NorfolkShaun
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Going to be on holiday there in the summer, have been a few times but never took my clubs.
Anywhere nearby that I should head to for a round?
Anywhere nearby that I should head to for a round?
Weymouth Golf
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jim8flog
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Weymouth, Came Down between Weymouth and Dorchester, Yeovil half an hours drive North of Dorchester, Lyme Regis further West along the Coast.
Bridport (West Bay) if you are desperate and a person who sprays the ball around a lot.
Bridport (West Bay) if you are desperate and a person who sprays the ball around a lot.
Old Skier
Tour Winner
Wareham GC - good breakfast, not keen on course.
Dorset Golf & Country Club, great breakfast, nice track.
Bovington Tank Museum- even HID thought it was a good day out.
Dorset Golf & Country Club, great breakfast, nice track.
Bovington Tank Museum- even HID thought it was a good day out.
NorfolkShaun
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Took the kids to the Tank Museum, they were not so keen have to say i thought it was fantastic.
Closest to me are Came Down and Weymouth GC, are these worth a look or are others worth the drive?
Old Skier
Tour Winner
Dorset G&CC is worth a drive, not sure I'd drive to Wareham. Those are the only two I know about.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Don't drive to wareham. What type of course do you prefer?
NorfolkShaun
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I'm easy really normally play parkland, not sure there is too much links golf about that way?
Old Skier
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I go to a fund raiser there every year and although I would play it, it's not somewhere I would recommend as some may not like the first few holes which can be a bit like bomb alley.
srixon 1
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Nearest links are Hayling or Burnham and both are a good 2 hours away.
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Plenty of good golf in the Poole/Bournemouth area. There is Broadstone, Parkstone, Ferndown and Isle of Purbeck all within 30-60 mins or so. Cheaper options include Knighton Heath and Meyrick Park.
mikejohnchapman
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Not in Summer if the grow the rough up like they normally do!
If Broadchurch is to believed fair chance of police everywhere.
srixon 1
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As above, the rough at Bridport is a nightmare during the normal playing season. If you don’t want to travel stick with Came Down or Weymouth. They might not be in the premier league with the Bournemouth courses but they are OK. Both are private members clubs and are kept in decent condition.
jim8flog
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As already said, no links golf in that immediate area.
I have never played there but maybe Barton on Sea (east of Bournemouth) is considered a links course from what I have heard and from the pictures.
jim8flog
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We once went there as group of twenty or so players and the winner on the day probably would have lost ten balls at Yeovil. He was spraying it so wide he was landing on the adjacent fairway.
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That'll be why he didn't lose many balls then
And Barton on Sea definitely isn't a links course.
User20205
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I’d go Dorset CC. Or isle of purbeck. I’d give wareham a miss unless it was across the road. I’ve never played Weymouth or came down
jim8flog
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Thanks for that I was only going by the overheads views on the website/google maps.
It has been one of my 'should play' courses for some time.
jim8flog
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It seems that Wareham is definitely one of those like/hate courses. Maybe its the variation of the old nine and the new nine totally different 'feel' between the two. It definitely needs a good game in play for the old nine.
I played Isle of Purbeck for the first time last year (they previously would not allow buggies) and was very disappointed with the speed of the greens for a course played in the middle of summer.
I played Isle of Purbeck for the first time last year (they previously would not allow buggies) and was very disappointed with the speed of the greens for a course played in the middle of summer.
User20205
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It’s got a Linksy feel on a couple of holes, but its most certainly a Parkland course on a cliff top. Worth a trip though
srixon 1
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If only for the front nine and the 18th holes
