Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Yes and no, some struggling may benefit, but the decent ones in the areas will become jam packed especially if they are in the same membership bracket
Surrey national to close?
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Yes and no, some struggling may benefit, but the decent ones in the areas will become jam packed especially if they are in the same membership bracket
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
The Addington I'd getting a new clubhouse for definite, although I've not heard about the lodges.
Par 3 course at Westerham will open this summer.
However, we heard at Committee that Westerham won't be following the same road, for a number of reasons, not least of all because Sevenoaks council didn't really ever want it to be anything other than woodland!
They've rejected the clubhouse extension too.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
So the all inportant Bratty, is it going?
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
I don't see an issue here, I mean the immigrants have got to live somewhere 
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I don't see an issue here, I mean the immigrants have got to live somewhere
I thought they were all going to live in Chrisd's village?..........
swanny32
Journeyman Pro
Played it for Speroni's testimonial golf day back in the Summer and can't say I was massively impressed with the course, very surprised that it harbours premier league footballers. Thought the clubhouse was knackered and the food they were turning out from the kitchen was shocking.
Always a shame to see any golf course get flattened for housing but in my opinion there are better courses in that area.
Always a shame to see any golf course get flattened for housing but in my opinion there are better courses in that area.
Carl140284
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I read a couple of courses are doing this. Selling their land for an outrageous amount of money, then moving a few miles away and devloping a new course on lower valued land. Works out that the Golf Club makes money in the long run and develops a new course. Obviously having a new course isn't always the best, but at least the community wouldn't be losing clubs. This might be different for the Surrey National, but it could be something they consider?
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Is agree with this although it seems common for food prices to increase while quality drops.
Will be interesting to see that if it does go, will they build a new course or just invest into the others
swanny32
Journeyman Pro
I paid £4-£5 for a chicken and mayo sandwich, after about 5 minutes it came out with two crappy bits of wholemeal bread, no better than Tesco value bread, couple of bits of chicken and a dollop of this mayo...all on a side plate. No crisps, no salad or garnish, just the sandwich on the plate, like you would do at home in a rush. Wasn't impressed at all. The food for the evening meal was equally as naff as well. As for the course, up and down, up and down, up and down. Greens were average at best and the massive clumps of mown grass in the rough meant that if you missed the fairway, chances are you'd lose your ball, as happened to me a couple of times.
Still, played with Mr Derry and got all the dirt on all the teams he'd played for, and also had my golf swing complemented on by Speroni himself as he looked on from his golf cart. Top day out.
New golf courses always take a few years to bed in, so building a new course is usually not as good as retaining the existing one. Our course is 20 years old now and is only becoming mature now. Some golf courses that are being turned into housing estates, such as Blue Mountain in Bracknell, do not have planned replacements. It (Blue Mountain) was essentially a pay and play course, so I guess the people who played there will have to join private clubs in the area if they want to go on playing. We should worry about municipal and p&p courses closing even more than private members ones, because they are how most people start playing the game, unless they have rich parents who are already members of golf clubs. Not everybody can afford four figure joining fees and annual subs!
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
A guy in the pub told me that Whitekirk GC had their electrics cut off the other day.
Not long ago they were talking about building a new 200 room hotel.......something fishy?
Not long ago they were talking about building a new 200 room hotel.......something fishy?
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
I can't remember for sure. I'll have to check the minutes.
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
It would seem the issue is that tandridge council have not filled their quota for new homes and as such have looked for prime land to fill this. Now at the moment it's being opposed as Caterham simply doesn't have the infrastructure in place to deal with the thousand plus new homes proposed for the site.
Schools, doctors and dental practices all have waiting times with no space available. This is mainly due to a development boom in the area. I live 2-3 miles max from the site and there has already been huge developments in the old barracks, all along the main road in Caterham on the hill and now man small apartment block developments on the main road that Surrey national is on.
It would seem that until infrastructure improvements are made this will not go ahead and tandridge are considering other areas such as westerham, oxsted, brasted and so on to try and develop before an already overdeveloped Caterham is proposed.
Schools, doctors and dental practices all have waiting times with no space available. This is mainly due to a development boom in the area. I live 2-3 miles max from the site and there has already been huge developments in the old barracks, all along the main road in Caterham on the hill and now man small apartment block developments on the main road that Surrey national is on.
It would seem that until infrastructure improvements are made this will not go ahead and tandridge are considering other areas such as westerham, oxsted, brasted and so on to try and develop before an already overdeveloped Caterham is proposed.
