top of the cliffs. I like this approach as it enables you to adjust to the wind before really getting a battering by it when you get to the top end of the course. The par 3’s were a nice mix, nothing long but all were really effected by wind or elevation changes. A prime example is a par 3 at 101 yards long. You play to an elevated green that makes the hole play at least a club if not two longer, then factor in a strong right to left wind and it makes club selection very difficult.
The course condition was impeccable. Recent rain saw lush tee boxes that were broken tee free so it shows both members and staff take pride in the course, fairways were carpet like and greens although slightly long were very true.
I would go as far to say that this course is one of the most unique that that have played, and comes with some of the friendliest staff that I have met, even the barman took time to ask how we found the course and how we scored in what was blustery conditions, you get a very homely feeling from the staff and club.
In summary, I love it, great value for money with friendly helpfull staff, very picturess views and I can’t wait to get back there. If you are in the area it would be well worth a visit.
A massive thumbs up:thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup::thup:
