West Hill Golf Club

[Ndw7]

Has anyone played at West Hill golf club before? I’m playing there in the Institution of Civil Engineers annual tournament in about a week. It looks like a stunning course, par 69 not overly long, but with a slope rating of 132 from the yellows it must be quite tricky?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Cracking course!

You'll love it

 

[IanM]

Excellent course... great mix of holes and will be in great shape.

 

[Imurg]

Great greens...unless it's lashing down with rain and they've just been cored...

 

[jim8flog]

I used to play there many moons ago.

Originally built as a ladies championship course so not long but it needs accuracy.

Greens are typical of any course in that general area, great for those who appreciate greens that are on the faster side.

 

[paulw4701]

Great course

 

[AAC]

Great greens...unless it's lashing down with rain and they've just been cored...

I don't believe that has ever happened, Oh wait a minute .......................

 

[Smiffy]

Don't let the yardage fool you. Quite a few uphill par 4's that will take the wind out of your sails and plenty of heather to get tangled up in. Lovely course, but not easy by any stretch.

 

[jim8flog]

I don't believe that has ever happened, Oh wait a minute .......................

What the lashing it down?

Having lived in Woking half of my life I can say I am now glad I live in the West Country the weather is so much better apart from when it is lashing it down

 

[Sats]

Lovely course enjoy your game.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Really good course, thoroughly enjoyed playing it. We played it in December and it lashed it down, to the point that greens were flooding. The pro came out to meet us as we were playing in to 18, said we should play in better weather, gave us a discount voucher to come back and play in the summer. Great customer service, we did, and enjoyed it even more second time round.

 

[Imurg]

The greens didn't flood when we all played there...they had lots of little drainage holes.....

 

[sev112]

@Ndw7 - I didn’t realise ICE still had their annual event - is it still a team event? It’s years since I played but was always good.

and you will love West Hill, when I was at Uni in the 80s we could get student membership for £70 a year!

At this time of year the heather will be deep - take a high loft lob wedge and lots of balls.
Hit a 4 iron off the blind 3rd tee - OOB left and a meandering ditch down the right side

enjoy

 

[chrisd]

Lovely course and certainly not easy, even if it is a par 69

 

[howbow88]

It's awesome. Difficult to pick a favourite hole as there are so many good ones, but I'll go with either the 8th or 18th.

 

[Smiffy]

Lovely course and certainly not easy, even if it is a par 69

That makes it all the harder Chris....
I'd love it to be a par 72!!

 

[Ndw7]

@Ndw7 - I didn’t realise ICE still had their annual event - is it still a team event? It’s years since I played but was always good.

and you will love West Hill, when I was at Uni in the 80s we could get student membership for £70 a year!

At this time of year the heather will be deep - take a high loft lob wedge and lots of balls.
Hit a 4 iron off the blind 3rd tee - OOB left and a meandering ditch down the right side

enjoy

Hi mate, yes it’s still going. This is my third one. Played at Pannal in 2017, Hollinwell in 2018, missed 2019 as my daughter was born and obviously covid put a stop to 2020!

It’s still a team event, St Andrews foursomes in the morning then then individual stableford in the afternoon.

Did you used to playing in these? And what region were you from?

 

[PNWokingham]

@Ndw7 - I didn’t realise ICE still had their annual event - is it still a team event? It’s years since I played but was always good.

and you will love West Hill, when I was at Uni in the 80s we could get student membership for £70 a year!

At this time of year the heather will be deep - take a high loft lob wedge and lots of balls.
Hit a 4 iron off the blind 3rd tee - OOB left and a meandering ditch down the right side

enjoy

driver all day long on 3. Swing hard and larrup it!!! Then....reload!

 

[need_my_wedge]

The greens didn't flood when we all played there...they had lots of little drainage holes.....

When I said "it lashed it down", I mean we were the only 3 people out on the course by the back 9 (as we'd paid the greenfee), everyone else was loading themselves up into the Ark.

 

[Ndw7]

Just back from the event at West Hill, what a golf course! It was immaculate and looked amazing with all the heather (which I mainly managed to stay out of ?)
I’d certainly recommend it to anyone looking to play in the area. I played the best I have in a while. My partner and I had a decent 36 points in the morning foursomes, and I managed 37 points in the afternoon singles to finish 3rd on countback… the 3 putt on the last came back to haunt me after all ?